Le Moque-Tortue Games Bistro

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#3 of 21 Restaurants in ShediacFrench, Seafood, $$ - $$$

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Le Moque-Tortue Games Bistro

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Travellers' Choice

2024

Lobster. Oysters on the half shell. Fresh pastas. Beautiful soups. Abundant seafood chowders. Fantastic desserts. Shediac's best-stocked bar! Driven by a passion for good company and an appetite for wonderful food, our bistro is a bright & playful space. We offer everything from a late morning cappuccino to delicious lobster dishes, from afternoon iced treats and an exceptional wine list and a host of local beers. Come and enjoy our bright & cheerful atmosphere! Le Moque-Tortue is perfectly situated in downtown Shediac, right across from the Pascal Poirier Historic House and fifteen minutes' drive from downtown Moncton, NB. Le Moque-Tortue is equipped with Atlantic Canada’s largest accessible treasury of tabletop games - over two thousand titles! We accept reservations and welcome all players in parties of any size (as long as we have enough tables and chairs). It's $5/person to access the collection & play as long as you like! Just want to eat? No admission!

Features

CUISINES

French, Seafood, Contemporary, Fusion, Healthy

Meal types

Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, After-hours, Drinks

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options

FEATURES

Accepts Credit Cards

Free off-street parking

Free Wifi

Full Bar

Gift Cards Available

Highchairs Available

Live Music

Outdoor Seating

Parking Available

Private Dining

Reservations

Seating

Serves Alcohol

Table Service

Takeout

Wheelchair Accessible

Wine and Beer

Location

402 Main St Unit A, Shediac, New Brunswick E4P 2G1 Canada

Free off-street parking, Parking Available

Is this restaurant good for special occasions?

Yes

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Top 3 reasons to eat here

Sponsored by: Le Moque-Tortue Games Bistro

A varied menu, with tons of lobster, chicken & vegetarian dishes.

One of NB's best-stocked cocktail bars, with 52 house cocktails!

Fresh pastas. Made-to-order salads. Seafood chowders. Beautiful soups!

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Sunday

9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday

11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday

11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Friday

11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday

11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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BeakerHP

Toronto21 contributions

Favourite Review

Super fun place for lunch

Jul 2023 • family

Super fun place full of character and ambience. Crazy Alice in Wonderland themed decorations. Restaurant is in an old house so there are lots of different rooms with different themes - we ate in the tea room upstairs - with teacups and saucers and teapots everywhere! Food was good too! Kids Mac n cheese was not so good but the brocolli and cheese soup was delicious.

Written July 4, 2023

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Bojangles

Canada26 contributions

Amazing service and food

Apr 2023 • couples

Our friend had made reservations for this evening at le Moque-Tortue and it was my husband’s and my first visit. What a true gem this little restaurant is! From the warm greeting upon arrival to the walls laden with games, one feels they are in a special place. The furniture is unique and the ambiance has a great vibe. And the food! I had the shrimp and scallop flatbread with Caesar salad and it was out of this world. The flavours were a perfect blend of richness and smooth. We consider ourselves truly fortunate to have had Allen as our server. He was interesting, engaging, fun, professional… I could go on but you get the picture: he gets the job done expertly, but takes time to get to know his customers. Thanks, Allen! We will be returning here again and again.

Written April 14, 2023

travelmuppet0

119 contributions

Highly recommend

Aug 2023 • family

Delicious find on our way through Shediac- so good that we returned on our way back home. Beautiful menu with so many great choices, good service and great ambience. We especially appreciated the dog-friendly patio so that we could enjoy our meal while on the road with our pup.

Written September 1, 2023

Explorer48913827037

Moncton2 contributions

Ruined our special event!

Sep 2024 • friends

I called on September 4th to make a reservation for 4 people for the evening of Saturday September 28th. When calling I explained that we would be celebrating my wifes 30th birthday and that our plans for the evening was to spend our time there. I specifically asked for the room at the top of the stairs, first one in the right. We were told absolutely and that they were looking forward to having us. I of course confirmed my reservation the day before when they sent the reminder text message. When we get there I mention our name and mention that we reserved the room upstairs and then the nightmare begins. We overhear that our room has been given to a walk in group of 6 people. She then says "we'll I can get you a table for 2 by the window" What???? Our reservation is for 4 and we gave you 24 days notice! Of course I try to explain this but the waitress just starts talking over me and about how we can't reserve rooms unless we pay extra... what??? I can't even get a word in. So here's this resturants logic: call and ask for a room with 24 days notice = no room and/or you need to pay, walk in without a reservation with a group of 6 = get put in a private room. Were so disappointed and this policy is absolutely ludicrous and unacceptable. Your nickle and dimming philosophy is a guaranteed way to alienate your repeat customers. What kind of resturant says yes to a group of 6 walk ins without a reservation on a Saturday night over their commitment to a reservation made over 24 days ago? Shame on me for trusting you guys with my favorite persons thirtieth birthday! To think I would of thought of you guys and trusted that this would be a good spot for anything makes me feel so stupid. Here's my advice: Drop your pathetic room reservation fee. If someone calls you and explains their desire to have a special night with you and wants to reserve a room, make it happen! Especially when you confirm that. If you want to be the place that prioritizes walk ins on a Saturday night instead of reservations just put in a drive through so your true collors are obvious. To make sure I'm clear: I feel certain my request was not only written down in their system but blatantly disregarded the night of. This wasn't a screw up or accident, this was a choice! This place made a choice to screw our special nights plans so they could make a few extra bucks from a walk in and figured it would fly. Don't make the mistake I did.

Written September 29, 2024

Sharen C

12 contributions

Lunch

Jun 2021 • couples

Service was very poor, we waited to be seated for 10 min without anyone paying attention to us, once seated the server didn’t ask us if we were ready to order or not , he stood there waiting . My husband ordered a beer first thing and once the meal serve he had to ask again for it. The food was good but unfortunately wouldn’t go back , if i pay that price for a plate i want to be treated as a restaurant not a take out

Written June 28, 2021

Melissa G

Riverview14 contributions

Underwhelming breakfast

Aug 2024 • couples

We ordered the real breakfast and the food was just Ok and very overpriced for what it was. The toast had no butter, the sausage was bland and the potatoes were undercooked. We waited 15 min to bring the bill and pay. The staff were nice and atmosphere was nice but will not return.

Written August 4, 2024

SmokoEdmonton_AB

224 contributions

Dumped On

Oct 2023 • family

Food & waitress great. Manager terrible. The base of my mocktail glass literally fell off dumping 90% of my drink on my lap & into my shoes. I cleaned up what I could with my napkin & after we flagged down the manager he scraped the ice cubes off the table onto the patio & picked up the pieces of glass. He eventually brought a damp cloth that he set on the table. No clean napkin, no free drink, and worst of all no apology. While paying the bill I commented on his lack of empathy; he stated he was focused on cleaning up - which I did !!!

Written October 4, 2023

H K

Toronto29 contributions

Great ambiance, great food, reasonable prices

Oct 2022 • couples

This restaurant is an old two story home and each room houses a huge collection of oddities everywhere to keep your senses busy. The ambiance is amazing. They have a wonderful outdoor patio. Service was excellent and timely. Even though quite busy they were able to accommodate us and our service dog. The food was exceptional and the serving sizes were above average. The Hummus platter was amazing. The food was nice and hot, unlike the luke warm food that one normally gets served nowadays. The Lobster Quesadillas was a full platter of food with a generous amount of lobster meat. The Chicken Fricot made in-house with homemade dumplings was sooo good. The prices are surprisingly reasonable for the food quality and proportions. This is worthy of many repeat visits for us!

Written October 5, 2022

Adele K

Montreal43 contributions

Entertaining!

Jun 2022 • none

Such a quirky, unique and fun place to visit. You will be entertained with all the teacups, clocks, games etc… We had the lobster quesadilla (would have preferred a smaller tortilla size with the same amount of lobster filling, instead of just eating a lot of bread with not enough filling spread out), red pepper soup (not worth the price we paid, would not order again). We would try again if we were in the area.

Written August 19, 2022

julie T

Ottawa1 contribution

It's a pass

May 2024 • family

Second time I have been there - Seafood chowder was lukewarm, sent back and warmed up in the microwave. Yes the bowl was really hot from the microwave. It consisted of scraps of minature seafood mush which was unidentifiable. The lobster wrap was bland and the texture very strange. The only reason for a 2 is because the games were fun.

Written May 15, 2024

Erna S

Lower Sackville12 contributions

Lunch at Moque-Tortue Game’s Bistro

Oct 2021 • none

This restaurant was so much fun as it had the “Alice in Wonderland” theme and the restaurant / bistro also had the second biggest (as we were informed by the owner of the establishment) amount of board games that my table has ever seen, all the games were stacked up on shelves for everyone to see and if they want to have a game with friends or family for a very small fee. The food served for our lunch was totally delicious, each item on the menu had tge Alice in Wonderland title theme, and each dish was presented in that fun themed way. Also what would be found in this Bistro was clocks of every kind some actually working and some not but so interesting to look at, and then there were knick knacks and mirrors. We truly had a fun time and we would all come back to Moque-Tortue again for another meal and adventure!

Written October 2, 2021

Karen P

11 contributions

Poor Customer Service

Aug 2021 • friends

Booked a reservation for 5 pm (outdoor seating as that was all that was available) as I had company from out of province and had been telling her how great this place was. Due to rain off and on during the day the outside seating was closed (wasn’t raining at the time we arrived). I told the girl who greeted us that we had a reservation. She checked her tablet and informed me that my reservation was for outside seating and that wasn’t open. She then asked me i a condescending manner if I had read the notice on the reservation site stating that indoor and outdoor reservations were not interchangeable. I told her I was aware (I’m not stupid) as she waved her tablet in my face, but was hoping they would be able to accommodate us. She told us that she “was going to call us but didn’t” to cancel and that she just gave the last available table to a walk-in! I would think that if you had patio reservations that could not be fulfilled you would not be giving your ‘last table’ to a walk-in but would have accommodated someone who had a reservation. And if you did, I wouldn’t be telling people that! We had travelled 30 minutes specifically to go to dinner there and it was a disappointment to my company and myself. I have eaten there in the past but will not be returning. The food is great but a dining experience includes not only food but service and the way people are treated. Nobody will be competing with me for a table in the future.

Written August 6, 2021

Samantha B

90 contributions

Unique and Delicious

May 2024 • couples

This is a really unique restaurant with a fun atmosphere, cool decor, and delicious food. We had the Acadian meat pie and the lobster soup and both were delicious. The hostess was especially wonderful - great hospitality!

Written May 30, 2024

Maddie M

1 contribution

Dinner

Aug 2021 • family

We booked a reservation for 7:30 and luckily got to sit at 7pm. We waited 20 minutes for drinks so we put in our order at the same time. Got our apps not too long after. The mussels had so much sand in them we almost broke our teeth trying to eat them. We finished our apps and waited another 30mins for someone to clear the table so we could eat our meals. We were also sat in chairs that are meant to have cushions so we spent most of the night shifting uncomfortably and pulling our dresses out of the holes. Besides the sandy mussels, slow service and terribly uncomfortable chairs the music was nice and the atmosphere was welcoming.

Written August 22, 2021

peter c

Ottawa128 contributions

A very good family dining experience

Jul 2022 • none

This was a family of five for dinner. The service was very good. It was efficient and very attentive. The drinks and appetizers were ordered and they arrived very quickly. The mains were all very nice. The chowder and nachos were particularly well received. The French onion soup could have had a little more soup and a little less bread and the accompanying side salads need a better dressing. But aside from those minor notations it was a very good experience. The desserts were very generous to boot. I would return again to be sure.

Written July 6, 2022