Restaurant l'Empreinte

- waited by the door for a few minutes before the owner finally sees us and greeted with a “good evening”
- when checking our reservation on his tablet, the owner shrugged and muttered something, then pointed us to a direction. We had to find the table by ourselves
- the 20 minutes passed, no one spoke to us, there was nothing on the table at all, not even water
- then the owner finally came, poured 2 glasses of water, the dropped the menu on the table. No words communicated.
- 10min later, the owner finally came, ordered 7 course, once again, the owner seemed unable to speak English at all.
- finally the dish came, it even wasn’t the first dish on the menu but the second. There was no introduction, owner simply placed it on the table and left.
- no one took our plates when it is finished
- nobody cared about us and the couple next to us, at all.

The whole experience is like a Mulholland drive horror movie, unreal.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

As usual, I had a wonderful evening out at l'Empreinte! The food was, of course, absolutely delicious, as were the drink pairings. And, as is always the case here, the service was excellent. Benoit delights with his warmth and knowledge of the food and drink that is served. Merci!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Place wasn't busy...There was only 2 table of 2 but probably because it's a weekday,and it was Thursday to be exact.
The menu is either you get the 7 or 5 tasting menu with wine accompaniments of full or half accord.We chose to get the seven.The first one was a charcuterie with sapin.Nothing special and the sapin was too strong.It completely killed the plate.We gave a benefit of the doubt for the next plates but until the last plate of dessert, nothing stands out.I found that most or some of the ingredients of the plate doesn't go along well.Everything in the buffalo plate was all sour.The mushroom with gnocci plate was ok or we can say good but not exceptionally good.For a restaurant that categorized as fine dining,....All the plate lacks refinement taste and texture per se. Even the wine accompaniments doesn't blend well with the plates.There was probably 2 or 3 that's ok.
Decoration and ambiance is good and nice.We should have chose the table not the table with high chairs.My mistake.
Service is very good.The owner is friendly and respectful.
We ordered the 7 tasting menu with half accord but charged with full accord.
Was a bit disappointed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

The food was excellent and presented beautifully. It took a long time to get our first two course..2 hours. I like a leisurely dinner but that was pretty slow. The server brought us the same two courses twice... Be prepared to take your time. 5 courses took 4 hours.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Excellent restaurant we took the agreement with the 7 services and it was very good. The wines were well chosen and we enjoyed all the dishes, although we each had our favorites. A small downside for the music which gave a strange atmosphere. I like Quebec rap, but the context didn't lend itself very well to it. It was pretty quiet for a Saturday evening, there were only a few tables while we were there, which allowed us to have personalized service. The server was very friendly and answered all our questions.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

My third visit and still an excellent experience both in terms of cuisine and welcome. We chose the five-course formula rather than seven and were satisfied. The pairing with the wines is both original and impeccable. A very good address in Sherbrooke.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service, creative and festive. A culinary and human experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

For the service I would have given it a 6 star, the food is excellent. It’s a beautiful, very friendly place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bourgots

Excellent experience tonight from beginning to end! We got the 5 course menu and the food was incredible. Highlights were definitely the pasta with beef cheeks, the dessert paired with pear liquor and the cod cheeks. The pasta in particular led to a pleasant out of body, existential experience. The owner was super friendly and made us feel welcome throughout. The open layout with the kitchen in the middle of the restaurant made for a great dining embience. We originally reserved the dining counter seats which I would definitely recommend as you're eating and watching them prepare each dish in front of you but the owner allowed us to make the unbelievable decision of sitting by the windows instead. Mistake there. Excellent wine pairings and you can order half glasses. 5/5 would go again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The bad experience here mainly comes from the service (we didn't even stay for the meal). As we enter, no hello, no summary welcome, they come towards us, putting the menu in front of us while we are still standing in the entrance, we ask if it is possible to sit at a table. Arriving at the table we order 2 glasses of wine and a Virgin... No Virgin but the waiter strongly insists on making his cocktail without alcohol without mentioning what it contained we end up saying yes because very insistent he makes no request on food allergies of course he comes back with a strawberry cocktail (I'm allergic), he pours a bunch of bottles of white bin without letting the lady with us taste it and makes my husband taste the red wine when she points out to him that she hasn't been able to taste his wine, he persists!! A big no. We add rap music which in my opinion has no place, I don't believe that people who frequent this type of establishment are particularly fond of this type of music, at least that's our case. We therefore chose to leave, we were looking for a good table but unfortunately the service was not there and we did not wish to continue the experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Superb experience.

Ben, the owner, took the time to explain to us the origin of the dishes and the wines that accompanied them.

The attentive service we received represents a real difference between enjoying a good meal and enjoying a memorable experience.

We highly recommend because we will definitely return!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

One of the best restaurants in Sherbrooke, high quality dishes! A very good service, thank you for the commercial gesture for the little time addict. I recommend ++

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our expectations were high to celebrate a special occasion by spoiling ourselves with a good meal. The result, wow even better! We taste the work behind each dish in the choice of combinations, in the desired tastes...the WINE combination also received a perfect score 5/5...a first experience for us at this restaurant but not the last.. .We loved living this exceptional culinary experience while encouraging our local chefs, Bravo Benoit and your team :)

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent ? best restaurant in town ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Did the 7 course tasting with wine pairings. Everything was outstanding and carefully planned, prepared and presented. The owner is passionate about his craft. A definite must if your in the Sherbrooke area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5