A tribute to our ancestors, a return to our roots and a reflection off our culinary history from the First Nations to today. A place to meet and share around a table, to discover or rediscover our land, our forest, our river.
A wonderful culinary story, inspired by historical elements that are transformed by the imagination and destined to be transferred from generation to generation. Our cuisine will stimulate all your senses with new discoveries. LÉGENDE pays great attention to details, which are an integral part of its content, and while these characteristics do not focus primarily on historical facts, they vehicle a wonderful aspect attached to reality.
A menu inspired by our culinary heritage and the footprint that time has left in our cuisine.
Let us surprise you. Take part in the experience to understand and enjoy.
Légende offers an exceptional fine dining experience in Quebec City that celebrates local boreal ingredients through creative, artfully prepared tasting menus. Guests consistently praise the restaurant for its sophisticated yet welcoming atmosphere, stunning design, and impeccable service provided by a knowledgeable and passionate team. While the small portions and pricing are noted by some, the overwhelming consensus highlights the high quality of the food, the masterful wine and non-alcoholic pairings, and the overall artistry that makes every meal a memorable journey. Many diners recommend the chef's table and bar seating for a more immersive perspective on the meticulous craft behind each dish.
Really cool tasting menu with strong emphasis on local ingredients & flavours. The cocktails were also incredible. The steak was probably the highlight dish for me. A much different experience compared to the Toronto Michelin spots, which I appreciated.
We visited Légende Restaurant Boréal while in Québec City to celebrate a special evening. The service was impeccable & the atmosphere was elegant yet welcoming, making it a lovely place for a celebration.
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The menu showcases local ingredients from across the province, & every dish was beautifully presented & thoughtfully crafted. While we appreciated the concept & creativity, a few of the dishes did not quite align with our personal tastes, so the food did not stand out as much as we had hoped given its new Michelin star distinction.
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That said, it was still a memorable evening, the staff's professionalism, the attention to detail, & the setting in Old Québec made the experience worthwhile.
A few years ago, I had an unforgettable dinner at another restaurant from this group, Restaurant Tanière³ -& this time was just as incredible. From the moment we received the entry code by text, to the moment we left, everything felt like a truly special experience. It was one of those rare dinners where every little detail stays with you.
Once again, everything was perfect-the atmosphere, the kindness of the staff, & the consistency in quality. Each dish was a celebration of fresh, vibrant ingredients with perfectly balanced seasoning. The cocktails were just as impressive-refined, creative, & absolutely delicious. & the dessert at the end… flawless.
Honestly, the quality & value here are beyond what you could imagine finding in a city like New York. This level of dining at this price point would be nearly impossible there.
If I ever return to Canada, this is a place I would absolutely come back to without hesitation. A truly memorable evening.
Nous avons passé un bon moment. Les plats étaient savoureux, ce qui est déjà un bel accomplissement considérant l'usage exclusif d'ingrédients locaux. L'accord sans alcool était recherché, audacieux & très original. Pour le positionnement du restaurant, hormis les bouchées d'introduction & l'accord, nous avons trouvé qu'il manquait un brin de raffinement sur la présentation des plats, l'environnement (tables & décor plutôt sobres) & le service (sympathique mais désintéressé) comparé à d'autres établissements du même niveau. Des petits ajustements qui pourraient faire toute la différence, surtout que la formule magique est déjà accessible via son grand frère Tanière3!
LEGENDE - You win some, you lose some! Signing off a wonderful vacation with a disappointing Michelin 1* experience! Sigh!
Packed with some wonderful culinary experiences, spirit lifting vistas, sights & scenery & most of all, abundance of cherished loving, family bonding. My abbreviated food crawl during the past week has been most memorable & precious. Sadly, our last meal at the Michelin 1* Legende in Quebec City added an unexpected sour note to our otherwise splendid food crawl.
When dining out in upscale restaurants, one of the most despised things I dislike encountering is one that involves being charged a hefty price for the meal but still feeling hungry whilst paying the bill!
Do not get me wrong, the food at Legende was actually quite creative, unique, visually appealing, tasty & enjoyable. Although in some areas, the chefs were a bit heavy handed with the salt ( the tomato dish ). Sadly, a satisfactory end result was not fulfilled largely due to the miscalculation of the chef's overall menu creation & planning. IMHO, the prime reason & failure that causes the meal's demise of not achieving an acceptable quality/quantity/value ratio was not the use of uncommon & exotic ingredients but rather, the labour intensive elements & in some cases, the presence of overly redundant & irrelevant components which added to the complexity, required down sizing & hence an elevated cost component to the meal. Case in point, our impressive 8 course / $140 tasting menu at Montreal's Buillon Bilk was near flawless, sumptuous & a filling affair. Contrary, our 6 course / $ 135 offering at Legende was stingy & lacking in substance. Appetizer portions were midget one bite hors d'oeuvres size. However, the most absurd was the meat entree course featuring 4 thin slices of stingy, roughly 3oz in total, pieces of meat, gimmickily paired with a bowl of three sauces…..a couple of which are mediocre tasting & totally irrelevant! This is tantamount to trying to get full by eating a Shawarama but offered without the pita bread & vegetable/pickle condiments ... .only the bare-bone meat pieces garnished with Tahini & some Hummus were served!!
Our tasting menu offered the following courses:
6 East Coast Oysters topped with local Boreal condiments (optional $18 addition)
Hors d'oeuvres:
Wild rose & marigold potato
Crispy tuille, maitake mascarpone cream & Clos de Roches cheese
House made Tofu butter, fermented seaweed, smoked maplewood emulsion
The fresh Quebec sourced ingredients were the key to the delightful dishes! The Grand Cru Chablis complimented the meal perfectly ! My special thanks to the wonderful sommelier Caroline who opened a classic Sauterne to crown the evening. As a chocoholic, I missed my fix as they do not have Quebec sourced chocolate… the wonderful Nicaraguan coffee was a wonderful exception .. Thank you for a delightful experience
Service was excellent & the tasting menu was a great experience, with a few stand-out dishes like the tartlet in the amuse-bouche, the halibut, & the butter-fried bread. But the real life-changer was the genius mixologist, Jean-Francois. We opted for the non-alcoholic pairing & it was incredible. We will never forget the creativity & effort that went to his perfectly paired drinks (sousviding shiraz for 8 hours to remove the alcohol, using ingredients I never would have thought of like cat nip, verjus & sweet clover).
The only negative was the nordic shrimp tortellini dish we ordered a-la-carte. While it sounded innovative on paper, we found it to be poorly executed. The tortellini filling was hard & the mealworm dashi didn't go with the dish.
Perfect way to end our birthday weekend! Amazing staff. Incredible food. Romantic & comfortable atmosphere . I loved learning about all the local ingredients . The attention to detail was impeccable. Don't skip this restaurant on your trip to Quebec
Nous étions venus pour nous régaler nous sommes émerveillés. Dès que l'on a franchi la porte de ce temple de la gastronomie boréale, nous avons été saisis par une ambiance à la fois chaleureuse & sophistiquée, où chaque détail semblait avoir été pensé pour éblouir les sens.
Le menu, mystérieux & non révélé à l'avance, est une véritable ode aux produits du terroir québécois. Les Chef-fe-s Constance Dubé-Asselin & Samuel Jean & leur Chef Eliot Beaudoin ont transformé les ingrédients locaux en plats d'une finesse & d'une complexité remarquables. Chaque bouchée a été une explosion de saveurs, une symphonie culinaire qui danse sur les papilles & laisse une impression durable. Le menu de dégustation, avec ses six services, a été une aventure gastronomique qui vaut chaque centime dépensé.
Le service, quant à lui, dirige par Monsieur Maxime Renaud & Monsieur Jean-François Laurence pour ces cocktails a été d'une élégance & d'une précision dignes des plus grands établissements. Les serveurs, à la fois discrets & attentifs, ont anticiper chaque besoin, chaque désir, avec une grâce qui force l'admiration.
Si vous passez par Québec, ne manquez pas de vous y attabler. Vous en ressortirez, comme nous, conquis & émerveillé, avec l'envie irrésistible d'y retourner au plus vite.
Très belle visite dans ce restaurant qui propose un style de cuisine Boréale, c'est-à-dire de n'utiliser que des ingrédients cultivés sur le sol Québécois.
Nous avons choisi le menu de dégustation (6 services) avec pairage de vins'Légende'. Notez que le menu n'est pas révélé par avance (sauf si demandé), ce qui contribue à la surprise lors de la découverte de chaque plat.
Culinairement, l'expérience est sensationelle, avec une très belle maîtrise de l'acidité & une créativité étonnante dans le mélange des saveurs. On se laisse surprendre par des mariages de saveurs auxquelles on aurait jamais pensé mais qui nous ont tous séduit.
Le pairage de vin n'est pas en reste est a su sublimer & mettre en valeur les notes les plus subtiles.
Je recommande chaudement à tous les passionés de gastronomie
MICHELIN
