Beautiful, wonderful employees. Their attention to detail and their service was great…read more Food was fantastic! Loved their breakfast, pancakes, eggs, coffee, everything! Can't wait to go back. Almost forgot, they'll bend over backwards trying to communicate in English if you try to speak some French:)

Great espresso based coffee and yummy baked goods at a good price. This cute and clean coffee shop…read moreis on the way when you walk to the Old Cite' - great place to stop for breakfast. They also have a variety of sandwiches and baked goods for lunch - very French and filling ! The service is friendly and caring with some English spoken, but good food is the main language spoken here.

Our favourite little cafe in Carcassonne - cosy, quirky and popular with the locals with is always…read morea good sign. Great place for breakfast, they have various breakfast deals and the fixed price lunch menu is absolutely stunning, not a huge choice (which, for us, is a plus!) delicious and beautifully presented. Staff were lovely too - hope to return one day!

Lovely both savory as well as sweet crepes! Whichever you chose, you cannot go wrong! The owner is…read morevery friendly and speaks both English and Spanish!

The galettes were excellent. The dessert crepes were just OK. The location is convenient (parking…read morenear by) and pretty. The drinks are on the expensive side.

Before writing this review I sent an email directly to the hotel, in hopes that I could offer them…read moresome private feedback & spare them my review. It's been 10 days and I still haven't heard a peep. In short, I will never stay at this hotel again. It's over priced for its (un)cleanliness & an over done attempt at modernizing their (what could have been) quaint "luxury" hotel. I really don't have a lot of faith that they'll care what I write. If you also check out their Trip Advisor reviews you can see a lot of extremely defensive & downright snotty responses by the owners or management. Some might say this is the "French way..." so...et voila! If you like to be accosted by horribly repetitive dance / techno, or American remix songs you'll be right at home at this place - because it fills their lobby and the outside dining area (you cannot avoid it when getting to your room). It's not relaxing. Not to mention the SMELL. When you walk into the lobby you'll be smothered in perfume that may make you get a headache. I didn't find their hotel to personify any of the images they create on their website - it's not relaxing, not friendly, not inviting, and not family friendly. It's also dirty and their employees are less than helpful. When I tried asking one staff member whether the outdoor hotel jacuzzi is ever heated (because it was FRIGID when I used it) I was met with "je ne sais pas" ("I don't know") more than once. The heat pump in our room, which also serves as an ac unit, was disgustingly dirty and unsanitary. The thing was teeming with dirt and mold on the inside. There were spots of old dried blood immediately visible on the bedspread when we walked into the room (I was too nice & TIRED to say anything). There is ABSOLUTELY no privacy in the bathroom, which has very low windows (about groin high). When you go into the toilet / shower area you are literally standing naked in front of the window that doesn't have any drapes. The shower head it extremely large and it's a rain shower head so you literally feel as though you're drowning in the shower - there's no escaping the water to take a breath. The tub didn't hold a fill. The room had a loud hum in it even when all of the electrical was killed. There are no screens (which I understand is common) but that means you'll literally be eaten alive by these Tiger Mosquitoes if you're attractive to them (look them up, it's real!) Before we arrived, even though I had booked a spa soak months in advance, nobody bothered to email me that half of my spa soak would be dysfunctional - with no access to the steam or sauna. When I arrived, still, nobody told me. Then at my appointment they tried to charge me the normal price & I had to negotiate a discount !!

This is an absolutely lovely boutique hotel that is literally next to the castle…read more I stay in a lot of high end hotels and homely that do not feel new or have a decide that is decorated min the fast few centuries. This hotel however is absolutely lovely. The staff are polite and friendly. The rooms and beds are exceedingly nice. The breakfast was excellent and I love the two dogs that lay around looking for attention.

From the owner: Du café et du bon Le Carnot est un des nombreux café de la place Carnot. Ici on y déguste du café…read moreet du bon de préférence puisque c'est la thématique de cet établissement. La terrasse permet de siroter son nectar tout en regarder passer les badauds. Les jours de marché le Carnot est l'adresse idéale pour faire une petite pause entre deux achats.

From the owner: Charme et gastronomie Chez Saskia est le restaurant de l'Hôtel de la Cité, c'est un établissement…read morechic à la carte gastronomique. Une cave à vin, un service stylé, un décor de charme tout est réuni pour passer un moment de gourmandise et d'excellence. La carte propose des mets rares comme une terrine de faisan aux châtaignes ou encore un filet d'agneau en piperade.

A new place in the old city featuring regional specialties. A different experience for breakfast…read morebut very good.

Great food; they have bud, anyone from the us knows what that is. They for some reason carried a…read moregreen flash beer. So weird to see that.

We were looking for a tapas bar and found this one on Yelp. We passed it on a walk the night…read morebefore, noticed the some what loud but cool music. It looked empty but after we arrived there yesterday we totally understood. This is a very cool, relaxing courtyard bar hidden behind walls that are several hundred years old. Much larger inside that it appears from the narrow medieval street. Atmosphere gets a solid 8! Being from Texas, I wanted to try a French Margarita (9.50 eu). Though it was certainly different, it was yummy and I was not disappointed. The bread and cheese plate was good with hard crusty bread and Manchego and other goat cheese. Le Plat Combinado = +/-, good bad and prosciutto but not sure about the tomato red dried sausage. Local wine is only $3 eu per glass. The white sangria was delicious. Don't come here for the service. I would only give it a 2! However, if you want good drinks, good voice music and a great outdoor, yet sheltered place to relax after exploring, this should be on your list.

We had an early dinner. Ordered two of the Open face cheese sandwiches with fries. Both were very…read morefresh and tasty. Dessert, bread pudding, was absolutely awful. It was like some kind of bizarre sliced something with that that carnation dehydrated sweetened milk poured over it. Really inedible. Service was okay. If I'd stopped with just the food this would be a four-star review, but the dessert was downright sickening.

Having tried cassoulet all over carcassonne, this was easily the best. It might be a few years…read morebefore I can get back but this is where I'll go for cassoulet

A lovely restaurant in a beautiful old building with a delightful interior design. The location is…read moreeasily accessible in the Ville Basse (the main part of town), just a few blocks from the pedestrian Rue Georges Clemenceau and the central Place Carnot. We had the lunch plates (pay by the size of the plate, and they fill it out generously). The price was comparable to many pay-by-weight veggie buffets in European cities, and probably a bit cheaper than them. Every single thing we had was delicious, and a lot of the options were very healthy too. The staff were acutely conscious of vegan/vegetarian differences, and I believe several items were vegan. This is virtually impossible to find in most restaurants in this region. They serve non-veg food (which slightly reduces options for us veg types), but they say it's due to lack of choice: it's hard to survive as a pure veg place in Carcassonne. So, if you're veg, cut them some slack, and give them your business. Most food options in Carcassonne are so unappealing and generic that, vegetarianism aside, this may well be one of the very best restaurants in town. The staff are supremely friendly, and one of them speaks excellent English, for those for whom that sort of thing is an issue. As of this writing (July 2013), they did lunch and dinner every day (including Sunday? not sure) with the sole exception of dinner on Monday.

This was one of our best restaurant experiences in our two weeks traveling throughout France. We…read moreare both vegetarian and were very pleased to hear that Carcassonne had a great option for vegetarians. The food was absolutely delicious. We also had a wonderful red wine from a local organic vineyard - I don't remember the name but the owner mentioned that it's from his brother's vineyard farm. The owners are a husband and wife team and they both spoke great English. They are super friendly and were very nice to have a small chit-chat with. This is truly a gem in Carcassonne and well worth the visit - a must for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.