Bistro Local 245 - La Malbaie

Recommended by a family member and we wanted to try it out.Super friendly staff as is in the region. Delicious food and nice atmosphere.Will be back!

Food was mediocre (overcooked or heat lamp dried out haddock avoid the haddock unless you like dried out flaky bricks. Not speaking french is a huge detriment when ordering. Do not expect unsweet tea they only have sweet tea. Think southern sweet tea with more infused sugar. Not a diabetic friendly location. They do have English menus.

It was a toss up for hubby and I between Bistro 245 and another restaurant for a quick bite. Wish we had chosen the other place. This was a terrible experience. We would not recommend, nor would we go back. Arrived just after 7 pm…..First, it is VERY hot in the restaurant. Someone thought I had gotten a lot of sun as my face was really red…nope, I was on fire it was so hot. I ordered an Amaretto Sour which was ok, my husband ordered a Mojito and it was not ok. Too much lime. We were not overly hungry so decided on a few apps instead of a full meal. I had the soup of the day which was a cream of broccoli. It was very thick but taste was ok. Jeff had the French onion soup and what an embarrassment that was. It was basically bread soup. Very little broth, just bread and some onions. Even the cheese was hard to find. The soup bowl wasn’t even half full. Next up were Caesar salads, to be followed by Panko Shrimp for Jeff and nachos for myself. We waited an hour for our salads which I would classify as side salad portion size and not an appetizer. And the dressing was missing some zing. Also because of the long delay (and the heat) we asked them to bring our salads and ‘mains’ at the same time. The panko shrimp came without the sauce. It took another 10 minutes and 2 reminders to bring it. Didn’t matter, it wasn’t very good anyway. The spices were ‘off’. It tasted more like a Smokey bbq Sauce than a spicy Thai. The shrimps were ok. My nachos were dry and overcooked. I ate a few bites and left the rest. No flavor. Needless to say we skipped dessert and asked for the bill. We left the restaurant around 9:10 and the highlight of the evening was meeting a lovely couple from Vermont.

I dropped by this evening without a reservation and was pleasantly surprised by the quality. The filet mignon was excellent and so was the salmon pasta! The service was very good and friendly.

Everything works well; food, atmosphere and the service.