Restaurant Le Grand Café

Wow - what a gem. This day was the highlight of our trip to Quebec City. We took the ferry over from Quebec City, played in the Levi splash park for a bit, hiked up the red steps, and then continued hiking to downtown Levi. We were 2 families with kids age from a 3 year old, teens, and young adults - a total of 10 people. We stopped in for lunch at the end of the lunch hour - around 2 pm. They sat us at 2 different tables immediately - which was fine because we were hungry and it is a small restaurant. They don’t speak a whole lot of English, but the wait staff did a great job trying - and with google translate it was fine. We had the bison steak, mushroom ravioli, shrimp/scallops linguini, and smoked salmon/rice dish. They were all amazing dishes but my husband and I liked the bison steak the best. It was cooked to perfection, seasoned just right, and melted in you mouth. My least favorite dish was the salmon/rice dish but even that was hard to not like. It was a salad type dish with rice instead of greens, and the salad ingredients were fruits (apples, mangoes, etc.). The prix-fixed came with soup - which was a great start. By the time we finished our meals, we were full and took our desert to go (chocolate cake).

We were desperate to eat having just driven from New Brunswick. This is tourist central just opposite Chateau Laurier hotel on the corner. We were quite prepared to be ripped off. Instead greeted by very personable waiter, seated on clean non flimsy chairs at our choice of table.we had the special small pizza and spaghetti bolognese $9.95 and were made to feel like valued patrons which is not always the case in places like this. Would eat here again.

Incredible choices for food, which was delicious, and very excellent staff! Best escargot I've ever had; soft and very tasty and we'll prepared. The pasta was delicious and the soup that came with it was great! I am just upset I did not have enough room for dessert afterwards!!!