Nendaz Mountain Restaurants

Nendaz has a lot of self-service options but it is worth booking ahead in the best mountain restaurants. The difference in price of basic dishes does not vary much.

There is a Tardis-like restaurant at the top of Tracouet seating over 300 in the self-service part and around 80 in the staffed part on the first floor. There are also sun terraces. Four more self-service restaurants in the vicinity are Combatzeline, Plan du Fou, Col De Gentianes, and Chotte de Tortin. See the Télenendaz site for more info on these.

For table service and probably better value for money food, book into Les Chottes (Phone: +41 79 652 45 42), a rustic barn-style restaurant next to the T-bar of the same name in the slopes above Veyonnaz. The portions of Swiss cuisine are enormous and there’s seating under the eaves on a tiny mezzanine.

Cabane Mont Fort (Phone: +41 27 778 13 84), on the way down from Col des Gentianes, is a slice of old-fashioned alpine charm with a gorgeous panoramic terrace and the most reasonably priced lunch options to be found. Everything from soups and paninis to burgers. And they do a delicious apple tart.

If you are staying locally, Les Etagnes (Phone: +41 (0) 27 5659000), conveniently just above the entrance to the Tracouet bubble in Nendaz, is a restaurant with tempting two course lunchtime offers and high quality food.

Further afield, there’s a good pizzeria with a wood-burning oven at the bottom of the slopes in Veyonnaz and Les Marmottes (Phone: +41 27 771 6834) and Namasté (Phone: +41 27 771 57 73) are both good options on Savolyeres on the slope facing Verbier.