Chez Ernestine - Alvignac

Unfriendly service. Very impolite! Hundreds of flies around the food! I prefer not to think about the ones in the kitchen. Their answer was "this is natural and clean"???????????? Food not even average. I do NOT recommend!

This charming restaurant combines a nice atmosphere with good service and good local French food. I had the 19.59 Euro menu, and was not disappointed. The servers were gracious and efficient, even though the restaurant was full. Reservations are strongly recommended, since it Is a very popular place. The menu offers many choices. Overall a very good experience!

I'd describe this lunch as functional--the service was ok but not very friendly--we sat outside which is very close to the road. I found the food ok but not as good as other reviewers but wouldn't go here again

This unassuming restaurant has apparently been operating in this little town for 65 years. To me, it had the feeling of a locally loved establishment, full of regulars but still welcoming to travelers who had sought it out as a destination. We walked up just as the wait staff were finishing their lunch on the patio, grabbed the first table outside, and the place was full 15 minutes later.By this time in my week in Dordogne, I had decided to lean in to the local specialty dishes, so I ordered the very typical duck gizzard salad, which sounds odd to me but was delicious. One thing this restaurant did that set their duck gizzard salad apart was to wrap up a big dollop of Rocamadour cheese (the restaurant is very close to Racamadour, after all) inside a crepe and deep fry it, then serve that on top of the salad. It was wonderful, and went really well with the gizzards and the raspberry vinaigrette-like dressing.Next up was the duck leg confit, which was perfectly done. I had this dish elsewhere during our trip, and it was okay there, but was more like duck meat wrapped in a layer of fat. At Chez Ernestine, they achieved the perfect result where the fat mostly just works its way into the meat, with enough to create a crispy seal around the leg. This was the best duck leg confit I had all week in Dordogne. I wish I had had the chance to go back. Had I done so, I should probably have tried some other dishes, but I would have just ordered the same thing. It was really good.I don't recall there being much of a choice with dessert in whichever formula I had ordered, but I got the walnut cake, which is also typical of the region. I wasn't very excited about this, as I had never liked the walnut cake before. I mean, I had always eaten it when I got it, but always wished I could just have some salted caramel ice cream instead. Chez Ernestine's walnut cake redeemed the dish in my mind. I finally understood what it was meant to be. (The cake itself was too dry at other places, which no amount of cream will fix entirely.)Overall, we had a great dining experience. If we go back to that region, I will seek out this restaurant again.

You can't fault the restaurant in any respect. From our first contact where we were able to book a table in English via email. They responded very quickly and the table was booked on a busy National Holiday for restaurants.Everything was perfect from the moment we arrived and enjoyed the Menu de Source, which offers all the local foods to the area. Which you could not in any way.After a short period of time the restaurant was completely full. So in the summer I would expect a booking might be essential as Alvignac is only 5 miles from busy Rocmadour.