Au Poste de Traite — Restaurant in Sainte-Famille-de-l'Île-d'Orléans

If you are visiting Quebec City, you cannot go without a visit to Ile d' Orleans, and after a tour of the island, not stop in for something to eat at Auberge au Ponte de Traite. We were doing a tour of Ile d 'Orleans, and with supper time approaching, stopped in here based on someone's recommendation. Auberge is a French word for inn and it can also mean restaurant, as these two are usually associated with one another. Auberge au Ponte de Traite is just that, we were just here for a meal, but this quaint, ideally located inn would be an ideal place to spend a night or two while visiting the area. ||There is much to choose from on their menu. You can order an entree from 5$ to 12$, on up to main meals like burgers, pastas, poutines and gourmet meals like bison flank, seal steak, and beef entrecôte, ranging in price from 13$ to 34$. We just went with the more moderate priced menu items, cheese burger, 13$, you could substitute the fries for poutine for an additional 6$ and a linguini dish with homemade meat sauce, vegetables and herbs for 15$. This moderately priced meal was both ample and delicious. Our server was both efficient and very pleasant. We chose to sit out on their veranda which offered us excellent views of the south channel of the St. Lawrence and the north shore. The weather was great and putting everything together, you couldn't have wished for anything more! The outdoor seating space is ample and pleasant, but if the weather doesn't cooperate, you can also choose to seat in the comfortable, "outdoor themed" inside.We didn't see a breakfast menu, but as this an inn, I guess that they also serve breakfast. ||Our accommodations where we were staying were more than adequate, but I think maybe next time, we will choose to stay at this auberge. The location is very central, you are close to the Pont de I'Ile and therefore close to Quebec, and the Ile d'Orleans is such a lovely, peaceful place to return to after your tour of the area.||P.S. Something about the "Island".||Ile d' Orleans is located about 5 km. east of Quebec in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. It is 34 km. long by 8 km. wide and route 368 (Chemin Royal) circles the island. It seems that the addresses that you follow are tied to this road, so be sure to pick up a tourist map. There are numerous BnBs, auberges, restaurants featuring regional cuisine, fruit stands, craft and art shops, as well as buildings and areas of historic interest. Ile d'Orleans was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and as such, a large percentage of French Canadians can trace their ancestry back to the islands early residents! Indeed, this is in essence, the birthplace of the Francophone in North America. The explorer, Jacque Cartier, first set foot here in !535. There are more than 600 buildings recognized as heritage properties and the entire island was designated a Nat'l historic site of Canada in 1990. The island is a microcosm of traditional Quebec!||Ile d'Orleans is known as the Garden of Quebec. It is essentially rural and is famous for its produce such as strawberries, apples and potatoes. There is also the production of wine and maple syrup. It is a truly wonderful place and it makes me proud as a Canadian to be associated with it. One more item, is that the island was where the first cheeses in N.A. were produced, one is La Faiselle. You can sample and purchase them a roadside shop called "Les Fromages de L'Ile d'Orleans", 2950 Chemin Royal, not so far from Auberge au Ponte de Traite (2287 Chemin Royal). These and other cheeses are made on the premises. ||I must say for a Western Canadian, our visit to this island and to this part of Canada was truly...

If you are visiting Quebec City, you cannot go without a visit to Ile d' Orleans, and after a tour of the island, not stop in for something to eat at Auberge au Ponte de Traite. We were doing a tour of Ile d 'Orleans, and with supper time approaching, stopped in here based on someone's recommendation. Auberge is a French word for inn and it can also mean restaurant, as these two are usually associated with one another. Auberge au Ponte de Traite is just that, we were just here for a meal, but this quaint, ideally located inn would be an ideal place to spend a night or two while visiting the area. ||There is much to choose from on their menu. You can order an entree from 5$ to 12$, on up to main meals like burgers, pastas, poutines and gourmet meals like bison flank, seal steak, and beef entrecôte, ranging in price from 13$ to 34$. We just went with the more moderate priced menu items, cheese burger, 13$, you could substitute the fries for poutine for an additional 6$ and a linguini dish with homemade meat sauce, vegetables and herbs for 15$. This moderately priced meal was both ample and delicious. Our server was both efficient and very pleasant. We chose to sit out on their veranda which offered us excellent views of the south channel of the St. Lawrence and the north shore. The weather was great and putting everything together, you couldn't have wished for anything more! The outdoor seating space is ample and pleasant, but if the weather doesn't cooperate, you can also choose to seat in the comfortable, "outdoor themed" inside.We didn't see a breakfast menu, but as this an inn, I guess that they also serve breakfast. ||Our accommodations where we were staying were more than adequate, but I think maybe next time, we will choose to stay at this auberge. The location is very central, you are close to the Pont de I'Ile and therefore close to Quebec, and the Ile d'Orleans is such a lovely, peaceful place to return to after your tour of the area.||P.S. Something about the "Island".||Ile d' Orleans is located about 5 km. east of Quebec in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. It is 34 km. long by 8 km. wide and route 368 (Chemin Royal) circles the island. It seems that the addresses that you follow are tied to this road, so be sure to pick up a tourist map. There are numerous BnBs, auberges, restaurants featuring regional cuisine, fruit stands, craft and art shops, as well as buildings and areas of historic interest. Ile d'Orleans was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the French, and as such, a large percentage of French Canadians can trace their ancestry back to the islands early residents! Indeed, this is in essence, the birthplace of the Francophone in North America. The explorer, Jacque Cartier, first set foot here in !535. There are more than 600 buildings recognized as heritage properties and the entire island was designated a Nat'l historic site of Canada in 1990. The island is a microcosm of traditional Quebec!||Ile d'Orleans is known as the Garden of Quebec. It is essentially rural and is famous for its produce such as strawberries, apples and potatoes. There is also the production of wine and maple syrup. It is a truly wonderful place and it makes me proud as a Canadian to be associated with it. One more item, is that the island was where the first cheeses in N.A. were produced, one is La Faiselle. You can sample and purchase them a roadside shop called "Les Fromages de L'Ile d'Orleans", 2950 Chemin Royal, not so far from Auberge au Ponte de Traite (2287 Chemin Royal). These and other cheeses are made on the premises. ||I must say for a Western Canadian, our visit to this island and to this part of Canada was truly...

Tourist trap! They even make you pay for water! I've been to my share of restaurants and never was I forced to buy a bottle of water because they won't serve you water at the table. That's $1.75 more to a bill that I already thought was too high.

I feel like we just threw away $50 in this quick two-person lunch.

$19 for the boar sausage dish. Literally the ONE sausage, with a side of fries and a salad that was 99% lettuce. Honestly between my salad and my wife's, I don't think they used half a tomato.

19$ for the duck panini as well, only this one came only with the lettuce salad, not even the side of fries.

Very disappointed at the experience, I am guessing the 4 and 5 star ratings must be for the hotel, not the restaurant.

In response to the owner's comment: 1 - The menu does not specifically state there is only 1 sausage in the dish, for $19 anyone would expect to get their money's worth of food. The menu also doesn't mention that the salad is only lettuce and balsamic vinegar with almost no other garnish (even skimping on the tomatoes!). When I read green salad, in context with the price of the dish, I expect a decent salad. I had seem some really nice pictures on other reviews, unfortunately our experience was very very different. 2- No, the waitress did not explain anything regarding the water situation, she simply said we have to buy bottles. Even if it's the case that you don't have running water because of a dry well, I don't think this costs should be transferred to the customer. I suggest preparing for this kind of eventuality and having water reserves to serve to the customers. A few water jugs and a water dispenser might do the trick. Maybe the reason the tomato was almost entirely missing from the salad is because the grocery store didn't have tomatoes that morning, so the customer should be ok with that as well. 3- Eating is different from enjoying. I wish I had enjoyed the dishes, but we ate them because we were hungry and had to pay them anyway. It's disingenuous that you ignore all my comments and decide that I enjoyed my food just...