Les Marronniers - Piatti

Au Fil de l'Eau

➤ Trémolat & Around, 32 av de Cahors, 24150, Couze-et-Saint-Front, France

Piatti • Café • Glace • Poisson • Français

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"Note that any reviews prior to April do not reflect the restaurant under new owners and also the information on the restaurant web site with particular reference to Menus is out of date. We have visited Couze et St Front for brief visits over...a number of years and have always enjoyed eating at this restaurant. On our visit last year, we enjoyed our visit so much we booked again a few days later. We dined there today under the new ownership and whilst we enjoyed the food from a limited menu we did not think it lived up to our expectations. The cheapest menu is now Euros (we had a better menu of similar quality for Euros at Beaulieu sur Dordogne recently) and we were surprised that after choosing our menu, when it came to the choice of deserts the options on the menu had been changed without previous reference and the option of cheese was no longer available which was a disappointment. The service was good and friendly and we enjoyed our food but at the prices charged for limited choice on the menus (or the Carte which just reflects the dishes on the menus but with, I gather, larger portions), we may not visit again if we find ourselves in Couze et St Front. We made a special point of spending a few days at Couze on our trip through France this year looking forward to dining at this restaurant, but would be unlikely to do so again.Very few tables were occupied during our visit in contrast to previous years when it was sometimes difficult to get a reservation. Finally, I should say that if the weather is warm, the outdoor terrace by a stream makes a delightful place to enjoy lunch."

Chateau Les Merles

➤ 24520 Mouleydier, Bergerac, France

Piatti • Kebab • Cafés • Mexicain • Asiatique

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"The welcome and service was outstanding as ws the manner of the waiting staff. the highlight wasthe readiness of the waitress to with smiles support and permit me to conduct my interaction in my francais faïble even though she would I believe have preferred to continue in english, but her interaction and convivial yet respectful acquiescence was commendable. we, in our group, opted for the plat de jour formule. this consisted of an uninpespiring entre of peeled prawns in acold cs undressed slad of shreded cabbage carrots beetroot and courgettes. oerfectly acceptble but not a chef-sccomplishment beyondthe skills of any home- host. the main course was some sort of bourgignon de boef , individuall the pieces weresrtingy and thesauc e lacked any unctuosity of flavour peaks, accompanied by a bed of toast and creamed potato this was paysanne food without the rawness and veracity of the traditional Routier paysanne eatery. theis establidhment hs built itself a reputation of culinary andatmospheric excelence non of which was apparent to me on this visit, the plat de jour 3 courses plys wine & coffee totalled 35 euros per head. there are restaurants that offer far far higher quality at lower price for formules du midi. I do concede that should one chose from te higher priced a la carte one, therein, may well find the pinnacles of gastronomy[?] . But I could not in my extensive experience of organising a Dordogne dining club over the last 4 years, possibly recommend, on my recent expeerience of this restaurant as meeting the quality of food or atmosphere that its web-site in grandeur and elegance presents."

Au Fil de L'eau

➤ 3 rue du Pont, 47140 Saint Sylvestre sur Lot, France, Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot

Piatti • Café • Viande • Fromage • Français

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"We first visited this restaurant over a year ago, and the food was pretty awful. We both ordered a salad, which was mostly oil, and the service was slow, so we did not return that year.We returned this year, as they had added pizza to the menu and we wanted to try it out again. We had our two dogs with us and it was very hot out, despite being 7 pm. When we first arrived at 6:30 we asked if we could sit outside with the (very quiet) dogs, and were told we could, only for the waitress to then tell us that nothing would be served until 7, so off we went. When we returned, we were not allowed to sit at the table we chose, in the shade, due to having dogs with us. To be honest, we should have left at this point, but were tired, hot and hungry. The waitress seated us at one of the only tables that was in bright sunlight at the edge, despite only two of the 30 tables being taken. We assumed it would get very busy, but it never did. Thus we were sat in the blistering sun for over an hour, even though all the tables in the shade remained empty.The service was once again slow, although the pizzas were much better than the salads from the previous year. If a restaurant can not be bothered to even try to make customer happy but letting them order drinks a bit ahead of time or sit where they would like to sith point visiting it. Very disappoinnted."