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Restaurant

Bistro Hortus

Located in Vieux-Québec Hotel
Old-Quebec
4.7$$ & $$$
OPEN9:30 am - 10 pm
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Brunch: Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:30pm.
Organic/BioMarketVegetarianVegan OptionsHealthyKetoSaladsTartareCreativeBistroSeafood/FishRegionalGluten-free OptionsBoutique-CounterBrunchGreat selection of cocktailsGreat selection of wines

About

IN PHOTOS (pdf)

By combining freshness and creativity, the Bistro Hortus offers you a menu rich in local and organic products. For your greatest pleasure, chef Stéphane Roth presents a menu of the “Ferme à la Table” trend. With his unique cooking style, he puts the spotlight as much on meat and fish as on vegetables, always with a view to eco-responsible cuisine. An experience combining good food, good atmosphere and good prices awaits you!

Hortus is the proud owner of two green rooftop gardens located in the heart of Vieux-Québec, right above you! Our crops are quintessential part of your meal.

Our chef Stéphane Roth harvesting fresh vegetables from our roof.

Our gardens will provide some of the fruits and vegetables used in our recipes. Production being limited due to space constraint, we work closely with Quebec farmers who grow organic produce.

OUR BEES

We also own multiple beehives placed onto large strawberry fields at l’ole-d’orleans, home of our Oh Bio partner. Tree beehives are located on the rooftop of Hotel du Vieux Quebec and greatly improve the pollination of our gardens.

The importance of bees to biodiversity

Besides providing their beloved honey, bees are a fondamental part of every aspect linked to the ecosystem. Bees are the most important pollinators, close to 80%, therefore essential to flowering plants reproduction. They are also vital through food chain, considering that 35% of fruits and vegetables depend on pollination by insects

Details

Our Specialties

Local and organic products, meat, fish and vegetables, from an eco-responsible perspective.

Amenities, services & more

Capacity: 80 We accept:  Master Card, Visa, Interac
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:30pm.
Located in Vieux-Québec Hotel
Parkings in the street.
Contact us for more details.
35 seats
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on Google4.5 (1300+)
*as of 2026-07-19
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Review Summary

Bistro Hortus is widely recognized as a premier destination in Old Quebec, celebrated for its high-quality, farm-to-table cuisine and inclusive, entirely gluten-free menu. Guests frequently praise the fresh, locally sourced ingredients and creative dishes, with specific highlights including the pouding chomeur, goat cheese appetizers, and various duck preparations. While the atmosphere is consistently described as cozy, charming, and welcoming, with a beautiful terrace, the service is a standout feature for many, often characterized as attentive, professional, and exceptionally friendly. Although experiences regarding noise levels and certain menu experimentalism can vary, the restaurant remains a highly recommended spot for those with dietary restrictions and anyone seeking a flavorful, authentic dining experience in the heart of the city.
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1 Review
4.5

We enjoyed our visit to Hortus. We came to the restaurant 2 hours early & asked to move up our reservation 1 hour, that was done without problem. Thanks again ! Service was friendly & attentive, with little hick ups like replacing silverware, when they took it with the old dish. Food was very interesting & nicely executed. Deconstructed onion soup, deer carpaccio, walleye tartare & shrimp poutine ( No problem to get it as a main dish, though it was only as an appetizer on the menu. Loaded with shrimp. Creme Brulee. Cocktails were also good. Thank you to the team at Hortus ❤️

Dec 29, 2023

We had poutine, burger, crème brûlée. All were so delicious.

Dec 26, 2023
on Google

Très beau resto & un super service! J'ai mangé la poutine déjeuner. Elle était bonne, mais le fromage & les patates étaient décevants. Le reste des ingrédients dans la poutine était très bon!! Le café whisky était excellent !

Dec 2, 2023
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1 Review
2.5

Nous avons trouvé que c'était un beau restaurant, mais nous avons été déçu de la nourriture, malgré la beauté de presque tous les plats, malheureusement peu de saveur (les plats étaient presque tous fades (7 sur 8 plats commandés à 2 couples). Il manquait l'effet wow pour que notre facture (à 2) justifie le 225$. Manquait probablement d'épices, assaisonnement. Place à l'amélioration. En plus, la sauce de la poutine aux crevettes devrait être revue - même la serveuse nous a mentionné avoir eu d'autre plainte... nous ne l'avons pas demandé, mais une proposition d'un rabais aurait pu être proposé. Merci !

Nov 19, 2023

Super resto pour les coeliaques. Le serveur était très sympathique & connaissait tres bien le menu sans gluten. Nous avons pris une soupe a l'oignon gratinée, le burger de boeuf, la poutine aux crevettes & le tartare de doré (trop d'oignons ca masquait le gout du poisson). Tout était délicieux.

Sep 4, 2023
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1 Review
3.5

Ambience was nice. Friendly staff. Good location. French onion soup was good but not hot. Cheese not melted. Salad was very large & good. Could use less green more nuts fruit cheese etc in salad. Poutine was ok. Food was not hot. Fries room temp. Good amount of meat. Good presentation.

Jun 19, 2023
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1 Review
5.0

Likely the best Brunch I've ever had. I ordered the breakfast poutine which subs breakfast potatoes for fries & adds a beautiful pot-roast, egg, & in-house made bacon. 5 stars! Their homemade yogurt & granola, was complimentary & tasted wonderful. The hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows is a beautiful thing. Everything we ordered was well above my expectations. What a wonderful start to our first day in Quebec City!

Jun 15, 2023
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1 Review
3.5

Très beau menu, créatif, ma poutine déjeuner était très fade par contre car absence de sel, ma sauce béarnaise s'était aussi défaite au fond du bol. Donc techniquement un peu de travail a faire, mais sinon merci beaucoup pour tout le sans gluten, le bel endroit & le super service.

Apr 3, 2023
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1 Review
3.0

This was the only disappointing meal we had in 8 days in Québec & Montréal. The soup du jour was fine (nothing special), but the deconstructed onion soup was a sludge of onion with no broth & couldn't melt the cheese; the lobster sauce with the seafood cassolette lacked flavor; the beef poutine was served lukewarm, with cold cheese curds & burnt shards of potato that looked more like bones than like French fries. Two stars because the maple ice cream was excellent, though the blueberry shortbread served with it was more like hardtack than shortbread. The side salad was very good but served in a tiny flowerpot that was cute but made it messy to eat (no salad plate, & transferring salad leaves to a bowl of cassolette or poutine was out of the question). The setting was charming & we appreciated the sound barriers between side tables. Service was friendly but inattentive; our waiter didn't seem to notice that my mother had barely touched her poutine, & left salad leaves on the table after clearing the plates even when bringing the dessert.

Feb 7, 2023
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1 Review
5.0

De passage à Québec pour le week-end, nous avons mangé un brunch dans ce restaurant. C'était excellent ! J'ai pris le brunch Poutine & mon chum a pris le québécois. Les deux assiettes ont été copieuses & tres savoureuses ! Le brunch est complété par des plats sucrés à partager. Je reviendrai avec plaisir !!

Feb 5, 2023