TÉTÛ Taverne Gaspésienne

Tétû Taverne Gaspésienne in Gaspé offers a trendy vibe with bay views and fresh local seafood, but it fell short on execution during my visit. The casual atmosphere and outdoor seating overlooking the mountains are highlights, and dishes like the beef tartar shone, but a long wait—over an hour for mains after appetizers—tested patience. Service felt very weak, with inattentive staff and unclean cutlery that detracted from the experience. It’s got potential as a central spot for Gaspé Peninsula eats, but needs polishing to match the scenic charm—room for improvement here!

We had breakfast and dinner here. The window views were unbelievable. The two eggs breakfast was fine, the coffee was good, the ordered over medium eggs were made over easy. The lobster dinner was delicious the lobster was fresh and in season, the potatoes were stale, the asparagus were burnt to black. The mushroom pizza was flavorful, the crust was blackened too. La Gaspesienne 13, dark, chocolatey, was interesting. The service was excellent.

I wish I could give negative star. I have a bad experience since I arrived the restaurant. They only have French menu thus the server ask me to scan the QR code and see the English menu. It’s fine and we did but the app asked us to pay to place order. I want to ask the server about this but no one taking care of my table. They just avoid any eye contact with me. I waited for at least 15 minutes and still no one comes to my table and I can only place order through the app and approved the payment with security code, but the app return to the order page. I have to ask the server on this and get one response to me after 15 minutes finally. They told me there is no order placed and she can take order for me. Ok, I placed order again. Unfortunately, the mushroom risotto I ordered was very salty that we cannot eat. I only ate 1 spoon of it. I told the server but she just walked away and I am not sure what she is going to do. Finally she come back and I told her it is very salty again and she take my dish away and then come back with the same dish and told me the Chef said it’s their normal standard. I told her it’s really too salty and we are unable to eat and request to cancel this order. She just refused to do so but offer to give me dessert with same value. I don’t want dessert indeed but don’t want to create trouble for her and thus ask for what kind of dessert they have. She introduced 2 desserts for us and suggested we can try both. Later, she came back again and said the Chef can only give us 1 dessert not 2. I don’t understand why they can’t make what they offered to me and thus I insisted to cancel the order. Though I didn’t pay it at the end but I don’t think this service is acceptable. In addition, the mushroom risotto is a vegan item but they added ham on it, which is not shown on the menu. I will not go there again.

Unfortunately we didn’t not have a good experience. The restaurant is spacious and has a beautiful view. However, the food was disappointing. My sea food pasta was lukewarm, choppy and quite under seasoned. Expect the decent amount of lobster meat, the rest was mediocre. Did not worth the price.nBesides that, the service was also slow.

I am surprised that the Google reviews are only at 4.0 for this restaurant. My husband and I have been traveling throughout the Maritimes and the Gaspesie Region for the past 15 days. My husband ordered the seafood pasta and I ordered the wild mushroom risotto. Both were exquisite and well presented. We ordered the traditional crème brûlée for dessert and that lasted about two minutes between the two of us. The ambience is perfect for a quiet dinner with adult friends; Our reservation is for 8 PM. I will definitely go back!