Le Moulin de St-Laurent

Amazing outside seating next to a small waterfall. The entire building is gorgeous. Everything we had was delicious and they had many gluten free options, including a flour-less chocolate cake. (I have Celiac disease). Expensive, but the food quality matched the price.

My wife and I drove over an hour to attend this restaurant for our anniversary. She has celiac disease and the restaurant was highly recommended in the “Find me gluten free” app as they have many gluten free options. We arrived at the restaurant at 6:55pm and it was absolutely full inside, with many tables seating 6 people or more. We sat outside in their beautiful patio, overlooking a little waterfall. After being seated and given our menus, our waitress came relatively quick and asked us if we were ready to order. We were, but my wife being celiac, had a question about the gluten free meal she was going to choose. The waitress rudely dismissed her and said she’d come back because “she had other people waiting on her”. We were stunned at that response and being dismissed in such a manner. After a few minutes she came back and I made my order and my wife asked how the raviolis were made gluten free, which she was told that it was gluten free penne and the filling would be in the dish. My wife needed a few seconds to decide if she was going to go with that, and again the waitress said she’d come back - to which my wife simply said she’d go with the chicken. The waitress said ok and just left, leaving us unable to please ask her to inform the kitchen that the dish is for a celiac person (despite the dish being marked as gluten free, we always ask to mention it to make sure there is no cross contamination when making it). We felt really uneasy at that point, being practically dismissed again when trying to convey a food safety concern. Over half an hour later we got our appetizer, the caprese salad, which tasted very fresh, although for $17, there was a very small amount of buffalo mozzarella. We waited an entire hour before our mains arrived - which when I flagged the waitress down before our appetizer even arrived, to make sure my wife’s meal would be mentioned as celiac to the kitchen, she realized she reversed our order. Finally our mains arrived at 8:05pm (burger and chicken dish). My wife really liked her chicken dish, and I would say the burger is one of the best burgers I’ve ever had. However, the chips that came along with it were completely stale, to the point where they barely crumbled. The salad had a nice dressing, but lacked any type of seasoning. Funnily enough, when the waiter brought everyone’s dish around us, he always came with a pepper mill, but didn’t when our meal was brought to us. I also asked the waiter for some ketchup, to which he told me there was ketchup already in the burger - which for one, there wasn’t, and for two, I like extra ketchup on the side regardless and didn’t understand why my request for it had to be questioned. The restaurant was clearly busy with large groups inside. We had to ask our waters to be filled, were dismissed at the simplest question about a menu item, and I had to even ask our waitress if our meal was coming anytime soon after waiting an hour after being seated. Another couple behind us had the exact same treatment from the waitress, the had been waiting to order and she simply dismissed them when they were fully waiting and ready to order - she said “I’ll give you more time to see the menu” and fully walked away from them while the gentleman clearly looked at his partner and made a gesture in disbelief. We didn’t bother staying for desert as we completely turned off by the service. We felt like second class citizens, partially felt because we didn’t order any alcohol (which to be honest with you, we saw a completely different service type by the same waitress at tables who had ordered a bottle or a liter of wine - much more engaging, returning to fill their glasses, and sympathetic). Being told that “other clients are waiting” is extremely rude when someone is trying to find reassurance in your menu. This restaurant has a very high tourist demographic. It’s likely many people will come once while down on a trip to Quebec City. I feel like the dismissiveness of the waitress can be due in part to that - we’re not locals and won’t be regulars.

Very good restaurant! Everything was perfect ! Nous étions 4 et nous avons tous pris des plats différents et tous les plats étaient succulents. Ils gèrent très bien les intolérances au gluten. Le restaurant est magnifique avec sa chute en arrière plan. Nous le recommandons et nous y retournerons certainement.