Français : Chocolat Favoris est meilleur. Alors que la version molle a une meilleure consistance…read moreAux Bienfaits et est plus succulente, le chocolat de Chocolat Favoris est beaucoup plus riche et plus épais. J'ADORE Aux Bienfaits, cependant, et ils ont aussi des gâteaux/desserts incroyables. Ils sont généralement plutôt gentils, mais peuvent être tanné si vous prenez trop de temps à commander ou si vous êtes confus. Je dois nommer de GRANDS honneurs à leur molle à l'érable et à leurs enrobages de chocolat au lait ET de chocolat au caramel salé. Voici également un conseil pour obtenir plus de chocolat : demandez votre molle dans un bol, mais demandez la taille de molle que vous souhaitez dans un bol d'une taille PLUS GROS. Cela permet a la molle d'être entièrement enrobé de chocolat. Si vous ne souhaitez pas demander de bol, vous pouvez également demander votre cornet doublement trempé. English: Chocolat Favoris is better. While the soft serve here has a better consistency and is more luscious, the chocolate at Chocolat Favoris is so much richer and thicker. I do LOVE Aux Bienfaits, though, and they have incredible incredible cakes/desserts as well. They're usually pretty nice, but can get annoyed with you if you take too long to order or get confused. I have to give HIGH honors to their maple soft serve and their milk chocolate AND salted caramel chocolate coatings. Also here's a tip to get more chocolate: ask for your soft serve in a bowl, but ask for the size ice cream you want in a cup one size UP. This allows the soft serve to be fully coated with chocolate. If you don't want to ask for a cup, you can also ask for your cone double dipped.

One of the top soft-serve ice creams we've had. The vanilla soft serve with the textured maple top…read morewas a delicious mix of flavors

** juillet 2024 ***…read more attention: la propriétaire a mis l'hotel en vente. elle affiche des forfaits qu'elle ne respecte pas. elle vous appeleras 2 semaines avant votre réservation pour changer le prix et le forfait. bien sur plus eleve que celui que vous aviez reservé. elle vous laissera en plan. elle vous demandera aussi de payer immédiatement meme si le contrat de réservation spécifie un paiement de 48 heures à l'avance. soyer prudent pour ne pas vous retrouver sans chambre et que l'hotel soit vendu et que vous perdiez votre argent.

A delightful century old home turned into a restaurant in Amqui. It's not only a restaurant but…read moreAuberge and also a small specialty food store (selling jarred jams, sauces, packaged spices and other food treasures) plus also a chocolate shop. You don't find many of these old fashioned period decorated restaurants these days. This one harks back to a different era and is pleasan charming and comfortable. My eating companion mentioned that they have a set menu (of 6-8 choices) that changes each day and if you get there late your selection may be eliminated by popular demand. Prices are very reasonable and the food is all gourmet home cooked. I had selected the soup to start (sweet onion and cheese) which was very simple yet deliciously rich in flavour. Then I had a salad with the seafood casserole (tilapia, salmon and imitation crab in a cream sauce). It was very generous in seafood and really tasty and rich. I'm not really a fan of Tilapia but in here it was really good! Serving size was perfect! My lunch mate had the pork tenderloin with a mustard sauce with sweet potato and beans. She mentioned the pork was a bit dry but with the sauce it was decent He good! For dessert they had a decadent, rich hazelnut cheesecake that was to die for! First class! The gift shop is a very clever touch! Why not promote gourmet sauces, spices and jams plus other delights before or after your meal. The chocolate shop is even more genius. With so many choc-oholics and a high level of homemade chocolate you could make a fortune here! Really adds to the ambiance (that this is like eating at a vintage premiere moisson only better)! I picked up some chocolates for home and have enjoyed them quite a bit so far! This could be the best restaurant in Amqui and I know I will be back if and when the opportunity returns!

Location: In the heart of Tadoussac and within walking distance if you're staying in the area…read more The place: It's quite small and I would say it fits no more than 2 people at a time. More than that, and it will be pretty cramped. The goods: There is a nice variety of chocolate, especially if you're a fan of the dark. I purchased a few things including a bear paw (similar to Turtles), almond bark and so on. Thus far, I've only tried the bear paw and my friend tried the orange-flavoured chocolate. We both really enjoyed it - that's some solid chocolate! One comment I have is about the lack of labels on the packaging. It's hard to remember what you bought if you're buying several items so it would be helpful if there was a label identifying each variety of chocolate. Just my .02 cents. Service: This is where I docked two stars. From the moment we walked in, we were made to feel uncomfortable and like we were disturbing the person who I presume, was the owner. First, in place of a greeting, we were scolded for not using the hand sanitizer that was NOT readily visible when one walks into the shop. We were both wearing masks so it's not like we ignored public health regulations. From that point on, we felt like we were being eyeballed the entire time we were in there. When I went to pay, I was actually made to feel like I was buying TOO MUCH chocolate. Are you kidding me? The icing on the cake was when I added an item and rather than offer me two bags (the bags are VERY small), she wanted to add the extra item to my friend's bag. This would have been fine - but I draw the line at having to give back a paper bag! Yes - I was asked if I was going to put the chocolate in my backpack because if that was the case, the owner wanted her bag back! I don't even have any smart-ass comments for that one. So while the chocolate is very good, the service is not. Price point: Very reasonable considering the quality of the chocolate.

On our last evening of trip to Quebec we had our best meal in this restaurant that's entirely run…read moreby women with lots of dishes created with native vegetables. The food is Michelin quality and we tried salicorne (which taste like al dente pea vine) and tête de violon (fiddlehead is the English name and it tastes similar to asparagus) . Didn't get a chance to take a picture of my fiddlehead appetizer since I devoured it immediately! I tried to use Google Translate to understand the menu but the friendly waitress was more than happy to explain it to me in English. Another bonus - it's a family friendly restaurant and although they don't have a kids menu (let's be honest, they are usually bad anyway). They offer half portion for the kids which works out better anyway!

Fantastic restaurant with great atmosphere and a wonderful menu. There are about four pages of…read morewines to choose from. They were very accommodating and let us sit at the bar on a very crowded Friday evening. You could watch the chef and two sous chefs prepare all the meals. They had a very interesting menu although we were tired and it was late and we just got a hamburger and they very graciously made up a green salad for my wife. The hamburger was one of the best I've ever had. It had bacon and onion rings on it with a wonderful sauce and came with a salad and, of course, french fries. My wife had a great green salad. At the bar you can watch them prepare all the meals. If you're American and a bit squeamish you may not like the fact that they seem to mix all the ingredients without gloves are washing their hands. You had the sense that they were very proud of the food they were serving. We were staying in a hotel around the corner which was a bit creepy and this was a wonderful respite. There seem to be a lot of restaurants in this area but not a lot with great reviews. This is definitely worth stopping in for a great meal.

From the owner: À La Réserve Bistro, une adresse aux couleurs régionales, un service convivial et une cuisine…read moreoriginale basée sur l'achat local.

Still the best smoked salmon that one can buy. Recently I came back and purchased 5 pieces (it…read morefreezes really well!) the flavour is a mix of rich salmon, slight salty, smokey rich flavour and melt in your mouth. They kindly gave me a cooler and ice bags to take it back to Montreal. A true treat when in Matane!

Being closer in proximity to the ocean and farther up the St Lawrence I was hankering for some…read moreseafood to take back home with me to the big city. Just to put it in context to you... my ancestors must have been from the tribe that lived closer to the ocean rather than near a farm lol! Fresh seafood for me is something I really enjoy! So driving by this location I really said to myself I needed to ask if they could ice pack some treats to take back. They had a sign on the window for fresh crab as it was in season. So I decided just to get two crab legs (it's lots of work) as a nice appetizer and some fresh Matane shrimp. The shrimp was $12.49 a pound but. I asked if fresh and the store owner said "oui Monsieur". So I got a small amount of both and was able to eat the crab when. I returned and the shrimp for the next two days with no issue. Both were very fresh and super tasty! Definitely I'd return when in RDL. If you want fresh Seafood in the Rivière Du Loup area it's a great option. They gave me a small bag of ice that worked well in my cooler to keep it fresh. Good stuff!

The fromagerie was a disappointment…read more Number one, don't think you are walking into a traditional cheese shop in France or even Québec City. You are not. The place is big but the selections not so much. It is designed like what it is, a tourist venue. That said, this is a highly popular place for the locals to meet and greet and catch the contagion-of-excitement in a line up to buy the local specialty, Basque cheese curds (like strings) in a sealed bag of various sizes. For me, the cheese was inedible. It is loaded with salt and you cannot taste the fresh natural cheese because it is LOADED with way too much salt. Additionally, if you are an additive conscious individual and try to avoid unnecessary non-natural ingredients then you'll not be pleased to find "calcium chloride" added here also. We tried other cheeses offered for sale, bries. They were OK, not theirs, nothing special - but I noticed calcium chloride present also. Commercially available Brie in supermarches or supermarkets either in France or the U.S. do not have these needless additions normally. Again, for me, the salt issue in their specialty of the house cheese made it inedible for me and I feel this is more about the hype, the "sizzle", and not about quality substance. I cannot recommend personally at all.

I'm the cheese eater in my family and we researched this place diligently before vacationing in…read moreGaspé early this June, 2025. First off it is an incredibly popular place, a meeting place, where locals get on a buying 'Conga Line' to snatch the next cheese offerings being replenished energetically by staff. The most talked about was the bags of Basque "cheese curds" a varietal specialty - so I bought plenty of plain and one bag mixed with garlic and green herbs (note this bag was the better choice actuall). The unfortunate thing here is they use the unnecessary additives of "Calcium Chloride" salts (clearly marked on their plastic label) and may also use "Titanium Dioxide" to give it the (super) white color (this latter point I cannot vouchsafe for as a French Label of ingredients and price per Kg was superimposed on the sealed bag but I thought I saw it). In any event given the unbelievable amount they sell additives of any type are simply not necessary at all! Now, about the salt! The cheese strings (curds) are absolutely LOADED with it! Like a hot dog drenched in saline solution! Hey, I like salt too, but there is SO much of it you aren't eating cheese but like a bag of potato chips you aren't eating potatoes either, but salted fried chips more often than not. Same applies here. The natural aspect of farmers cheese is lost in a salt drench. We also bought some brie there not theirs, it was OK no complaints. Except once again't "Calcium Chloride" was added. I mean you can buy "President's" Brie or "ile de France" and have none of this in a local supermarket- here or in France! This place is all "hat no cattle" for this transplanted Texan - and as a cheese lover absolutely not worth you time or your Canadian or American dollars.