We went there for New Year's Eve for the fixed menu. Everything was way too salty and my partner and I both had bad tummy aches after. He end up going home early and having diarrhea that night. Ruined our night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Jason O'Malley
Fantastic experience. We loved the food and the team went above and beyond to accommodate our food allergies. We had such a good experience we came back both days during our trip to Quebec City. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Allie Salinas
Great spot for a meal or drinks. Friendly service. Marly took great care of us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nishant Chaudhary
Amazing food... Plenty of options for vegans and vegetarians as well... Love the vibe, plus great service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Karla Rivas Brea
Amazing restaurant with the best gluten free food! It is so cozy and accommodating with great quality ingredients. We went to visit from Boston and cannot wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angela D
Exceptional! 🥰😍❤️😍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Matt Bakir
Nice cozzy place in old town. Honey was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sam Senoglu
Very nice place, and the server was incredibly friendly and helped us try traditional Quebec food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mohit Mehtaji
Would recommend. Great place for a quick lunch or dinner and it’s decently priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jenorise Mejia
When I arrived at Bistro Hortus on my birthday for my reservation for three people, I decided I wanted to eat alone because my family was driving me insane. Marianne, who was also my server, was happy to allow me to eat alone. She sat my family separate from me. I am so glad that I at alone. The staff was wonderful and very sympathetic to me being very sad on my birthday. My mood changed when I sat down. The music playing was great and the atmosphere was classy, but it gave me a casual homey feeling. After ordering the Quebec Lamb Shank, I settled into a super yummy meal. I found myself rocking my head back and forth to the music and enjoying the delicious food. At one point, I actually closed my eyes without knowing it because I was so relaxed and the food was so good. The cider I ordered was also refreshing and light. For dessert, I ordered Pouding Chomeur. Because they knew it was my birthday, my dessert came with it a super cool zig zag candle that came out of the board It was served on. I felt really special in a place I had never been before. It was simply divine. If you do not like very sweet desserts, this one might not be for you. Although the caramel sauce is very sweet, the maple ice cream that is served with balances it out. ORDER IT and see! Overall this is a great place to eat, or just to get some tea, coffee or a glass of wine. If you are living a gluten-free lifestyle, you will love this restaurant. Instead of searching all over the menu for something that you can eat, the entire menu is open to you. I will come back again before my trip is over.
Has a very rich and fancy restaurant vibe in the heart of downtown Quebec city. I ordered the grilled cheese but wont recommend, a bit small for portion and the cheese needs longer grilling cause it didn’t even melt
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Edoardo Neerhut
This was a mediocre meal for us. We ordered carpaccio, duck poutine, and lamb shank. The carpaccio and poutine had an odd combination of flavours. Too much going on. The duck poutine had an orange sauce that in my opinion undermined the whole dish. Probably my fault for ordering it.
The lamb shank was nice and tender, but the dish was plain and lacking flavour. It just felt like all three of our meals were disappointing and too experimental.
The service was fine, but I don't recall anyone checking in after we ordered. We got a refill of water just before we were ready to leave.
I wouldn't come back here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
LARYL MONETTE
Hotel great 😃 waitter was friendly enough. I had poutine it was just ok nothing special
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Saman A.
I walked up to the restaurant and asked if they had room for 4 adults and they said yes but then when we came within 5 min albeit with a stroller and 3-year-old toddler, we were immediately turned away. I peaked inside and there was quite a bit of room between tables and the toddler could have sat between two adults on the bench plus we could have left the stroller outside. However, they were not accommodating at all and borderline rude. Although I was looking forward to trying the seafood, I will not be coming back and I'm happy I didn't waste my money (prices seemed higher than other similar restaurants on the same road including a Michelin 2025 restaurant). Not my problem if this restaurant doesn't want a physician's recommendation which can go along way with colleagues and groups of medical trainees here on a conference.
Clay Scott
A Tale of Two Dinners We had dinner here twice. The person greeting you at the door is consistently warm and engaging but that was where the similarities ended. The first night we were delighted to discover that most everything on the menu is gluten free and celiac safe. It’s always a relief to find a dedicated gluten free restaurant. Our server was attentive and helpful navigating the menu. Cocktails were interesting and the appetizers were wonderful. The onion soup in particular was rich and delicious. The burger was fantastic and the gluten free bun had a fantastic brioche like texture. The vegetable soup was innovative and delighted a 10 year old. The meal was memorable enough that we decided to return. Unfortunately our follow up dinner was a mirror image of the first. Our server was inattentive and largely absent. When she brought us a ketchup that had been mostly used by someone else there was no apology, she just shrugged it off. The same onion soup was incredibly salty and barely warm enough to soften the cheese. Never having had poutine I decided to try their spin on the dish with duck a l’orange poutine. It was far too sweet to enjoy and again not warm enough for the cheese to melt. The care and attention paid to our previous meal was out the window and we left feeling that we had paid a lot for second rate food and sub-par service.
We went there for New Year's Eve for the fixed menu. Everything was way too salty and my partner and I both had bad tummy aches after. He end up going home early and having diarrhea that night. Ruined our night.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Fantastic experience. We loved the food and the team went above and beyond to accommodate our food allergies. We had such a good experience we came back both days during our trip to Quebec City. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great spot for a meal or drinks. Friendly service. Marly took great care of us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food... Plenty of options for vegans and vegetarians as well... Love the vibe, plus great service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing restaurant with the best gluten free food! It is so cozy and accommodating with great quality ingredients. We went to visit from Boston and cannot wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Exceptional! 🥰😍❤️😍
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice cozzy place in old town. Honey was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very nice place, and the server was incredibly friendly and helped us try traditional Quebec food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Would recommend. Great place for a quick lunch or dinner and it’s decently priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
When I arrived at Bistro Hortus on my birthday for my reservation for three people, I decided I wanted to eat alone because my family was driving me insane. Marianne, who was also my server, was happy to allow me to eat alone. She sat my family separate from me. I am so glad that I at alone.
The staff was wonderful and very sympathetic to me being very sad on my birthday. My mood changed when I sat down. The music playing was great and the atmosphere was classy, but it gave me a casual homey feeling.
After ordering the Quebec Lamb Shank, I settled into a super yummy meal. I found myself rocking my head back and forth to the music and enjoying the delicious food. At one point, I actually closed my eyes without knowing it because I was so relaxed and the food was so good. The cider I ordered was also refreshing and light.
For dessert, I ordered Pouding Chomeur. Because they knew it was my birthday, my dessert came with it a super cool zig zag candle that came out of the board It was served on. I felt really special in a place I had never been before. It was simply divine. If you do not like very sweet desserts, this one might not be for you. Although the caramel sauce is very sweet, the maple ice cream that is served with balances it out. ORDER IT and see!
Overall this is a great place to eat, or just to get some tea, coffee or a glass of wine. If you are living a gluten-free lifestyle, you will love this restaurant. Instead of searching all over the menu for something that you can eat, the entire menu is open to you. I will come back again before my trip is over.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Has a very rich and fancy restaurant vibe in the heart of downtown Quebec city. I ordered the grilled cheese but wont recommend, a bit small for portion and the cheese needs longer grilling cause it didn’t even melt
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
This was a mediocre meal for us. We ordered carpaccio, duck poutine, and lamb shank. The carpaccio and poutine had an odd combination of flavours. Too much going on. The duck poutine had an orange sauce that in my opinion undermined the whole dish. Probably my fault for ordering it.
The lamb shank was nice and tender, but the dish was plain and lacking flavour. It just felt like all three of our meals were disappointing and too experimental.
The service was fine, but I don't recall anyone checking in after we ordered. We got a refill of water just before we were ready to leave.
I wouldn't come back here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Hotel great 😃 waitter was friendly enough. I had poutine it was just ok nothing special
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
I walked up to the restaurant and asked if they had room for 4 adults and they said yes but then when we came within 5 min albeit with a stroller and 3-year-old toddler, we were immediately turned away. I peaked inside and there was quite a bit of room between tables and the toddler could have sat between two adults on the bench plus we could have left the stroller outside. However, they were not accommodating at all and borderline rude. Although I was looking forward to trying the seafood, I will not be coming back and I'm happy I didn't waste my money (prices seemed higher than other similar restaurants on the same road including a Michelin 2025 restaurant). Not my problem if this restaurant doesn't want a physician's recommendation which can go along way with colleagues and groups of medical trainees here on a conference.
A Tale of Two Dinners
We had dinner here twice. The person greeting you at the door is consistently warm and engaging but that was where the similarities ended.
The first night we were delighted to discover that most everything on the menu is gluten free and celiac safe. It’s always a relief to find a dedicated gluten free restaurant. Our server was attentive and helpful navigating the menu. Cocktails were interesting and the appetizers were wonderful. The onion soup in particular was rich and delicious. The burger was fantastic and the gluten free bun had a fantastic brioche like texture. The vegetable soup was innovative and delighted a 10 year old. The meal was memorable enough that we decided to return.
Unfortunately our follow up dinner was a mirror image of the first. Our server was inattentive and largely absent. When she brought us a ketchup that had been mostly used by someone else there was no apology, she just shrugged it off. The same onion soup was incredibly salty and barely warm enough to soften the cheese. Never having had poutine I decided to try their spin on the dish with duck a l’orange poutine. It was far too sweet to enjoy and again not warm enough for the cheese to melt. The care and attention paid to our previous meal was out the window and we left feeling that we had paid a lot for second rate food and sub-par service.
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