Most excellent day and a fantastic dinner at L'Omellot in Québec City…read more The food was outstanding, but the real star was the owner, Giuseppe. We were greeted by one daughter, welcomed personally by Giuseppe, introduced to another daughter, and treated like family from the moment we walked in. Watching him take care of every customer was impressive. When a window seat opened up, he immediately moved a guest who had been hoping for one. Great food. Great people. Great experience. Some restaurants serve meals. Others create memories. This one did both.

Great place for breakfast! Cozy, quaint, atmosphere with friendly service. Pricey but everything is…read moreespecially in tourist places. We had omelette, crepes and the promo 2 for $10 mimosas lol. Coffee good too. A recommend for a nice little morning meal:)

Came here in early June and it was a beautiful, warm day out. Our large group of 12 sat by the…read morewindow, indoors and was able to still enjoy the view of the water. I got a grapefruit mocktail drink and it was both refreshing and delicious. Our waitress was very attentive and accommodated everyone despite us being a pretty large party. I enjoyed the salmon tartare I ordered as well as the fish & chips and the seafood roll which had shrimp, crab, and lobster. The fries were a bit greasy and the seafood roll was fishier than we expected.

I really liked the food, specially the ravioli. The service was very nice and the place has such an…read moreamazing view. I highly recommend this place, especially if you like to have a good experience.

Excellent spot for delicious Québécois food, atmosphere and good service. I've never had oats as a…read moresavory starch served with anything. But they paired it with excellent roasted halibut and root vegetables. It was amazing. And they included seasonal fern fronds for a subtle tang that balanced surprisingly well. The onion soup was on par with a clever presentation. The pound cake (half corn bread) with carmel sauce and maple ice cream got better with each bite. I'm not a Michelin star/tweezer food person but this place brought sophistication and flavor without the pretense.

Mostly excellent food, outstanding service, and a thoughtful approach to dining…read more I started with a Manhattan, followed by the onion soup and filet mignon. The Manhattan was excellent, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Lot No. 40 rye behind the bar. The only other places I've encountered it were aboard an expensive cruise ship--and in my own home. Unfortunately, the onion soup was the weak point of the meal. It arrived tepid and lacked flavor, making it a disappointing start. The filet mignon, however, more than made up for it. Rather than a single cut, it featured several generous pieces of beautifully cooked beef accompanied by an assortment of delicious vegetables grown in the restaurant's own gardens. It had all the flavor and character the soup was missing. Everything on the menu is gluten-free, which is worth mentioning because that can sometimes require culinary compromises. The only substitution I noticed was the alternative to the traditional wheat-based baguette in the soup--and since that course was already a write-off, it hardly mattered. Despite the soup, the excellent steak, well-made cocktail, and terrific service made this a memorable meal.

Had a great time at the Ciel! Bistro Bar. This bar provides a 360 degree view of Quebec City. I…read morethink it takes about 2 hours to see the entire city. We got steak tartare, a salmon entree, and seafood lasagna. The tartare was delicious. I wish there were a few more pieces of crackers. The salmon was cooked perfectly. The lasagna was interesting...the lasagna layers were all together and the seafood was all on top rather than in between. We finished the meal with cappuccinos. Service was excellent! I recommend this restaurant for the unique experience.

Incredible views from Le Ciel! My waitress was friendly and provided great tourist reccomendations…read morearound the QC area. Very accommodating to English speakers. My food and drink were amazing, it was not busy in the early weekday afternoon. It must be incredible to watch the FEQ or sunset at night from up here.

Great food, service and decor. Quick comfortable nice…read moreatmosphere Thank you! Danny and Kathryn Glenn Northlake, TX USA

The service was very friendly. We started outside, but it started to rain, so we moved inside…read more Eating outside is super cute, and fun with nice weather, but the inside was cute too. Unfortunately, the food was not as great as it had been when we came last year. The menu was different. My dad got the eggs Benedict, and the tater tots that came with it were the best part of anyone's meal. The Caesar salad was fine. The artichoke and ricotta ravioli were very underwhelming. My mom wants to go back and get the seafood chowder we had loved last year, but we talked her out of it. I would go again if they had a menu that looked better to me.

Food was excellent though a bit over priced for the portions but it has a Michelin honor so i can…read moresee the pricing. Great wine list, especially the champagne. Service people extremely knowledgeable about the food and the wine. Never have i had someone know intimitely about the wines i was deciding on and that really impressed me. All the food was prepared with precision. It was all perfect. We had oysters with a tomato ice of sorts and i really loved this. It was surprising simple and delicious. I will try to make at home. A dirty martini paired perfectly with it. Comte flan with morels rich and strikingly complimentary to the flan. Fried mushrooms in a type of rice flour tempura (maybe?) were good with the sauce. Looked like the sauce would be spicy but it was not. The star, though, was the beef tongue. If you are eating at this restaurant you probably already eat, and love, organ meats. If not, now is your chance because this is the tastiest, most tender piece of meat we've ever eaten. In a demi-glace sauce that was perfect. The pork belly and lobster was so good we ate it even though we were getting pretty full. Just so delicious, and, again, both lobster and pork so perfectly cooked and a perfectly made sauce as well. So we were so full after that we....... OF course we had dessert! All 3 items. A crueller with creme (anglaise?) sauce, a baked Alaska and a creme brulee with a few candied orange zests. I wish there were more zests! Just fab with that brulee. All 3 were fabulous but the creme brulee was my fave. All in all a great experience we won't forget and hopefully will return to at a later date.

The ambience is great, exposed kitchen to see the masters at work, both low and high top seating…read moreoptions....and tastefully decorated. The food was absolutely delicious, I had "the fish of the day" (halibut) and my wife had the pasta w/meat sauce option. My fish had the perfect skin on paired with veggies and pine nuts. Both the cocktails we selected were well balanced and matched what we wanted. As for the service, this is where they lost a star. The staff were helpful and courteous, but I made a specific note for this reservation, clearly telling them that my wife and I were celebrating our wedding anniversary (it was the actual day of), there was no acknowledgment of any kind. This is probably due to a lack of communication between host and wait staff. (The night before we visited another restaurant that was not on the Michelin guide. They give us a dessert, that was not even on the menu, for free and a personalized card signed by the staff congratulating us on our anniversary)

Darn you Canada! Darn you and your insane good ability to have foods made better than in the Yay…read moreArea! Ha ha ha! You'll know why I'll type this in a bit. Cochon Dingue, The Crazy Pig in French, is a chain of Quebec Provence French restaurants that according to their site combines bistro refinement with the feel of a local laid back atmosphere. It just so happens that I'm typing a review for the original location on Quebec City's Champlain and Traversiers intersection. Of course, you'll see both English and French on the menus, and I felt bad that my French is horrible as I visited Quebec City and Montreal, but remember. San Jose and the Bay Area as a whole are Spanish speaking areas given its history, not French, and while I'm at it, Tagalog and Spanish are way more similar than Tagalog and French. It is nice that the Toronto cousin driving us around can still speak it to a point though. Before I forget, do realize that though there are two entryways, only one of them is really walkable, as the other's closed off. As I insert the old "Yes guys, the ladies are cute" and "Yes ladies, the guys are cute" statements pair, I notice how the place has that simple old school French charm, and I get that hospitality that will always stick with me. I wish I can remember what drink I had as it is pretty, but I do remember ordering a Quebec City pork sandwich (I need to coordinate after all as Mr. John Witherspoon would have wanted) and a pavlova dessert along with the group ordering a deluxe poutine. Oh, remember the "Darn you and your insane good ability to have foods made better than in the Yay Area!" statement I typed up, the second statement of this review? This is in regards of the pavlova. So, the first time I had a pavlova was at an Oakland/Berkeley Japanese restaurant called Iyasare (which I actually reviewed). I told our server that I had a pavlova in/near Oakland, and she asked me to see if theirs is better. Normally, I don't like nuts of some sort with berries in desserts, but this place made me actually like the format because a pavolva isn't so much of a guilt dessert, and with this in mind, I developed now the fondness of nuts with fruits with low guilt/guilt free desserts. I still don't like nuts with fruits in desserts, but that now only applies to guilty desserts. Our server went back to our table and asked if she and everyone else at Cochon made a better pavlova than the one at Iyasare. Seeing that I couldn't lie because Canada, I told her yes, which had her giddy. Go be giddy young lady! Yay Canada getting another food victory! The flaw. Seeing that "They made a better pavlova than my fellow Yay Area residents!" isn't a legit flaw, though my one visit was and is memorable, the one flaw the various locations have in general if I should even call it one is that they add Swiss cheese to their Philly cheesesteak sandwiches. I get that it's to have a healthy cheese, and French is spoken in Switzerland, but adding Swiss to the sandwich is a Philadelphia no-no. Cochon Dingue is quite a fabulous place. If it weren't for the perfect score Toronto places I reviewed, Fran's and Makilala (as Tsujiri is shown all over Canada, which is why I didn't type it up), this would have been my favorite Canadian restaurant. To Canadian residents not in Toronto, I'm sorry that none of your beloved restaurants will ever be my top Canadian spot, but remember. Toronto has the most Filipinos of all of your cities, and of course, I'll have that attachment like they do. At least you can hang your hat on how you have a place that makes a better pavlova than my fellow Bay Area residents! So, for people not from Canada, go check the place out, as it's that good! +/Cochon Dingue is cleverly divine for having some of the best hospitality I experienced, the simple old French charm and really good food. -/"You can't put Swiss cheese in Philly's classic sandwich, everyone!"

Stopped here for lunch during our tour with about 50 minutes to eat before catching our St…read more Lawrence River cruise. After a long morning, I was starving and needed something substantial. I ordered the half rack of ribs, which was a mixed bag. The flavor was good, but several ribs were so burnt they were completely inedible--straight to the discard pile. They came with a well-dressed Caesar salad featuring seasoned croutons and delicious shaved bacon, plus sliced fried potatoes that were crispy and not greasy in the least. The thick layer of BBQ sauce wasn't quite my style--I'm a dry rub girl--but I was too hungry to care much. No photos because I devoured everything. My dining companion had a chicken sandwich she raved about. She ordered a Nordic spritz while I indulged in some Quebec cider. Honestly, I expected more pork options given the restaurant's name, but they fed us quickly and efficiently, which was exactly what we needed. No real complaints except for those burnt ribs. The interior has eclectic, cool-looking decor that's worth checking out. Our waitress provided quick and efficient service as well.

Le Champlain was a really memorable brunch experience during our trip to Quebec City. The Sunday…read morebrunch buffet is a splurge, but worth it for a special occasion. Some of our favorite dishes were the beet-cured salmon, jalapeño passion fruit and scallop ceviche, and the beet and apple salad. All drinks were included, including their special Earl Grey tea blend, and the juices tasted very fresh. Our server, Renee, was a delight as well. One tip: if you're hoping for a window table, one of the hostesses mentioned that you need to book far in advance.

The service is truly wonderful. As attentive, but relaxed as you would expect. We were seated by…read morethe windows overlooking the river. I believe you usually have to prepay for the six course tasting menu, which we did not do. We did a la carte, which we were all glad about after tasting the food. The amuse bouche was a piece of salmon on top of what tasted like the fried crispy wontons that you get with Chinese takeout. Weird. My mother had the cucumber appetizer, which just tasted like a palette cleanser. She then had the agnolotti, which I thought was fine, but she didn't eat more than two bites. My dad had the suckling pig, which he nor the bite my mother took found enjoyable. I had the halibut, it was fine, I just don't think I like poached fish. The portions on the a la carte also seem to be the same as the tasting courses, which wasn't a big deal because none of us really enjoyed it. Their cocktails were surprisingly reasonable. My parents had gone last year and loved it, but this year wasn't great. I go to restaurants for the food. This visit we lucked out with great service and a spectacular view. I don't think we'll be going back. Oh, they give you complimentary bread (!!!) and delicious butter. I haven't seen quality bread and butter for a minute. My mom loved it last year, so went again, and np omen was happy