Quebec, Canada — Restaurants
Le Charles Baillairge
This restaurant in the Clarendon Hotel is billed as the oldest restaurant in Canada, and it is certainly one of the most expensive. What diners can expect for their dollars, however, is an exquisite experience where food has been turned into an art form. The refined menu features dishes of guinea fowl and game, enhanced with exotic sauces, delectable seafood like Atlantic salmon, daring salads made with ingredients from the hotel's own garden, and tasty terrines. As far as possible local produce is used, right down to the post-dinner chocolates, served with port. The setting is as refined and elegant as the food. Reservations recommended. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 5
- Address
- 57 Rue Sainte-Anne, Hotel Clarendon
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- www.charlesbaillairge.com
La Crémaillère
This family run restaurant offers the ultimate in gastronomic delight, blending Italian and French tradition into a tempting menu that translates into tantalizing aromas as you enter. The restaurant, operating for more than 35 years, has just moved to a new location, still in the old city, but the atmosphere and quality has been maintained. Beppino Boezio, who came to Québec City in 1962 from Italy, has passed on his knowledge to his son Luidgi, who is taking over the reins. Specialties of the house are pasta, rack of lamb, milk-fed veal, beef and seafood. Open daily from 11am.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 4
- Address
- 73 Sainte-Anne Street
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- www.cremaillere.qc.ca
Les Frères de la Côte
Offering al fresco dining in a bustling atmosphere in the upper town, this busy bistro is a hang-out for politicians and journalists. The food is as lively as the clientele, with a Mediterranean inspired menu that changes daily. Specialties are pizza, osso bucco, confit de canard (duck leg) and leg of lamb, but there are often surprises like tenderloin horse meat, sweetbreads and couscous plates on offer. It can be a bit crowded, especially on the terrace, so book ahead.
- Food Type
- Modern Eclectic
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 1190, rue Saint-Jean
- City
- Quebec City
Aviatic
The busy terrace of this popular restaurant bears testimony to its quality. Although located in the old train station, the Gare du Palais, near the old port, it is decorated with an aviation theme. The menu is tempting and varied, offering eastern dishes, sushi, Tex-Mex, seafood and grills.
- Food Type
- Modern Eclectic
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 450 de la Gare-du-Palais, Vieux Port
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- aviatic.ca
Aux Anciens Canadien
This establishment, set in a historic homestead, has gone out of its way to give visitors a true Canadian dining experience, with staff dressed in period costume and five dining rooms each outfitted in a different historic theme. The meals on offer are authentic Canadian, too, with plenty of rib-sticking offerings like maple-syrup pie, rich game dishes and hearty meat pies. The restaurant is renowned for its good value three-course set lunch menu.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 4
- Address
- 34, rue Saint-Louis, Succursale Haute-Ville
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- www.auxancienscanadiens.qc.ca
Le Buffet de l'Antiquaire
The best value for money in the old town is probably to be had at this diner in the antiques district. The cuisine is home-style Quebecois, both filling, tasty and reasonably priced. Pea soup, pies and poutine are some of the offerings from the menu. This establishment is particularly favored for its delicious desserts.
- Food Type
- Local
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 95 Rue St-Paul
- City
- Quebec City
Pointe des Ameriques
Pizza with pizzazz is the specialty of this lively, ultra-modern restaurant, which attracts mainly a young clientele, ensuring every night is party night. The establishment offers perfect pizzas with an almost endless choice of toppings, some of them extremely unusual like caribou. The menu also features other favorites like pasta, a variety of burgers, panini and fajitas.
- Food Type
- Italian
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 964 Rue St Jean
- City
- Quebec City
Casse Crêpe Breton
For a quick filler any time of the day, head for this café. You will probably pick it out because there is usually a queue at the door. Casse Crêpe Breton has been a favorite café near the Côte du Palais in the upper town for many years, whipping up the most delectable crêpes. Diners can watch the crêpes being made and pick their choice from more than 20 different sweet and savoury fillings. Choose from main course crêpes, prepared with a choice of two to five ingredients such as meat, cheese and vegetables, or try a sweet crêpe with chocolate, cream and fruit. Reservations not accepted.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 1136 Rue St Jean
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- cassecrepebreton.com
Café du Monde
Delicious dining on traditional French fare along with a view is the offering of this popular bistro at the Old Port. The restaurant has a patio overlooking the river, and a glass enclosure. Reservations are essential here if you want to enjoy specialties like duck confit, salmon tartare, artichoke pudding, and oat tatin apple pie. Open Monday to Friday 11:30am-11pm, weekends and holidays 9:30am-11pm.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 4
- Address
- 84 rue Dalhousie
- City
- Quebec City
- Website
- www.lecafedumonde.com
Le Club Chasse et Peche
One of the most highly rated restaurants in Montreal and a multi-award winner with the local press. Known as CCP, this eatery has reinvented Surf 'n Turf with mouth-watering Kobe beef and lobster tail. The décor enhances the dining experience with low ceilings fostering an intimate atmosphere while the chic décor further suggests that this is a truly special dining experience. The restaurant is open for lunch Monday to Friday from 11:30 to 2:30pm, and for dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 6 to 10:30pm.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 5
- Style
- Trendy
- Address
- 423 St-Claude
- City
- Montreal
- Website
- www.leclubchasseetpeche.com
La Chronique
For a taste of Montreal's rural surrounds visit this highly regarded eatery that exclusively uses fresh local ingredients in its modern French cuisine with interesting Mediterranean and Southwestern touches. The décor is centered on dark wood and red hues framed with black and white photographs, and the wine list, exceeding 250 titles, can be ordered by the glass or bottle.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 4
- Address
- 99 Laurier West
- City
- Montreal
- Website
- www.lachronique.qc.ca
Reservoir
Although a micro-brewery Reservoir is developing a name as the best value restaurant in the city, combing perfectly fresh ingredients with inventive recipes from the fertile imagination of Chef Samuel Pinard. The brunch has been described by one critic as (single for quotes) 'the most interesting (and for my money, the best) brunch experiences in town'. The evenings are naturally a bit lively - this is a microbrewery after all - but this is no way detracts from the dining experience.
- Food Type
- International
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 9 Duluth E.
- City
- Montreal
- Website
- www.brasseriereservoir.ca
L'Express
It would be remiss to list Montreal eateries without mentioning the one best known in cinema and literature: L'Express, Montreal's beloved brasserie. The eatery has handwritten menus in the style of Parisian sidewalk cafes with similar décor and serving staff attitude. The noise reaches epic proportions when the premises is full but the food, decent prices and all-you-can-eat pickles and baguettes makes this an essential experience for visitors to Montreal. Open weekdays 8am-2am; Saturdays 10am-2am; and Sundays 10am-1am.
- Food Type
- French
- Price
- 2
- Address
- 3927 Rue St. Denis
- City
- Montreal
Jun I
Montreal does not have a great reputation for sushi, a sore point for maki-addicted and sashimi-fixated locals. Thank goodness then for Jun I, which flies the flag high for high-quality authentic Japanese sushi. Chef Junichi Ikematsu has developed an interesting menu based on fresh local fish, exotic rolls and flawless nigiri, all complemented by a fine range of sake.
- Food Type
- Japanese
- Price
- 3
- Address
- 156 Laurier W.
- City
- Montreal
- Website
- www.juni.ca
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