Hotel de la Madeleine
1, place de la petite Rigaudie
24200 SARLAT - FRANCE
Tél : (+33) (0)5.53.59.10.41
Website

Sarlat has a unique medieval town centre and this hotel is but a few steps from it. It is a good old fashioned coaching style inn with acceptable bedrooms and a reasonable dining room. Acceptable means a high enough standard (hey, I am picky so if I say it is okay, it is, unless you are film star or Victoria Beckham). It is normally full as it is the best place in this fascinating town which contains a mass of dining options.
However in order to make certain we got rooms at the inn I booked and insisted we needed feeding that evening. There was a large group staying at the hotel but we worked around that and had decent service. The item that had caught my eye on a past visit, when not even the stable was available, was jugged goose. This was a dish I really wanted to try so a detour was concocted. I had, from the top menu lentil soup with truffle which was a massive portion of a very rich soup which was interesting but I would not have again. The middle course was Le médaillon de lotte rôti à l'orange which was strange more than anything else consisting of a massive ring of oranges with a piece of monk fish on top. Now to the potted goose as it is referred in English menu, although it is Le civet d'oie au vin de Cahors pomme confite et pruneaux in French. It was very rich in a way like a good coq au vin and had a distinct gamey flavour. I am glad that I have had it but not sure it is worth a second detour.
I think the best summary is that this is an old fashioned hotel with an old fashioned dining room; except for a few upgrades to the rooms it has probably not changed for decades.

Hotel de la Madeleine
1, place de la petite Rigaudie
24200 SARLAT - FRANCE
Tél : (+33) (0)5.53.59.10.41
Website

Sarlat has a unique medieval town centre and this hotel is but a few steps from it. It is a good old fashioned coaching style inn with acceptable bedrooms and a reasonable dining room. Acceptable means a high enough standard (hey, I am picky so if I say it is okay, it is, unless you are film star or Victoria Beckham). It is normally full as it is the best place in this fascinating town which contains a mass of dining options.
However in order to make certain we got rooms at the inn I booked and insisted we needed feeding that evening. There was a large group staying at the hotel but we worked around that and had decent service. The item that had caught my eye on a past visit, when not even the stable was available, was jugged goose. This was a dish I really wanted to try so a detour was concocted. I had, from the top menu lentil soup with truffle which was a massive portion of a very rich soup which was interesting but I would not have again. The middle course was Le médaillon de lotte rôti à l'orange which was strange more than anything else consisting of a massive ring of oranges with a piece of monk fish on top. Now to the potted goose as it is referred in English menu, although it is Le civet d'oie au vin de Cahors pomme confite et pruneaux in French. It was very rich in a way like a good coq au vin and had a distinct gamey flavour. I am glad that I have had it but not sure it is worth a second detour.
I think the best summary is that this is an old fashioned hotel with an old fashioned dining room; except for a few upgrades to the rooms it has probably not changed for decades.