Le Moque Tortue

Where the Clocks Have Stopped and the Games Have Just Begun

You’ve found us. Whether by intention or by happy accident, you’ve tumbled into something that doesn’t quite behave like other restaurants.

Here, a hundred paused clocks line the walls. Playing cards drift overhead. Towers of games climb toward the ceiling in boxes of every shape and colour. And the food, which arrives with none of Wonderland’s nonsense but all of its ambition, is very real indeed.

Our cocktail bar stocks 52 house recipes, because one for each card in the deck seemed only reasonable.

The Warmest Saltwater North of Virginia

Lobster twelve ways. Oysters on the half shell. Chowder so abundant it borders on philosophical. Our menu reads like a love letter to the Northumberland Strait, refined over years and served with the seriousness it deserves.

Our world-famous chowder reflects our geography with precision. Lobster, shrimp, scallops, and quahogs in a light cream broth, served with bread, basmati rice, and a green salad. This is the dish that strangers write to us about months later.

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Private Meeting Rooms...

Private rooms for intimate conspiracies of four. A full dining room for celebrations of forty-five. Corporate retreats that your team will actually remember. We have spaces named The Dark Room, The Colour Block Room, and The Tearoom, because every gathering deserves a setting that matches its character.

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Game Library

One of the largest collection in the country

Along the walls of Le Moque-Tortue, boxes of every shape and colour are stacked from floor to ceiling: one of the largest collection of board games available for play in Canada. There’s over two thousand titles, curated by someone who believes play’s a serious business.

Card games. Dice games. Wargames. Tile-based games. Solitaires. Puzzles. Euros that reward patience. Two-player abstracts that reward cunning. Contraption games that reward a tolerance for delightful chaos. Push-your-lucks. Speed games. Trivia. Party games that have turned strangers into co-conspirators.

If you don’t know what to play, ask! Our staff knows this collection the way a librarian knows the stacks: with affection and strong opinions.

Shediac Wonderland est un groupe d'entreprises axées sur le conte et la transmission d'histoires, fondé par Sébastien Després et Heather Wright. Le Moque-Tortue (un bistrot ludique), Morse et Marteaux BBQ Smokehouses & Lobster Shacks (quatre emplacements à Shédiac), Le Griffon (gîte 4-étoiles), Le Neptune (un ciné-parc), Adorable Chocolat (une chocolaterie artisanale), Bazar Neptune (un marché du samedi), et Witzend Aventures et Tournées (tournées, jeux d'évasion, et service de concierge), et le Shediac Renaissance Faire: chacun d'entre eux constitue un chapitre d'une histoire plus vaste qui raconte ce qui se passe quand une communauté décide de prendre le jeu au sérieux.

Le Moque-Tortue is the chapter where the clocks stop, the games come out, and nobody remembers what time they were supposed to leave.