Ristorante il Matto 71

Incredibly well done. It all added up here. The kind of place I will visit twice on vacation. The truffle oil pasta… mmmmmm…,

Surprisingly delicious. Who knew Quebec City would embrace Italian food as upscale? Staff and crowd are very young. Food is delicious. Décor is very hip and «Manhattan.» I was dressed like a bum one day because it was so cold and felt a bit ignored. Showed up in dressy clothes the next night (lots of people in luxury designer clothes) got a totally different attitude/​vibe from staff. Ate dessert and had bad reaction (maybe tartufo?), but noticed nobody else got dessert there. It was really busy and service was slow. Just thankful the food made up for it!

Excellent home made pasta, friendly staff, and a great wine list made this a fun night out. Calamari was well prepared and tasty if you like it salty. Recommend making a reservation, although there is bar seating.

Great restaurant! Fantastic ambiance, great food & friendly staff. This is my personal favourite … I come to Quebec on business from Montréal every month and really enjoy the Old city location

This was a great spot! Very reasonably priced drinks and meals. Our waitress was excellent and very knowledgeable about the menu. Would definitely go back!

We were in the mood for Italian food, considering Conti and Matto. We asked our Concierge, Charles at the Auberge St. Antoine, and he agreed that both were good choices but that his favorite was Matto. He showed us both menus and we decided on Matto which is only around the corner from our hotel. We are so glad we came here! Matto was the best meal we’ve had in Canada!!!
Maxim was our awesome waiter who translated everything to English for us and was very friendly. All of his recommendations were perfect! I had the veal ravioli which was absolutely delicious! Food, service and ambiance was all 1^st class! Would definitely go back.

Nous avons souper en famille à 6.
Rapport qualité prix excellent.
Valet parking au comptoir de l’hôtel adjacent au restaurant.
De l’entrée au dessert tout est bon. Filet mignon cuit à la perfection et goûteux. Linguines aux fruits de mer un pur délice. Etc…
Nous reviendrons.

Good food and nice room ruined by a clueless and rude waitress. We needed some more info about a bottle on the wine list; the best she could do is point out that «it is a red wine».
Holy Batman thanks for the tip! Luckily we were bailed out by a waiter that knew what was going on and answered our wine question. After that the service bordered between surly and non existent. Food is half of the equation– better trained service staff is just as important, especially with a good non-​conventional wine list.

Had a great dinner here. Got the rigatoni arriabata with the sausage, and it was delish although next time I’d nix the sausage which was overcooked and bland. Loved the fried fondue which was delicious with the fresh tomatoes on top. Pizza was good too. Overall, a solid stop for a bite to eat.

We liked this place so much that we had dinner here both nights we were in Quebec City! Food & atmosphere was great & staff were happy & friendly.

Dined here while on vacation August 20, 2015. After having a very disappointing dinner the night before, at another nearby restaurant. Il Matto erased our memory of that bad experience.
The atmosphere is romantic, the food is exemplary and the service is on point. We have recommended this restaurant two friends who will be traveling to Quebec in the future. If you make a reservation at this restaurant, and I do recommend a reservation as they got busy very quickly, you will not be disappointed.

Wife and I ordered seafood linguine. Love the strong wine aroma in the seafood and sauce. Loaded with seafood.

Waited over an hour for our entrees. None were outstanding. Had to send a simple dish back, penne w/​arabiatta, because it was so bland. Shrimp w/​risotto had great shrimp but poorly done risotto. No reduction on the bill after sending the food back. Waiter was unapologetic.

This was my first time here but it definitely won’t be my last!
Just like many have already said the service is great! Your job is to just sit back and enjoy your great company and their incredible menu!
As appies we ordered:
Mussels: so good we ordered a second one!
The aubergine parmesan: again SO good we ordered a second!
Lobster salad: very good!
For mains we had:
The lemon veal with grilled veggies: good but did not taste lemony at all (it tasted more buttery) so I was a bit disappointed.
The bison cheek with grilled veggies and pest pasta: SO SO gooood! So tender, so soft, wouldn’t change a thing!
For dessert:
Maple Crème Brûlée: no maple taste at all but still a very good crème brûlée.
The Éclair: SO good!!!
The Cannelloni: AMAZING!!! Not too cinnamoni… And the chocolate chucks in the rich filling were a great surprise!
The Tiramisu: Vert light! Very tasty! Very good!
Definitely give this place a try!

Came here from New York City on our first night in Quebec as it was adjacent to our hotel.
Pros:
— Ridiculously good service. Energetic staff, with team service where our needs were anticipated. If one waiter was not available, another was immediately there to check on us. I had almost finished my glass of wine and wanted another, well, then someone else came to my aid. Bread almost finished, proactively we were asked, «more?»
— Fantastic recommendation and food. The Agnelotti is a rich (!), rare dish that reminded of an oyster mushroom ravioli I once had in a Los Angeles restaurant in Laurel Canyon. Simply perfect.
— Ambiance: trendy, hip, great décor, no pretension.
Cons:
— None
Just a delightful meal.

The wild mushroom pappardelle with truffle oil was exquisite. The wine selection was excellent and reasonably priced. The canolli are a must for dessert.
The service was amicable and efficient. The ambiance was trendy and perfect for a dinner amongst colleagues.

Best restaurant in Quebec City if you are looking for a chic, stylish venue without the pretentious vibe. Each time we travel here we always visit here at least twice. The management is spot on and the staff is incredibly friendly. You know how I feel about customer service!
I always get the spaghetti with spicy sauce and beef carpaccio and it’s perfect each time. The manager was lovely enough to introduce Girard Cabernet to my boyfriend and I and it is now a sentimental wine for us. His hospitality and patience is hard to forget, I wish I came across more restaurant managers like this. This was an experience, not dinner… this place makes you feel like a million bucks. We will always return…

Très bon restaurant italien. J’ai goûté la fondue parmesan, 2 morceaux, délicieux. J’ai goûté risoto aux champignons, délicieux aussi et une généreuse portion. J’ai mangé lasagne au four de la Mama, très bon. Le morceaux n’était pas gros mais avec tout ce que j’avais goûté avant c’était ok pour cette portion. Si vous né mangez que la lasagne vous allez avoir faim après. Je n’avais plus de place pour un dessert. Le prix des plats est corrects. On a eu un très bon service. On a même eu droit de voir le propriétaire. On a passé une belle soirée. Si vous réservé pour 18:00 il faut mentionné si vous prévoyez dépasser 20:30 parce que eux, ils veulent votre place pour le 2ième service. Mais il n’y a pas de problème si vous le demandez avant.

We had a great meal here.
We arrived in Quebec on a Friday evening and promptly found out that none of the restaurants we planned to go to (including this one) could accommodate us without reservations, so we quickly reserved seats for the next few nights we were staying and we came here to eat at the bar. Eventually even the bar was full — but it’s a nice bar.
The restaurant setting was chic, all the servers were very dapper and polished. There was a teeny bit of pressure to order alcohol but even after we didn’t (because we very rarely imbibe) the service was still friendly.
There was some miscommunication with the order because the server served us in English — basically, she thought that we ordered 3 appetizers and 2 entrees when we ordered 2 appetizers and 2 entrees. It was kind of intimdating at first because then all the servers came to see what was up and we felt surrounded. But then the person who must have been the manager/​owner (who ironically was the most casually dressed of the bunch!) came in to get our order cleared up, and the rest of the meal went smoothly. They apologized for the confusion, and everything went fine afterwards. The manager also came by a second time to make conversation and he was very nice.
For our appetizers we ordered the mussels marinara and fried calamari. The calamari was only so-​so — they used puny calamari (larger ones taste so much better!) and the tomato dipping sauce was just alright. But the mussels were very nice! They were kinda heavy-​handed with the wine in the sauce but it was still very good, and we loved dipping bread into it. The portions were on the smallish side but it made sense because we were able to finish all our food without being uncomfortably full.
By the way, the bread came with an excellent quality olive oil and equally good balsamic vinegar. Very nice.
I ordered the sausage penne and I worried that it might be too tart but it wasn’t — the sauce was perfect! Italian comfort food at its finest. The sauce was rich and garlicky without being heavy or overwhelming. The sausage was also tasty without being too spicy (I often find Italian sausages and meatballs to be too fennelly/​spicy). It was excellent and the serving was very generous.
Sweetheart ordered the veal scallopina with marsala sauce, which also came with cream sauce linguini. The cream sauce was unctuous and rich, but the serving was just right. The veal was a little thin, and the sauce was too sweet, but we liked it anyway.
Service was quite good, and the food quality was good. We had a great first night here!
Only complaint is that they don’t have an English menu, so I had to translate the entire thing to Sweetheart. It would have felt much more welcoming if they had an English menu and all their servers seem to speak a decent level of English at the very least, so I don’t know why they don’t. But we enjoyed our meal there nonetheless!

This place is a gringo Italian style tourist trap– overpriced, mediocre food, mediocre borderline rude service. Worst of all – THE BREAD IS AN INSULT.

Bland and severely overpriced– BEWARE the sparkling water up-​sell trick! My wife and I walked in and were greeted immediately and very cordially, the ambiance is very nice and the service staff was exceptional. That’s where everything stopped being great. Our server was very kind but quickly said «you will take sparkling water then?» We said yes, but the water ended up being $ 6.50 a bottle.
I ordered the bruschetta to start, spaghetti and meatballs, and a margarita pizza to share between us. The basket of bread showed up and it was no good, the bread was bland and slightly stale.
Then the bruschetta came and it was just the same bland bread, toasted with seasoned tomatoes on top– and only 3 small pieces for $ 9. My wife ate one, crinkled up her nose and pushed the plate back– we’ve been to Italy several times.
The rest of the food stayed true to form, the spaghetti was overcooked and the sauce was from a can, and the meatballs were boiled and oozing water! The pizza tasted like it had been microwaved and we only shared a single piece and barely touched the spaghetti.
Then, Canadian tax and Quebec tax and gratuity all amounting to $ 86 for really bad food I could have gotten in any school cafeteria.
Go eat somewhere else

Lovely Italian food, very generous serves and friendly helpful staff.
We had calamari and bruschetta to start, followed by agnelotti, and a chefs special — salmon, veal and cheese deep fried (an unusual but tasty combo) and a lobster tail with a sauce. Our mistake was to enjoy too much of the bread in olive oil and balsamic beforehand, but we persevered and shared a tiramisu which was very nice.
The staff were lovely, the food was delicious (and plentiful) and the overall experience was very enjoyable.

La grande force de ce restaurant, c’est la simplicité et la qualité des plats offerts sans prétention par une équipe professionnelle et sympathique.
C’est rendu notre destination à Québec, lorsque nous faisons garder les enfants.
Une très belle ambiance pour sortir entre amis ou lors d’un repas d’amoureux.
J’ai déjà hâte d’y retourner!