Le Pauly - Cénac-et-Saint-Julien

We had dinner at Le Pauly on our last night in France. We were seated promptly and quickly asked for our drinks order. The waitress was rather particular about the order in which she took our food : set menus first, then starters then mains. She got a little exasperated with me when I ordered the adult starters before the children's menus. Food came quickly, with our starters arriving with the children's main courses. Although the salads are in the entrée section, they are huge and could easily be had as a main course! I had the perigord salad and my husband had the caesar salad - both were very nice. The children's mains (chicken fillet or cheeseburger) were very filling and well received. My entrecote was enormous - a little overdone and tough but the cassoulet was tasty. The children had to wait until we had finished our mains before the dessert order was taken, which was a shame as the adults did not order. Again, desserts orders were taken in a particular order - adult portions first (eldest had a very nice creme brulee) then the ice cream flavours on the children's menu. An incorrect flavour was served but we did not send it back, as son was happy to have the vanilla. Overall more positive than negative, cooking and service a bit hit and miss, but seemed like a good place to drink, and we certainly left with full stomachs.

We stopped here for lunch twice in our weeks break to nearby la Gorce. All of our party enjoyed the food. In particular the duck gizzard salad. It doesn't sound nice but was delicious and worth a try! They have an a la carte menu, and then 2 fixed price menus. All of us had plenty to choose from and enjoyed both our leisurely lunches, good food and good beer and wine. The staff were friendly and were patient with our very broken French, but helped to teach us new words when we weren't sure. We all found this nice, as want to try and speak the language but good to know when we are doing wrong too!

We visited this restaurant while on holiday and really enjoyed our food! Staff were patient with our bad French and really made us feel welcome.

The food here: average. However, my daughter, aged eight, picked up on the extreme rudeness of our waiter who was impatient and did not facilitate her choosing what she wanted, despite her and our best efforts in our reasonable French (she wanted to know if it was possible to have a salad with her children's meal). We felt very rushed to make a decision and were made to feel as though we were a problem. If you wish to have a lovely meal with great, friendly service, walk up the road to La Traverse.

We ate here whilst holidaying in Domme. The staff were friendly and spoke fantastic English. The food was of a high standard and great value. Also very child friendly.