ro·bo

Rating: 12
Author: Gault&Millau

24290 MONTIGNAC

12/20
Gourmet Restaurant

5 PHOTOS

Cooking: French | Gastronomic | Modern
Style: Elegant | Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

70 to 90

Gault&Millau's review 2026

Nick Honeyman's second and new address in France, ro-bo (an allusion to the dog, Robot, who indirectly helped find the Lascaux paintings), this restaurant has a lot of assets and a lot of charm. A superb Périgourdine house that is already one of the region's finest hotels, and the restaurant, entrusted to the dynamic South African-born New Zealand chef, also has a lot of cachet: vaulted room, thick stonework, large fireplace, bread oven, remarkable authentic decor... In this context, everything that works well, imposed hidden menu ("it's the surprise"), numerous ingredients, local or exotic, mixed flavors, seduce a tourist and local public. Borrèze trout in small cubes disappears under its veil, mixed with carrot, apple, wasabi and koji; the lean ginger bell pepper shiitake is simpler, as is the breast of duck from Pélégris, quite firm, creamy black garlic teriyaki butternut gnocchi, before the strawberry cardamom granny pepper, a fresh, seasonal dessert. Very good bread from the Peyrignac bakery, a rather interesting cellar for its variety, rather classic in its choices and commented on without much knowledge.