Chez Boulay - Bistro boréal

Nancy

5.0

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. MELANIE WAS WONDERFUL! FOOD WAS DELICIOUS & FOOD PORTIONS WERE GOOD. SERVICE WAS GREAT.

Michel

4.0

Un serveur très mal habille, est venu nous informer de façon très sec qu'il était temps pour nous de quitter notre table (7 personnes) parce que des clients attendaient pour le deuxième service.
Un malaise confirmé par les 7 clients de notre table.
Dommage pour l'équipe du restaurant (serveuse & équipe en cuisine), ce sera notre dernière visite à ce restaurant.

Pamela

5.0

We had a fantastic brunch here. Highly recommend.

Oliver

4.0

Loved it for food, presentation, service & atmosphere.

David

4.0

The best, the service & the food. The problem, so many noisy people. (Thats not restaurant fault)

Isabel

5.0

I had come on a previous trip to Quebec city & remembered the fabulous meal I had the first time. The second time was just as delicious. The chef has a great talent to use local ingredients & create wonderful flavor combinations.
The staff is very attentive & knowledgeable about the menu & drinks.
As a bonus the place is not as expensive as you would expect for this quality of cooking.

M

5.0

Un restaurant avec des plats raffinés & originaux. Les ingrédients sont utilisés avec talent.

Edouard

5.0

Absolutely the one place to eat in Old Quebec. We had 2 dinners & a brunch. Everything is just superlative

Lisa

5.0

Great service , food was amazing & loved the hole experience!!! Would definitely go back

Rororosa

4.0

We were visiting Quebec City, & it happened to be my child's birthday that day, so I wanted to choose a restaurant that felt distinctly Quebecois. Chez Boulay turned out to be a good choice for our family. We were traveling with several children, & the atmosphere was relaxed, lively, & welcoming rather than overly formal, which suited us very well.

Overall, the service was very good, & most of the food was enjoyable. The biggest disappointment was the fries - they were almost burnt, & none of the kids wanted to eat them.

For my main course, I had the beef cheek. It was quite good, with a very pronounced beef flavor. The eggplant purée was a little too salty for my personal taste. My husband had the blood pudding, which was also good, & the layered potato that came with it was especially well done. My father ordered the bison steak, & that was probably one of the best main courses at the table. It was cooked very nicely & arrived at exactly the right doneness.

For appetizers, we ordered the scallops, fish, French onion soup, & foie gras. The onion soup was the one dish we did not really enjoy, as we found it too salty & felt that the saltiness overwhelmed the other flavors.

My personal favorite - & the standout dish of the meal for me - was the scallop appetizer. The scallops were incredibly fresh & flavorful. My husband thought the sauce may have been made by blending & straining fish into a very smooth purée. I honestly couldn't tell exactly what it was made from, but I absolutely loved the dish.

The foie gras was also very good. The berry sauce helped balance the richness of the foie gras, & I personally preferred this pairing to foie gras served with pear.

The dessert was chosen by the kids, so I'm not completely sure what it was called, but it had a pudding-like texture with a strong strawberry flavor. I really enjoyed it.

Overall, we had a very good experience. The atmosphere was family-friendly, the service was solid, & there were several dishes that really stood out.