Logis de la Cadène

Absolutely charming restaurant with creative and sophisticated food that’s delicious. The location in a restored walled town near the cathedral is perfect for a restaurant of this caliber. The staff is skilled and delightful. They are not stuffy but informed and personable. They serve a fixed course meal that is, unlike many other Michelin restaurants, a reasonable amount of beautifully composed and delicious food.

We reserved the cave downstairs for the evening. It was a magical setting for my daughters birthday celebration. Alexandre was outstanding since our first email contact He spent the evening with us and did a phenomenal job of explaining what was being served and where it was from.. The restaurant created a wonderful menu for us which included wine pairing. After dinner was over we went further down into the cave and saw their wine collection. To all the staff thank you for a great evening. You made our daughter feel very special.

Lots to tell…the hotel is older but charming. The great room was beautiful with a roaring fireplace. Access to the hotel is a bit sketchy but worth it. Room 2015 is small but there are larger rooms. Dinner was excellent. Front desk staff is great. Restaurant manager is great. Definitely would go back !!!

Our recent dining experience at the restaurant included a food tasting that was rated four stars. The service was exceptional, with detailed explanations provided for each dish. The initial four courses were particularly impressive, showcasing both excellent presentation and flavor. However, the two main courses were excessively salty, and the dessert was overly sweet, making it difficult to finish. Given the restaurant's Michelin rating, this was a disappointing outcome.

The hotel is charming, and the staff is phenomenal. Dinner was among the best I had during my stay in France. However, there was one major issue that affected my experience. I stayed in the old house, room 1782, and there was a constant loud dragging noise—so strong and so frequent that I could feel the vibrations through the floor. I was often woken up very early or kept awake late at night. At first, I thought it was other guests, but the sound was so regular that it seemed more like pipes or a door being dragged repeatedly. I reported the issue to the front desk and mentioned it three nights in a row, but nothing was done to investigate or resolve it. Unfortunately, I felt as if I wasn’t being taken seriously, which was very disappointing. Proper rest is one of the most important reasons to choose a hotel, especially one with a minimum age requirement for guests, and I wasn’t able to sleep well at all. We stayed four nights, and the constant dragging noise left me exhausted and frustrated. Despite how beautiful the hotel and the location are, I was honestly relieved to check out. Breakfast was also quite mediocre, though there is a bakery down the road with good coffee and pastries. I truly believe more effort could have been made to identify the source of the noise (it seemed like a door used regularly by staff). I even spoke with the Maître d’Hôtel, but the problem was never addressed, and nothing was communicated to me. I value hospitality above all. All the luxury in the world and even the best food cannot replace the fact that my concerns were not taken seriously during our stay. I loved the hotel, but I won’t be coming back. If you stay here, do NOT stay in room 1782 if you value quiet and rest.

An unforgettable dining experience at Logis de la Cadène! Every dish was a masterpiece, full of creativity and flavor, with generous compliments from the chef. The wine list is incredible — as vast and rich as Tolstoy’s War & Peace! After dinner, we even had the chance to step into the kitchen and meet the chef Thibaut Gamba personally — such a special touch. Highly recommended for true food and wine lovers!

Well what can I say……couldn’t find it to start with. Drove around a lot! Also Split over two properties, not ideal. Breakfast was a walk to main building, wasn’t informed of that! Take a mini as no where to park with in 200 meters, therefore dragging suitcases through the streets. Good fun I suppose! Rooms in house away from hotel were creaky and noisy , get the top floor as we had no quiet rest. In fact we just left and found a better hotel. Needed to get in character I suppose, we were a bit disappointed, pictures looked much better. St emillion was amazing, hotel wasn’t.

Walking around Saint-Emilion, we saw that there are a handfull of hotels. We booked Logis de la Cadene in advance, stayed during a month-long trip. Europe's temperatures were topping 100 degrees (0ver 37 C) during our visit. The hotel is lovely, personnel very welcoming and gracious. We loved our Room # 1782, which was on the lobby/restaurant level. So grateful for the A/C and a big fan in the room too! Bed was totally comfortable, this is a huge room with an equally large bathroom, a very good shower, a big bath tub and double sinks. Separate toilet. Windows look onto one of the narrow streets of the city. I would give this a 5 out of 5, but getting to the hotel with luggage really was negative, especially on a blistering hot day. But it would be difficult any day and impossible if raining, we thought. I'm surprised this isn't called out clearly on Tripadviser's synopsis. I didn't see this called out anywhere when looking at the hotel. We're both in good shape, no mobility issues whatsoever. If you get one of their parking spots, it's distant. . . . so distant that we found a space nearby our first evening on the street ($$$) to be closer. Even then, walking down a very steep cobbled ancient street with bags was perilous. We were surprised a hotel of this level doesn't solve this for their guests. Breakfast was good quality, fairly typical European breakfast. Their restaurant was closed the evening we were there, but we had one of the best dinners of our 35-day trip just up the hill at L'Envers du Decor.

My husband and I stayed at the Logis de la Cadene hotel (*excellent*) and scheduled a dinner here for our second night in St. Emilion. This was one part of our overall honeymoon, and we had heard excellent things about the restaurant. Of all the fancy/Michelin restaurants that we visited during our trip to France, I felt like this menu was the best. We did the 7-course menu, and every item was astounding. The overall meal was filling, but not pants-busting. The service was very earnest and attentive. As we do not speak French, the servers were able to tell us what we were eating, but not go into extreme detail--just a note if that is an issue for you. We had no problem understanding what we were eating. I knocked the rating by a star for one reason alone: the pushy sommelier. I understand that being a sommelier/lead server is a big job. I also understand that sommeliers can have strong opinions on which wines we should be drinking to best accompany the meal. When we were first seated, he asked if we wanted to start with a glass of champagne. We said yes, but I joked to my husband that we might regret it. We did -- he didn't provide the cost to us (or any of the other tables around us), and it was 30 Euro PER GLASS. An addition of 60 Euro to the final bill was kind of a bummer, even though I mentally prepared for it. Is it my fault for not asking the cost? Maybe. But I think an offer like that as folks are getting seated makes it sound like it is on the house. 30 Euro/glass should be enough for the sommelier to indicate what the cost might be before it is served. Also, since we had visited a couple other expensive restaurants earlier in our trip, we had decided ahead of time not to do the wine pairings for this meal, and instead order a less expensive bottle of wine to share. The sommelier turned his nose up at all of our questions about wines under 100 Euro and at one point said to us that "it would be more fun to try wines from this section" (which was a 200 Euro price point). It made me upset that there were affordable wines in the wine book and he made us feel bad for ordering any of them. If this is a Michelin-star restaurant, then all the wines in the wine book should be good. Why else would they be stored/served onsite? So, we loved our stay at the hotel. We thought the overall staff was excellent (especially the kind woman who greeted us each morning at breakfast). But I would argue that a single employee can make or break the dining experience, and we were disappointed with our interaction with the sommelier.

Amazing food including a superb vegetarian menu on request, excellent service and a wine list worthy of a mention. One of the best meals ever in France and should earn this restaurant two stars or more :-) excellent friendly staff and sommelier and everything done with a smile.

Delicious and absolutely worth a stop. Call ahead to reserve a spot as many were turned away when they stopped by, hopeful to walk in. Cheese plate absolutely delicious and you can't go wrong with any of the prix fixe menus. Warning: Expect this lunch to take at least 1.5-2 hours.

Logis de la Cadene is tucked away in the heart of one of the oldest wine regions in France. It exceeded our one michelin star expectations for a vegetarian lunch. The chef assembled an extraordinary concoction of vegetables - tomatoes cooked 3 ways, artichokes and courgettes with a light citrus dressing and to start and finish several amuse-bouche. The waitress served a perfect plate of soft cheeses from a cheese trolley that tasted as good as it looked. Our 3 hour lunch was complemented by an encyclopeadic wine list with a knowledgeable sommelier. La Cadene is the quintessential French experience and all that you imagine and more from haute cuisine.

Warm hospitality and delicious grilled food are the hallmarks of this restaurant. They are located half way down a really steep cobblestone street in the middle of the city. They've got a really nice vine covered outdoor patio big with a number of tables for a great evening meal on a warm night. Many of their menu items are from the grill and while they aren't truly French, quite tasty and well presented. We tried the beef fillet (very good) and the grilled chicken skewer (delightful spices) and of course a half bottle of a local wine (yum!) followed by profiteroles (definitely not French but delicious) There were only two servers but they worked hard and did a good job keeping everyone supplied and happy. All in all a pleasant meal in a great setting.

This was a really great place for lunch. It didn't seem nearly as touristy as the other restaurants in St. Emilion, though we were only there for one meal so I don't have much to compare it to. To start, they provided a lovely amuse-bouche that was some kind of cold cucumber soup. A very nice touch. I ordered the fixed price menu which came with an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. I ordered the goat cheese salad as my appetizer. It was perfect - plenty of high quality goat cheese, a nice simple salad underneath, and a pleasant dressing. My sister ordered this as her whole meal; it's not nearly enough for a 6'3 guy like me, but she claimed she was satisfied. For my main course, I ordered the "salmon wrapped in vine leaves." The title is undoubtedly gimmicky, intended to lure in all of the tourists who are in St. Emilion only for the wine (guilty!) but it was still tasty. The sauce was mostly butter, so how can you go wrong - taste-wise, anyway? I wanted a simple dessert to save room for one of the bakeries elsewhere in the town, so I just ordered the sorbet. I was pleasantly surprised that even the sorbet was unique, quite possibly homemade. It came with two flavors, I believe they were raspberry and passionfruit, as well as some whipped cream. A great end to a great meal.

Wow. Just Wow. IMMENSE Value for the price. Almost every dish was perfect minus the meaty ones. They truly know how to make the flavors shine and even reinvented ways to eat RADISHES. A must if you're in St. Emilion and getting the "Inspiration Menu" was worth every penny. Two hours was nice pacing as well. The service looks so prestige! I just wish their explanations could be a bit better.