City: Caraquet
Top Restaurants in Caraquet
Where to Eat in Caraquet: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Caraquet in Canada, from Canada region, is best know for . Discover best restaurants in Caraquet with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
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1. Maribel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By John G - Lansdowne, Canada
Stopped in for a quick breakfast. Unlike most diners/family restaurants, you order at the cash register then take a seat. One of us had scrambled eggs, pan fries and toast....no complaints at all. We also had a shrimp omelette....perfectly prepared. Would like to have stayed for lunch.
2. Mitchan Sushi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By Andres41 - Bathurst, Canada
Whilst the restaurant, named "Mitchan Sushi" does indeed have a large selection of different types of sushi, the menu is very extensive, covering many different types of Japanese food. It is situated in an old home that has been well converted into a restaurant, with several smallish rooms, each holding about three tables, which gives a very nice "cozy" atmosphere, without being crowded.
The food is excellent, very tasty, and with good sized portions, and the service was rapid, and attentive, without being rushed. All in all, excellent, and good value, and we plan on returning before it shuts for the season.
3. Le Caraquette
Overall Ratings
4 based on 122 reviews
Reviewed By Mimi2JKE - Acton, Massachusetts
I had prebreaded frozen scallops and frozen fries that were heated. Our drinks arrived, finally, when we were halfway through eating. The vegetable soup tasted like Campbell from a can. Overall nothing special.
4. Hotel Paulin Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By Listeningtrees - Sackville, NB
We were NOT prepared for what we experienced.
Before arriving in Caraquet we had heard about the Hotel and that the dinners there were very good; I had read all about it online, and in a magazine that featured the Hotel's fine dining experience that I found in our room at our Caraquet accommodations. It all seemed that this was the best dining experience in town so as soon as we arrived in the town my sister and I headed over to the Hotel to make a reservation.
It was closed up (not open on certain days) but the gentleman watering the outdoor flowers informed us that Reservations go first to the hotel guests (we were staying at Gite le Poirier), and that he was pretty sure we would not get in the next day when it was again open, as it was already largely booked. No menu was posted outside so I asked the gardener what the price range was. He replied under $50.
So off we went. I told the man who owns Gites le Poirier that we would love to have dinner at the hotel the next day, and he called, spoke to the owner, who booked us in for the night we requested, no problem!
The next evening we dressed up and were escoted by the host into the salon where people wait to be seated for the "one-seating-time" dinner. Surprisingly, our host, the owner of the Hotel, turned out to be the flower-waterer from the previous day! One other guest joined us in the salon.
Already we could hear a table of guests (all men) in a small individual dining room who were drinking fine wines and enjoying themselves with typical Acadian verve and good humour!
We were finally escorted to our table for 3 in the lovely old living room of the magnificent hotel. Cosy and comfortable. Table beautifully appointed. I expected menus to appear, but we were asked about our wine preferences and no reference was made to what food would be served. I decided it might be safest to order a glass of white and sip it while I waited to see the menu.
By now, you may be beginning to guess. No menu ever came. What arrived, one item at a time, over the next several hours, was what must have been a 10 or 12 course gourmet dinner!! I can no longer remember all the things we were served, but it was mind-blowing! The amounts of food in each dish were large and rich, and beautifully arranged on their plates or bowls. Soup, duck, fish, meats, vegetables, breads --splendid things -- you name it and it was probably there! Every single dish was a taste sensation, cooked to perfection by the chef who, it turned out, was the host's wife!
Bacause we had had no prior warning that this was the way dinner was served at this hotel, we had no idea that we should have saved ourselves durting the day for this feast. I remembered those french fries I had eaten out at a little cafe near the lighthouse on either Lameque or Miscou that afternoon, and my stomach did a few flip-flops! We also had no idea how long it would go on, how many more dishes to expect, and worst of all for me, we had no idea about the price.
I very soon came to believe that between my lack of French and the flower-watering host's Acadian /English accent, a terrible misunderstanding must have occurred the day before when I thought I had heard him say the works "under $50/person". There was no way what we were being treated to would cost under $50/person. It would be more like $150/person. I must have not heard him correctly, I fretted. What have I gotten my partner and sister into? Having two hearing aids I DO sometimes not hear perfectly. Oh dear!
We were all getting fuller and fuller. I whispered to my sister "I don't think we have even gotten to the main course yet!" and just then out came the tour-de-force: a large dinner plate with the main entree featuring sumptuous and generous amounts of wild salmon and lobster.
We felt sick! I was only able to eat a little, for by now my stomach was totally full (we had not paced ourselves in the beginning because we didn't know what was to come). I was by now a wreck trying to figure out how we would pay the bill.
I got up from the table and waddled slowly out to the foyer to see if I could still move, and the host followed me out to ask if anything was wrong! I said how wonderful everything was, asked who was the chef, and he told me his wife. I said she was a fantastic cook and he agreed! I said that unfortunately we were all getting so full we were basically unable to eat any more! He asked if he might wrap up the three different desserts (including sugar pie!) for us to take along with us for later and I said "Oh yes, that would be lovely."
But then I took the bull by the horns and quietly confided in an undertine that I was quite worried about the cost. He mumbled something that sounded like "between $45 and $50 a person" and I said: "But surely that cannot be! This dinner was worth 2 or 3 times that amount!" He said with great feeling: "I KNOW! But my wife just loves to cook!"
So I returned to the dining room where my sister and partner had glazed, saited expressions on their faces, and told them what I had found out.
They were a little embarrassed that I had asked, but I was not, because I felt that I should have been clued in by someone.
I had looked this Hotel up online at home before we went and no where did I see that it said that this was the way dinners were presented there: ie. no menu, no prices, and fabulous cuisine with enough to feed an entire army! Our host at Gites le Poirier didn't tell us, either! The bill was exactly as we had been told it would be, with a little extra added on for our glasses of wine.
So... my review is mixed! I can't say that I truly enjoyed the experience because I was not well-prepared for in advance, no menu was given to each diner, and no price appeared anywhere.
I would go back, for sure! But I would recommend that a few changes to the way the dinner is publicized and presented would help those like me who are not "in the know"!
5. Boulangerie Grains Folie
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By CharlesSeems - Ottawa, Canada
This well run business attracts locals and visitors. There is amole room to sit (on the main level, upstairs or outside when the weather cooperates).
Order your food at the counter at the rear of the outlet. It's cafteria style. Wait for order and then find a place to sit.
Right next door with an inside door is the Librarie Pélagie with a large selection of french language books.
Food is very good.
Parking: on the side of the building or street parking
Access: easy access but there is a step down on the main level. Watch for it.
6. Le crapet
Overall Ratings
4 based on 52 reviews
7. Cantine Chez Coucouc
Overall Ratings
5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By bunnikins62 - Saint John, Canada
I just spent a week working up in the area and stumbled onto this little gem down on the water. The food is fast and very good. The owner is friendly and welcoming. I ate here 4 days straight. I would definitely encourage everyone to stop in. I tried the smoked meat dinner, hamburger/onion poutine and fish & chips. All these dishes were delicious.
8. La Homard Mobile
Overall Ratings
5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By takayukibru - Moncton, Canada
We tried the lobster poutine and it was super delicious! We already tried lots of poutine but this is the best we had so far.
They only serve small size lobster poutine but it can easily feed 2 people if you are not craving.
I like the fact that it is made from local products. I would definitively come back and recommend it to anyone who visits Caraquet.
9. Pub Saint-Joseph
Overall Ratings
4 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By angelislote
This is a great pub to enjoy and have a good time with friends. Not bad for families, but not the best choice either. The place is well decorated and they have TV screens everywhere. The service was excellent and the food is average!!!
10. La Vieille Brulerie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By ExploreandExperience - Sunshine Coast, BC
This is the best café I have ever been to! The service is great and there is a huge variety of drinks, baked goods, and various food items. Being from the West Coast anything lobster is a novelty, but I really do love the lobster panini you can get here. Their hot chocolate is also the best I've found in Caraquet. The café itself is such a cute building, there's tons of different places to have a seat and chat with friends or pick up a magazine.
