L'Hostellerie du Vieux Cordes Le Bistrot

Excellent eating in a warm and cozy interieur with a view of the beautiful surroundings of cordes sur ciel!

I am very pleased that we finally have a great restaurant in cordes. best dining, best service, a gorgeous dining room with stunning views and best terrace for a front or front dinner drink overlooking the stunning Tarn landscape. 5 stars! highly recommended.

Came here two weeks running for lunch as it’s so good. Lovely people, great atmosphere. Highly recommend!

We got a seat on the terrace and when asked whether we wanted an apperitif, asked for the menu including wine (this happened twice with the same waiter deja vu). We waited at least 10 mins (the girl handing out the menu's just sat...down chatting/smoking with her friends). The waiter came back eventually and asked if we were residents/had a reservation and then told us they were fully booked. A total waste of 20 mins but luckily we found an excellent restaurant with a fabulous terrace just two doors away called Au Vilain Petit Cordais (which I have reviewed separately).

An overnight stay whilst touring this area of France. The restaurant setting could not be bettered with a canopy of wisteria entirely covering the small cloister-like dining terrace adjacent to the main indoor dining room. Initially the service was excellent but as the restaurant became...busier (a table of 10 arrived part way through our meal making a total of about 40 people eating) the attention slackened. I ordered à la carte which included a recommended wine with each course. Whilst the first glass arrived with my starter, I had to remind the waiter/waitress to bring my next wine with my main and again with my desert. Just a slight lack of attention to detail. My wife wanted a starter from one set menu and a main from a different (but cheaper) menu which they could not provide, saying that the set menus were indeed set menus! I said that I would pay the price of the more expensive menu to no avail. Annoying but not the end of the world and I’m sure that if had made a scene of it they would have accommodated her. Having said this the meal was first class and the ambiance superb. Breakfast the following day was an ample buffet in a delightful room.