Café · bistro · cocktails · Montréal

Sit down.

New address · 1045 Côte du Beaver Hall

A generous Haitian table in the heart of downtown: griot waffle, joumou soup — the soup of 1 January 1804 — hot chocolate spiced with clove, ginger and chilli, a full bar and a piano on Thursdays.

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La devanture du bistro Makaya la nuit, enseigne lumineuse à la montagne, porte rouge, bar doré visible à travers les vitrines

Address

1045 Côte du Beaver Hall
Montréal, QC H2Z 1S5
Métro Place-des-Arts · Square-Victoria
Directions

Booking

514 800-3105
info@makayacanada.ca

Hours

Mon 12 – 8 p.m. · Tue–Thu 12 – 9 p.m.
Fri 12 – 10 p.m. · Sat 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. · Sun 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Good to know

Full bar Terrace Private room Full venue hire Step-free Wi-Fi

The room, seen from the terrace · Côte du Beaver Hall

The terrace

The evening starts
on the sidewalk.

Garlands over the windows, striped cushions on the benches, the room glowing behind the glass. The terrace looks onto Côte du Beaver Hall: you watch downtown go by with a hot chocolate or a rum cocktail in hand.

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Le bar du bistro, tabourets ocre, fleurs rouges et sol de béton ciré aux éclats rouges — The bar, opening night

Coin salon du bistro, tableau d'un joueur de flûte, horloge ancienne et foyer allumé sous une lampe sur pied — The fireside corner

Glaïeuls orange dans un vase de verre devant des sculptures, lustres à chandelles au plafond de bois — Gladioli and sculptures

Les lustres à chandelles sous le plafond de bois, la salle fleurie de rouge et la porte laquée du bistro — Under the chandeliers

The table

Haiti, plated.

Salads named after Haitian towns. Soups named after the women who made them. A Caribbean fusion built on what the island cooks, and on chocolate, which finds its way into the drinks, the desserts and a few of the cocktails.

To drink

Chocolate, coffee, cocktails

House hot chocolate, plain, Parisian, or spiced with clove, ginger and chilli. Haitian coffee. A full bar and signature cocktails.

To eat

The Haitian table

Griot, pikliz, chiktay, aubergine caviar, braised beef. Soups that change with the day, tchaka, joumou, la panade. Savoury crêpes and waffles, and salads that carry the names of towns.

To finish

Where the chocolate comes back

Truffles by the piece or by the box, amaretto, salted caramel, rum, passion fruit, espresso, coconut, pistachio. Mousses, sweet crêpes and waffles. And the Leroy Cake, which the chef signs himself.

The new card

It arrives with the room.

The Beaver Hall card is being written. It will be published here, in full, as soon as it is set. Until then, call us: we will tell you exactly what is being served that day.

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Gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options are available on most dishes, please ask. Tell us about allergies when you book.

The week

Four fixed
appointments.

They come back every week, all year. Booking is strongly advised: tables go fast, and Sunday is the first to sell out.

SAM

Tchaka brunch · 12 – 3:30 p.m.

Beans, ground corn and squash, slow-cooked. The peasant dish that feeds a whole table. Meat or vegetarian. Served alongside the summer brunch menu, fresh pastries, cold-pressed juice, eggs to order.

DIM

Joumou brunch · 12 – 3:30 p.m.

The soup Haitians drank on 1 January 1804, the morning after independence, because under colonial rule they were forbidden it. Inscribed by UNESCO on the intangible heritage list in 2021. Squash, carrot, potato, pasta. Meat or vegetarian.

JEU

Music Thursdays · 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Live piano bar. An evening where music and intimacy come together, in an elegant and jazzy atmosphere. No cover charge, booking advised.

ÉTÉ

Summer brunches · from 1 June

Every Saturday and Sunday: fresh pastries, fresh fruit juice, eggs to order and a rotating seasonal menu. Vegetarian and gluten-free options.

And in between: tastings, launches and special evenings will be announced here and on Instagram. Follow @makayachocolat_ca so you do not miss them, and find tickets for our evenings on Eventbrite. The whole venue can also be booked for your corporate and private events.

Booking

A table,
a date, an hour.

For parties of seven or more, and for private events, write to us directly: we answer within the day.

Online booking

Choose your date, your time and the number of guests. Confirmation is immediate.

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Or by phone: 514 800-3105. For seven guests and more, and for private events, write to info@makayacanada.ca.

Le bar du bistro Makaya, comptoir de noyer, tabourets ocre, étagères dorées et enseigne à la montagne — The bar, rue Côte du Beaver Hall

Private events

The whole room, for you.

The whole venue can be booked: corporate evenings, 5 à 7, tastings, launches, family gatherings. Private room, full bar, terrace, and chocolate tasting menus built around the crus of the North.

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Reputation

4,6/5

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