Villars Mountain Restaurants

The quality of the mountain restaurants above Villars is good news, but they’re often very well subscribed and in high season need to be booked. A great lunch can be had at the Golf, where there’s just one sitting so you can time lunch to suit your ski plans. The chef picks up the day’s ingredients down in the valley each morning, so the day’s special is always good. Most of the other (non self-service) restaurants have two sittings and at set times.

A recent  addition to the on-mountain dining possibilities is L’Etable.  The restaurant has been built into a converted stable and people are travelling from near and far to eat here.  Located just above the Sodoleuvre lift station on the way up to Les Chaux, L’Etable is easiest to reach on skis.  But it’s also accessible to non-skiers and the effort is well worthwhile.

More functional and with higher capacity, the restaurant and self-service at Les Chaux is in a big well appointed timber building which even has facilities for disabled skiers. The self-service has a raised enclosed fire round which you can sit on high stools to eat.

There are plenty more options at Bretaye – L’Hotel du Lac with a south facing terrace and the  recently opened Cookie Cafe for instance.

Mountain restaurants

Auberge du Col de Soud Tel :  +41 24 495 26 40
L’Etable Tel : +41 24 498 40 06
Hotel du Lac de Bretaye Tel :  +41 24 495 21 92
Hotel Restaurant des Chaux Tel :  +41 24 498 11 87
Refuge de Frience Tel :  +41 24 498 14 26
Refuge de Solalex Tel :  +41 24 498 27 09
Refuge de Taveyanne Tel :  +41 24 498 19 47
Refuge de la Tour Tel :  +41 24 498 11 47
Refuge Giacomini Tel :  +41 24 498 22 95
Restaurant du Club House du Golf du Villars Tel :  +41 24 495 78 37
Restaurant du Col de Bretaye Tel :  +41 24 495 21 94
Restaurant du Lac des Chavonnes Tel :  +41 24 495 21 31
Restaurant du Roc d’Orsay Tel :  +41 24 495 28 14
Restaurant-Fromagerie Les Mazots Tel :  +41 24 492 10 23