Au Fil de L'eau

We stumbled across this lovely restaurant on a Sunday afternoon drive to the river. We had an absolutely delicious lunch, and really appreciated the excellent service and lovely views of the Lot from the terrace. The three course set menu was superb value for money, and our group of four all had different dishes and we loved all of them.

Food was ok, menu ok service ok, trying to find something to rave about but to be honest it was just ok. Sorry to say if there other places open, I would try them before going back.

I went here for lunch with my son ,daughter in law and baby grandson . None of us could finish our meal . It was Ill conceived, over salted and badly presented. My daughter in law and I had fish in a honey and tomato sauce which was dreadful. My son had confit of duck which was stringy and tasted old. My grandson had breaded fish and chips which was smothered in salt. The salads were from a packet, wilted ,over ripe tomatoes and way too much oil . I will never go back here .nobody asked me how my meal was , they must have known!

I make no apology for writing another review of Au Fil de L'eau, I use TA as a means of keeping track of where I've eaten, what I had and what I thought of it. And we were wowed by the most recent lunch here on a cold February Thursday lunch time, a plat de jour of Bourguingnon which was absolutely fantastic, long cooked quality meat, accompanied by sautée potatoes, salad and risotto which was one of the best things I've eaten for a while and certainly lifted the whole dish.

When we arrived at 12.15 we wondered if they were open, we could see no-one inside or out, then we noticed a couple of lights on. We were also confounded to see that the lunch-time menu had reached the low and high twenties for two and three courses respectively. There was a plat-de-jour at 11€ and a dessert-de-jour at 3€. I’m sounding like a bit of a skinflint and that’s probably true, but all the same the restaurant was far emptier than I’ve seen it for a long time and there seemed to be a complete absence of anyone who wasn’t a ‘leisure’ user. Lots of English and a couple of large groups of French, but the workers seem to have disappeared. We’d have liked a starter, but that wasn’t to be, so straight into the main course. A choice of Pavé de Beouf or Tendrons de Veau. The explanation of what a tendron is was too difficult for us and a quick google translate didn’t enlighten. We opted for the beef, mine saignant, P’s a point. It was served with potatoes, and vegetables, consisting of tomatoes and courgette in a herby sauce. I had a good thick slab of beef whilst P had two thinner pieces. It was good beef, but I wasn’t able to eat a lot of it because I couldn’t cut it despite being furnished with a steak knife. I’m carrying a wrist injury sustained at work and I just couldn’t cut through the tendons which intersected the meat. It’s a shame we hadn’t brought the dog, I feel embarrassed sending half my food back. We love this place and I’m sorry to have to write less than fulsomely about our meal, that’s a shame.