Ben & Florentine in Thetford Mines

1351 Rue Notre Dame E local 190, Thetford Mines, Quebec G6G 0G5, Canada

★★★★☆
(479 reviews)
Categories: Restaurant Breakfast restaurant Brunch restaurant Lunch restaurant

About

Chez Ben & Florentine, on redécouvre le goût de bien manger.

Website
locations.benetflorentine.com
Address
1351 Rue Notre Dame E local 190, Thetford Mines, Quebec G6G 0G5, Canada
Plus Code
4P49+GM Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
6 AM–3 PM
Tuesday
6 AM–3 PM
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
8 AM–3 PM
Friday
6 AM–3 PM
Saturday
6 AM–3 PM
Sunday
7 AM–3 PM

Services

Service options
Kerbside pickup Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Great cocktails
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Cocktails Coffee Healthy options Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner Catering Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.2
★★★★☆
479 reviews

Most Mentioned

breakfast (49) food presentation (40) smile (9) cold (6) thetford (5) quality (5) bacon (5) crepe (3) mask (3) contagious (2)
5 stars
280
4 stars
111
3 stars
33
2 stars
22
1 stars
33
★★★★★
December 21, 2024

Excelent food and service, 2nd time eating here.k

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

Service super 😊

★★★★★
July 14, 2024

The service was spot on but they didn't offer water when we got seated. The food was delicious and the prices are good for 2024. Portions are great, couldn't finish my meal. Will be going again as a couple instead of going with my brother next time. All in all we were very pleased with our experience.

★★★★★
February 12, 2024

Great place, good food and service,I really recommend it.

★★★★★
September 23, 2023

Food was really good, but the service a bit disappointing, after many visits the waiters still forgets to give you a Glass of water so unless you ask for it, you will never be offered the option of a glass of water... Also asked for menage bread and everytime they manage to screw up this demand... no compensations on their end for all this disappointment. Otherwise very tasty place, plenty of dishes to choose from!

July 22, 2023

Sat for 35 minutes, waitress wouldn't look at us and we had to ask another waitress for a cup of coffee. Took another 30 minutes to get our food ordered, and it came out over cooked. The floors are a hazard, they're so greasy I thought my chair was on wheels.

★★★★
June 24, 2023

If you want an inexpensive breakfast or brunch this is the place. Nothing really special, but very good value for the money

★★★★
January 4, 2022

I enjoyed the experience despite being low staffed. Food was great and a lot cheaper than Coras. Service was great as well

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Very VERY good service from Melanie. Excellent food. Incredible price! The only negative point was that it was 26°

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Very delicious meal. Its a little expensive but the price is right with the meals

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Always satisfied! We get what we pay for. The plates are tasty and generous. That said, very disappointed with my takeaway experience. Several items had not been included in my order...

★★★
October 23, 2024

The food is good but eating in a cold room is not fun it could be a little less cold

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

Sunday I was served by Océane, very good service, very polite and super nice.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

First time in Thetford for us and very satisfied.

★★
October 23, 2024

The service is too long but gives free smoothies

Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Sausages and burnt bacon and the binne portion was half my meal.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Nice welcome with a smile Parking: Lots of people placed in front.

September 23, 2024

Beard hairs on our plate.. cook without beard nets.. lost appetite.. meal not even refunded or discounted.. really disappointed with our experience!

★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Too noisy, very greasy but the service is excellent

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Absolutely delicious!

★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Very good

★★
August 23, 2024

First of all, at 10:00 a.m., the restaurant was not crowded. Despite everything, we waited 11 minutes before we were offered something to drink, then more than 5 minutes before having our first coffee. Then another long period before we took our order and another long time before receiving the meal. This seemed the case to other tables who arrived before us. No coffee stove while waiting. 50 minutes between our arrival and the arrival of our meal. The air conditioning cooled our meal, not so good for the sauce on the eggs benedict. We will not return or recommend this restaurant located on rue Notre-Dame in Thetford. because the service is rotten. This is the first time I introduced B&F to my brother. It was a bad experience for him.

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Perfect.

August 23, 2024

After an hour of waiting for our plates we left empty-handed because my partner is a truck driver and his dinner hour was over. Yet very few people and the employees are just chatting.

★★★★
August 23, 2024

Parking: Spa ieux et facile d àcces Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

Very good service at a good price

★★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

Waitress a love Meal yum yum Perfect welcome

★★★★
July 23, 2024

I received my dish it was not cold but warm

★★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Good lunch

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Simply my place for lunch. The plates are generous, the coffee is perfect and the service is on point. What more can I say about good job !!!

★★★★★
April 23, 2024

The clean room, the people, they are part of the ambient factor. Im not a review pro but Ben and Florentine always have good bases no matter where I travel in the region. Thanks for the morning galarno. P.s yo the waitress was good yo!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Excellent service, excellent food, the plates are well stocked...

★★★★
Local Guide
March 23, 2024

Parking: Le parking est bien pour l endroit. Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Super good! Great service!

Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Caramelized apple pancakes Order to exit. Its really good. There are flaked almonds on top. February 2 is the day to eat it because it is our guarantee of not running out of it, as the old people said.

★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Service a little slow but understandable since there are a lot of people. Excellent food. Vegetarian options: Western omelet.

★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Very fatty hard bacon much overcooked. Not for me.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Super good

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Disappointing. The pan was not very tasty and the cheese was not melted on the dish. The accompaniments have changed; no apple jam or bread.

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Ordinary

★★
December 23, 2023

Lunch recently on this Monday at the beginning of the year and I must say that the food was okay but the music was much too loud and not even. Difficult to talk between family when the music is so loud near the kitchen

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Personally the waffle was delicious. The cooks do a good job

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

The quality of the food is great, fresh produce and cooked with passion, you can taste it! The service is equally amazing, I highly recommend! THE place for lunch!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Love this restaurant for breakfast, staff is super friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great food and good service.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

My waitress was Carine, fast service, super courteous. I loved what I ate, it was hot with a very good portion! I recommend :)

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

One of the places I love. The food is good and the service is good. But the plates are moderately expensive, but well stocked.

★★
December 23, 2023

Not a pleasant service, cold meal and three-cooked eggs, cold and elastic pancakes in addition to an interminable wait and a really indifferent waitress who is quick to take her tip after terrible service. This is the first time in my life that I have rated an establishment less than 4 out of 5! What a disappointment such a restaurant experience!!! With a Ben and Florentine banner, I would be ashamed to serve a meal more shabby than the one at the hospital next door.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Good lunches

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

It was delicious

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Cold food, overwhelmed waitress

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very good hearty meal with a delicious little applesauce! Thank you for your excellent service!!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent service and good dishes

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I am madly in love with the breakfasts at ben & florentine

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The restaurant was packed! Fast service and the plates are full!! Beautiful atmosphere!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I was well served and the lunch was great

December 23, 2023

I went to eat this morning with a friend, we took our order and so far so good. The waitress takes the order for two tables who arrive AFTER us. The two tables that passed by ordered after us received their meal while we did not at all. Both tables eat and leave before we even have ordered before receiving our meal. After an hour of waiting we asked the waitress if our meal was going to arrive soon, she just replied stupidly well I don t know it s not me who manages the kitchen here! I didnt have time to say anything when she left. When the plates finally arrive they are almost lying on the table. She never came to see us to ask if we needed anything. And it took a good 30 minutes before we got our receipt, which we had asked for... never again, ironically, which is rather a shame, but it was the straw that broke the camels back.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Beautiful, clean, my lunch was very good, the eggs just cooked just the way I like them, because Im picky.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Great service and delicious meal. Highly recommended

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great service, most Fridays with families!! The service and dishes are impeccable!! Thanks gang Kid-friendliness: Personalized pencil service and the famous juices

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

All good but waitress a little edgy and cook comes out in ripped jeans ahhahahha

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent food and service! The crunchy (photo with the French toast) and fried with avocado (photo with the egg). The portions are generous and the potatoes are too good to leave on the plate!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

A hearty breakfast with lots of fruit with fast service and a wonderful smile.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

I love going to eat at Ben & Florentine. It s very recent for me being new to the region. I now go there every week but only when the manager is there because he makes magnificent dishes for me, plus he takes the time to go around to make sure the customers are satisfied and the service is excellent.

December 23, 2023

we were told we have no more strawberries, avocado, the lunch menu forget that they had nothing left really disappointing to have the waitress say that when entering the restaurant we even heard the waitress say other customers to eat elsewhere

Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Ive been to the Ben&Florentine in Thetford at least 4 times in the last 3 months and each time is more disappointing than the last. The quality of service and food is definitely lower than other Ben&Florentines I have visited. - The wait for a table is endless, because they dont take any reservations. Reservations should be required for large groups (6+) even if it means requiring a deposit. Maybe the kitchen would be better able to handle the traffic that way. - The floor is so greasy and dirty that we practically have to skate to our table. Even chairs slide when you sit down. - The tables are rarely cleaned well and essential utensils are often missing (knives, practically necessary with every meal), which we have to ask again from the waitresses who sometimes completely ignore us, because they are overwhelmed. - The hygiene of some employees really leaves something to be desired. This leaves us doubting the hygiene of the kitchens - The food arrives cold at the table. The potatoes are so soft that they look like they were fried a few days before then reheated a little before serving them to you. - I had the misfortune of trying their gluten-free bread. It had a powdery texture and a very sweet taste. I ate one bite and didnt eat the rest. I mentioned to the waitress that it was probably expired, to which she replied that a lot of customers dont like it and mention it to them (!!), but thats impossible because they change it every 4 days...I highly doubt it, because the menu was missing items that are easily found at the grocery store that day (ex. cottage cheese) and if customers dont like it, I dont understand why They insist on buying more and making us pay for this bread that no one likes (because yes, even if I didnt eat the bread, they still charged me for it)... The lack of management is glaring - especially on weekends. When we see that the restaurant is full every weekend, it s really because we have very few choices for brunch in Thetford. This restaurant harms the name of Ben&Florentine.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I love eating here, always well served and very fast service. Meaning forgotten... the main thing the meal that we order is always delicious and generous portions are served. Its a great start to the day, I recommend it. Angela Lachance

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

With our grandchildren different dishes fresh brie good fresh fruit large quantities good coffee smoothies Fast and courteous service thank you see you next week

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Better than last time and fast service. Smiling and beautiful manner of the waitress

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Good service and good food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent service.....good lunch

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Excellent place for lunch or dinner, both for children and for big eaters. I loved the plate called 10sur ten, very complete for mornings when you have a good appetite. Kid-friendliness: Childrens menu with several interesting choices

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent lunches and the service was truly impeccable.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Beautiful attitude of the waitress Carine, I recommend excellent service I loved it

★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The waitress was very stupid and impatient. We gave her a tip but she absolutely didnt deserve it. 2 significant errors in the order. I wont go back there.

December 23, 2023

1/2 banana and 3 strawberries crepe drowned in chocolate Too much or not enough!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Potato burnt egg not cooked service without a smile and we had the impression of disturbing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Thats good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I loved it, good service, everyone is courteous, unlimited coffee, thank you very much.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Benedictine, Smoked salmon Service by Kathie

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good food, generous plates. Very friendly waitresses.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good dishes

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good staff Very big lunch

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent meal

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Always good service, good food and hot, a treat

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Wow, wow and wow again!!!! excellent food... top atmosphere and what can I say about the quality of the service... Carine, (with a C... I told you I would remember it... hahaha) your good humor and your smile, its contagious!!!! I highly recommend...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good brunch lunch. A must try.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Just not being close to the exit door when its cold outside

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Super good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Customer service is friendly. The dishes are well presented and very tasty. The lunch menu is varied and inviting. The restaurant is clean. People are smiling. In short, its a good restaurant to meet up with friends!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good fast service

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very nice place. Very good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Carine served us with kindness and efficiency. I will come back!!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great food and good service even on mothers day.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent service from Carine with a C. Full of humor and a smile in his eyes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

If you want a good breakfast this is the right place!

★★
December 23, 2022

The food is good, the welcome is perfect but our waitress made us feel like crap, she literally threw our plates at us, didnt come back to offer us coffee and brought the bill, waited for us to pay . A relaxed Sunday morning lunch in just 1/2 hour. Very unfortunate experience. We found our location very noisy. They make smoothies in a blender with ice cubes every 5 minutes, the noise is hellish. We cant hear each other talk.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good plate for lunch and good view $$

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

I have always liked the service and it has always been very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Expensive for the plates, but the service itself is good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

You can never go wrong when you go to Ben & Florentine for lunch! It was our first time at Thetford, and it was a great experience. Our waitress was competent and overflowing with joie de vivre, the service was fast despite the crowd... I have nothing bad to say during our visit!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

A must stop when I pass through the area

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very very good service by Carine!!! Excellent food!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Impeccable service from Carine

★★
December 23, 2022

I ordered salmon eggs benedict with caramelized onions. We replace the caramelized onions with large pieces of red onion without confirming with me if it is suitable. I return the plate while placing another order. This time they brought me eggs benedict with bacon instead of the ham requested. In addition, they explain to me that this is due to staff.... The lack of staff is a bit annoying in my opinion.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Lunch ok but would need an employee to maintain a certain standard of ownership. I know they were also short of employees.

★★★★
December 23, 2022

Welcoming staff, very good service from the manager and a very good lunch.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Wow! What a good lunch including fast service and always with a smile and courtesy.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very clean restaurant, good service, always pleasant!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Food is good

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

too sexy the diver

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Its a safe bet.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

I really liked my meal, it was delicious. The service was fast, the place is clean. I will definitely go back!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Generally correct but nothing more. Every time I go there, there is always something that goes wrong. This time, make a choice, but no longer have any goat cheese. So made another choice, but my plate arrived but really not as the presentation suggested. There was almost no on my bread and no dressing at all. The waitress who tells me they have more. So quite dry. Waitress with zero smile, please and thank you , no service (no water refill, never had my coffee), some very dirty utensils. Parcontre received our plates quite quickly. Very interesting childrens menu, very very good small potatoes and various fresh fruits as an accompaniment . Overall the meals were good. Parking: Large parking lot Kid-friendliness: Affordable childrens menu

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Although there were not often lawyers there this summer, there were some on my last visit. The lunches are always very good

December 23, 2022

Send their orders by doordash but without the items no professionalism from the manager very disappointed with the service

December 23, 2022

Cold lunch

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

First time and loved the experience

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good service

Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Not edible in Thetford no service near hospital

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good franchise, excellent service, food as in the pictures. Excellent

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Quick service, good big portion.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good service but it doesnt have a gluten free menu, only bread. You have to deal with foods that you deem correct for you, gluten-free bread in their toaster and the risk of cross-contamination.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Nice welcome, good service. The time allocated to receive the food is good not too long.. Small problem no glass of water but this is a detail compared to the service received. Average-good food Bravo and Thank you

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Super good service by Carine exemplary waitress thank you Carine for your good service

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Lots of choice. What we chose was very good. Thanks to Carine for her EXCELLENT service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Very very good service from Carine

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Very good, thank you

December 23, 2021

I was served a waffle that had been prepared for several days... grainy, completely dry and unmanageable. We were served the wrong order twice in a row. The third time (the good one), it arrived cold. The waitress even insisted on putting the tip percentage on the bill herself, which I had to refuse. I felt very bad. Very bad service and very bad food. We must have been unlucky...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Passing through the region and were very well served despite the reduced staff. A1 food as usual in this chain of restaurants!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

I love their potatoes

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Really good, the gang didnt let go of its wonderful restaurant

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The waitress served us very well. I was with my granddaughter and my husband and despite the mess my little one made, the waitress gave us excellent service! I recommend this restaurant!!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Its super nice to come and eat here!! Its super good and the service is always excellent from Carine! With this good service we always want to come back!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

The food is always excellent and the service very fast once the order is placed.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Very good lunch

Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Dear owner of Ben et Florentine Thetford, This message is for you! Your cook/manager who is probably your friend so you will ignore my message does not know how to make poached eggs and forget my extra creton EVERY time I come to see you... The waitresses do a good job, but the kitchen deserves a refresh. You are a lunch restaurant, I expect a certain expertise from your cooks. Yes the restaurant is clean and beautiful, but the cook/manager should have new training... Yes, I am a regular customer and I will continue to come to your restaurant, but please take my message into account. Cold food shouldnt be a problem IMHO. I know you are looking at all the comments and I thank you for reading. You would have so many more 5-star reviews and satisfied customers in your building :) Good day!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Carinne is a waitress who deserves 5 stars. Contagious energy. THANKS! Thetford Mines!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Their plates are generous and tasty. Excellent service!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Excellent

★★
December 23, 2021

Lunch was very good! On the other hand, disappointment because some employees did not wear the mask or wore it incorrectly....

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

On arrival I showed my passport. No need to show my ID or disinfect my hands. My mask under my nose didnt bother me, fortunately. No register to sign. Didnt scan my passport. Very good lunch. The coffee was very mild. No condiments on the table so hygienic. Extra cheese loaded, but not melted. I finished my first coffee and never had a refill or a visit from the waitress. After filling my plate with my napkin, she came over to ask if I was finished. I would have liked to have had one last coffee but 27 minutes after my meal it was a bit long....Despite this I was treated to a little smile when I arrived! Clean toilets except dusty floor. Well marked accessible places during the pandemic. Service received by Kathy on this Thursday am. Many staff did not wear masks.

★★
December 23, 2021

Good service, not the waitress but other staff walking around the dining room without masks, especially the manager and the cook!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good food, excellent service, family atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

The eggs Benedict are excellent, they are equivalent to a Cora.. Linda the best waitress... But today I got news, she did her best. Unlimited coffee... excellent. Also, you need a hostess at the door to scan the passports and above all ask for an ID because there are fake passports going around. 2 waitresses are not enough to do everything. The hostess must help serve the coffee and clean the tables. This is if we want to keep our 5 stars. I trust this restaurant, the manager does his best.. We must try to understand the restaurateurs, because it is not easy with all these restrictions. Thank you: A restaurateur and hotelier.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Courteous and warm welcome

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

It was a delight. Very inexpensive and the waitress Carine is very friendly and welcoming :)

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

I give a 5 star to the cook who always prepares delicious dishes for us and a big wow to the waitress for their exemplary service, very happy with my lunch

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Excellent service with a smile and delicious food, thank you Carine!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

My experience at the Thetford Mines restaurant was very positive. Warm welcome, very good service and excellent food although a little expensive but I still give it a 5 because everything is expensive everywhere. Very clean restaurant.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Always excellent

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Good service, but I prefer to be addressed. The food is good, but my plate was lukewarm.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Excellent pancakes