l'orée du bois

very, very bad experience at l’orée du bois restaurant!
we reserve the day before to have atableon the terrace.
"yes, it's fine, it's reserved .. except if it rains, it will be inside"
the next day, arriving exactly at the agreed time, beautiful sunshine:
"here is yourtable(inside) !!! "
excuse me, but we booked on the terrace !!!!!!!
"sorry but there is no more table! "
we booked on the terrace! not in the back of the restaurant!
so we didn't get atableon the terrace .. and we didn't stay. before i go back there the earth will be flat!
we went to "mamma thérésa" next door. very good supper!

très très mauvaise expérience au resto l’orée du bois!
on réserve la veille pour avoir unetablesur la terrasse.
« oui, ça va, c’est réservé.. sauf s’il pleut, se sera à l’intérieur »
le lendemain, arrivé pile à l’heure convenue beau soleil:
« voici votretable(à l’intérieur)!!! »
excusez-moi mais on a réservé sur la terrasse!!!!!!!
« désolé mais il n’y a plus de table! »
on a réservé sur la terrasse! pas dans le fin fond du resto!
on n’a donc pas eu unetablesur la terrasse.. et nous ne sommes pas resté.
avant que j’y retourne la terre sera plate!
on est allé chez "mamma thérésa" juste à côté. très bon souper

went there on sept the 6th to celebrate both me and my wife's 5th wedding anniversary and also my parents 46th. this place exceeded my expectations ! service was outstanding ! food great and thetabled'hôte great value especially when you can can adjust it with the a la carte menu and create your own a la carte ! amazing value and very charming. will bring back friends with us for sure again !

didn't live up to expectations.. we had looked forward to going here for my wife's birthday. the first problem that we encountered was that the evening before i suddenly received an email thanking me for cancelling. i quickly called and luckily, i got a hold of someone very late at night and there was still room. when we arrived at the restaurant the next evening, we could see what others talked about, the surroundings were beautiful but the greeting in the restaurant left much to be desired, it was non existent. we were given a choice of two tables,bad and worse. our waitress took our order over 3 minutes later despite others entering the restaurant after us and being served before us. we had to speak to the manager just to get served bread. i found that there was too much garlic in everything. and the quality of the food was only mediocre and tastes were pretentious. the waitress never came over to ourtableto ask us how we were enjoying the food. after spending $200 i would have expected at least a goodbye. nothing. we will not go back and i would recommend that others do not go there either.

it's like being in france!. went for thetabled'hôte de la st valentin. it was a six course meal. smoked salmon spread with chives(very good), two celery soup with beet sour cream (the beet cream formed a heart on top of the soup, nice touch, very good), 5 appetizers to choose from, i had the rabbit terrine with pistachio(excellent-nice display with veggies, mushrooms, salad), main courses 7 to choose from, i had the duck with peppercorn & cognac sauce (excellent), lemon verbena sherbet (very tasty) and i had the cheese platter instead of the desserts (excellent). the variety in your choice of bread was excellent, warm and fresh. it was extremely busy, but the service was still very attentive and good....for $50, it was a steal of a deal. we also had the palette de vin which matched wines to the menu...very well match and nice choice of wines. i visited france this summer and the food is so good there, i must say, this place is comparable...bravo to the chef
my friends had the red deer and couldn't stop raving about it.
my husband had the roasted pork...he wanted to add salt as he is a salt junky...the salt never showed up at the table.....but our 3 meals needed nothing added. will go back soon...really love the food and the place

consistent quality and great value - we keep coming back for more!. this has become a regular favourite among my friends - we've been numerous times, sometimes with large groups, and i don't think we've had a bad dish yet. favourites include the lamb, duck confit, salmon and the rabbit. all dishes are very rich and flavourful - they don't skimp on the fat...and that comes true in the taste. they have atabled'hote that is excellent value for the price paid. desserts are equally divine - again, they've all been great. if there's one criticism of the place - the menu rarely changes and is perhaps less adventerous... which may be a good thing, as they've perfected most of the dishes. we've been to many more expensive fine dining restaurants in ottawa, where the quality has been very hit and miss. here it has been consistently excellent, so we keep coming back!