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The Bay
Category: Shopping Department Stores Shopping Fashion Department Stores Department Stores [Edit]
585, rue Ste-Catherine OuestMontréal, QC H3B 3Y5
(514) 281-4422
- Price Range:
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$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Garage
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for The Bay
5 reviews in English
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Review from John Paul T.
Montréal, QC
11/6/2011
I absolutely love this location of the Hudson's Bay. Growing up in suburban Toronto the Bay was a staple of my mother's shopping routine. But even I now have come to love the Bay--especially the downtown flagship locations. The Queen Street store in Toronto and this one here in Montreal have recently undergone extensive renovations to their fashion collections--namely women's fashion but also men's with the introduction of more fabulous new designers and collections. This push 'upscale' has been tremendously successful for the company and there are now plans to further renovate the rest of the chain's 91 stores (especially those located in the city 'core' of our nation's cities).
The Bay features everything from fashion--designer and middle of the road type stuff--to home decor, small and large appliances, electronics, seasonal decor, etc. Typical department store fare. The perfume selection is enormous and the salespeople have been more than helpful when I have been looking for something new to spice up my already extensive collection of fragrances. I particularly love their HUGE Christmas decor section located on the top floor (from about mid-October-onwards). If you are living in Montreal or just visiting there is literally no where better to grab some great festive decor! Fab!!
Oliver and Bonacini (a great restaurant company based out of Toronto) just opened a fabulous new restaurant at the Queen Street store in Toronto and I hope that Montreal is next on their list. The upstairs 'cafe' is really really really dated with such limited options. Montreal would do so well with a little cafe along the lines of the Toronto one, where they serve 'Canadian comfort food.' Are you listening Bonnie Brooks (CEO)? we need a similar arrangement for us Montrealers!
If you are a tourist, or a fan of Canadiana stuff I would also highly recommend a visit to the 'Hudson's Bay Collection' store in store. They sell the infamous point blankets, and other HBC-branded merchandise. LOVE this stuff. My apartment is 'Canadiana' themed and I bought a few mugs, candles, and throws for my place that really adds to the overall feeling. I hope they keep expanding this collection, really high-quality stuff.
ALSO. Sign-up for a Bay card. I know, I know. Finance 101: never get a retail store card. BUT the Bay card exclusives are awesome! They send me coupons all the time (like additional 20% off regular, sale, and clearance pried merchandise)! Just pay off the card every month and don't incur any fees, interest, etc. Plus you get double HBC Reward points which I have been able to redeem for gift cards, etc. Totally worth it!!! They often have these deals every other weekend!
If any big wigs down at HBC HQ are reading this: keep up the great work! The Bay has done from stodgy old lady to urban chic and this trend must continue!! -
Review from Dil F.
12/17/2010
department stores are always awful spaces to be in, BUT, there IS something that changes a bit during the madness of the holiday rush, like the mania of our commodity/consumer culture reveals itself in a particularly fascinating way... the emphasis on the DISPLAY takes on new urgency and obsession during december. I had kind of a great time just people watching as i tagged along behind my brother who was looking for a necklace for his gf. Call it a sick fascination, but i actually like being in the thick of the spectacle for the holidays... so, even though i bought nothing, i did have kind of a fun 25 minutes skulking around the multi-level store.
I will also add, that this particular Bay has the most enormous and endless perfume section I've even experienced... each of the aisles in the near-infinite procession of stocked smells is equally attended by some charming model-esque figure who is only too eager to spritz some Cher-endorsed stink in your face... hellish yet hypnotic! -
Review from Rodene R.
8/20/2010
Ugh.
Not a fan of department stores, and THIS one will not be the one to change my mind.
Every thing I've seen is so dated, from the clothing to the "home fashions" as they labeled it.
I'm not one to be a pro at rating department stores, but good grief, they make Target look like a high end shopping experience.
Bought 4 pieces of large luggage here, spent way too much, but it was last minute and nearby. Shame on me. I know.
The parking sucks in this part of Montreal, they have a structure, but it could easily be mistaken for a cramped tin of sardines.
Stay in the U.S. -
Review from Sarah A.
5/17/2010
Enormous store with pretty much all you could ask for in a department store. Many items are pricey and high end, but you can also find lots of good stuff on sale. When I was last there they were having an intense 70% off event with lots of good deals. I have to give a special nod to their Fruits et Passions kiosk. An outgoing salesperson there introduced me to Fruits et Passions products that I now love. I highly recommend their foot care line. Check it out.
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Review from Bradley N.
12/3/2009
How can Yelp be in Canada now and not have a review for the Bay (Hudson's Bay Co.), one of the oldest department stores in the country! It would be like London w/out Harrod's or Berlin w/out KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens). So, I went to the Bay as a child but did not know it, when my parents were visiting family friends. Then, on a recent and still-traumatic job interview in snowy, December-y Montreal, my bags w/ the interview shirt and tie were lost in JFK airport. I had the foresight to travel with my suit in the check-in, but I failed to include an extra shirt (or change of socks and underwear), and all my toiletries were also back in NYC. So, I headed to the Bay to pick up a shirt, a new tie, and other assorted items. It was quite the experience. The store is enormous, of course, and it gleams in commercial and historic splendor. I didn't get the job, but I still have the shirt, tie, socks and undies. So thanks, Bay, for some good souvenirs of my time there.
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