Le Prospecteur - Microbrasserie in Val-d'Or

585 3e Avenue, Val-d'Or, QC J9P 1S6, Canada

★★★★★
(934 reviews)
Categories: Brewpub Bar Restaurant

About

La microbrasserie Le Prospecteur œuvre dans la fabrication de bières artisanales et dans la concoction d’une cuisine bistro abordable. Nous offrons en tout temps 16 lignes en fût de bière, de cidre régional et de kombucha maison. Nous avons aussi un menu de cocktails, vins et d’alcools fins. Le Prospecteur est ancré dans son milieu en mettant de l'avant les produits locaux et en s'impliquant dans la communauté. Nous sommes ouvert à l'année.

Website
microleprospecteur.ca
Address
585 3e Avenue, Val-d'Or, QC J9P 1S6, Canada
Plus Code
4628+8Q Plage Lemoine, Val-d'Or, QC, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
4–11 PM
Tuesday
4–11 PM
Wednesday
4–11 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM–1 AM
Friday
11:30 AM–2 AM
Saturday
10 AM–2 AM
Sunday
Closed

Services

Service options
Outdoor seating Kerbside pickup Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Live performances
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Cocktails Food Food at bar Spirits Wine
Dining options
Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
High chairs
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.6
★★★★★
934 reviews

Most Mentioned

food presentation (17) steak tartare (15) poutine (7) scenery (7) roof terrace (6) duck (6) server (6) quality (5) regions of france (5) amateur (5)
5 stars
695
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3 stars
35
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★★★★★
November 8, 2024

Great food and amazing beer 🍻

★★★
August 24, 2024

The food was delicious, beer was fantastic, and servers were very nice. I may have just caught it on a busy night, regardless it took almost 3 hours to get in and out for dinner with the slow and understaffed service.

★★★★★
July 28, 2024

Best restaurant/micro-brewery in Val d'Or. Food is excellent and so are their many choices of exotic beers. Staff help you get the best possible experience.

★★★★★
September 28, 2023

Probably the best bar in town ! Very nice atmosphere and friendly staffs! Food choices and drink are great and prices are reasonable :)

★★★★★
June 30, 2023

Super friendly and talkative staff and delicious food ! The drinks are fresh local and homemade. Highly recommend 🍻

★★★★★
November 22, 2022

Gem of a place in Val D'or! Come here everytime I'm in town. Craft beer that actually tastes good. Had the beef tartar this time, generous portion and delicious.. only 30 bucks!!

★★★★★
July 3, 2021

Try the Gold Nuggets with the poutine sauce. You won’t regret it. Their craft beer is well worth a stop on your itinerary. Loved the rooftop terrace. We spent the day there going through their menu and chatting with other friendly patrons.

★★★★★
July 1, 2019

Defenitly give a 5⭐ for the beer, specially the Tête de Pioche. Food is ok. Staff is friendly.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 2, 2024

Very good beers with or without alcohol. Favorite for the Neipa 117. Good micro brasserie meal Nice atmosphere, but very noisy when there is no event.

★★★★
Local Guide
November 23, 2024

Very nice selection of beers and merchandise. Good advice from the staff

Local Guide
November 23, 2024

There is the art and way of saying things, especially to tourists! No, tipping is not obligatory in Quebec in restaurants, so young lady avoid attacking people when they are friendly. Furthermore, I remind you that it was not you who served us. We left you 10%...Tipping is strongly encouraged and is part of social norms. In Quebec, it is customary to leave a tip of approximately 15% to 20% of the bill before taxes if the service was satisfactory. This is not particularly the case. You have to stop soliciting your customers!!! This is particularly important because while servers are often paid an hourly rate lower than the regular minimum wage, we are not the ones to blame.

★★★★★
November 23, 2024

The atmosphere is good, the waitresses cheerful and courteous. The food is good.

★★★★★
November 23, 2024

Excellent meal, my husband had a tartare (one of the best he has eaten according to him) and I had a wonderfully good goats cheese salad. The only thing I could say is that were a little too stuck together.

★★★★★
November 23, 2024

My husband and I visited the store and factory last August. Wow lots of beautiful products to drink and wear. The designs are very pretty. We loved our factory tour and the chance to sample various products. We bought some and luckily I still have some in my fridge! We will return there during our next vacation...by the way I saw a few cans at my IGA in Gatineau!! Long live the Prospectors!

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

Delicious beers, delicious tapas. Popcorn chicken with masterful hot sauce. Try the wagyu beef dumplings, you wont be disappointed.

★★★★
Local Guide
October 23, 2024

Extremely long service we waited 1 hour 10 minutes for our starters plate of natchos and chicken wings! But so good Exceptionally very good beer! I will go back tomorrow!

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

Very nice place. Pub with fantastic atmosphere. My favorite place for my 5 to 7

★★★★★
October 23, 2024

Good beer and good poutine. Music not too loud so we can chat without speaking loudly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Great experience! The beer was really good even though the 10-year-old pic-pelle was out of stock. Otherwise the beef tartare was very good.

★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Very nice selection of beer and local products, the nachos lacked taste but the other starters were very good. $10 for a pint is within the price range everywhere else

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Great place and menu! Please provide a dumbwaiter for the terrace! Everything was on point but we had trouble with the service on the 2nd floor. Delicious Sloppy Joe and Tête de Pioche beer

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Very nice place that is worth the detour! Very good products, and very good service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 23, 2024

Superb terrace, attentive service.

Local Guide
August 23, 2024

Drive 1.5 hours and be refused entry because you have a child. Very ordinary and in no way accommodating!

★★★★★
August 23, 2024

I recommend the chicken wings! Very excellent!!

★★★★
August 23, 2024

Its good, its pleasant as an atmosphere and as a decor.

★★★★★
August 23, 2024

Always well received! Good products, great atmosphere, good food! I recommend! Take the opportunity to pick up products from their stores, a great gift or souvenir!

★★★★
Local Guide
July 23, 2024

Large selection of craft beers, each tastier than the last. Attractive menu and generous portions. Great discovery!

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 23, 2024

Nous sommes arrêté pour souper sur le chemin du retour. Je ne bois pas de bière mais ils en ont un vaste choix et ça semble une belle destination pour les amateurs de broue. Nous avons bien aimé notre expérience, la nourriture fut bonne et le service excellent. Recommandé! (Ça fait bizarre dire ça mais A+ pour loriginalité des urinoires!)

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

SUUUPER soupeeeeerrrr

★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Very high price for the meal, not at all up to date for a brasserie

★★★★★
May 23, 2024

Super delicious brunch but small downside I was missing a black tea to go with my lunch. Suzanne and George

★★★★
Local Guide
May 23, 2024

Very good beer

★★★
Local Guide
April 23, 2024

Ok food. Beer ok.

★★★★
March 23, 2024

Very good food and beer!

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

I stopped at the general store, I bought a pitcher of beer and a glass, I received excellent service, I will definitely come back. Very good products by the way!

★★★★★
February 23, 2024

Nice atmosphere, good food & good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Best place for an evening with friends in Val d Or. An amazing choice of beers and exceptional service if you are lucky enough to be served by Étienne and Adam

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 23, 2024

Very proactive bartender during our visit who made us try different things! A1 beer and food too! !

★★★★
February 23, 2024

I go to Val dOr three or four times a year for work, and Le Prospecteur is always the first restaurant on the list, and sometimes we find a way to go there twice. Last time, I was disappointed in terms of food. The fish and chips were ordinary, very very ordinary. No wow and damn it was dry. Really overcooked. This is the first time after so many times that I have come away telling myself that I will not come back during my stay. But, I will be in the area from 02/13 to 02/23, and I will go back. I tell myself that it happens to any cook to have a bad evening. The law of averages.

★★★★★
January 23, 2024

Beer lovers will be served! A must-have.

★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

Very nice place to be with friends for a little drink.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 23, 2024

The Prospecteur hamburger is excellent and their beef poutine wow we were a group of 5 and we loved it

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Good beer Good services

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Saturday January 15, 2023 we tried the restaurant for the first time we were seated at the bar we had excellent service from our bartender Danny! The beer and the meal were excellent!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Impeccable service, impeccable food, everything is perfect!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Amazing food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Good beer, good food, just perfect

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Very good selection and their small batch is sometimes exceptionally good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Wow great service and atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Perfection. As soon as you arrived, you were served good food and a superb atmosphere.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The best beer in Abitibi! A beautiful place with a terrace to chill out

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Wonderful!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very good beer selections and a good food menu to accompany it all. Efficient service, they kept smiling even if they were really busy!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Best microphone in QC in my opinion.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The best brewery in the city. There is always a good atmosphere and the beer is very varied.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

First time in this superb restaurant and certainly not the last! 10/10

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Good Beers, good selection of beers, good menu and nice atmosphere: what more could you ask for?

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Alright

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Great welcome. Excellent catering, very generous. Great atmosphere.

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Had a good time! Great beer but food was only ok. Service was slow for us as well and we had to ask multiple times for things but the place is great. Would go back but only for the beer and maybe stay right by the bar next time.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Excellent homemade beers. To revisit at every opportunity.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Amazing! I tried everything. Everything was good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very nice terrace with really good beer and friendly service. The food was okay.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I highly recommend you Braised Beef Poutine: Belgian fries, Prospecteur poutine sauce, Prospecteur Noire braised beef, fried onions, green onions, cheese curds from La Fromagerie Vache in Maillote, Really excellent, worth the detour! Wheelchair accessibility: Easy to access.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Busy place when we went. Very friendly staff. I had chicken nachos and a porter beer. It was good. The service was fast. The prices were a little but high for what it was but in general, it is the same everywhere these days.

★★★★
December 23, 2023

Wide variety of regular and seasonal beers. Very well recommended for the selection of beers according to my tastes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

The best place in Val d Or

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Very nice place Good atmosphere Succulent food Excellent beer Impeccable service to try without hesitation

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I loved the gold nuggets

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Nice atmosphere, good food

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

A traditional place every 3 months when we go up to Malartic we go to eat at least once at the prospector and drink a couple of big blondes.

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Your car!

★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent service. Excessively loud music. Parking: Paid parking on 3rd Avenue.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

A true immersion in a Canadian atmosphere, you can eat typical dishes like golden nugget or poutine while being surrounded by Quebecers wearing beards and red and black checkered jackets.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

Excellent beer!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Another gem in Val d or! Everything was perfect. The atmosphere which fits well with the city, the relevant and well-made cuisine with lots of homemade products, efficient and super friendly service, excellent beers, a vast choice! We loved it!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I would have given an extra star if there had been an English version of the menu. I accidentally ordered a sour beer because my French isnt good enough!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

I love this place

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Thank youiiiiiiiiiiiii! Im staying in Repentigny (near Montreal), I was visiting Morin Heights and bam...cans!!!! Thank youiiiiiiiiiiiii! Finally your expertise with us. In my opinion, you are the best microbrewery in Quebec. I love the pickaxe head and the double pickaxe head and what about your Imperial Ulrick . I was born in Rouyn and on each of my visits to Abitibi I stop at your place. Always great service and so friendly. Good food and above all good beers. Thank you again and above all Cheers . Isabelle

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

Ive tried lots of IPAs, both in the USA and in Canada, NOTHING comes close to the top, its the best!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2023

I was passing through Val d Or alone without really knowing where to go to eat or have a drink. I stopped at the prospector wow, a great experience, incredible service with Nico who gave me very good advice and helped me discover great things! I ate simple, authentic and delicious cuisine! On my next visit to Val d Or it s incredible!

★★★★★
December 23, 2023

The people of Val dOr are the friendliest in the world! Excellent beer, great service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very nice restaurant to try good beers and pleasant atmosphere!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great ambiance! Great beer! Thank you Maxim for the superb service! Cannot wait to return!

★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very nice experience Very good service Very nice atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very polite personal kind and courteous

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent products. Good service!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Try the redhead!!!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

The best lager Ive had in a long time!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Nice place and good beer, I recommend tlm

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent variety of beer brewed on site and elsewhere! Super smath staff and perfect atmosphere. Go for it without hesitation! The food is also very good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Essential pickaxe head Delicious beef risotto

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

The food is excellent

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Their beers are excellent

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Excellent beer and good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great selection of beer and great food. 10/10

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Super

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Nice atmosphere. Homemade beer I enjoyed a good headshot

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very good place but a little expensive

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Exceptional service, excellent products, warm atmosphere even on a holiday Monday! A must-see if you are in our beautiful region!

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Exceptional service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

I love this place... whether its with friends, colleagues, friends... The food is delicious and the service is great! You can even rent a very affordable private room with access to a projector and sound. I recommend it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Gorgeous!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good food and beer brewed on site, excellent service, enjoy a duck pizza very good with an excellent beef tartare as well.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Im not from Val-dOr, I discovered this place by pure chance and Im not disappointed.... Very good and friendly staff

★★★★
December 23, 2022

Nice place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent service the beer is perfect, as are the nachos

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Best beer around. Try the black beer from them.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great experience, good pub food, good selection of lobal brewed beer. Cannot miss if you want to try it out.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Superb place THE PLACE in Val D or You have to take the gold nuggets

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Best microbrewery I ve been to in a while. Excellent beer, great food, great terrasse, and outstanding service. My go to place whenever I m Val-d Or!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Wow!!!!!

★★★★
December 23, 2022

Great atmosphere, very friendly staff, nice place, it seems to have a nice terrace on the roof, the beer is super good, on the other hand our nachos were very ordinary.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very nice atmosphere, the chicken nachos are delicious and the service is always excellent.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good beers, awesome taco plate!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Great experience in Abitibi

★★
December 23, 2022

Very ordinary drinks, unaffordable food and below average beer.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Very good food for dinner and good variety of beers....!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Excellent food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very good beers, including black beer.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good beer, good service and nice atmosphere!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

We went there to have a beer, and we were not disappointed. I think you have to take the special beers, or of the moment to discover interesting tastes. We ate there too, and we were surprised by the quality of the dishes. We were expecting pub food, but it turned out to be a step above. The prospectors burger being our biggest surprise.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Impeccable staff and service, as always!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

they have a nice variety of things to buy, makes great gifts.

★★★★★
December 23, 2022

Best microphone in Quebec

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Nice atmosphere and several seasonal beers. The menu has evolved over the years. Its worth going there often, especially for the terrace in the summer!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Very pleasant place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

More than excellent service! Keep up your wonderful attitude.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2022

Good beer! Good hors doeuvre. Pub atmosphere!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

A very good place for beer and food. We had good service and we liked their beer. Their plates are very generous, and the beer was solid. The only reason why its not 5/5 for me is that their beer will have to be next level before (but its not all bad, as I say solid). Their rental at the moment is not very good because of the construction, but it is not their fault and will be resolved soon. Good spot that is worth a visit.

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Good food and very good beer

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Excellent !!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 23, 2021

Excellent beers made on site. Excellent Oktoberfest dinner!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Best beef tartare ever eaten, beautiful simple place, friendly staff 7/5

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Very friendly and delicious food and beer!

★★★★★
December 23, 2021

Super good food, courteous staff and a really pleasant relaxed atmosphere