Boulangerie La Farandole — Restaurant in Sainte-Adèle

I have been coming to this restaurant with groups of friends for several years after hiking or snowshoeing,and it has always been a favourite. We’re usually there mid to late afternoon, and appreciate being able to reserve upstairs for our group. The pastries, etc are delicious, and the meals off the menu are okay (not spectacular, but acceptable).

However, today we had an experience that left a bad taste. One of our group ordered the crepes with maple syrup, $8.20 (coffee not included). A plate with ONE crepe was served - ONE. For $8.20?? We asked the server if they’d forgotten to serve the rest of the crepes. She said, no, this is it, but a second crepe could be had for $5 extra. We explained that most people would consider an order of crêpes to number more than one, and we were pretty disappointed. Our friend was offered to eat some bread from the bread bar if he wanted more food. Let me say the server was polite, and with a group of 17 people, was quite efficient. Later, as we getting ready to leave, the owner presented himself and appeared to quite angry that we had dared to offer an opinion as to value. He indignantly stated this was a Belgian crepe, with REAL maple syrup and everyone knows that an order of Belgian crêpes was only one crepe. He repeated his position several times, until our friend had to tell him he needed to leave, we were waiting for him. (We had not made any particular request to speak with the owner.)

I guess the Belgian crêpes served at La Farandole must contain exotic and seriously expensive ingredients not known to the average person, and their REAL maple syrup must be of a far superior quality and cost than the REAL maple syrup the rest of us buy. And it would seem we’re not familiar with the special world of crepes, where the plural means singular. The owner clearly thinks little of his clients’ opinions and satisfaction, an anomaly in the restaurant world. At no time was our friend rude, impolite or loud in expressing his opinion. The server was mortified at the owner’s response and attitude. It certainly spoiled our visit to be treated by management in such a poor manner. Moral of the story: don’t complain about anything unless you want to be chewed out by management. Perhaps he prefers if customers just...

Loved this quaint cafe in St. Adele. Its very country funky, with a very welcoming entrance. The staff are very friendly and efficient! It was bustling with people the day we went for a brunch, because the town was also having a fair and beer festival for the public. Good selection in their menu, we were promptly served, since it is a boulangerie we were told to help ourselves to the bread to make some toast while we waited for our brunch. The OJ is freshly squeezed, and the servings were huge! The patisserie was also a delight to see, lots of pastry variety. We tried a custard creme cake, super delish! Highly recommend going to this place if you are in St. Adele area. I will love...

Je commencerais par le positif, nous avons eu un service exceptionnelle d’une jeune fille seule sur l étage intérieur et terrasse, il était professionnel et amical à la fois une vrai perle cette jeune fille ! Ensuite la rapidité de la cuisine pour servir nos plats vraiment top certes nous sommes en semaine mais tout de même c’était très très rapide bravo ! Maintenant la nourriture … si ce n était pas les deux points que je viens de souligner et bien j aurais mis une seule étoile … l’omelette était plutôt maîtrisée mais les patates (qui avant étaient cuites dans la graisse de canard et assaisonnée de paprika et oignons confits) sont cuites à l’huile trop longtemps apparement, ne sont pas salées à la sorties de la friteuse donc autant dire que c’est totalement insipide, les crêpes ne sont clairement pas faites maison et manquent quant à elles de cuisson, le pain perdu était totalement sec une chance que mes crêpes flottaient littéralement dans le sirop ce qui a permi à mon conjoint d imbiber un peu son pain perdu, nous avons demandé de la Mayo on nous a servie un truc blanc et sans goût (pitié ne dites pas que c’est de la Mayo maison) fut un temps vu qu’il s’agit d une boulangerie le pain était vraiment bon avec les dej sous forme de bar à pain je comprends qu avec la covid il a fallut changer de façon de fonctionner mais là on a eu du pain de mie style villageois c’était décevant aussi ! bref une énorme énorme énorme déception, nous n étions pas revenu dans ce restaurant depuis 4 ans et malheureusement je ne pense pas que nous y retournerons… j y ai été cheffe de cuisine pendant 3 ans en 2010 et j en avait un merveilleux souvenir car l attention aux détails y étaient omniprésente … ce n est clairement plus le cas et servir pour servir à l’air d être devenu la nouvelle norme pour cet ancien...