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L'Oree du Bois
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
3 reviews for L'Oree du Bois
3 reviews in English
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Review from Minh D.
Gatineau, QC
In the Ottawa "area", but actually on the QC side in Chelsea, about a 15 minute drive from downtown Ottawa.
A great little getaway type restaurant, as the name implies, it's in the middle of the woods - right beside the Gatineau Park, very scenic setting. The restaurant builds on this and continues the woodsy decor to good effect.
It's French (France) / Canadian food, I go at least once a year and it hasn't disappointed me once - a rare feat for any restaurant you go to often enough. The prices are really low for what basically is fine dining, you'll pay a lot more for this in Ottawa's higher end restaurants. If you go for their table d'hote, which is basically a 4 course meal where you get to pick from a selection of dishes for each course, it's about $40. That's just a tad over what you'll pay for the main course alone at a place like Domus.
As you would expect, their wine list has a good selection of French wines and the markup is pretty decent. -
Review from Marc D.
Vancouver, BC
11/21/2009 1 photo
* Charming escape from Ottawa *
The name is fitting, as this charming restaurant is at the edge of the forest (Gatineau Park) in a renovated farm house about a 20 minute drive from downtown Ottawa.
I visited a few years ago, but just thought about it again as a friend asked for recommendations for a trip to Ottawa.
They offer classic "Cuisine du Terroir" - focusing on fresh local ingredients. They do lots of in-house smoking of fish, meat, and poultry using local maple. They also have their own herb garden which features prominently in their dishes.
We had the table d'hôte, which was very reasonably priced at a little under $40 for a four course meal, with housemade chocolates and a hot beverage to wrap things up.
Although it has been a while since my visit I still remember a few of the dishes fondly.
The puff pastry filled with a mushroom filling that included fresh herbs and roasted garlic was amazing. They used just the right amount of cream and butter to round out the flavour of the filling and contrast it with the flaky pastry. Perfection!
The duck confit was also amazing. It was served in a creamy peppercorn sauce that balanced the dish nicely. The skin of the duck was perfectly crispy, with the tender meat inside, as well as some additional shredded confit. Lovely.
The memory of the rest of the meal is a bit faded, but I recall enjoying the soup. Some of us got a cheese plate for dessert which had a nice selection of local Quebec cheeses, many of which were made with lait cru (raw milk) - aaaah....Quebec! And I remember some fresh berries with an herbed sabayon which was very pleasant as well.
Overall for a meal to stick out in my mind over the years like that, it makes me want to go back.
Hopefully it is still as good! It would be sad if the memory is better than current day reality! -
Review from John S.
NEPEAN, ON
9/8/2010 2 Check-ins Here
The food at L'Oree du Bois is fantasic.
Classic high end French with local ingredients.
The most experienced foodies will love the food and the shocker is the low price!
I was with a group when I went and for the cost of a standard entree (at a fine restaraunt) I got the full table d'hote. Soup to start, a delicious duck terrine as an app, Filet Mignon for a main and desert to finish off. All that for $43 !!
It's 20 minutes from downtown Ottawa and it's worth the drive...
