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Reviews - Restaurant La Barbacane

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9.4
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Excellent
353 reviews
Ambience
9.4
Food
9.4
Service
9.4
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  • Heather G.1 review

    March 7, 2025

    10/10

    delicious food and excellent service Merci

  • Alan W.2 reviews

    January 29, 2025

    9.5/10

    Excellent !!!

  • Brian O.1 review

    January 25, 2025

    10/10

    Wonderful experience, truly exceptional!

  • Jody C.3 reviews

    December 24, 2024

    10/10

    Wonderful service, food, and atmosphere! We will be back ❤️

  • Vicky M.2 reviews

    October 6, 2024

    10/10

    The food is prob the best food and we had some fabulous wine parings

  • David O.2 reviews

    September 16, 2024

    9.5/10

    The setting is superb, as is the food which was both generous and of a high quality. Staff very friendly and helpful. A thoroughly enjoyable evening.

  • Valary M.3 reviews

    September 9, 2024

    9.5/10

    Good Food and great service

  • Monique W.

    Monique W.3 reviews

    April 10, 2024

    10/10
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    We began at the bars with an apéritif. Bar service was a bit slow, but once we were served the menu was presented with a lovely appetizer. The menu was perfect. Each course was delicious and the service was excellent. Reasonable price for a delightful lunch.

  • Ross M.1 review

    October 22, 2023

    10/10

    La Barbacane is memorably good. We had the Signature Menu with suggested wine pairings. Course after course was superb. It was, however, too much food, which we should have realized earlier in the meal. That said, the third course was John Dory grilled for which it would have been a sin to leave even a single molecule. I felt the same way about the chocolate dessert, but by then, I had to concede. Great, friendly service, able to adapt well to English speakers. Gorgeous room, and the wait staff enters and exists through a giant confessional. Outstanding, and very highly recommended. Worth the considerable cost…

  • Nyree C.10 reviews

    July 6, 2023

    10/10

    Fantastic location with stunning views. Meal was exceptional and excellent value for money Would throughly recommend a visit

  • Ben S.1 review

    June 1, 2023

    10/10

    Fab night - the set menu was really worth having - the setting great and the staff obliging :)

  • Diana A.1 review

    April 21, 2023

    10/10
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    I couldn’t recommend this restaurant any more to anyone travelling to Carcassonne. The food, the service and the ambience was spectacular. Really recommend.

  • Penny W.1 review

    April 5, 2023

    10/10

    Beautiful, delicious food and great service in amazing surroundings. Extremely good value for money and would definitely recommend this restaurant.

  • Stewart M.9 reviews

    March 26, 2023

    10/10

    Excellent food, in a beautiful setting and location, with wonderful service - a fantastic experience!

  • Daniel S.1 review

    February 6, 2023

    10/10

    Went for a lunch menu, would definiteley go again

  • Alan H.1 review

    August 18, 2022

    7.5/10

    Don't get me wrong, there was absolutely nothing 'wrong', hence the 5* rating. This is actually quite a difficult review to write gor exactly that reason, but I'll try to explain. All the staff were professional and competent without ever feeling warm or friendly (the cheese man excepted, he had true passionfor his art!) ; the food was extremely competently executed with ever once wowing us. The atmosphere was a little stuffy for my taste, but not unpleasant. The only think that truly irked me was having to view the menu through a QR code, which seemed extremely cheap for somewhere with a star, but to be honest we got over that quite quickly so it wasn't a big deal. Overall, it was absolutely fine. But for a michelin star restaurant in a chateau, we sort of expected a bit better than fine. Maybe that's on us. Make your own mind up.

  • Rebecca Ann M.2 reviews

    April 4, 2022

    5/10

    This restaurant is disappointing. It seemed pretentious and rather behind the times with cloches over the food which lacked variation . We enjoyed the first course, the vegetables ,and the pudding was good. Much play was given to asking us how we wanted our beef done which arrived very overcooked and a miniscule amount attentive staff who on the whole were pleasant although on e rather brusque. Can’t recommend it at all.

  • R.ussell A.7 reviews

    November 7, 2021

    10/10

    Although we speak little French, and even then we do so poorly, we were made to feel welcomed and comfortable. The food was some of the finest we have had on our six week trip throughout France and the service was impeccable, relaxed and refined. This restaurant is a must for anyone seeking the perfect dining expierience.

  • Gary M.4 reviews

    October 5, 2021

    10/10

    Beautiful restaurant, excellent service, delicious food with a special flair.

  • - -.1 review

    August 18, 2021

    10/10

    Very good service, even for strange german tourists, we will come back and stay overnight????????

  • Liz L.2 reviews

    December 23, 2019

    10/10

    Wonderful!

  • Gus M.18 reviews

    October 7, 2019

    10/10

    Excellent food, service, location and value. Loved it.

  • - -.1 review

    September 30, 2019

    10/10

    Outstanding food and service. The best on our current trip.

  • Alan F.148 reviews

    April 29, 2019

    8.5/10

    Michelin sets a high bar for awarding a star. It reflects talent, individuality and inevitably, a higher price. That can lead to extreme satisfaction or disappointment. Unfortunately, this evening was a mixed bag. Just because you can do something complicated doesn't mean you should. The ultimate test is taste, and frankly most of our dishes looked better than they tasted. The wine list is extensive, although I was disappointed that there were so few rose's. Very nice people; clearly, premium ingredients. A work in progress.

  • - -.1 review

    April 25, 2019

    10/10

    I aren’t even gone

  • - -.1 review

    April 10, 2019

    9.5/10

    Lovely restaurant with good value lunch menu, absolutely recommended.

  • - -.1 review

    December 2, 2018

    7/10

    correct

  • - -.2 reviews

    October 24, 2018

    10/10

    The service was very professionell, but also very kind and personnel. The food was pretty excellent, the Exterieur formidable. All in one - very perfect. Highest rate for all! Next time in Carcassonne we stop here again!

  • - -.4 reviews

    September 20, 2018

    10/10

    Both the food and the service were excellent. The staff were attentive but not over-solicitous. happy to help us with wine selection and remembered that we told them it was for a special occasion. The setting was beautiful too! Highly recommended.

  • - -.4 reviews

    July 28, 2018

    10/10

    La Barbacane is the best restaurant I experienced in our vacation throughout southern France (inclusive of Carcassonne, Toulouse, Dordogne, Bordeaux). The service is attentive and impressive. The menu is structured for both a set menu and a la carte. The a la carte prices at ~€40 for starters and €40-50 for mains make the 6-course set menu at €95 (focused on 4 courses with lobster from Normandy) look like a good value. We had that and paired with a refreshing white wine from Corbieres. Highly recommended, especially if you are staying at Hôtel de la Cité.

  • Margot T.12 reviews

    July 9, 2018

    10/10

    Extensive wine list and a very good menu as expected from a Michelin start restaurant. The sommelir was very helpful as were all the staff. Set in a beautiful building with terrace and gardens, superb site. We enjoyed a lovely meal but be prepared as it is expensive!

  • - -.4 reviews

    July 2, 2018

    4/10

    The reservation has not confirmed. My main food was a little bit worm.And we were not satisfied with deserts.

  • Daniel E.7 reviews

    May 29, 2018

    10/10

    Fabulous spot. Talented chef. Superb service. Lunch set menu is a particularly good deal. Worth a drive — even if it were not inside the walls at Carcassone. Go!

  • - -.2 reviews

    December 18, 2017

    10/10

    Located in the historic hotel, atmosphere was wonderful, the food and wine were the best I have ever experienced. I will definitely miss this place and come back in a few years. MOSTLY RECOMMENDABLE!

  • - -.1 review

    November 4, 2017

    10/10

    It was my wife's bithday. The experiencia was really marevellous The meal was delicious, the service was brilliant and we enjoyed the meal a por. Thank-you very much.

  • - -.6 reviews

    October 1, 2017

    7/10

    On balance this was a big disappointment. Service is fine. Ambiance is lovely. The seasonal tasting menu was awful. Take that chefs food processor away. Having puréed items with every course is too much. The contrast of flavors didn't work. The amaretto with the fish was a flop. The sherry on the pork was cloying by the third bite. The sommeliers wine pairing needs work. The white was to mineral for the tuna or turbot. The carignan was a nice wine but overpowered the pork.

  • - -.1 review

    September 24, 2017

    10/10

    Food, service, location (on the terrace) all first class

  • - -.1 review

    August 2, 2017

    9/10

    Excellent choice for a high-quality, low price lunch at a Michelin star restaurant.

  • Stephen S.4 reviews

    April 29, 2017

    9.5/10

    Outstanding restaurant. Service was a bit slow due to full house.

  • Colette G.1 review

    April 2, 2017

    9/10

    It was for a birthday celebration for my husband and everything went smoothly. The Barbican's is a lovely and impressive venue. The service is efficient, polite and nicely understated and the food was delicious. The time seemed to fly by although we were not rushed and it was a leisurely and enjoyable experience. Thank you!

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