Flaine Mountain Restaurants

Flaine’s mountain restaurants are fairly standard, and our selection of Flaine’s best mountain restaurants is included below, but if you really have had enough of Flaine’s dreary architecture and simply want a blow-out lunch then Samoens or Les Carroz is the place to head for. Favourites include the trendy Milk Hotel (www.milkhotel.fr, +33 6 17 77 70 23), which uses simple, fresh ingredients in an elegant way. There is also the 4* Les Servages d’Armelle (www.servages.com, +33 4 50 90 01 62), where you’ll be eating the likes of blue lobster in tarragon butter. Both have sublime sun terraces.

Gite du Lac de Gers, Flaine

At the intersection of the Les Cascades and La Pepiniere blues there is a telephone attached to a banner board. Ring it and if you have booked a skidoo one will come and tow up to eight skiers to the delightful Gite du Lac de Gers overlooking the frozen Lac de Gers. Tel: +33 4 50 89 55 14

L’Ancolie, Flaine

L’Ancolie is based in Hameau de Flaine and fits into its surroundings. It is fair classier than most of the restaurants in resort but you pay for it, too. L’Ancolie has a roaring log fire in the middle of the stripped wood restaurant but is also very child friendly. The food is unashamedly Savoyard and the cheese board is to die for. Tel: +33 4 50 90 87 94

Le Desert Blanc, Flaine

Le Desert Blanc is a fair self-service restaurant with the best sun terrace in resort that faces Mont Blanc. It is located at the top of the Grand Plattieres gondola. The restaurant’s position gives the staff the opportunity to be slack, which they are not and the food is solid if not world-beating. It’s also a great place for a beer in the sun. Tel: +33 4 50 90 82 09

Le Bissac, Flaine

Le Bissac is one of the better self-service restaurants in Flaine. It is located basically in Flaine Foret, near the bottom of the Petit Balacha lift. If you reserve a table you can get waiter service in the restaurant that serves hot dishes such as Faux-Filet or roast lamb with gratin dauphinois and vegetables of the day.  Tel: +33 4 50 90 81 32

Les Chalets du Michet, Flaine

L’Eloge is attached to Les Chalets du Michet at Flaine Forum and is the fast-food brother to Les Chalets du Michet,  an old shepherd’s hut which specialises in Savoyard food. L’Eloge is cheap and relatively cheerful with croque monsieur, lasagnes and soups, while Les Chalets du Michet has all the usual Savoyard suspects such as pierre chaud, raclette, fondue and Tariflette. As the restaurant is open a night, they offer a special discount if you eat there twice in one day. Tel: +33 4 50 90 80 08

La Casade, Flaine

La Cascade is scarcely a mountain restaurant as is lies on the Azurite red almost in Flaine itself. Although it is a restaurant, it is in fact a hotel, also. To be fair, the evening menu far outstrips that at lunch but there is a decent sun terrace and it is convenient to get to being just 300m from town. Tel: +33 4 50 90 87 66

Restaurant Chalets Les Molliets, Le Carroz

Chalets Les Molliets is not strictly in Flaine, but in next door Les Carroz but is well worth the trip. A rustic wooden hut, it takes big groups well and although it can get a little crowed inside that creates a great atmosphere, if you like meeting new people. Staff turnover is low, with the staff having been employed for many years and the steaks and excellent deserts keep skiers coming back to the sweeping sun terrace for years. Ask for the Fera, a fish that is caught in Lac Leman. Tel: +33 50 90 05 09

L’Igloo, Morillon

L’Igloo is located in the brilliant Marvel green above Morillon, which means it is perfect for the whole family to eat together at lunch. It is perfect for those cold days, as it is a very welcoming mountain restaurant. Dishes are more simple than in most places in Flaine, but dishes such as Reblochon quiche and homemade vegetable soup are wholesome, filling, cheap and delicious. Tel: +33 50 90 14 31