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 immersive fine dining experience centered on innovative boreal cuisine, where locally sourced ingredients are transformed into creative and beautifully presented tasting menus. Guests frequently praise the professional, attentive, and passionate service, noting that the staff often goes above and beyond to make celebrations feel special. The atmosphere is consistently described as cozy, elegant, and welcoming, making it a standout destination in Quebec City for those seeking a memorable culinary journey. While the majority of visitors leave feeling delighted by the complex flavors and thoughtfully curated wine and non-alcoholic pairings, a few have noted that the portion sizes or pacing can sometimes feel unconventional for a long-form tasting experience.
Nous avons pris le menu dégustation 6 services. Excellent choix d'ingrédients locaux. Pour moi les plats étaient tous trop salés, un peu déçue. (Il faudra leur redonner une chance!) Nous n'avons pas réussi à finir les derniers plats - trop! Crudo d'omble & dessert à la crème glacée au gingembre délicieux par contre.
The tasting menu was amazing!! Each dish was an incredible mixture of local ingredients that was spectacular!! The staff were so caring & knowledgeable as well. Truly a wonderful dining experience!!
(1) we tried their 6 course tasting menu. Their portion size & pacing had us feeling full by the end of dinner
(2) they gave us the best Bloody Mary my husband & I have had
(3) they were really accommodating to our dietary restrictions & preferences. I'm a pescatarian & they tailored their tasting menu to my diet
(4) we love mushrooms & tomatoes.. & they had some great dishes with both these ingredients! Our server Chris even gave us some tips on how to forage & find our own mushrooms in the wild :)
(5) my husband loved the bison gravlax. An interesting idea that he never thought of but thoroughly enjoyed!
The only criticism we had... was that their dessert wasn't as impressive as their actual food. It's not that their dessert wasn't good but their food was just so good. For a restaurant & not a bakery/cafe... that is not a bad thing!
Quality local ingredients, original recipes & excellent service - Legende delivers on the whole package & we look forward to visiting again in the future to try the tasting menu. Cheers!
C'est toujours avec beaucoup d'attente qu'on choisit un menu dégustation. Malheureusement, le menu offert par La Légende a été loin de combler ces attentes. La principale raison est que chaque plat de ce menu à 6 services a trop, beaucoup trop d'ingrédients lesquels ne se complètent pas, parce que l'un d'entre eux domine toutes les saveurs.
Nourriture hors de mes attentes, chaque ingrédients est choisie pour donner une expérience extraordinaire! Le service était super, belles connaissances pour les vins, qui était d'ailleurs délicieux & exactement ce qu'on nous avait d'écrit. Seul modification qu'on ferait, c'est le pain qui était avec le fromage cendré des grands jardins, le cornbread ne se tenais pas en place, très difficile à manger. Mais malgré tout, chaque repas était délicieux & incroyablement unique. Merci pour la belle expérience gastronomique, nous allons revenir à Québec pour vous (on vient de Montréal) & pour voir le gentil hôte Sam & notre serveur,dont on ne se souviens plus du nom, qui ont prit soin de nous toute la soirée!
Au plaisir!
Nous avons pris le menu dégustation 6 services & tout était absolument délicieux! Le décor est beau, le service impeccable, la qualité des plats tant dans la recherche, la fraîcheur des aliments & la délicatesse des ingrédients; tout était au rendez-vous. Je le recommande, nous avons eu une soirée exceptionnelle!
Excellent service & attention de la part du personnel. Les plats sont délicieux & on découvre plusieurs ingrédients typiques du terroir. Ce restaurant vaut vraiment la peine.
Ate with my girlfriend after a long week of camping in the Quebec wilderness. We were very excited for this meal all week long. To begin, the service was outstanding. We had four different servers who paid constant attention to us & never let our glasses go less than 3/4 full. We ordered the 6 course tasting menu along with the wine tasting. We consider ourselves foodies on a limited budget, 500 dollar meals are once every few years for us, hence, we were very excited for this meal.
Now, the effort put into the meals was obviously there, in my opinion, too much effort/focus on being unique & not enough focus on flavour. Many restaurants with heavy price tags will focus on the creativity & complexity of their dishes & less on the actual wow factor of taste.
The restaurant was beautiful, service was incredible, the food was very underwhelming. I understand tasting menus change according to season, perhaps we got a bad roll of the dice. Presentation of the dishes was impeccable, creating an excitement which was not met with each bite, of which each course was about two bites.
I'm sorry, but cucumber is cucumber, making it into a foam or mousse does not improve it & it felt quite pretentious. Fettuccine alfredo with a rutabaga substitute for noodles is a sin. It felt like the effort to differentiate the ingredients outweighed the actual flavor & taste of the meal.
I understand that these restaurants are an experience in the culinary arts, but the fact that we spent 500 dollars & then immediately proceeded to get a poutine at a chip truck after our meal can sum up the experience.
Considering this was a meal we had planned for months....saved for...& were left still hungry afterwards, it was honestly heartbreaking. We do not make alot of money so a 500 dollar bill is something we needed to plan for & we did alot of research trying to find a perfect way to end our trip. Unfortunately this was not it.
If you can regularly afford this type of experience then go for it, it was fun, but not even close to worth it for us.
MICHELIN
