Pub St-Alexandre in Québec City

On the advice of the information center in Old Quebec, we opted for Pub St-Alexandre in old Quebec City for our anniversary dinner.  This restaurant advertises itself as an authentic English pub.  It certainly has a huge selection of beer and the typical dark wood walls and the English pub feel.

To start, I ordered a sangria.  This sangria had the touch of sweetness that I like without it being overpoweringly strong.  It needed ice, but I took care of that by asking for some.

For dinner, I chose the chicken nachos.  This was a huge plate of nicely crisped tortilla chips loaded with olives, bacon, cheddar cheese, green onions and tender chicken.  It also came with sour cream, guacamole and salsa on the side.  I ate about 1/3 of it and my husband helped eat some more.  It was delicious and filling and exactly what I wanted although I should have stopped eating about 15 minutes earlier than I did.

My husband ordered a filet mignon with scalloped potatoes and mixed vegetables.  He loved the scalloped potatoes, but the filet was disappointing.  The first time it came out well done instead of medium.  The waiter was very apologetic.  The second time it came out partly medium and partly medium well so my husband kept it.  But the bigger problem is that the second time, it wasn't really a filet.  It was tough and chewy and flavorless....more like a flank steak.   It was a big disappointment.  My husband thinks the first piece of meat was a filet, but the second piece was definitely not.  The sauce that came with the steak, however, was really good.

We skipped dessert this evening.  Despite the filet incident, we would go back, but we would definitely not order a steak.

We're still searching for an anniversary dinner restaurant.

Pub St. Alexandra, Quebec City, Canada