Auberge de la Fontaine, Montreal
Expert reviews
“Situated in the hip Plateau neighborhood, the 21-room Auberge de la Fontaine lies across the street from leafy Parc La Fontaine — home to an outdoor skating rink — and down the street from Lab cocktail bar. Certain rooms have whirlpool baths.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Montreal.
“The Auberge de La Fontaine is uphill from downtown on the Plateau, with its fun restaurants, shops and an 86-acre park. The 21 rooms in two adjoining 19th-century buildings are comfy, clean and attractively furnished. Even better, the very reasonable prices include a fulsome breakfast.”
What guests liked
- Delicious breakfast
- Boutique style
- Clean rooms
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
The hotel is located in the bustling and lively Plateau-Mont-Royal District where it offers guests the best of hospitality services. The hotel is a fine three-star establishment that offers chic and comfortable room options to guests.
Located at 1301 Rachel Est, this hotel is located in an area with several bars, cafes, and restaurants. The hotel is fitted with the latest and state-of-the-art facilities and amenities needed for a satisfying stay while guests will easily reach places of interest located near the hotel.
The hotel offers a friendly atmosphere as a result of the equally friendly staff in the hotel. The reception that guests will receive is warm and will make them feel more at home and welcomed.
Room options such as Deluxe Room, Standard Queen Room, Small Double Room, and Queen Room with Two Beds are available in the hotel. The hotel is family-friendly which is why provisions and room options such as Family Room are available to guests. Some rooms in the hotel come with a terrace such as the Queen Suite with Terrace.
Rooms in the hotel are soundproofed and fitted with standard amenities such as free Wi-Fi for high-speed internet access, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, air conditioning and a comfy sofa. The rooms also come with a private bathroom with thoughtful touches such as free toiletries and bathroom slippers.
The hotel offers healthy and light snacks while a breakfast buffet is available to guests every morning made from fresh ingredients.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
16 September 2025
Lovely little hotel in a buzzy area.
Loved having the balcony overlooking the park. The kitchen was very useful and well equipped. We really enjoyed exploring the area.
15 September 2025
Very good
Great location and friendly staff
All hotels in the area seemed very expensive for what you get.
13 September 2025
Exceptional
Excellent...calm, quiet, super bed and linens...wanted to stay longer just for that.Christopher was kind and helpful. For an exhausted traveler that meant a lot!
No complaints at all.
6 September 2025
Exceptional
The hotel was in a great location. Our room was beautiful and clean. Breakfast was great and the staff was friendly. The bathroom could have been slightly bigger and a better hair dryer in our room.
28 August 2025
Characteristic and unique auberge parkside in the city
Unique urban neighborhood auberge, much more interesting than staying in a chain hotel. Room and bed are comfortable. Lots of places to dine, and staff offer recommendations. Parc Lafontaine across the street is lovely.
Even understanding that there are no elevators, the turns and half-steps on stairs are difficult for older or infirm travelers. Constant construction (though this is true in much of Montréal) makes street access a bit difficult.
25 August 2025
Exceptional
all was great
24 August 2025
Perfect stay for our first time in Montreal and we look forward to a return visit.
Charming hotel in a beautiful old building. The updates and renovations to make it a hotel are tasteful and maintain the charm. The staff are friendly and helpful. The optional breakfast is good and convenient. The location was great for us because we like to walk and explore. Good restaurants and cafes are close at hand.
Climbing the stairs with suitcases is a bit of a challenge but worth it and is keeping with the vintage of the building.
21 August 2025
Exceptional
Nice neighbourhood, pleasant hotel.
Far from any Metro station.
20 August 2025
Good quality and great location.
The staff is very professional and polite. The location of the hotel in Plateau Mont-Royal is perfect! Next to the parc Lafontaine, next to La Banquise and a lot of nice restaurants. The room were comfortable and spacious. Was easy for my old mom to get around.
Nothing, everything was great. :)
20 August 2025
Charming, cozy, & comfy place!!
This was my first time in Montreal and I was so pleasantly surprised at this charming place that was very vintage but with the right amount of modern touches. It was very clean well maintained with lovely artwork on the walls, a nice modern bathroom with brand new sink, toilet and a very roomy tub/shower. Loved the hardwood floors and the windows. It was situated right across the street from a park with restaurants, cafe's and other stores nearby.
The TV in the room had a problem with picture as it was zoomed in too large making half the image cut off. It was also a little warm but with the cool evenings and early mornings just keeping the window open helped to rectify that.
19 August 2025
Loved our stay here, would definitely go back
Beautiful hotel in a historic building in a great location, just accross Park La Fontaine, but quiet and secluded. Staff was just amazing. Best ice creams in the city just a block away. We would definitely go back.
19 August 2025
Exceptional staff and location!
Location was great. The staff was very friendly and helpful
It did not have an elevator but staff was willing to help with the luggage.
18 August 2025
I loved my stay here, it was great to be across from the park.
Fabulous location! Beautiful room! Comfortable bed. Everything was perfect.
6 August 2025
Auberge de la Fontaine is a lovely hotel!
The room was clean and comfortable. Breakfast was good, but not much fruit provided.
Cleaning of room. Although I reused my towels during my stay, I did leave a couple of small towels in the tub one day thinking that they would be replenished but they weren't. I needed to ask for fresh towels. The floor was not swept each day. Would have been nice if it was!
6 August 2025
Very nice littel hotel in a great area of Montreal
Very nice Hotel in my favorite area of Montreal with many nice restaurants, bars, cafés and shops nearby. Nice room decoration and very friendly personnel. Exactly what I expected. We will come back next time.
There was abolutely nothing to complain.
5 August 2025
Exceptional
nice size room with fridge and coffee maker, very comfortable bed and a great terrace. would absolutely stay here again
3 August 2025
Homely Perfection!
Location was magical. Quiet, homely and with so much within walking distance. Team were the loveliest and made us feel so welcome. Room was amazing. Super comfortable, very spacious.
Only thing I would add is a kettle in the room. As an English woman I love my cuppa!! And whilst I was made welcome to use kitchen ...its not always convenient. But thats it! I would still go back tomorrow 😍
2 August 2025
A great night in a great location!
Very nice room and very clean! The bed was very comfortable!
I didn't know we would be on the third floor. Ugh! I wish there had been a coffee maker in our room. Very far to carry coffee up 3 flights of stairs! Perhaps supply disposable cups with lids?
26 July 2025
Fabulous
The hotel is small, but it’s located in a lovely, green neighborhood very close to the city center. In the evening, you can enjoy the cool breeze in the park just across the street – it’s lively and safe. We had a very pleasant stay! We stayed in two different rooms and didn’t hear any noise at all – no neighbors or anything else that could disturb us. The beds were very comfortable, and we appreciated the robes provided in the rooms. Communication with the hotel was 100% positive – they were always helpful and quick to respond to any questions or requests. Thank you! A wonderful place to get to know Montreal better.
26 July 2025
Great location and excellent staff and comfortable rooms
Location and staff
Not being able to control the ac and being so hot we couldn’t sleep
24 July 2025
Exceptional
Great location! Cool older building.
Nothing.
23 July 2025
Fabulous
Great staff
21 July 2025
Will definitely stay there again. A la prochaine!
Breakfast was excellent, fresh and lots of choices. I loved it when the owner came down and said hello and chatted with us briefly (nice touch). I loved the location right across from the park. very welcoming.
16 July 2025
Book it!
Great location, i enjoyed the park across the street and the ice cream parlor down the block. I thought breakfast was a good value. The only real negative was the lack of parking. Staff was excellent and friendly. Lots of restaurants, just 2 blocks away.
Parking
5 July 2025
Great location, clean, and well priced
We only stayed one night but the location is great. Walkable to shopping and great restaurants. The rooms were quiet and the bed was comfortable. Check-in was easy. It was a quaint old building/room but don't expect any high end fixtures or decorating. We didn't have the breakfast.
There is no elevator so you will be carrying your luggage up a few stairs to enter the building and up to your room.
2 July 2025
Nice auberge in a very charming neighbourhood
Fantastic location, beautiful building,
some confusion with the street parking, steep stairs without any help for the luggage , not bright suite room as the windows were behind the external backstairs.
1 July 2025
Fabulous
Able to walk to Old Montreal. Very accommodating staff. Safe place for our bikes. Thank you!
Would have liked to be able to cool the room more
29 June 2025
Great place, great people, super compfy beds.
Great location and staff very helpful. beds were super nice
AC is control floor to floor so you cannot adjust the temperarure to your room or to disconnect it if needed. The blinds were not great so you get a lot of light in the morning.
23 June 2025
Very good
Location and friendly staff
I was grateful to have air conditioning. I just wish it was set a little cooler.
17 June 2025
Good for price
Location - overall room was clean
They forgot to remove a pizza box in the fridge from the previous person … staff should be more careful when cleaning
14 June 2025
Amazing times
The location was splendid, just across from Parc Lafontaine. You literally just cross the street to do your jogging. It was clean and quiet, near Mont Royal Avenue, where you can find many restaurants and boutiques. I would definitely go back.
Some of the front desk staff need additional training or more attention to detail. There was a mix-up with the rooms and names — my room was registered under a different name, which caused confusion and delays, especially when it came time to settle the bill. A nice woman resolved the issue in the end :)
12 June 2025
We had a wonderful stay and can’t recommend this hotel highly enough!
Very cute room and excellent service and location
Nothing!
11 June 2025
Very good
Receptionist kind and professional. She is enough for a positive stay.
4 June 2025
Good and comfortable stay
Very good and comfortable stay
No problems
28 May 2025
Perfect location!
Great location, friendly staff and clean
Nil
28 May 2025
Fabulous
The hotel is spotless, in a gorgeous location and the staff are super friendly. Loved my stay here and highly recommend it.
A kettle in the room to make a tea!
23 May 2025
very chilled
lovely staff, clean, nice location, comfortable beds
would have liked a bar area and also the roof terrace coud do with an update, maybe some plants and a parasol for shade
9 May 2025
This is a gem of find for a Montreal stay. We will definitely be back and recommending this to our friends as well
Fabulous location, lovely and helpful reception staff (merci Serge), unique inn-style layout with a “Montreal ambiance”. We had a room facing the park and the main boulevard and there was NO noise at all from the street - amazing.
Nothing
8 May 2025
Staff was awesome.
Clean. Spacious. Great location.
8 May 2025
Enjoyed our stay!
Good location. Clean decent accommodation
Parking sucks
4 May 2025
Fabulous
Good location in nice quarter of Montreal. Parc just on other side, nice cafes / bars / clubs nearby. They were flexible to adjust our booking dates.
2 May 2025
We would stay there again in a heartbeat!
Location, staff friendliness, comfortable bed, quiet room and free parking.
There is nothing we didn't like! A bonus would have been a microwave in the room.
29 April 2025
Historic building in great location with modern rooms and kind staff
A beautiful building overlooking the park. Our room was comfy with everything we needed (robes, coffeemaker, etc.). The staff was very nice and professional. Definitely recommend this lovely auberge!
27 April 2025
Great value for money
Excellent value for money, very friendly staff and excellent location
Nothing
26 April 2025
Amenable staff, great location, lovely city. I would go there again.
Breakfast was suitable for me and my travel companions, even though I am on a low-carb diet. There was oatmeal, cheese, boiled eggs, yogurt and fresh melon for me and bagels, pastries sweet breads, jams and granola for them. Plus loads of coffee and tea available at all hours. The location was perfect: directly across from Parc la Fontaine, a short walk from the metro stop (about 10 minutes.)
They ran out of plain oatmeal on the third day of my stay, although there was plenty of sweetened oatmeal which I could not eat. Also, I had to ask for extra towels as they weren't changed when the room was serviced, even though we stayed four nights. Still, they supplied them when asked.
26 April 2025
Boutique hotel with character - a great base to explore Montreal
A lovely boutique hotel with character, in a great part of the city for exploring. Very comfortable with excellent staff.
21 April 2025
Great location, quiet, spotless room.
Great location, beautiful park, parking out front.
20 April 2025
Perfect for solo travel .. my go to place for a visit in Montreal!
It’s my 2nd time staying here. Comfortable and safe place to stay. Great location. Friendly and attentive staff.
11 March 2025
Exceptional
I loved how the entire place was maintained. We had an amazing breakfast. Room was super clean and spacious. I would without a doubt go back there. It was amazing.
Hotel facilities
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service
- - Daily housekeeping
Reception services
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Cycling
- - Walking tours (additional charge)
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying
Outdoors
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Kitchen
- - Shared kitchen
Entertainment and family services
- - Indoor play area
Food & Drink
- - Kid meals
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits
- - Coffee house on site
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available

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17 September 2025
Fabulous