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
Nicolas-Alexandre Marcotte
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
Samuel M
Great service, creative and festive. A culinary and human experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elaine Mongeau
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
Brian Engle
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
jessica J
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
Sylvain Gobeil
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
Loic Grosjean
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
Claude Harvey
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 :)
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
Karyne Deschamps
Cuisine from passionate chefs with attention to detail for flavors and presentation. Super nice evening to chat with the owner! This restaurant is excellent!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kevin Cattrell
We were utterly delighted by our experience at Restaurant l'Empreinte on a rainy Wednesday evening. Each course -- made with fresh local ingredients -- had an integrity and beauty of its own, the wine pairings were delicious, and the pacing was perfect. Benoît was a fantastic host and storyteller. We hope to return again very soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Annie Picotte
We took the seven course with the pairings, all the pairings were perfect, the services ranged from very good to sublime, really impressive. Impeccable service. One of, if not the best restaurant experience of my life.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gregory Fournier
It's difficult to criticize the Empreinte restaurant. It's not that the food is bad, nor the service inadequate, but when you enter the range of restaurants over $150 per person you nevertheless expect something more.
To boil it down to one sentence: a lack of attention to detail. A fondue with too much cheese for the quantity of croutons, croutons with a questionable texture (neither crunchy nor soft) but which was perhaps desired. A dish of sweetbreads that is difficult to finish: not because it is bad but because it is heavy and the dish is twice as big as the others.
And ultimately, half of the wine pairings were bottles that we, having little knowledge of wine, had already purchased before. I would have expected private imports, or at least something other than the well-known bottles available at all times at Saq.
Oh, and also the fake retro Galanz fridge really takes you out of the bistro atmosphere of the rest of the restaurant.
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
Restaurantji Recommends
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
Cuisine from passionate chefs with attention to detail for flavors and presentation. Super nice evening to chat with the owner! This restaurant is excellent!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We were utterly delighted by our experience at Restaurant l'Empreinte on a rainy Wednesday evening. Each course -- made with fresh local ingredients -- had an integrity and beauty of its own, the wine pairings were delicious, and the pacing was perfect. Benoît was a fantastic host and storyteller. We hope to return again very soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We took the seven course with the pairings, all the pairings were perfect, the services ranged from very good to sublime, really impressive. Impeccable service. One of, if not the best restaurant experience of my life.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's difficult to criticize the Empreinte restaurant. It's not that the food is bad, nor the service inadequate, but when you enter the range of restaurants over $150 per person you nevertheless expect something more.
To boil it down to one sentence: a lack of attention to detail. A fondue with too much cheese for the quantity of croutons, croutons with a questionable texture (neither crunchy nor soft) but which was perhaps desired. A dish of sweetbreads that is difficult to finish: not because it is bad but because it is heavy and the dish is twice as big as the others.
And ultimately, half of the wine pairings were bottles that we, having little knowledge of wine, had already purchased before. I would have expected private imports, or at least something other than the well-known bottles available at all times at Saq.
Oh, and also the fake retro Galanz fridge really takes you out of the bistro atmosphere of the rest of the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
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