Description:

  • Initiale is not only one of the elite restaurants of Québec City, but one of the best in the entire province. The palatial setting of tall windows, columns, and a deeply recessed ceiling sets a gracious tone, and the welcome is both cordial and correct. Subdued lighting and the muffled noise level help, too. This is a good place to cast economy to the winds and go with one of the prix-fixe menus. Dinner might start with a buckwheat crepe folded around an artichoke, a round of crabmeat with a creamy purée of onions, and a flash-fried leaf of baby spinach that adds a delicate crackle, all arrayed on the plate as on an artist's palette. It might continue with grilled tuna supported by sweet garlic, salsify, and lemon marmalade, and a swirl of pasta with marguerite leaves. Québec cheeses are an impressive topper. Men should wear jackets; women can pull out the stops.

  • © Frommer's 2012

User Reviews for Initiale

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    If you can only go to one restaurant to here!

  • If you love delicious food, with impeccable service and creativity then you must save your calories for this fabulous restaurant! It meets the highest criteria for brillant gourmet...

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    Favourite in Quebec, not just my favourite in Quebec City!

  • Since its inauguration, Initiale has been one of my favourite restaurants to visit. Rolande and Yvan are brilliant, absolutely brilliant, and every visit is what I expect: gastronomic...

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Awards:

Frommer's
Frommer's
  •  Very Highly Recommended 2010
  • Details

    • Contact:

    • visit website
    • tel: +1 418 694 1818
    • fax: +1 418 694 2387
    • send email

    • Address:

    • 54 rue Saint-Pierre
    • Corner Côte de la Montagne
    • Quebec City, QC G1K 4A1

    • Neighborhood:

      • Lower Town

    • Payments:

    • amex mastercard visa diners

    • Hours:

    • Lunch: M-F 11:30a- onwards, Dinner: M-Sa 6p onwards

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