Restaurant Jardin Botanique

One of my favorite spots for coffee or lunch. Beautiful views, an outdoor fountain, vegetarian menu - (no meat!) and good coffee.

Wonderful! Very nice staff willing to explain menu, tasty cheese and pesto sandwich (no nuts!), and great cabbage and carrot salad. Had a wonderful dessert of the day - splitting the sandwich, salad, and dessert + a drink was only $25 between 2 people and plenty for the afternoon outside

This is a great place for a quick bite to eat. There is a cafeteria style lunch line. So it’s quick, but the food is good and the scenery is nice. The entrance is on the end of the trail opposite the main entrance. They serve beer and wine so you may want to stop there first before taking your stroll through the garden. You do not need tickets to access the restaurant

The restaurant at the Jardin Botanique offers a small menu with fresh salads (quite good) and decent sandwiches. The real highlight, though, is enjoying a cold beer while sitting outside surrounded by nature. The peaceful, garden atmosphere makes even a simple meal feel special.

The food was not the best. The service was okay. The outdoor ground were beautiful to eat outside. But if you’re paying for the views, you might as well look somewhere else that also has better food. In terms of value, this doesn’t compare.

This is not a restaurant but a small cafeteria. I stopped here for dinner while waiting for the Jardens de lumière to start. There is a menu posted but you line up, grab a cafeteria tray and walk down a cafeteria style display of premade food and select what you want. There are people there to put your premade sandwichs into a panini press but nobody is making food for you. There is nobody cleaning up dishes, nobody checking in on you. The only service is staff taking the food you point at, putting it on a plate or in a panini press then someone at the cash register taking your money. You're otherwise on your own. I had a sandwich on focaccia which was good. I had wanted the dal and naan that looked really good but changed my mind when I witnessed an employee take the spoon out, stick their bare (no gloves) finger in to the dal in the spoon to check it's temperature then put the spoon back in the dal. I also noted staff seemed to be wearing a glove only on one hand but would handle food with both. The location is amazing in that you walk outside with your tray of food and can sit outdoors and look at beautiful flowers. They could do a lot with this place and I hope they do. Turn it into an actual small restaurant or cafe where the food is fresh and improve the food handling skills of the employees.

The plat du jour is always a big surprise - a lot fancier than the price we pay. I have eaten here 6 times and got a different and very tasty meal every single time. The carrot sandwich is also very good.

It’s really difficult to understand what you’re supposed to do. You only know the type of food (e.g. Wrap, sandwich) but not what is inside. The line can become pretty long since the 4/5 people behind the counter aren’t there to help, when we were there they were just looking at people without doing much or helping to understand.

We were at the Botanic Gardens for the afternoon and planned to stay in the area for dinner before re-entering the gardens for the Gardens of Light Festival. We arrived towards the tail-end of their operating hours and the selection was minimal. It's cafeteria style. We asked about the sandwiches that appeared to be tuna. They were vegan. We each had one, it was a bit unusual but filling. We split a chocolate cookie that was delicious. Our light dinner cost us about $18 US. The meal sustained us for the rest of the evening. A decent option if you are on foot and too tired to leave the area and hunt for another restaurant.

I LOVED my sweet potato wrap. It was really flavorful, and it was nice to have such a good vegetarian option for such a good price. The goat cheese sandwich was also wonderful. The red bell pepper was really good. The grilled cheese was solid, nothing but special but a good price. The seating outdoors is very pretty. Overall, a great experience.

This is the only place you can eat while at the gardens. They do offer a combo meal (salad or soup with meal and juice) for $10+. I do find the offers lacking. The sandwiches are on the small side and they stuff it with some type if greens that's hard. Like eating branches. I threw that out. I had the chicken sandwich. Did not care for the bun. The salad and soup choices are on the meh side too. Service is ok. It's cafeteria style service.

What a dream of a place. Live jazz and a beautiful ambiance. Cute date spot food was okay. We shared a poke bowl with tuna sashimi... not great, but not bad. Worth a visit. Charming place!

This self service restaurant is located outside the entrance to the Botanical Gardens so you can go even if you're visiting the Olympic Parc, the Biodome, or are in the area. You'll have to queue around the oval bar and can choose from daily hot meals, sandwiches, and salads. The are some tables inside but if it's not too cold you can sit in the spacious outside area. A combo of a vegetarian meal with salad, soup, and a drink from the juice fountain costs $15. If you only want a snack, you can get a vege pate sandwich for $6.50. They also have muffins, desserts, and ice cream. The place serves its purpose but could do with a little more charm or character. Anyhow the salads impressed me and were better than average so I do recommend coming here, especially after a long walk through the gardens.

This is the best, and only place, to purchase some food or drink while visiting the Botanical Gardens or the Insectarium. There is a pretty comprehensive cafeteria style setup here, but they will not sell you a breakfast croissant that is on display in the case after they stop serving breakfast. The tea bags for hot tea are also not by the hot water. You will need to turn around and look for them on a counter that is part of the main food display cases.

This place is terrible - the food is mediocre and expensive, the seating is not comfortable - the list goes on and on. There are better places for the same money - don't waste yours.

A petit fast cafeteria style restaurant with wine and beer, plentiful patio space surrounded by beautiful garden backdrops. Even better-- it's open to the public, so no admission needed! Restaurant du Jardin's located just before the ticketed entrance of the Botanical Gardens. We couldn't have had a better lunch after exploring Le Stade. A feast for the eyes after walking around blah beigey concrete all morning. Since it was raining on and off throughout the day, we took refuge inside the restaurant. Between the three of us, we split the meat and veggie entree of the day (poulet/chicken and a falafel-like croquette), plus the soup du jour (tomato). Both entrees were flavorful, plated beautifully with fresh greens. I'd expect no less given its surroundings. Inside seating was limited by four tables and counter seats. On a nicer day, I'd see people spilling out onto the patio. I highly recommend stopping by for a bite if you're ever around Parc Olympique!

Not bad for a little cafeteria style lunch spot at a museum type attraction. The veggie sandwich on olive bread with carrot salad side was actually pretty good. The outdoor seating is pleasant, overlooking a side garden. It definitely provided the rest and refueling needed after a long hot morning walking the large grounds of the Botanical Garden.

Three stars for the location: good sandwiches in an overpriced, rough cafeteria setting. I had a good turkey sandwich with nice celery-fennel soup. My hot chocolate was residual chocolate sludge from a drained machine. It's right outside the entrance to the Botanical Garden, and the windows do look out on the gardens a bit. However, the feel is very much that of an institutional cafeteria, for about twice what you'd normally pay. Great spot if you're hungry and right there, otherwise eat before you head to the gardens.