La Guérite

About La Guérite

A 3.5 average across more than 1,400 Google reviews tells you what to expect from a place on Île Sainte-Marguerite that trades at the top of the price band: people either surrender to it or balk at the bill. The kitchen works French and Mediterranean lines with seafood at the centre, served across day beds and tables with bottle service running alongside, while lounge and chill house gives way to commercial hits and live music as lunch stretches long. Doors are open 10am to 6pm every day through the May-to-October season, which makes this a daylight affair — Friday through Sunday draw the heaviest mix of tourists and socialites, mostly Western European and mostly in the 25-45 range. Beach chic is the standard, meaning linen and swimwear that has been thought about. Book ahead for weekends; the boat crossing is part of the commitment.