The best restaurants Périgord

It was as if it was obvious to Marion and Alexandre. The young couple fell in love with this old farmhouse with its adjoining barn, on the Lascaux hill, which they have completely and tastefully converted to open their modern farmhouse and 4 guest rooms. Alexandre, passionate about cooking in the kitchen, and Marion, who has been working in the restaurant business for 14 years, welcome their guests in a friendly atmosphere. They offer a unique, tasty and hearty menu, prepared with the products of their farm and vegetable garden. They also process fattened ducks. The semi-cooked foie gras served with a stewed onion and homemade gingerbread is excellent, as is the soft and crispy confit served with melt-in-the-mouth Sarlat apples. Fresh cheese with jams or herbs is simply delicious. In summer, you can enjoy the terrace which offers a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside.

In a typical Périgord house and well situated in the centre of Issigeac, P'tite Treille will attract guests through its lovely terrace, Perigordian and Italian specialities. The chef puts some small personal touches on Périgord products: The soup are in the foie gras, duck duck breasts or ginger, and the hamburger house is made Italian. The Perigordian plate is very complete and French fries are home-made. At the map a good choice of wines from the region and the little more appreciated: A bottle can be carried in an adapted packaging. The restaurant also has a tea lounge open from a. m. to p. m. all pastries are home-made.

Here, the owners have a guiding principle, fresh products above all that they decline in their dishes: market vegetables from the market, fish from the Ronnat fish shop and the Jules-Ferry. On the menu, main courses for small hungers: homemade soups and velvets, saulted tarts, salads, and local flavours like foie gras and its jelly with monbazillac, omelette with mushrooms and green salad, Périgord enchaud (pork confit served cold with potatoes and green salad with walnut oil) or a chicken sirloin steak with chanterelle sauce, sautéed potatoes and seasonal vegetables will delight you. The ice-creams are traditional and the pancakes homemade. You can take away soups packaged in recyclable packaging with corn-made environmental spoons. The house is also a tea room. The teas come from Dammann Frères and are prepared with spring water. Too bad the terrace overlooks the busy street...

Leaving Mussidan direction Périgueux by RN 89, you will arrive in the charming restaurant of Jérôme Gaudré, originating in the north. What about a Ch 'ti? Not really because he has always spent his holiday since his earliest childhood in Périgord. It welcomes its guests in a pleasant, refined and warm setting. Very influenced by Escoffier, it plays between soil, flavors and creations: egg poached to burgundy on duxelles of brown mushrooms and grilled larks, roast veal touring roast, and gratin to Provençal, chocolate pie gourmanot. For even more fun, the garden terrace is very valuable from the first rays of sunlight.

As soon as you push the door of this restaurant, you immediately want to sit in the bright and contemporary dining room or on the large terrace, in the shadow of the pergola, and far from the city's hubbub. The quality decoration rhymes with quality cuisine, and it's the case. On the menu: gizzard salad and duck breast, sweetbreads of veal with ceps, and finally a homemade tiramisu with caramelized pears and speculos. Dishes that can be eaten with a great pleasure. The carte also mixes local with international and the duck breast sauce with porcini mushrooms come without problems with the Chinese wok of gambas and squids.

The Auberge des Platanes is a beautiful place on the edge of the Dordogne in front of the Port des gabarres. In this hotel-restaurant , rooms have views on the river or on the Parc. The restaurant area offers a brasserie menu (omelet, salad, prime rib and fish) or a more elaborate menu with traditional dishes: duck foie gras, duck confit, duck breast with Sarlat-style potatoes, Perigord burger and all homemade ice creams with original perfumes such as Suede creme brulee ice cream In the summer, the two terraces one under plane trees and the other overlooking the Parc with a view of the Dordogne are particularly nice to eat or just to take a ice cream or a drink. The restaurant on the first floor offers a stunning view.