Les Botanistes

What Les Botanistes does

Les Botanistes is a single-location, plant-forward fine dining restaurant founded in 2019 and operating at 2010 Avenue Jules-Verne in the Cap-Rouge district of Quebec City, Canada. The restaurant is the venture of three culinary partners — Jean-Luc Boulay, Arnaud Marchand, and Chef Emeline Péro — who together operate a ~100-seat dining room with an outdoor terrace, an open central kitchen framed by living plant walls, and a concept built around seasonal vegetables paired with selected proteins. The restaurant runs multiple service periods (Wednesday–Sunday dinner; Saturday–Sunday brunch; Wednesday–Friday lunch) and offers a 5-course market-driven tasting menu at $97 CAD, with appetizers priced $22–$32, mains $37–$47, and optional wine pairings at $63.

The business monetizes through a mix of dine-in service, a daily Comptoir counter (11:00–17:30) with house-made treats and beverages, online ordering for takeout and delivery, gift cards distributed via the FreeBeesPoints platform, and private event hosting including recurring philanthropy partnerships. Sourcing is deliberately localized, with named relationships across Quebec farms (Ferme Orléans, Ferme Turlo, Canard Goulu, Sanglier des Bois), specialty producers (O'Champignons, Kaviari, Bassan, Borderon), and an extensive list of Quebec wineries, all of which are surfaced directly on the menu as part of the restaurant's value proposition.

Commercially, the restaurant functions as an independent, founder-owned private establishment with approximately 6 employees, no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no franchising or multi-unit footprint. Distribution is omnichannel but locally bounded: the physical venue, a French/English bilingual website, an Instagram presence, a Libero Reserve reservation widget, and a FreeBeesPoints gift card storefront. The operating model is premium and labor-light, relying on concentrated culinary talent, a curated supplier ecosystem, and brand positioning anchored in the chefs' individual reputations rather than technology, scale, or recurring enterprise contracts.

Name

Les Botanistes

Legal name

Les Botanistes

Website

https://lesbotanistes.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Les Botanistes is a single-location, plant-forward fine dining restaurant in Quebec City's Cap-Rouge district, founded in 2019 by chefs Jean-Luc Boulay, Arnaud Marchand, and Emeline Péro, serving seasonal tasting menus, brunch, lunch, and counter takeout to local diners and private event hosts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chef’s Table & Tasting Menu Restaurants (THAFACAG)

Keywords

• Fine dining restaurant
• Seasonal plant-forward cuisine
• Local Quebec ingredients
• Farm-to-table dining
• Wine and cocktail pairings

Headquarters

HQ city

Quebec City (Cap-Rouge)

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Service: Full-service restaurant with seasonal dinner, brunch, and lunch menus featuring plant-forward cuisine with locally-sourced ingredients. Revenue from food and beverage sales including cocktails, wine, and beer.
2. Online Ordering: Takeout and delivery orders through online ordering system, with collection and delivery options available.
3. Gift Cards: Gift cards sold through FreeBeesPoints platform.
4. Private Events: Hosting private events including cocktail-bénéfice for Centraide Cercle des Leaders.
5. Counter/Comptoir Sales: Daily counter service offering prepared dishes, house-made treats, and local beverages for takeout.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Full-service fine dining restaurant in Quebec City offering seasonal dinner, brunch, and lunch menus centered on plant-forward dishes with locally-sourced Quebec ingredients and complementary proteins. Revenue is generated primarily from food and beverage sales (a la carte menus, 5-course tasting menu at CAD $97 with optional wine pairings at CAD $63), supported by an extensive wine list, craft cocktail program, daily takeout counter with online ordering, gift cards, and private event hosting.

Product overview

Les Botanistes is a single-location fine dining restaurant in Quebec City operated by Chef Jean-Luc Boulay, Arnaud Marchand, and Chef Emeline Péro. The restaurant operates as a unified full-service dining establishment offering multiple meal services: dinner service (5:30 PM onwards, Wednesday-Sunday), weekend brunch (Saturday-Sunday 10:00 AM-1:00 PM), and midweek lunch (Wednesday-Friday). The restaurant features a seasonal menu architecture centered on plant-based dishes with paired proteins, supported by an extensive wine program, craft cocktail menu, and a takeout counter (Comptoir) with online ordering. Additional offerings include gift cards, private event hosting, and fundraising philanthropy partnerships. The restaurant seats approximately 100 guests indoors with an outdoor terrace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining Services
• Dinner Menu (Menu du soir)
• Brunch Menu
• Lunch Table d'Hôte
• Online Ordering and Takeout Counter
• Gift Cards
• Cocktail Program
• Wine Program
• Private Event Hosting

Quantifiable outcome

• $10,121+ raised for local charitable causes through fundraising initiatives

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• O'ChampignonscoreOthersLocal mushroom farm supplying specialty mushrooms including oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, and maitake for menu items. Featured in multiple dishes across dinner and brunch menus.
• Ferme OrléanscoreOthersLocal farm supplying duck products including duck tartare for restaurant dishes.
• Canard GoulucoreOthersFoie gras farm supplying torchon-style foie gras for strawberry/foie gras dish.
• Sanglier des BoiscoreOthersWild boar farm supplying products for boar dishes including cappelletti and boar belly.
• KaviaricoreOthersCaviar house supplying sturgeon caviar for appetizer selection (20g or 30g portions).
• BassanminorOthersChocolate supplier providing white chocolate for dessert preparations.
• Ferme TurlocoreOthersLocal farm supplying artisanal ham for brunch dishes.
• BorderonminorOthersBaker supplying house-made bread for lunch menu.
• Centraide QuebecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual cocktail-bénéfice event hosting for Cercle des Leaders, supporting 225 community organizations fighting poverty and social inequality. Third edition held November 5, 2025.
• FreeBeesPointsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party gift card platform enabling purchase and redemption of restaurant gift cards.
• Various Quebec Wineries (Le Raku, Les Pervenches, Domaine de l'Espiègle, Domaine Bergeville, etc.)coreOthersExtensive selection of Quebec wines featured throughout the wine list, supporting local wine industry.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Restaurant Tanière3: Quebec City's premier indigenous-inspired fine dining concept housed in a historic building. Comparable as a top-tier Quebec City fine dining venue with a tasting-menu architecture and emphasis on regional Quebec ingredients and storytelling.
• Manitoba Restaurant: Quebec City locally-rooted restaurant from chef Hakim Rahal. Comparable Quebec City chef-led establishment emphasizing local Quebec ingredients and elevated casual-to-fine dining positioning.
• Chez Boulay: Quebec City bistro from the same founder circle (Jean-Luc Boulay), emphasizing Quebec terroir and charcuterie. Comparable as a sibling concept from the same culinary team, sharing suppliers, brand family, and Quebec local-sourcing philosophy but operating in a more casual format.
• Nora Gray: Montreal Italian-influenced fine dining restaurant with a vegetable-forward, market-driven menu. Comparable as a Quebec-based chef-driven fine dining venue emphasizing seasonal vegetable-focused cuisine in a small-room format.
• Restaurant Initiale: Quebec City fine dining restaurant from chef François Bastin. Comparable chef-driven Quebec City tasting-menu concept targeting the same premium local and visiting clientele as Les Botanistes.
• Restaurant Le Clan: Quebec City tasting-menu fine dining venue. Comparable as another Quebec City chef-driven tasting-menu destination competing for the same premium-occasion customer.
• Le Saint-Amour: Long-standing Quebec City fine dining institution offering prix-fixe tasting experiences. Comparable as an established high-end French-influenced Quebec City restaurant competing for the same fine-dining occasion-driven diner.
• Toqué!: Montreal flagship fine dining restaurant led by Chef Normand Laprise. Directly comparable as a Quebec-based, chef-driven, locally-sourced fine dining destination priced at the premium end of the market, competing for the same high-end Quebec diners and culinary tourism.

Broad incumbents

• Langdon Hall: Cambridge, Ontario destination hotel restaurant known for seasonal tasting menus and an extensive wine program. Comparable as a Canadian destination fine dining experience with locally-sourced ingredient philosophy and tasting-menu pricing structure.
• Alo Restaurant: Toronto's flagship contemporary fine dining restaurant with tasting-menu architecture and a strong cocktail program. Comparable as a larger-scale Canadian fine dining operator sharing the premium tasting-menu + beverage-pairing format and competing for culinary tourism within Canada.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lesbotanistes.ca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lesbotanistes-ca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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