It is nicely situated, with a view across the St Lawrence and the view is particularly good at the…read moretime of sunset.
The gentleman we spoke to when trying to make a reservation, refused to attempt to understand English and at the end of the conversation, I repeated clearly in French slowly, our reservation details. Of course, when we arrived we had been omitted from the reservation list.
"This is the only table left" we were firmly told pointing to a small table in the middle of a lounge area, as we surveyed the half empty dining room. It was noticeable that the only two parties who spoke in English were seated in the same area outside the main dining room, furthest from the prized window over the St Lawrence.
Interestingly, a Francophone gentleman arrived twenty minutes later, also without a reservation and was promptly seated by the window without any fuss. There were never less than three window tables available, the whole time we were there.
Both the soup and the salad appetisers were unexceptional, except that the salad had some grit in it. The seafood risotto had clams, mussels, shrimp, bacon in it and was correctly al dente.
The Confit du Canard was fine, with mushroom Papadelle. As my partner said "it is all right". The fruit sorbet and crème brûlée were standard, the first gave the impression that it was of commercial origin and the latter had hardly any crust.
We were told "the tip is not included" loudly when presented with the bill.
