Restaurant Comte Roger Review

Great food if somewhat confusing service. We think they did not put our order through as the tables around us, who ordered after us, were served well before us! However, once we were served it was all delicious and worth the wait. The cassoulet was very good indeed as was the bouquet of vegetables entrée with tapenade. Alas, we had no room for a dessert which looked very tempting on adjacent tables, especially the Valrhona chocolate finger. An apology for the very delayed service would have been nice but we didn’t complain as the waiter and waitress were very pleasant.

Ambiance was spoiled by paper posters stuck on the windows overlooking the terrace. It is not clear why, for example, the restaurant would be promoting a dinosaur museum in Esperaza, a village with no direct connection to La Cité de Carcassonne. Strange and unfortunate. Otherwise a first class evening (on our sixth visit).

A really nice place anong the many restaurants in this charming tourist trap. I have dreamt about the Cassoulet since the last time I visited. It was just as good and savory today.

Really enjoyed our meal at Comte Roger. The food was surprisingly light and not overly heavy. It was presented well. The wine we chose was also delicious. The restaurant was full on a Friday night, a mix of tourists and locals. People seemed to go for the cassoulet. I don't eat meat but had plenty of fish options to choose from. I think there were a couple of vegetarian options too. Service was just right.

Good food at reasonable prices. As we came for a birthday, we were delighted to see that the 'birthday girl' was served a cake with a candle at the end of the meal! This was a very kind touch! One suggestion would be for the staff to start offering drinks before the rest of the party gets there (in our case, some people had got stuck in traffic jams)... we were carefully ignored until all the guest at the table had arrived. Another suggestion would be not to insist for a choice of dessert at the start of the meal - having eaten a 'famous cassoulet' one finds that the chocolate dessert previously ordered is, in fact, too much !