Châtel
La Reserve

La Reserve

69 route du Centre, 74390 Chatel, Abondance, France, Châtel

Français • Européen • Les Végétariens Bienvenus


"Bottom line my worst experience in a full week of dinners in Avoriaz, by far. Both on food and especially on service! First of all we had the impression they were a Michelin restaurant if this is a Michelin restaurant, we can give up on Michelin. However it seems it 's a sign from 2020, they didn 't get it since, so it 's of little meaning beyond misleading customers. We reserved 4 days in advance, on arrival we got 2 separated tables, with one being limited to just an hour and 45 minutes. That table was served with urgency, while ours took a super long time to get food 2 kids portions (pasta with nothing and pasta with cheese) took over an hour an a half we had to ask 2 separate waiters until they got it to us... Entrees some were good, some were OK. Main courses we took one special (45 days salted ribs) and a duck based course with truffles the ribs were nice, kids even took some. The duck was absolutely tasteless, we ate a tiny piece of it and nobody in a group of 9 wanted to touch it. The waiter in a very French way said must be too much taste for you the truffles , even after I said I love truffles and none of us felt any taste of truffles, it was basically a shepherd 's pie with duck at the bottom and barely any taste to the duck meat. Even bathrooms are pretty but not maintained at all bin is obstructed, toilet paper is the cheapest I 've seen in any restaurant, here or anywhere. If you insist on going, I recommend the duck foie gras and the Burratta of the entrees, and the lamb. Everything else was super high priced, tasteless, or both. Honestly no idea how this restaurant has such a score, I would never come back. All of this for a pretty ridiculous price of a high society restaurant, as they like to think of themselves.. We came back to the white fountain (Fontaines blanches) to the best dinner we had during our stay.."

Le Fiacre

Le Fiacre

32 route du Centre, 74390 Chatel, Abondance, France, Châtel

Pizza • Barres • Français • Végétarien


"we recently visited this amazing restaurant, while on a ski holiday with my family and friends to celebrate the birthday of my friend. we decided that this restaurant would be the best place to visit such a great birthday that has come every year for the years, since chatel and has never been left behind. the service was friendly and friendly and the staff immediately recognized my family and we sat immediately. we found the menu had been reduced due to covid, but there were still a lot of delicious options on the menu. one of my friends drinks mainly apfelwein and was a little disappointed not to have available apfel wine options, but this was only a small inconvenience and was able to order a spirit instead. as drinks arrived, the waiter had missed a beer from our order, but was quick to fix the problem, another directly over. the beer was very flat, but that seemed to be the same wherever we went in the village, maybe the French are not as fussy as the English! the waiter took our food order very shortly after closing our menus and free starters came out quickly. our main courses were absolutely amazing! the chips were the best I ever had. the burger was ordered to taste the customers something I have never seen and cooked to perfection. the duck and steaks were also absolutely amazing. the only part in the meal was that we had asked the staff to dissert a special for our friend whose birthday it was and they forgot to bring this with the desserts, but they brought this quickly after all the staff who sings happy birthday. at the end of our meal we enjoyed a shot genepi and paid at the bar. I think the manager was called amelie and she was brilliant and offered us a nice time for the birthday of our friend. we will come back in every case next year!"

Restaurant Le Cerf

Restaurant Le Cerf

94 Chemin de l Etringa, 74390 Chatel, Abondance, France, Châtel

Viande • Poisson • Fromage • Français


"We turned up at the hotel only to be told that they could not find our booking which I had made on the telephone some days in advance. I was worried that they would turn us away but the lady on reception was most hospitable...and worked quickly to explain the format for the evening and to find us a table. The restaurant was lively and busy with guests but the staff were most welcoming and looked after us with exceptional care and attention. We thought the menu for the evening was rather over priced at euros per person and were expecting something more exciting than we were given. The menu was a strange mixture of different tastes and thankfully not Savoyade, as cheese and ham can get very repetiitve. But the food was cold and tasteless and I felt as if the pudding had been thrown together at the last moment because we were extra to their original numbers. The wines were excellent and the champagne included in the price was good.There was a disco in the bar once the meal had been completed but after one dance the DJ seemed to have no idea what sort of audience he was catering for and we left shortly after midnight. I would recommend the hotel food because we have eaten here before and it is different from the usual run of the mill restaurants in Chatel. The staff are also delightful and caring. We will not however be returning for the New Years Eve dinner in the future as it was very over priced."