Le Saint-Amour

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5.0

Marvelous menu. The wines by the glass were well chosen. The service was more than 5 star.

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5.0

This was truly a culinary experience! The staff were exceptional & knowledgeable, putting extra effort into explaining the food & the amazing wine. A special thanks to Alexander, our waiter.

Highly recommended for an unforgetable experience.

Ella

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4.5

My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed the chefs tasting menu & wine pairings. It was a wonderful treat while visiting Quebec City. We would definitely go back again.

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5.0

Sublime cuisine served in an oasis of refinement & serenity. The food was stunningly presented, every bite revealing savory combinations of ingredients — sometimes surprising, always delicious. Our meal was well paced, & the service gracious & unhurried. Also, the wine list offers an extensive selection of bottles from around the world with prices ranging from "affordable " to "extravagant ". For those who appreciate fine cuisine, a visit to this restaurant is a must.

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2.5

Frankly, really disappointing, primarily because of really terrible service - one of the easiest elements to quality-control .
I had been here years before, & remembered it as the single best meal I had in the city. This time, I ended up with a late (9:15pm) reservation; I understand folks wanting to get home, but if they really don't want to be there, they should cut off reservations when they will still provide quality food & service. We ordered the squab & the venison, & two local (& generally wonderful) aperitifs to start, vins glacés. The sommelier/captain was eager also to push us to order red wine for the meal before our food order had even gone in - a bad sign. But I said we'd decide when the food arrived. The kitchen was clearly in a rush to get done, so the food arrived promptly, followed by the captain, who plonked down the aperitifs (which he said, correctly, we're not suited to drinking with the food) on the table beside the main courses. The aperitifs were supposed to be one poiré (superb) & a vin raisin, which was great, but not what I had asked for, which was a pomme. (The captain had said it was, but clearly was just eager to upsell, at $24 a glass.)
The best part of the meal, fortunately, was the food itself. The squab was just excellent, & my partner loved her venison, though I found it bland, & overwhelmed by the parsnip purée.
But the drinks continued to be such a mess that they impacted the whole meal.
I realized the apéritifs were simply not going to work, so we put them aside for after the meal, & ordered what the captain claimed was a Margaux & a St Julien. He did not pour them at the table, but arrived with two glasses ready poured, & the bottles behind them on the tray. He again plonked them on the table & left.
No tastes offered - for very good reason, as it turned out. Whatever it was we drank had been left open literally for days. The wine was as dead as dust, & at $28 for one glass & $31 for the other (again, both upsells by the captain) it was an embarrassment.
Then the busboy eagerly barged in to clear the table - clearly another employee panting to make his money & get out. The room, by the way, was still 3/4 full. Since we hadn't had the time to drink our aperitifs, we were sipping them with the bread, which the busboy first cleared away, & then put back on the table when I demurred. But he put it back with gravy already smeared across the bottom, where he'd piled it on the other plates. So it left a ludicrous massive brown smear over the white tablecloth, which he totally ignored, & clearly could not have cared less.
The captain then reappeared promptly to ask if we wanted anything more & when we said no, hopefully suggested "l'addition?"
I worked in high end restaurants for years, culminating as a captain myself. I don't critique in this way easily. But I've had better service at a truck stop. It was frankly a disgrace.
We ate earlier in the day at Boulay, & that was as brilliant an experience as this one was bad. I gather the chef came from Saint Amour. This customer will follow suit.

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4.0

Food very good (as expected). Great wine list but needing to view it on phone via QR code made it difficult to navigate, would definitely prefer a proper menu. Service didn't quite hit the mark. We were surprised to find the gratuity automatically added to our bill even though we were only a party of 2 & there was nothing on the menu to say this would happen. Of course we would have tipped but we would much prefer it was managed in the usual way.

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3.0

Food was great, presentation even better. If you like like to post pix of your meal, you'll love this place. Service was schizophrenic. This place is so fancy, the Coat Nazi has a precise procedure he must follow to return your coat. Yet, we ordered only one extremely diluted iced "tea" rather than wine or bottled water, & (therefore?) our water glasses were never topped up; we were dry before dessert. Next night we went to a place that had better food, was not snooty, & topped up our water glasses before they were empty. Sadly, the 2 meals taught me to appreciate canned tea.

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5.0

Tasting menu was fabulous;great wine list, impeccable service!

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3.0

Original setting in an atrium behind an old house, very French style (from France), a bit too snobby. The waiter kept pushing us to buy the most expensive wines even by the glass. The bison appetizer was hard to chew, & cold. The ris de veau was much too salty. Portions were small for the price. Decor looks outdated. We were expecting better. A lot of seniors as clients, not trendy.

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5.0

Fantastic quality experience. Food was delicious, unexpected ingredients with balanced flavors. Wine pairing was generous & complemented the food perfectly. Service friendly, pacing our visit with care & class. Looking forward to another visit hopefully sooner rather than later. Thank You!