In Sarlat,a new restaurant is born: le Bistro de l'Octroierigourdine food and limousine meat are the main products used in the restaurant: an exceptionnel quality of mealsur "chef" is still listen you.You are still welcome:thanks everybody. click here:http://perso.orange.fr/loctroi/

I can certainly recommend the Bistro, which is much more attractive than the photos. We have eaten at Restaurant La Meynardie for 12 years, and at the Bistro, the owners' new operation, since it opened last November. We've sent many guests there, who have enjoyed it immensely.

Crazyweb - are you connected with the restaurant? We know Mme Lasserre at Paulin, and Christophe at the Bistro.

carlux- I'm connected with them:I know Mme Lasserre and very well christophe.I'm glad you response to my post!I wish you keep going to come at the bistro or at the meynardie: you're still welcome.
ps: excuse my english vocabulary

A group of 6 of us had lunch at the Bistro a few weeks ago; it is a pleasant place and I will include it in my ongoing trip report.

We're planning on being in Sarlat in April, so I'm looking forward to hearing/reading about it, eks. I'm pretty much of a city person, so we may make Sarlat our base in order to have more things to do, dining choices, etc. Does this make sense for a brief visit?

And thanks to crazyweb and Carlux for the recommendation. I need something to look forward to in order to get through the long winter.

A restaurant recommendation is a good thing, and I will certainly note this one, but this post looks very like an advertizment. I thought that was a no-no on this thread.

Thanks. I will arrive at Sarlat soon in my report. It is a spectacularly handsome town but with a few exceptions, the eating is better elsewhere, in my limited experience. With a few days only, I would base here (we stayed 3 nights at the Hotel Madeleine a few years back; with a longer length of stay I would base in the countryside, as we did on this most recent visit. Driving is simple; driving in and out of Sarlat presents no problems even to a nervous driver like myself, at least in the off-season when we were there. I thought the areas in or close to Carlux, Carsac, and Cenac, offered a great combination of scenic beauty and location central to the sites and accessible to the autoroute. Sarlat is very close to all of these, of course. I hesitate to offer even this much advice as there are posters so much more experienced than I am regarding this region so keep this in mind....

In any case, this is among the loveliest and least spoiled regions of western Europe and I would not hesitate to return for a third visit in the not-too-distant future.

eks,
I've been enjoying your report and Moolyn's as well. Haven't commented or asked questions because my trip will have to be on hyperspeed--as usual. If I can squeeze in a few good meals among my hardcore sightseeing, I'll be happy.

Yes, I must agree that while my post was a recommendation, the original seems to be advertising.

Limousine meat?????would that be road kill?

It is beef from the Limousin region, north of the Dordogne!

just say it was not an advertising!In others post, I saw several post about le bistro de l'octroi and I just want to connect me with visitors and listen your opinion about it and sarlat in general.

an old post, i know... will be in the area at end of May, and wonder if there are updates?

Is Bistro de l"octroi still recommended by area (local and visitor) Fodorites?

Any others you'd recommend? Le Rossignol? We'll be staying in the old ville, on Rue du Presidial.

It's still listed on Trip Advisor with recent good reviews.

Lots of comments on restaurants in this recent thread
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ted-svp.cfm?41
The Octroi is rather variable - very good some days, not so much on others.
The Rossignol is still very dependable. Good food in a rather boring room.

Thanks for your replies, Lifeman and Carlux.

Carlux, thank you for referring to the other Fodors thread.

looking forward to the apricot chutney and foie gras at La Gabarre!