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| - Location: In Ste. Adèle, right by the lake. There's public parking right next to the restaurant that you can use.
The place: It's of a decent size and offers a fairly large terrace that has a view of the lake. The decor could use a bit of freshening up - it's a little old-school and it's actually pretty dim in the main portion of the restaurant.
The service: OK, well first off, the owner's reception was cool. In addition, he spent most of the night chatting up what appeared to be his 'regulars' but never once stopped by our table to make small talk, see how it was going etc. Personally, if I own a business, I am absolutely going to chat with my regulars, but I'm also going to make a point of talking to new clients because I want to grow my business. Word of mouth and all that. My folks were a little offended by the owner's lack of interest. The waitresses (one was the owner's daughter) were very nice so no complaints there.
The food: Honestly, I read a ton of reviews and know someone who has been to this restaurant before - but it didn't really do it for me. We decided to go with the Table d'Hôte which was fairly expensive - it included an appetizer, main, dessert and coffee/tea. I had the escargot in a Pernod sauce to start, and the dish lacked in overall flavor. The escargot were well-prepared but they just didn't taste anything. I then ordered the Capellini with shrimp and cantaloupe - I forget what kind of sauce it was because it took Yelp 2 weeks to add the business, But anyway, the sauce was a tiny bit sweet and creamy. In terms of flavor, I enjoyed the dish very much. The shrimp were big and tasty. I'm not a fan of cantaloupe so no comment on those. The only thing was that the pasta was too sticky and therefore I essentially had a lump of pasta in my dish that I had to take apart without getting sauce on myself. My mom ordered the Manicotti which she enjoyed but she's had better (she's Italian so I consider her input especially valid!) and my dad had the seafood pasta and was very happy with it. He also really liked his appetizer of sausage in a mustard sauce. The hit for all of us were the homemade desserts - I had the Tiramisu and it was delicious, and my folks had a pie-type dessert with fresh fruit that they loved. Sorry, I can't remember the name of that either but it was a hit with the parental units.
Price point: Pretty expensive. Frankly, I can go to Elio's in town and eat the exact same thing for about half the price. If you go with the Table d'Hôte, you're looking at about $30 right off the bat + taxes.
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