Les cigales - Périgueux

I'd call this the epitome of café dining in a bustling French town square, it's off rue des Chaines and not far from rue de la République. Les Cigales are competing against two or three other open-air café brasseries and my wife and I thought their menu just had the edge over the main rival. As other contributors have remarked the service is swift; we found our young waiter and waitress efficient and friendly - we did not feel rushed - and, if you get a sunny evening without too much breeze this little Saint Silain square is a lovely place. Seeing as this café was in the heart of Périgueux, I just had to try the guaranteed Indication of Geographical Area Protection "IGP" roasted duck which was gorgeous. Their veggie 3 cheese tagliatelle which my wife chose was made with proper cheese that really tasted good. For desserts, whopping tall sundae glasses of ice cream including Cassis flavour rounded off a pretty perfect meal.A good place for a pre-prandial Kir and white wine, a good Bergerac red to go with the main course, plus coffee for 2 after the desserts, making a total for two at mid-2016 of €58. Pourquoi traverser la Manche? Voilà, this was the place to be!

Went there for lunch with my husband and son of 5, the food was good, service was rushed but what was not so good was the price for a sirop a l'eau equivalent to a squash with tap water cost Euro 2.80, the most expensive squash in all the restaurants I have ate in that region. I should let my son have a beer next time! The desserts at Euro 6 were a little expensive for that kind of place and that kind of quality. All in all the meal was average.

I had the salmon dish which was amazing! The pasta and salad were also good. The waiter was lovely and service was fast. I couldn't believe how low it was on trip advisor it definitely deserves more praise! Good family restaurant.

The staff are rushed but then again they are dealing with about 15 tables of hungry customers. They do their best and the food is good and not too expensive. The square is pretty and in a nice part of perigueux.

We stopped by for Sunday lunch and had the plat de jour....lovely sweetbreads with a foie appetizer followed by molten chocolate cake with creme anglaise. A lovely meal