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Restaurants in Carcassonne
Chez Christine , run by Le Donjon et Les Remparts hotel, and with a menu designed by La Barbacane’s renowned chef Jérôme Ryon, is also highly recommended.
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Comte Roger
One of the classiest restaurants in La Cité, Comte Roger features elegant French cuisine, a cool contemporary dining room, and an attractive garden, where meals are served on warm days. Chef Pierre Mesa offers up his own take on classic Languedoc cuisine, with dishes such as a…$$$In the Cité - French
L’Escargot
This popular tapas and wine bar is first rate for a light lunch or casual meal. Inside it has stone walls, a big-beamed ceiling and wooden floors and tables; the outside terrace tables fill up quickly. Tapas range from six snails at 6€ to top Iberico ham at 15€. Other dishes include…$Around Town - French
La Barbacane
You’ll find this baronial-style restaurant in the Hotel de la Cité. Start with a drink in the majestic Library Bar looking out to the castle. The setting might be medieval but the cooking is bang up to date. Chef Jérôme Ryon uses local ingredients as a base for innovative ideas.His…$$$Around Town - French/Catalan
Le Jardin en Ville
Try this unusual restaurant concept: set within a shop selling modern and fairly hip items and occasional exhibition space. Eat inside where the funky interior features mismatched furniture and the likes of a hanging bicycle; or dine on the pretty shaded terrace. Share a platter of…$Around Town



