La Buche

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1 Review

5.0

Servers are great, only thing better is the food.

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1.0

I have never in my life left a bad review. But this place was so terrible we have to warn others. We were so excited to get reservations here. We read all the glowing reviews & we couldn't wait to have dinner. We arrived to a line out the door. Despite our reservation we were waiting for a while. The restaurant was very loud & very crowded. At this point my spidey-sense began tingling. I should have trusted my gut (which is now bubbling dubiously after eating here). After waiting about 20 minutes for our table, we were shuffled through crowds & jammed in like sardines in a small table right next to a speaker that assaulted us with rock Christmas music playing so loud we couldn't hear ourselves think. We also couldn't see. The room was so dark it was impossible to read the menu. Like four blind mice we pulled out our phones & turned on the flashlight to be able to decide what we wanted to eat. While we reviewed the menu (which was in itself a very confusing endeavor) we proceeded to wait another 15 minutes for them to come & take our drink order. By the time they finally got around to taking our drink order we had made decisions on what to eat. We ordered the pea soup, the foie gras, the chicken sandwich, the rabbit wings & the Shepard's pie. After about 20 more minutes our soup came. The drinks had still not come. At this point the assaultive music had us just wanting to leave, but we decided to stick it out, hoping for the best. Then our drinks came. I had to pull out the flashlight again to understand them. I don't know about you, but I have never had a whiskey & ginger ale served with a slab of bacon on top. The 5 oz wine pour was 3oz at best & I wanted to light myself on fire as the first sip tasted more like salad dressing than wine. I didn't realize you could mess up pea soup, but they did. It was meaty & weird & had a horrible rotten herb flavor. We sent it back. We still got charged for it though. I ordered another drink just to rinse the gross flavor out of my mouth, but it never came. The foie gras was good & the pie was OK. The chicken sandwich was OK too. But nothing spectacular. The waitstaff was truly doing their best, but it was just a horribly run situation & I was just so confused for the entire evening & couldn't get out of there fast enough. Sadly, when we did ask for the check, that took another 20 minutes & her machine was broken, so I had to weave my way back through crowds to pay the bill in some back room. No accommodations were made for the food we sent back or the drinks they got wrong. Lovely staff, mediocre food (at best) & dungeon torture atmosphere. If I could leave zero stars I would.

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5.0

Eclectic menu with a fantastic staff. My son & I ate at La Buche Christmas evening while on vacation. The food was delicious & plentiful. My son said their house beer was excellent. We will frequent La Buche again when we are in Quebec.

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3.0

food was rushed & over crowded. very dark so can't really see much, need a touch to read the menu.

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5.0

This was easily, hands down, the best dining experience we've had in our time traveling Quebec. The food was amazing (we had rabbit wings, deer tartare & slow cooked ham (braised in beer) .. we dined on Xmas day. The staff were next level, interactive & attentive & the warm atmosphere was exactly as the website depicts.

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5.0

Fabulous food & lovely staff!

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5.0

Un des meilleurs resto à Québec , nourriture & service excellent comme à toutes nos visites. Un gros merci de nous avoir aussi bien servi le jour de Noël moi & toutes ma petite famille.

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4.5

Overall very good but our dinners came out a little cold, which was disappointing. Ambiance, food & service were very good though.

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4.0

Ambiance superbe! Service impeccable, serveurs souriant! Beaux décors surtout pour la vielle de Noël! Le Père Noël était au rendez-vous se qui rend la visite très féérique.

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3.0

Lively restaurant with what I surmise is a French Canadian take on food. Hearty meals that may not appeal to every palate. Live musical entertainment added to the fun