Restaurant Le Grillon - Chabrignac

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.

Patron super sympathique menu très bien prix très abordable salle ainsi que terrasse agréable je recommande ce restaurant.

Repas et service agréable.... Le patron toujours en train de faire des farces .....quand à la cuisine de nombreux plats sont fait maison et de bonne qualité de produits ....plusieurs cartes à des prix raisonnables ....la carte des vins et correctes ....la salle est bien décorée ... Je le recommande .....

Sur la rentrée de nos vacances, après avoir consulté Tripadvisor, nous nous sommes arrêtés au "Grillon" pour déjeuner, et ce fut une bonne surprise.Nous avons pris le menu à 29,50€, et pas de déception de l'entrée au dessert, assiettes correctes, bonne qualité des produits.Service un tout petit peu lent pour les gens pressés (ce qui n'est pas notre cas), car beaucoup de repas ouvriers, donc servis en priorité, ce que je trouve tout à fait normal, quand on n'a pas beaucoup de temps pour déjeuner, mais le service est correct et et avec le sourire en plus.Si nous repassons dans la région, nous n'oublierons pas "Le Grillon" pour nous restaurer.

Restaurant très agréable avec la climatisation, impeccable, un accueil très sympathique avec beaucoup d'humour , quatre menus au choix et variés très copieux bonne qualité de produits régionaux frais, vraiment il ne faut pas le "louper ".c'est avec plaisir que nous reviendrons chez vous.