Le Galopin

Cuisine raffinée et fraîche! Peu de produits dérivés. On m’a offert beaucoup de choix Gf, notamment du pain SG pour le tartare. J’ai opté pour la morue poêlée et risotto. Savoureux. Merci 👌🏼

A friend and I came across Galopin just by chance in November 2016. The restaurant was so unassuming, staff unobtrusive and subtle, yet so efficient and friendly. The meals we'd chosen blew us away. It was the best dinner experience for both of us in years. Since then, I'd often recommended Galopin to friends who planned to travel to Quebec City. This time I visited Quebec City with my spouse, it was a birthday weekend! The planned highlight: Dinner at the Galopin. I was looking forward to it with such expectation. My wife is 100% non-alcoholic and is gluten free. We couldn't find gluten-free option that did not include alcohol. Wait staff didn't really seem to be motivated. We felt rushed, as if accommodating these needs would be asking too much. So, her choices were very limited. Finally she settled on steak, which was ok - if on the cold side. We'd rate it at a 8/10. But this was the steak only. I'd rate my own dinner at a 5/10. The starter (Sweetbreads) was a 6.5, the interim salad a joke [really a 'minus one'] as the lettunce leaves were dried out and flavourless, there was not enough dressing and ,in addition, our server did not even bother to ask if anything else was needed. My main dish was blood sausage with with scallops. The scallops were fine, but the additional items on the plate were rather flavorless (5 /10). The dessert was too dry and the apple flavor in the 6 little spots on the plate was recognisable, but just neglectable in dimension (3/ 10). The Rose Vine (Portuguese) was fine and presented at the right temperature. A good choice. My coffee was excellent. Given my high anticipation, it was a disastrous evening. I was so disappointed.