Le Corylus Resto-Bistro — Restaurant in L'Isle-aux-Coudres

This rating considers the location and the fact that we went for a lunch service;

To start, the terrasse is beautiful!

Service is fast and courteous

Pricing is good

Now let’s get to the main point, the food;

Portions are good and quality is ok, it seems more like a diner in terms of food quality and menu than a restaurant.

There are a few “local options” but the use of ingredients and the overall feeling of authentic, in-house made food, sauces, sides is not there.

All sauces seem to be off the shelf generic, the sides (veggies) I do not think are fresh at all since they taste the same as a frozen veggie blend.

The menu certainly needs a cleanup. This would help elevate the standards + attention to each menu offering.

On another note, the fish and chips was very nice...

The food was alright, but seem to me it's not a "home made food" the pizza was too cheesy, generic pepperoni and very salty. The veggies on the pizza were far and few. We order fried calamari, this was tasty but again, it was all uniform sizes, unlike what I have eaten at other restaurants, where the pieces were none the same shape or size. Basically I would not have been surprised to see frozen pizza boxes and commercially prepared calmari. But again it wasn't terrible, but not what I was expecting for the price. The waiting staff were above par, the place was clean the view was...

It was an unplanned drive to the island, but decided to have dinner here anyway. The restaurant is just a few steps from St Lawrence River- you can enjoy the river from inside the dining room or an outside dining area. The menu shows several vegetarian dishes. My friend asked if they can make a simple vege dish with spaghetti and vegetables rather than getting one from the menu. They were happy to do it. My friend was pleasantly surprised with the taste of the disk. I opted for fish which...