Aux Vivres

We enjoyed the le complet and blueberry pancakes. Both were delicious but the cashew cream with the pancakes was AMAZING!

I've been to this restaurant countless times and I foresee many more visits. I have loved every meal I've ever eaten there and I enjoy the big variety the menu offers.

A couple of years ago my wife and I went to Aux Vivres. We loved back then when it was still small. We loved even more now, gladly surprised the place is much bigger and it was packed on Saturday at lunch, a testimony of its quality. Prices are reasonable, food was excellent. We had the "la polenta" and the "le complet", both very tasty and fulfilling.
In addition, their store adjacent to the restaurant offers vegan products including their delicious desserts and sauces. Highly recommended.

Est-ce encore nécessaire de présenter Aux Vivres? Les plats sont délicieux et 100% vegan, du burger jusqu'aux desserts en passant par les bols. Un incontournable à Montréal. Si vous venez pour la première fois, choisissez le tempeh plutôt que le tofu. Aux Vivres a une façon unique de le préparer (et que j'aimerais être capable de répliquer!). Juste à côté du restaurant, il y a également un comptoir à emporter, incluant les plats principaux du restaurant et plusieurs produits d'épicerie difficilement trouvables ailleurs. À savoir toutefois que le menu pour le brunch n'est pas très vaste. Je vous suggère davantage d'y faire un tour pour le dîner ou le souper. Highly recommended overall.

Aux Vivres is an establishment in Montreal. You want to eat Vegan, you go to Aux Vivres, it's that simple! Whether you want to have breakfast, lunch or dinner, you will find something good on the menu. A vegan life style can create challenging situations when you look for an easy escape, let Aux Vivres become a partner in your everyday busy life! I go there often, I will go there again! They are #2Bvegan4 approved! ;-)

Our lunch here exceeded my expectations. We ordered the malai kofta and tempeh satay for apps, and the chili fries and a Mekong sandwich for mains. Menu not all that special overall but food was well seasoned and prepared. Serving sizes turned out to be much bigger than we thought and we left stuffed!

We had to wait for a table at lunchtime due to the popularity of this restaurant. Once inside, we quickly learned why! They have a large menu of soups, smoothies, juices, salads, sandwiches, wraps, bowls and more. We each ordered one of the bowls which were very generous and delicious. All of the desserts looked fabulous. We shared the key lime pie and thought it was great.

The weekend brunch was delicious! We had the one with fried polenta and the one with tempeh bacon. The restaurant was crowded but they had space for us. Good service.

Honestly, it'll take you 15 minutes just to read through the Aux Vivres menu because you'll keep pausing to reflect on the glorious fact that everything is vegan. There's a reason everyone recommends the dragon bowl - it's damn good - but give other menu items a try on your second and third visits. Bring your non-vegetarian friends along as well... they'll want to come back.

I've been a regular for many years. I've tried everything on the menu and liked or loved most of it. This is probably the best vegan restaurant in Montreal (maybe in Quebec). The staff is friendly, the food is great, the prices are fair, the portions are generous, etc.

However, I'll say that over the years, as the venue got bigger and bigger, it also got louder and crowdier. The music is super loud, which I don't get. The restaurant is always full of people, which makes it rowdy already, and the music only makes everyone have to talk louder. We can't hear each other at all. Please ditch the music, AV!

Also, while I love the option to buy prepackaged foods from Aux Vivres, some of them seem overpriced; like you get *a lot* more food for less $ on the restaurant side.

So, those are some things to improve on, but AV is still a great place. Hopefully they can branch out someday so that it becomes less crowded.

The food tasted good and the service was not bad either. There were a lot of people though so a bit loud and we didn't like the atmosphere but over all great place for lunch or for take out rather than romantic dinner.

Really good food, not mind blowing but solidly good vegan food. On the servers suggestion I ordered the Dragon Wrap, really fresh sauce was good little bland, but def tasty. Wife ordered a Buddha bowl, she really liked it. The Greek Mezze app we ordered was really good. Desserts - Key Lime Pie - I didn't care for it needed to be creamier. Wife had the Uncheescake that was really good. Overall really good fresh vegan food. Would def go again. We returned for brunch, and tofu scrambles were amazing best I've had. Pancakes were I little hearty for my taste, but still really good.

Aux Vivres is great, but you should stick to their popular dishes - i.e. veggie bowls, veggie burgers. Every time I've veered from their classics I was disappointed. All of their desserts I've tried are spectacular, though.

ive been a regular for years. also a vegan. have taken tons of people here who are new to montreal.
great portion sizes, exceptional service, fair pricing (and i rate most veg restaurants in the area as being not fairly priced, so there's that), so many options, all options are all stars, you cannot go wrong.
im so happy that they now have products in grocery stores and cafes. it means i can get aux vivres when im downtown. not as good as the food from the restaurant, but still great. i dont hesitate to buy it.
things that could be better: DELIVERY TO THE LOWER DOWNTOWN AREA :'(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont get me wrong, i WILL take the metro to see you, aux vivres, because you're so good, but i wish u could take your rightful place on the montreal-wide delivery throne.
all the smoothies are the best
the spreads are the best
THE BRUNCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT CAN I SAY.
the gyno/tzatziki
the mumbai (?) bowls/appetizers... with the chutney. oh lord.
EDIT:OM GI CAME BACK TO ADD THAT THE FAUX SMOKED SALMON is..... no words. ive tried to reproduce it at home -- it actually wrorks but is work-intensive, look it up -- but thank you aux vivres for making me realize that my favourite food could be eaten vegan-style once again.

ok that's it guys thanks 4 listening
@ aux vivres hmu ur divine

Updated from previous review on Sunday May 08, 2016

Updated from previous review on Sunday May 08, 2016

Absolutely delicious, flavorful and unique

Aux Vivres has great food and great selections. Their blueberry pancakes are the best; the wraps delicious, and the salads are tasty and large enough for a meal. Overall, never a disappointment going there.

We were so pleased to discover this restaurant open quite late at night, we arrived around 9:45 pm. There were so many options on the menu it was difficult to decide! There were several kinds of smoothies so my daughter had and orange creamsicle which she really enjoyed. We started with the chili to start and it was so delicious. It was garnished so beautifully, with tortilla chips, faux sour cream and guacamole YUM! For the main course I finally decided on a Thai Bowl, it was beautiful but I did not enjoy it at all. It had a very strong flavour of lemongrass that I was not expecting. My server was very intuitive, when she came to check on our meal she didn't even ask, she could tell I was not enjoying it and she was very apologetic and said she could not let me go away without being satisfied. We discussed replacing it with something else but in the end I decided I wanted to move on to dessert...she said "no problem" and promised to remove the cost of the Thai Bowl from the bill, and she did. For dessert we had the special for Valentine's Day which was a Chipotle Brownie with Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream...OMG: To Die For! It wasn't even that pretty.... but wow, it had the perfect balance of semi-sweet chocolate and hot chile flavours. The brownie would have been incredible on its own, but the smooth, sweet delicate scoop of vanilla coconut ice cream made it 'out of this world', I would go back to Montreal for this dessert alone! We also had the Choco-Banane Tart, it was also very good. It had a rich and smooth chocolate cream filling with fresh banana flavour. If you are in Montreal I would highly recommend this restaurant. My only complaint is that the food here is so good it attracts carnists and you have to eat your vegan meal sitting next to people wearing fur...there are establishments that don't allow casual attire, vegan restaurants shouldn't allow fur!

My boyfriend and I were visiting from out of town and decided to give this place a try. Happy we did!! We started with the Tempeh Satay and really liked it! Had a great taste. I wanted to order the Caesar Salad, but the server discouraged me from doing so. She said it wasn't worth it. So, I ordered the Dragon Bowl and enjoyed it. The sauce was so so good. I was a little disappointed with the rice and lettuce underneath all the good stuff on top of the bowl (everything on top seemed much more fresh and colorful and delicious), but overall it was a good dish. I loved the taste of the tofu with the dragon sauce. My boyfriend had the brunch Huevos Rancheros and I must say, I had dish envy. The tofu scramble was quite good. I love sour cream, and theirs did not disappoint. We finished the meal off with 2 desserts - the chololate banana pie and the key lime pie. Key lime was too tart for me, but we both LOVED the chocolate banana pie...very rich. If you're vegan and visiting Montreal, I would definitely recommend Aux Vivres.