I came here for my 40th birthday afternoon date with my mom. The servers were friendly, and it includes A LOT of food, and all of it's tasty. Old Quebec is a foodie's dream so I can't promise I'd do this again... BUT I have no regrets, and I'm glad we went.
Mario
Quand on ne prend pas le buffet tout devient à la carte ( jus café pain etc) Très belle endroit toutefois Excellent service et qualité de la nourriture
Paul
A wonderful location for afternoon tea to celebrate my wife's birthday. Great food, excellent service. Would highly recommend it to anyone.
Suzanne
We are afternoon tea aficionados...and were so looking forward to tea at the Chateau Frontenac. Unfortunately overall it was a dismal experience. While our location by the window to watch people go by on the terrace was perfect, it was very loud with the piano being played. A harp would have been much more relaxing and on point. The service was nice...our server Pierre did his best, but when the food is poor, there isn't much he can do. I'd have to rate this tea in the top 3 worst teas I've ever had!! While they told me they could accommodate a gluten free tea, they were unable to execute it. Their scones were abysmal. The tiered portion of the food did not fare much better. Dry crumbly sandwiches with basically no butter/cream cheese or seasoning of any kind to make them tasty. The single layer of cucumber was sliced so thin as to be just about see throughable! The tastiest morsel was a slice of cucumber with some shrimp on it. Of the three wee sweets, only one was really good, one so so and the other tasteless. To begin they served a flute with a small amount of sparking tea from Copenhagen. That was the star of the day...totally delicious. Both of the teas we chose from their list we really enjoyed. In our opinion it was not in any way value for money, even with my gluten free tea being discounted 50%. The chef there really needs to up his game!!
Magnolia
I have been to quite a few high teas and some in other Fairmont properties. This one is a bit disappointing. The scones were not served warm the texture of it is a bit doughy. The sweet pastry, namely the red colored sponge cake is not fresh as it was a bit hard & dry. The green tea sparkling drink served upon arrival was great.
Nann
The lovely tea room area of Place Dufferin was set in it's new special china ready for everyone at our seating. A pianist played lovely music to set the tone. Unfortunately, having taken tea many times (in four countries), our experience in total did not compare as well as we had hoped and anticipated. "Afternoon tea" is a ritual steeped in tradition, and there were more than a few "changes" that had been made. For example, the staff put the tea in our pots and instructed us to smell it. Odd, I thought. Later the hot water arrived and the tea was allowed to steep. As the pot had not been heated, this process allowed the brewed tea to cool more quickly that desired. This was after I had returned my pot because there was a clear chip in the opening (in a spot where it could have meant that the tiny shard was in the pot). The scones were the first to be served. Quite a deviation from the typical English order of service. The two plain, soft scones, resembling biscuits more that scones, were accompanied by two nice preserves and a "housemade Devon cream" which was far in texture from either Devonshire clotted cream, or the sometimes served mock clotted cream which shares a textural similarity to clotted cream. The tea tray then appeared with an assortment of sandwiches and desserts, a few of them in shells that seemed from a package. There were other items that were lovely, if not traditional, including an amuse bouche that was a sweet rice pudding, not the savory I expected, accompanied by the very small pour of a sparking tea. All in all, we found our expectations were not exceeded, nor met.
Gigi
Our server was great! He was kind enough to allow us to move to another table with a better view of the terrace and restaurant has a good ambiance. However, breakfast buffet is not that impressive. The food selection is just so-so and the salmon on the eggs benedict didn't taste fresh. I did like the fruit selection but not a lot of selection for desserts.
Michelle
Pour l'heure du thé, ma fille et moi avons été servies comme des princesses. La serveuse, prénommée Renée, était très gentille et nous a même offert de nous prendre en photo avec la table superbement servie. De plus, comme c'était pour l'anniversaire de ma fille et je l'avais spécifié au détour d'une conversation, la serveuse eu une la gentille attention, d'apporter une petite assiette dans laquelle brûlait une petite chandelle avec la mention Joyeux anniversaire écrit en chocolat et le tout accompagné de deux mignardises. À refaire !
Dennis
Wonderful food, atmosphere and service. The $50CA buffet seems a bit pricey, but the selection and quality is outstanding. It comes out to about $70USD for two, so yes, pricey, but you don't do it every day. Take the leap.
sophia
Nous avions réservé pour 6 personnes à 10:30. Nous avons appris sur place que ça fermait à 11:00... on nous avait préparé des places très difficiles pour le déplacement car des sections étaient fermées. Le personnel a été très avenant et dévoué mais l'organisation aurait dû prévoir, nous avions réservé depuis longtemps. Le buffet était déjà très dégarni, pour le prix, et pour avoir déjà été à cet endroit, ce n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes. Encore une fois, le personnel était 5 étoiles.
Malheureusement la nourriture était froide, il n'avait plus de croissants, pour le service s'était excellent, notre table très située face à la terrasse Dufferin. Les valets très souriants!
Marilyn
Great place for brunch. Enormous choices. Great omelet bar. Wonderful pastries. Wonderful staff
Victoria
We had high tea there and it was bad. The bread was stale. Super stale and hard. The portions were super tiny. I was starving afterwards. They brought the “tower” which only had a tiny stale sandwich and candy on it. I requested vegetarian stuff and they brought fish. We waited for 30 min for someone to pay attention to us. The tea got cold. And it was $200. Very disappointing
Robert
L'ambiance était calme et relaxante sans pression pour faire vite. Merci à Vincent qui a été super gentil expliquant très bien le menu autant pour la sélection du thé que pour la nourriture.
Oliver Pe
Dec2024 Indoor terrace restaurant of the Fairmont Quebec nestled atop a prominent hillside of the city.
This resto is where guests would be having their morning dinners.
Holiday season was busy and bustling as guests came in droves and queues arw much the norm.
The food is basic Western European style with a slant to some Canadian fare such as their ham and meat pie. They also offer some in house honey and jams. For a buffet it is standard.
It is really the service that is the stat of the place. Quick, efficient and friendly, the servers are very able to handle the large crowds who gather each day to dine here. The receptionists are to be commended for their poise in managing the queues.
The atmosphere is a 5 IF you find yourself in the terrace area near the windows which give you a wonderful view. Inside the interiors are understandably dated due to all the foot traffic.
A good way to start the day's walking im Quebec City.
I came here for my 40th birthday afternoon date with my mom. The servers were friendly, and it includes A LOT of food, and all of it's tasty. Old Quebec is a foodie's dream so I can't promise I'd do this again... BUT I have no regrets, and I'm glad we went.
Quand on ne prend pas le buffet tout devient à la carte ( jus café pain etc) Très belle endroit toutefois Excellent service et qualité de la nourriture
A wonderful location for afternoon tea to celebrate my wife's birthday. Great food, excellent service. Would highly recommend it to anyone.
We are afternoon tea aficionados...and were so looking forward to tea at the Chateau Frontenac. Unfortunately overall it was a dismal experience. While our location by the window to watch people go by on the terrace was perfect, it was very loud with the piano being played. A harp would have been much more relaxing and on point. The service was nice...our server Pierre did his best, but when the food is poor, there isn't much he can do. I'd have to rate this tea in the top 3 worst teas I've ever had!! While they told me they could accommodate a gluten free tea, they were unable to execute it. Their scones were abysmal. The tiered portion of the food did not fare much better. Dry crumbly sandwiches with basically no butter/cream cheese or seasoning of any kind to make them tasty. The single layer of cucumber was sliced so thin as to be just about see throughable! The tastiest morsel was a slice of cucumber with some shrimp on it. Of the three wee sweets, only one was really good, one so so and the other tasteless. To begin they served a flute with a small amount of sparking tea from Copenhagen. That was the star of the day...totally delicious. Both of the teas we chose from their list we really enjoyed. In our opinion it was not in any way value for money, even with my gluten free tea being discounted 50%. The chef there really needs to up his game!!
I have been to quite a few high teas and some in other Fairmont properties. This one is a bit disappointing. The scones were not served warm the texture of it is a bit doughy. The sweet pastry, namely the red colored sponge cake is not fresh as it was a bit hard & dry. The green tea sparkling drink served upon arrival was great.
The lovely tea room area of Place Dufferin was set in it's new special china ready for everyone at our seating. A pianist played lovely music to set the tone. Unfortunately, having taken tea many times (in four countries), our experience in total did not compare as well as we had hoped and anticipated. "Afternoon tea" is a ritual steeped in tradition, and there were more than a few "changes" that had been made. For example, the staff put the tea in our pots and instructed us to smell it. Odd, I thought. Later the hot water arrived and the tea was allowed to steep. As the pot had not been heated, this process allowed the brewed tea to cool more quickly that desired. This was after I had returned my pot because there was a clear chip in the opening (in a spot where it could have meant that the tiny shard was in the pot). The scones were the first to be served. Quite a deviation from the typical English order of service. The two plain, soft scones, resembling biscuits more that scones, were accompanied by two nice preserves and a "housemade Devon cream" which was far in texture from either Devonshire clotted cream, or the sometimes served mock clotted cream which shares a textural similarity to clotted cream. The tea tray then appeared with an assortment of sandwiches and desserts, a few of them in shells that seemed from a package. There were other items that were lovely, if not traditional, including an amuse bouche that was a sweet rice pudding, not the savory I expected, accompanied by the very small pour of a sparking tea. All in all, we found our expectations were not exceeded, nor met.
Our server was great! He was kind enough to allow us to move to another table with a better view of the terrace and restaurant has a good ambiance. However, breakfast buffet is not that impressive. The food selection is just so-so and the salmon on the eggs benedict didn't taste fresh. I did like the fruit selection but not a lot of selection for desserts.
Pour l'heure du thé, ma fille et moi avons été servies comme des princesses. La serveuse, prénommée Renée, était très gentille et nous a même offert de nous prendre en photo avec la table superbement servie. De plus, comme c'était pour l'anniversaire de ma fille et je l'avais spécifié au détour d'une conversation, la serveuse eu une la gentille attention, d'apporter une petite assiette dans laquelle brûlait une petite chandelle avec la mention Joyeux anniversaire écrit en chocolat et le tout accompagné de deux mignardises. À refaire !
Wonderful food, atmosphere and service. The $50CA buffet seems a bit pricey, but the selection and quality is outstanding. It comes out to about $70USD for two, so yes, pricey, but you don't do it every day. Take the leap.
Nous avions réservé pour 6 personnes à 10:30. Nous avons appris sur place que ça fermait à 11:00... on nous avait préparé des places très difficiles pour le déplacement car des sections étaient fermées. Le personnel a été très avenant et dévoué mais l'organisation aurait dû prévoir, nous avions réservé depuis longtemps. Le buffet était déjà très dégarni, pour le prix, et pour avoir déjà été à cet endroit, ce n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes. Encore une fois, le personnel était 5 étoiles.
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Malheureusement la nourriture était froide, il n'avait plus de croissants, pour le service s'était excellent, notre table très située face à la terrasse Dufferin. Les valets très souriants!
Great place for brunch. Enormous choices. Great omelet bar. Wonderful pastries. Wonderful staff
We had high tea there and it was bad. The bread was stale. Super stale and hard. The portions were super tiny. I was starving afterwards. They brought the “tower” which only had a tiny stale sandwich and candy on it. I requested vegetarian stuff and they brought fish. We waited for 30 min for someone to pay attention to us. The tea got cold. And it was $200. Very disappointing
L'ambiance était calme et relaxante sans pression pour faire vite. Merci à Vincent qui a été super gentil expliquant très bien le menu autant pour la sélection du thé que pour la nourriture.
Dec2024 Indoor terrace restaurant of the Fairmont Quebec nestled atop a prominent hillside of the city.
This resto is where guests would be having their morning dinners.
Holiday season was busy and bustling as guests came in droves and queues arw much the norm.
The food is basic Western European style with a slant to some Canadian fare such as their ham and meat pie. They also offer some in house honey and jams. For a buffet it is standard.
It is really the service that is the stat of the place. Quick, efficient and friendly, the servers are very able to handle the large crowds who gather each day to dine here. The receptionists are to be commended for their poise in managing the queues.
The atmosphere is a 5 IF you find yourself in the terrace area near the windows which give you a wonderful view. Inside the interiors are understandably dated due to all the foot traffic.
A good way to start the day's walking im Quebec City.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
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