Nu Art Café

Dropped in today on the word of my bf. He really enjoys the brunches, so he surprised me with a visit there. There are 2 menus to look at, and the coffee comes with refills, so we each got a mug and pondered the choices. He ended up getting an omelet with brie and sausage, some potatoes, fruit, and baguette (with more brie added on top). I got a crêpe with apple and swiss, and some fruit. The crepes were tasty — full of fruit and cheese. We got to sit out on the patio, with such great weather it’s the time to take advantage of it. I liked the feel, the location, the food… I’ll be back again soon to try some more items. For about $ 10 — 15 per person, you’ll have a solid meal and maybe see some really cool art.

Everytime I went there, I have nice and friendly service. The food is simple and fairly priced. It has a very casual ambiance. Yes, the menu is an old photocopied handwritten sheet but that doesn’t make the service nor the food less good. The menu for Saint-​Jean-​Baptiste and Canada day are great.

We’ve always had a perfectly nice time when we come here. As usual, I try to use my limited French as best I can when interacting with people, but often the waitresses switch to English if they hear my husband and me speaking it.
I usually get the french toast with brie and whatever fruits are on it for that day, and it’s been uniformly delicious. They often have some kind of scramble with veg and meats, and some kind of benedicty thing with eggs on top of an english muffin.
The décor is kind of dingy and worn-​in, you have to pay in cash, and the place sometimes has a lot of cute kids running around. None of these things bother me personally.
So whenever we’ve gone, it’s been good! Which is crazy because usually I make places worse by going to them. The conversation usually goes like this:
«Let’s go to X!»
«But X is always bad.»
«No, it was only like that the time you were there.»
«I’ve been there like five times and it was always bad.»
«Well, it’s not usually like that!»
I can only conclude the badness is my fault. BUT! Nu Art is always good when I go. So either it’s generally good, even when I am not there, or is only good when I am there. I see evidence for the latter, but for obvious reasons cannot investigate the former.

there was nothing fresh about the food.
average service and way too expensive when compared to poor quality.
we will not go there again

I never write bad reviews. But please don’t go to the establishment. The waiters and the owners are racist. They are against baby’s and it’s not for families. Food is average. Place is nothing much. If you do not speak French do not go here. They will treat you bad and will not take your order in English. Let’s just say that I witnessed the owner and the waiters threat this mixed raced couple with two kids so badly on fathers day. Not a place I want to go and I don’t recommend anyone going there.

Messy restaurant, handwritten photocopied and crumbled menus, food was bland beyond belief, eggs were overcooked, potatoes were black like the oil hadn’t been changed in ages… Never going back.

Arggh!!! I have been to this place so many times and I wonder why I keep on torturing myself! They have decent breakfast, however the service is terrible! (Please keep in mind I’m extremely polite and order in French, since the owners/​servers only speak French).
The atmosphere is dark (really — no lighting). Expect to be there for hours since they are slow.

I’ve had brunch here a couple of time and both times I was disappointed but not for the same reasons. I can’t say anything about my visits here were horrible they were just disappointing.
The food isn’t bad, it was actually pretty good the last time I was there. I had the crepes with apples and swiss and I have to say it was pretty good but the person I was with had the yogurt and fruit plate an she found it to be kind of bland. The fruit were hard and tasteless and if the yogurt cup had been any smaller she could have used it to put in her coffee. Speaking of coffee, it wasn’t very good, I might be a little bit of a coffee snob and all I had was the house filtered brew but at least make sure it tastes like coffee not brown water.
The service was good when we arrived but as the place filled-​up and when I say filled-​up I mean when 3 other tables had people at them, we saw less and less of anyone. I did however like the homy feeling the waitress gave us, it was like being at your aunts place.
The décor is ok, I like the paintings on the wall created by local artists but everything looks worn, like they need to close for a week or two to clean and repaint the place. My bigest complaint however is that the fan in the kitchen doesn’t seem to work as soon as the cook started preparing food I felt like I was being smoked out, the smoke was so intense that it drove us out of the restaurant. Nothing like having to eat and run on a sunday morning.
NuArt Café could be such a nice place they have all the elements, now all they need to do is bring them together and pay attention to the details and I sure they’ll have a great breakfast place.

Nu-​art café est connu pour ses déjeuner et l’ambiance artistique. J’y suis allée à deux reprises et bien que la nourriture était correcte et même un peu différente, ça né m’a pas nécessairement impressionné.
Quand il fait chaud, on suffoque un peu à l’intérieur, ce qui rend l’expérience peu plaisante. Le tables à l’extérieure sont meilleures mais elles bougent beaucoup et lorsqu’il pleut, il n’y a pas beaucoup de tables à l’abri de la pluie.
Les prix sont corrects mais plus dispendieux que la majorité des autres endroits à déjeuner du quartier que je préfère.

Too dark. Nothing too special and they cannot make espresso or any other espresso based coffee, filter only.

Verdun n’est peut-​être pas le quartier que vous auriez naturellement choisi pour aller bruncher le dimanche matin, mais sachez qu’on y trouve le secret le mieux gardé à Montréal en matière de déjeuner. Le Nu’art Café offre des déjeunés carrément sublimes au coût d’une dizaine de dollars seulement. La première fois que j’y suis allé, j’ai été déçu par le café qu’on m’y a servi, mais j’ai opté pour le thé par la suite, lequel est satisfaisant. Aussi, on né vient pas au Nu’art Café pour les toiles qu’on y affiche et qui, selon les mois, peuvent être très belles ou plutôt ordinaires, ni pour son café, que je trouve insipide. On y vient pour les déjeuners, qui y sont succulents. La carte de déjeuners, qui comprend une dizaine de choix, change tout au long de l’année, embrassant notamment des thématiques comme au gré des fêtes de l’année. Cependant, le plus copieux et celui que je choisis invariablement, malgré qu’il se transforme légèrement au gré des saisons, est systématiquement le premier sur la carte. La dernière fois que j’y suis allé, ce déjeuner était composé d’une omelette aux saucisses piquantes et au fromage, d’une crêpe aux poires recouvertes d’un coulis au chocolat et d’un morceau de baguette au beurre. Le service est un peu lent, mais l’attente en vaut la chandelle