Le Grillon - Chabrignac

Le Grillon is a charming little country restaurant. The cuisine is traditional and delicious. The welcome is warm and the staff very friendly. A great place to... read more Le Grillon is a charming little country restaurant. The cuisine is traditional and delicious. The welcome is warm and the staff very friendly. A great place to recommend, where you'll want to return.

Excellent place, homemade food, friendly welcome read more Excellent place, homemade food, friendly welcome

Le Grillon is a lovely little country restaurant. The cuisine is traditional and delicious. The welcome is warm and the staff very friendly. A highly recommende... read more Le Grillon is a lovely little country restaurant. The cuisine is traditional and delicious. The welcome is warm and the staff very friendly. A highly recommended place, one that makes you want to return.

Le Grillon is a very friendly little country restaurant, serving traditional local cuisine. The management and staff are very welcoming. I recommend it and will... read more Le Grillon is a very friendly little country restaurant, serving traditional local cuisine. The management and staff are very welcoming. I recommend it and will return.

One of the joys about being in this part of the world is driving along and seeing what is obviously a popular restaurant and deciding to give it a try and drop... read more One of the joys about being in this part of the world is driving along and seeing what is obviously a popular restaurant and deciding to give it a try and drop in for lunch. So it was that I happened on Le Grillon the other day and judging by the number of workman’s vans/trucks outside it was clearly popular with the local workforce. The restaurant is well served for parking, there is a large car park to the side and a smaller one opposite. One enters up a wheelchair friendly ramp and through a small bar area in the front of the restaurant to the salon at the rear and to the side and when I walked in shortly before 1pm I found some two dozen or so diners, over half of whom were workmen enjoying their Menu du Jour. If you do decide to come here be sure to bring your appetite as there is a lot of food on offer as well as 4 different fixed price menus although I was happy with the Menu du Jour. It started with a pumpkin soup although it seemed to be the thing for the waitress to leave the tureen on the table for what was basically a serve yourself course. As you might expect it was accompanied with a basket of chunky thick cut brown bread. Now the bread in France is generally lovely, a great texture and very moreish but because they don’t use any/as many preservatives as in the UK it is past its best the following day, indeed baguettes stiffen up almost to the point of becoming offensive weapons the day after purchase, and I suspected that the bread on offer was yesterday’s as it had that stiff, stale taste. Nevertheless the next course was a Croque Monsieur with cheese and ham this time served on sliced white bread and I guessed that the beetroot roulade which I had been looking forward to was a popular earlier choice and had run out. A shame as the Croque was somewhat tepid in temperature. For mains there was a veal stew somewhat strangely – to my mind served on a bed of macaroni along with carrots. There was also a demi carafe of eminently drinkable house wine and yes connoisseurs would say you should drink white wine with this but the smooth taste quickly swayed one from that viewpoint. I was starting to feel more than a little full when the cheese course arrived, a selection of half a dozen different cheeses, and the waitress seemed surprised that I only wanted a slice from 1 piece of cheese. Obviously I had to save room for dessert and the fifth and final course was like a raspberry fool served in a bigger than average conical glass. I realised afterwards that it was more likely to have been a form of Fromage Blanc – the creamy soft cheese which is popular in this part of the world topped with a raspberry coulis. I declined a café feeling that I ought to go home for a lie down. The quantity of food had taken more out of me than the cost had out of my pocket, for 13,50€ lunch here is a real steal and for that price you can tolerate a couple of minor problems.