Havre-aux-Glaces

I like the Pistachio one better, ‘dark’ chocolate still too sweet for me

Favourite ice cream in the city, no questions asked. My favourite flavours include the dulce Di leche and the dark chocolate. Fun fact: during the summer they stay open after the market closes down so you can enjoy their ice cream even after the sun goes down!

You MUST stop here if you are in the Jean Talon market.
I had the Masala Chai ice cream and Matcha sorbet in a medium cup. Now that I think about it, I should have gotten the large. The flavours are strong and well infused. I’m not sure how they do it, but they were able to mix the two flavours and create a little pretty flower to top off the treat.

Delicious gelato. The mango was refreshing and tasted like real mangos. The milk chocolate was excellent. Raspberry was the perfect tartness. Was impressed that he was able to fit 3 flavors into a small cup! Well worth $ 3.

Normally I don’t like macaroons so the fact that I kept buying one after the other here tells me that this place is AMAZING!
they have ice cream inside the macaroons which is what drew me in the first place.
They had coconut, mango, espresso, caramel, etc.
I think the lady was laughing not at my French, but at the fact that I would buy one, turn around eat it, and then buy another one.
I spent a good $ 20 trying all their flavors and going to the extreme here.
Where else can you find ice cream inside an amazing macaroon for only $ 2 each?
Best food find of my whole trip for sure!

This is their anchor store located at Jean Talon and really should not be missed when visiting the market place. Havres-​Aux– Glaces makes ice cream, sorbets and desserts using fresh locally sourced products which change seasonally depending on freshness and availability. The quality is superb, the variety can be daunting but don’t let that stop you, H-​Aux-​G is a real treat for ice cream lovers searching for that unique fresh flavored sweet treat sensation.

So glad I stumbled upon this place when exploring Jean Talon Market. This is melt in your mouth kind of gelato.
They have many other treats including frozen macaroons and mini chocolate balls with ice cream.
I got a combination of their pear sorbet and dulce de leche. I thought the creaminess of the dulce de leche would overpower the sorbet but no way! Both sweet flavours complimented each other well and the pear was potently delicious with every mouthful! The mini chocolate balls with ice cream are a nice, quick treat but if you want to be thoroughly impressed then try their gelato.

tucked away in JTM, this lovely frozen treat boutique has the BEST sorbets in town. yes, over the mighty powerhouse that is Kem CoBa!
very intense in flavor and their seasonal sorbets and ice cream are to die for! every fall, i giddy with joy because they have probably the best that i have put my tongue on, pumpkin and orange sorbet. i always make sure to load up on a couple of pints every fall.
on weekends, there’s a pretty big lineup but they stay open after market closing time which makes it more manageable for a late night treat.
their regular ice cream offering is pretty good but its the sorbets that are worth lining up for.
they have some frozen cake during the holiday season but can’t vouch for it as i’m not a frozen cake guy.
price wise, it’s pretty inexpensive besides the 25 – 50 cents bump during summer time.
if you live in the neighborhood, its the only place you need to go to unless you want gelato. if you are visiting the market, stop by! if you like frozen treat, it should be in your top 10 places! in short, you simply have no reason to bypass this place

Good smooth sorbet! We’ll balanced sweetness to sourness! Awesome! Nice environement!

J’aime énormément leur sorbet au citron. Vraiment. Mais j’ai beaucoup aimé Caramel brûlé et érable, Dulce de Leche, Match, Marron.
Notez que certaines saveurs sont offertes qu’en saison comme clémentine, fraise, orange sanguine.

Parmis mes glaciers prefere a montreal, riche et savoureux, abordable et pour tous les gouts. Les saveurs sont toutes bonnes, mais celle au chocolat noir est juste malade. Si vous etes au marché l’ete, c’est un incontournable.

let us not forget that montreal gets RIDICULOUSLY humid and warm in the summer. which makes perfect sense for havres-​aux-​glaces to spoon out its incredibly delicious gelato flavors.
dense but smooth, the gelato packs so much flavor in each bite. we opted for their green tea and one of their top picks of alcoholic gelato (all beer related). a wonderful treat while walking through jean talon!

So I used to live in Italy and eat gelato there consantly (that’s extra street-​cred there, right?)
First things first: Havres-​Aux-​Glaces is *real* no-​bullshit gelato, made right there from real ingredients every day. The pistachio flavor comes from *actual*pistachios* and the espresso flavor is made with *real*muthafuckin’*espresso*. You can’t cheat and get gelato to taste this way…
But the reason to go weak-​kneed for this place is only one: Cassis. The Cassis Sorbet they make is — and I don’t think this is an exaggeration — THE SINGLE BEST THING ANY HUMAN BEING HAS EVER PREPARED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. It’s just phenomenal — tart and bitter and slippery and sharp and cassis-​y and just unreal.
They’re all great. But the Cassis is superhuman.

Habituellement, je né suis pas une fille à sorbet. Quand je me gâtes, j’aime plonger ma cuillère dans de la vraie crème; De la décadente crème glacée au chocolat noir, aux noix, incrustée de morceaux de barres de chocolat chimiques dont je né me permet autrement pas l’occasionnelle indulgence. Par contre, les règles changent chez le Havres-​Aux-​Glaces.
J’aurais pu avoir le pire service au monde, j’aurais quand même laissé 5 étoiles. Leurs sorbets sont tout simplement sublimes. On passé des classiques aux combinaisons plus osées comme Poire & Sortilège, qui est tellement bonne qu’on se sent coupable de consommer une telle oeuvre d’art. Ma dernière visite s’est conclue avec un mélange de sorbet aux fraises du Québec et Chocolat Noir. Le goût des fraises était si pur que seul, le sorbet me serait semblé incomplet. Mais le côté amer du chocolat venait contrebalancer le sucre à la perfection, me permettant de conclure à merveille mes emplettes dans le marché Jean Talon, une perfection glacée en main.

I chanced upon this ice-​cream & sorbet shop when I was doing my maiden round at Jean Talon Market. I could sense that adrenaline rush in me when it comes to candied stuff and asking myself if I should get a scoop at 9am seems unwarranted.
Desserts in any form always make my day, I am not a real sweet toothed but when u are away from home for an extended period of time and missed some of that comforting food, u just need something to get yourself connected and feel good. And ice cream is the easiest and cheapest means to get me excited and happy and especially when that the ice creams are laced with maple syrup — 2 maple flavored ones are waving at me from afar!
Obviously there wasn’t any crowd on a Friday morning when I patronized. I asked for a sample on the 2 maple ice cream and when I couldn’t decide which one to get, the lady offer a mix of both even for a petite cup (the mini in the cup range).
Smooth, creamy and intense, the Caramel & Maple ice cream swept me off my feet. Instantly, I revealed a broad smile! I know this is a notch sweeter than the ones I had at Maple Delights, but the latter don’t partner up caramel with maple in their store. This one at Havres-​aux-​Glaces has a robust burnt sugar taste with a harmonious maple scent, clean and without a trace of off-​flavor. Lovely. The she mixed it up with my second choice; Maple and pecans. Equally smooth and creamy, this is less nectarous than the caramel variant but it has a modest pecan bites in them, adding extra depth, quite nutty but Maple Delights is more generous in their walnut helping.
The service is prompt although the lady at the counter didn’t win the «most friendlier» badge from me. But the gooey taste in that single scoop makes up for that. I couldn’t care much as long as it put a smile on me! $ 2.35 for a petite cup? Definitely worth any moment!

Havres-​aux-​Glaces has an array of creative sorbets and gelati, including pear, cassis, and pink grapefruit sorbets the day that I visited. The sorbets are sweetened with restraint, allowing the bitterness of grapefruit and zing of cassis shine through. A lovely treat on a hot day, and one that my friend has obsessed about (and revisited) since we first visited.

So I finally broke away from my usual today (dark chocolate) and tried the erable brule after many recommendations and I’m so glad I did! It was bursting with maple flavour and the nougat chunks in it were a very welcome surprise!

This is a dead tie with Kem Coba. I like Kem Coba for their tart sorbets, but I love this place for their sticky an heavy caramel, chocolate and dairy-​based gelatos. The people who work here are cute and quirky authentic hippies. I support that cause. Located right by Atwater Marche, this place is a must see if you are in that area. Life is too short to not indulge in gelato served to you by real deal hippies.

To me Bilboquet is simply the GOD of ice cream in Montréal, but Havre aux Glaces (Ice cream’s Haven) comes close, pre – tty close. The shop is squeezed between a cheese shop and a sandwich stand, but you probably won’t miss it thanks to the mile-​long queue in front. The shop is cramped but pretty and colorful. I was pleasantly surprised by the easy-​going and friendly service. Another surprise is their flavors. Now that every other shop sells lemon and matcha ice cream, ice cream parlours have to constantly outdo themselves. I found burnt maple, ginger, hazelnut, expresso and 72% cocoa chocolate ice cream. Now I know I NEED to be back to taste that one. Seriously, it is pitch-​black with cocoa!
Their sorbet selection is generous (my parents favourite was blood-​orange). I was totally blown away by how authentic the flavours are, you really taste fruit, and the natural aromas of whatever it is you chose.
Their greatest size is around 4 $ which is a sufficient quantity to bring along with you on your discovery of Jean-​Talon market. I knocked a star off because they don’t have that much choice in terms of portion sizes or cones which is a crying shame. I would also prefer they had an area where we could sit to eat, but I’m nitpicking.

We have some spectacular ice cream in Montréal but I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is the best in the multiverse. Get the «erable brulé» yes that’s burnt maple. Eat it slowly while thinking about your life, and how great it is to alive and to have taste receptors. When you get to the crunchy toffee soft nutty INSANITY send me a little thank you note with your mind. Also: the dark chocolate. There are no words. 6 $ for a pint.

This place has the best gelato that I’ve ever had. Not that I’m an expert or anything, but so many of the flavors were so intensely delicious and flavorful. Like the pear tastes more pear-​like than even the ripest pear, and yet it manages to not be cloying. I don’t know how they do it.
Granted, I didn’t like all of the flavors that I tried, but the people are more than happy to let you sample flavors until you find the ones that blow you out of the water. A must-​eat in the Jean Talon Market!

This is the best gelato I have ever tasted (after a week in Italy, several months in Paris, and obsessive ice-​cream eating everywhere I travel)!
Havre Aux Glaces has incredibly inventive flavors, including masala chai, fig, pear and cider, ginger, strawberry with black pepper, etc. etc. I suggest sampling a bunch until you find one you love. They also mix the flavors and have ice cream cakes. We mixed a poire et cidre with gingembre and it was absolutely incredible! The pear gelato manages to capture the essence of pear, including a perfect Bosc texture, while the ginger really gave you that gingery bite.
Definitely worth a stop during your next trip to the Jean-​Talon market, or even during your next trip to Montréal!

Is this the best ice cream ever?
Yes.
Intense flavor. Light on the palate. Good cones. Good flavor combinations. Better than Jeni’s of Columbus, OH, which was my former personal standard bearer. Even the sorbet is terrific.
There is really nothing else to say.