Rockaberry

Montréal classic with lots of wonderful pies some of them are pretty heavy to say the least ! My favourite is the the key lime pie ;)

L’intérieur ressemble comme un rockaberry classique, les gateaux sont bons mais parfois inégaux.
J’avais pris un gâteau au fromage et on sentait à peine le fromage comparé à celui de la personne qui m’accompagnait.
Au final je trouve que l’addition est assez élevée pour ce que c’est, 20 $ (tout inclus) pour 2 parts de gâteau.
Cela a calmé mon envie d’y retourner …

Like it here! Great sandwiches, and pie. Although the service is hit or miss. One lady here gave me attitude once. There is a cute terrace that is nice in the summer. It is reasonably priced, regular restaurant fare. 10 – 20 $ a person. Would recommend for a nice casual dinner or lunch!

I love rockaberry. It’s my favorite restaurent but the service here is really bad. There’s only two servers here that are nice. The rest are really mean. If you want good service with your food you pray to come on the days that the nice servers are there or just go to the one near atwater the service is always nice.

Ordered one of the daily specials — soup of the day, choice of salad (garden, oriental garden, or Caesar), choice of coffee or tea, and a slice of pie for $ 14.
The broccoli-​cheddar soup of the day was bland — not much else to say about it. Caesar was mediocre — overdressed and devoid of Parmesan, but at least the croutons were crunchy and well seasoned. But really, who comes for the food?
The pie on the other hand was pretty good. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I am easily influenced by large servings — and the slices are huge. The apple crumble pie in particular is piled high high high with thinly sliced, cinnamon-​spiced apples and a buttery sweet crumble topping. I love that the apples retain their structure, rather than melt down to nothingness. The flavour is a bit heavy on the cinnamon and would benefit from some acidity, but overall it’s quite nice. In terms of the crust, the bottom was a bit soggy, but the sides retained a nice crisp crunch. The vanilla ice cream was nondescript.
Service was average. Friendly servers, but once they took our orders and brought the food, they pretty much disappeared. Nobody refilled our water glasses for at least an hour and a half…
Next time I would probably just order a pie to go… It’s more economical and I have no inclination to return for another meal.

Not my type of cakes that they have there but the cheese cake is ok prices are expensive and it’s not worth it for the quality try to cross street for Première Moisson which is way better!

Amber is pleased that no smoking is allowed on the balcony. Generous portions of salt or potato wedges along with tasty sandwiches. Friendly service.

The truffle pie was consistent (I know that’s a strange word to use in this context, but I mean that the truffle was uniformly tasty), and the delicious «Rockafrappe» milkshake reminded me of an old-​style dinner. Five stars!

Location: In the heart of Monkland village. Metered parking or look for parking on the side streets.
The place: Average décor and average size. The lighting’s a little dim but I’m not here for the ambiance. They have limited seating inside and outside on their terrace.
The food: I’m only reviewing their dessert, as I haven’t had a meal here. I ordered the chocolate and raspberry cheesecake and it was really good. I expected it to be overly sweet but this wasn’t the case at all. The cake was fresh, not too cheesy and the texture was perfect — kind of like a firm cloud of fromage. Yum! My date ordered the Oreo cheesecake and loved it. They do seem to have a pretty good rotation because the place was packed and I saw them putting fresh cakes in their display.
Service: Our waitress was friendly and offered up some suggestions. She also came to check on us while we were there. The only annoyance was that we were never brought our bill, and the line to pay at the cash is one hot mess. There is no line — just a group of people crowding around and cutting in front of each other. They really need to work out some kind of order because this isn’t very efficient.
Price: Average. It cost me about $ 12 for cake and tea.

i love pies but this place doesn’t do it for me. the pies seem to be sitting there all day long and they turn out really soggy and cold. my lemon meringue was cold on the verge of freezing
service wise, one of the girls gave us attitude. we asked for a glass of water, took forever to come. not only did it took forever, the glass was dirty as hell. we even joked it was bathroom water. speaking of which, it might have been.
the hot chocolate and the coffee was the highlight of a miserable evening

I had the daily special where you combine a BLT sandwich and a piece of pie. I don’t have to mention that the pie was great but actually; the sandwich was not bad either. Friendly staff and a nice neighborhood adds to a great experience.

Rockaberry has been around since the 90s… and probably even a little earlier as my vague memories seem to recall odd times back in College. Either way, it’s never changed too much from it’s key and most important focus, PIE.
Home of quite simply awesome cream pies, fruit pies crumble pies and so on (sense a theme here?), all of monumental height and size, it’s been one of my favorites through the years for coffee, dessert and just a good place to hang out. From it’s original location on Queen Mary, to the expansion on St-​Denis, the West Island location (no idea if that’s still around) and now the Monkland location, the pies have always been the constant that brings in the crowds at all hours of the day and night.
There may be better places for dessert. Definately better places for atmosphere. But for something comforting, this is always a constant.
Oh, as for all of those other details, yada yada yada… service was relatively attentive and fast, the atmosphere and the environment was nice though nothing too fancy to write about, and prices were reasonable. Overall, it’s a place I will still visit to whenever I’m back in my old hometown. Wish I could figure out a way to get them to open a location out here in Calgary one of these days.