On our last evening of trip to Quebec we had our best meal in this restaurant that's entirely run…read moreby women with lots of dishes created with native vegetables. The food is Michelin quality and we tried salicorne (which taste like al dente pea vine) and tête de violon (fiddlehead is the English name and it tastes similar to asparagus) . Didn't get a chance to take a picture of my fiddlehead appetizer since I devoured it immediately! I tried to use Google Translate to understand the menu but the friendly waitress was more than happy to explain it to me in English. Another bonus - it's a family friendly restaurant and although they don't have a kids menu (let's be honest, they are usually bad anyway). They offer half portion for the kids which works out better anyway!

Fantastic restaurant with great atmosphere and a wonderful menu. There are about four pages of…read morewines to choose from. They were very accommodating and let us sit at the bar on a very crowded Friday evening. You could watch the chef and two sous chefs prepare all the meals. They had a very interesting menu although we were tired and it was late and we just got a hamburger and they very graciously made up a green salad for my wife. The hamburger was one of the best I've ever had. It had bacon and onion rings on it with a wonderful sauce and came with a salad and, of course, french fries. My wife had a great green salad. At the bar you can watch them prepare all the meals. If you're American and a bit squeamish you may not like the fact that they seem to mix all the ingredients without gloves are washing their hands. You had the sense that they were very proud of the food they were serving. We were staying in a hotel around the corner which was a bit creepy and this was a wonderful respite. There seem to be a lot of restaurants in this area but not a lot with great reviews. This is definitely worth stopping in for a great meal.

Français : Le Matelot est l'un de mes restaurants de fruits de mer préférés dans la région de…read moreRimouski. Les serveurs sont toujours très gentils et le lieu est magnifique. Assurez-vous de réserver à l'avance puisqu'il est presque toujours plein, et surtout si vous désirez une des tables avec vue sur la riviére (la vue est incroyable). Assurez-vous de prendre: -Pain au fromage et à l'ail (avec ou sans crevettes) : 9/10 - TELLEMENT bon, si savoureux, si riche, si délicieux. Un vrai régal. -Homard!!!: Bouilli 9/10, Grillé 10/10 - Le homard grillé est absolument exquis, car il est moins aqueux et a une saveur fumée plus concentrée. Le bouilli est aussi absolument génial. En tant que personne n'ayant PAS un petit appétit, je opte soit pour un 2 livres, soit pour le spécial avec 2 petits homards (vous pouvez en obtenir un grillé et un bouilli pour comparer !). Le homard a l'air gros jusqu'à ce que vous réalisiez qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de chair à manger. Trempez ce homard dans un délicieux beurre à l'ail et wow, pas de mots. Les accompagnments ne sont pas les star. Le riz n'est pas très savoureux, leurs frites sont décevantes, leur salade est plutôt bonne cependant, et vous pouvez également vous procurer une pomme de terre au four avec de la crème sure (pas super interessant mais ca fait l'affair). -Pudding Chomeur : 12/10 - Ne laissez pas passer ça. J'aime tellement le pudding chomeur, et celui-ci est chaud, gluant et divin. Une bouchée n'est que des saveurs douces et caramélisées du paradis. English: Le Matelot is one of my longstanding favorite seafood spots in the Rimouski region. The servers are always very kind, and the location is beautiful. Make sure to reserve ahead of time since it is almost always full, and especially if you want one of the tables that looks over the St-Lawrence (the view is incredible). Make sure to get: -Cheesy Garlic Bread (with or without shrimp): 9/10 - SO good, so cheesy, so rich, so delicious. A real treat. -Lobster!!!: Boiled 9/10, Grilled 10/10 - The grilled lobster is absolutely exquisite, as it is less watery and has a more concentrated, smoky flavor. The boiled is absolutely great as well. As someone with NOT a small appetite, I either go for a 2 pounder or for the special with 2 small lobsters (you can get one grilled and one boiled to compare!). Lobster looks big until you realize that there isn't much flesh to actually eat. Dip that lobster into delicious garlic butter and wow, no words. As for sides, they're not the star of the show. The rice isn't super flavorful, their fries are dissappointing, their salad is pretty good though, and you can also get a baked potato with sour cream (boring but does the job to fill you up). -Pudding Chomeur: 12/10 - Do NOT pass this up. I love pudding chomeur so much, and this one comes out warm, gooey, and so homey. The flavor is just like a comforting hug of sweet, caramelized fluffy goodness.

While driving through the Gaspesie region of the northern St Lawrence bay in Quebec we saw this…read morerestaurant- and the parking lot was packed for lunch. The menu item of a lobster club drew my attention. It was delicious and huge. Paired well with their sangria. I was in lobster heaven. Gaspésie National Park (French: Parc national de la Gaspésie) is a provincial park located south of the town of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada in the inland of the Gaspé peninsula. The park contains the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains in Canada, Mont Jacques-Cartier, 1,270 metres (4,170 ft) above sea level. In addition, the park contains the only population of Caribou found south of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada

It's a little cantine but here you're sure to have fresh seafoods…read more My lobster and crab poutine was excellent and one like this in Montreal would surely be much more expensive. 2 of us had lobster /crab poutine and the others had a lobster club sandwich wich they like very much. You have to eat outside but the food is good. C'est une petite cantine mais ici vous êtes sûr d'avoir des fruits de mer très frais. Nous étions 4, 2 ont mangés une poutine aux homard/crabe et les 2 autres ont dégustés un club sandwich au homard. Nous avons bien aimé nos repas. C'est une petite cantine donc vous mangés dehirs sur de petites tables à picnic.

This cantine is very busy for a good reason: excellent gaspesian cantine dishes at good prices. Hot…read moreand fresh. Poutines were right on with delicious sauce and excellent frites. The galvaude was also top notch. On a second visit I had the lobster roll and it was great. Simple lobster on a lettuce garnish in a top-loader roll. I'm from southern New England where this dish is a point of pride and I was impressed. Keep up the great work.

The place we wanted to eat at didn't open until Thursday, so we ended up next door to here. I was a…read morelittle worried it would be a tourist trap with all the lobster kitsch, but it was so popular, that we decided to give it a try. We sat at the bar and had a nice conversation with the bartender. I ordered a Capitaine Homard draft: it was fantastic. Once seated, we ordered the "Captain's Platter-a Must!" which was a whole lobster, served with smoked salmon, mussels, langoustines, nordic shrimps and whelks. Served with bouillabaisse and fries. I don't know what happened, but it took over 45 minutes to get our food, while people around us, who ordered after us, had their whole lobsters etc served before we got served. I don't mind waiting for a good meal, but when the food came, the lobster was very dry and the whelks were sadly rubbery. The broth was not great. When you're paying $68 for a meal, you want it to be properly cooked. The fries, however, were good and the smoke salmon was excellent. We did try the cheesecake with raspberry coulis for dessert and it was delicious. We got spectacular views of the sunset during and after dinner. I really loved their placemats; they were really pretty. I should have tried to buy some before I left. I would maybe give them another try and order something else expensive, to see how it would turn out.

Lovely water views. Lobster in so many different ways. Instagram worthy photos inside. Worth the…read moredrive! This place blew my mind. It was amazing to walk into. My jaw dropped when I walked in. It was so cool. It was overly done like a ship with lobster memorabilia everywhere. Everyone in the place was taking photos...they even have a swing inside! I had the lobster rolls and they were fresh and tasty. The lobster tasted like the sea and it was delicious. It's just a 15 minute detour off the highway from quebec to gaspe. But it is definetly worth the drive out. They also have a lovely campground near the water which was pretty nice as well. It's a tourist attraction and I honestly can say if you are in the area I would not miss it! Theres the submarine close by so stop here before and after that visit...you're welcome!

What an amazing find. I was doing some photography of the lighthouse and came across this great…read morerestaurant. I ordered the lobster meal and it sure was a lobster meal. There seafood soup was also amazing which came with the meal.

Solid products. Bought several products, smoked salmon,…read morefrozen crab leg meat, fake crab meat and frozen lobster meat. We thawed them in room temperature and devoured in the car. We both like the crab the most. The sweetness was unbeatable. The gourmet sandwich was very tasty. The lobster meat from claw and leg was over cooked. Nothing special. Not recommended. All the other thing we got were amazing.

Rimouski sure is the major centre of the region of Gaspé. You can watch the tides come and go and…read morewhen the tide is lower you sure get the scents of the Ocean. While some say it stinks (it really does in August) I enjoy the smells of the sea! Something about the cool breeze from the freezing cold water mixing on a warm summer night is so special and peaceful. Being a Coastal community where land meets the ocean you have a wonderful selection of fresh seafood present. There are many seafood shops but Poisonnerie Gagnon is one of the best. Very clean and offering an array of fresh, frozen seafood and prepared meals. It's a great place to come and enjoy the fruits of the sea if this is your game. I myself am a C-food fanatic. I'd much prefer fish, lobster or shrimp to a steak. Some people are people of the land I must come from descendants of the sea! On my visit I scoped the place out the night before for some fresh ocean critters to take home on my journey back to Montreal. My choice was some lobster and I love bringing back cooked bugs of the sea. It's so much easier than having to boil them at home. All you have to do is crack them apart and enjoy the succulent meat. They had cooked lobster for $12.95 a pound. So I picked up a jumbo 2.5 pound one and a 1.5 pounder. no difference in price for large or small. Delicious fresh and from the Gaspé coast. If ocean creatures are your choice this is a fine place to come visit. They even have take home coolers and offer ice. Conveniently located the E end of town right off the autoroute 132 on the way up to Matane.

Service très lent waitress busy on there phone I don't recommend this place and am not coming back…read more See you

Wow Maison Spag you seriously don't dissapoint! Sure it looks like a saloon or slightly like a barn…read moreon the inside but it sure is the damm best Italian food in Rimouski! For those who are extremely hungry, want some down home Italian or are ready to start a marathon the next day there are huge servings! I had the Seafood pizza and it was absolutely delish with shrimp, mussels and scallops with onion in a cream sauce. The dough was light doughy and crispy. Lots of options and a warm chalereuse environment.

English: I've been here quite a few times with family and while there are choices that I probably…read morewouldn't get (the pizza, for example), there are some great ones. For example, I've mostly gotten pasta here, and it's all been good. The Alfredo is good, pesto is good, rosé sauce, etc. You can also get it "gratinée" which means added cheese broiled on top... and who's mad at that?! Beware that if it is busy, service might be fairly slow. Also - their central cafe chocolate cake is decadent and AMAZING. Français: Je suis venu ici plusieurs fois avec ma famille et même s'il y a des choix que je prendrais probablement pas (la pizza, par exemple), il y en a d'excellents. Par exemple, j'ai surtout eu des pâtes ici, et tout s'est bien passé. L'Alfredo est bon, le pesto aussi, la sauce rosée, etc. On peut aussi la faire gratinée, ce qui signifie du fromage grillé sur le dessus... et tout le monde aime ca! Attention au fait que si c'est très fréquenté, le service peut être assez lent. De plus, leur gâteau au chocolat du café central est décadent et INCROYABLE.

We came here for a work dinner at this charming restaurant one fine evening. It really looked like…read moreit would be a fantastic meal based on menu, decor and a busy evening of patrons filled in the place. In the room in which we sat decorated was a bunch of bird feeders on the wall. A bit odd but provided a homey old fashioned feel. I was thinking..... either the guy who owns this has a big fascination for birds or birdhouses! I started the meal off with a carrot and ginger soup which I felt was a bit overly salted. Then I chose the seafood pizza. This came out somewhat disappointing as it had a few specs of seafood. I do understand for the price $15 they can't load it. Charge me more and give me a better serving! After eating at the maison Spag their pizza here left much to be desired. Service was pleasant, warm and nice! Maybe my food was a poor menu choice. Price was reasonable and decent.

There is not much in the way of decent restaurant choice in the area; and this gets a four star…read morerating as long as you accept it for what it is - a locals bar/greasy spoon. The portions are large and wholesome. There are many options on the menu albeit a preponderance of fried food. The food we hand I would definitely rate as good - Caesar salad, fried fish, and lobster club. The service is definitely, serve the locals first and low tolerance for no French.

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