Restaurants French Alps

This pleasant inn celebrates quality regional fare in a generous style. Regulars are particularly partial to the sanguins - mushrooms in oil and vinegar - a house speciality.

This contemporary-style restaurant is keen to showcase local products. It serves simple yet elegant cuisine (such as roast pork with crozets - a type of local pasta), which is a great hit in Chamonix.

A traditional restaurant of a kind rarely seen nowadays, where you will be tempted by everything on the menu. Dishes include oxtail terrine, veal's head cooked in traditional style, and slices of home-produced ham. The restaurant employs a qualified ..

This unostentatious restaurant delights its guests with delicious, traditional cuisine. It is served in a typical mountain setting with snow outside and a warming fire within. Savoie specialities take pride of place in the 'carnotzet' on the ground f..

This aptly named, imposing chalet enjoys a sunny location in the valley. The cuisine focuses on traditional Alpine fare, including delicious Tomme cheeses made in the valley and charcuterie salted and dried by the owner himself.

They really know what they are doing in the kitchen! First rate ingredients, skilful preparation and plenty of sophistication and character. Savour the delicious food in a setting that exudes a cosy Alpine feel.

This restaurant has a decor evoking a 16C vaulted dining room with flagstones and wrought iron furniture. Tasty, modern cuisine prepared using produce from the local area. Pleasant rooms upstairs for a stopover.

A convivial atmosphere, good choice of unpretentious, enjoyable wines, as well as tasty and generous market sourced cuisine of Provencal inspiration. All chalked up on the slate. A memorable culinary experience guaranteed!

Snails cassoulet, dandelion salad with fillets of smoked féra, calf's head or homemade meringues and cream: this Capuchin has a weakness for good home cooking, all at reasonable prices.

Pleasant restaurant situated near the town hall. Two simple rustic rooms, one with a vaulted ceiling. Tasty southern cuisine and a fine wine list.

This chic, designer neo-bistro is a great place and has already won favour with local foodies. It has a style of cooking that goes against the grain. It brings innovation to local cuisine, always with a certain lightheartedness, quality ingredients a..

The views are magnificent, whether from the terrace or the dining room! Rather traditional French cuisine is served, such as the pot-au-feu, perfumed and mouthwatering and served in a little casserole pot. Authentic and good quality.

In this charming rustic mill (note the old machinery), diners enjoy generous regional fare. Try the house foie gras, local lamb, vegetables from the garden or trout from the tank. Don't miss the little fried honeyed dumplings that are a local special..

This restaurant in the heart of the verdant Champsaur has a decor blending wood, stone and glass. Meticulously prepared cuisine, ranging from traditional dishes to regional specialities. Modest guestrooms for an overnight stay.

You can't miss this characteristic chalet and its handsome Alpine woodwork on the road to the Diosaz gorges. The establishment is popular for the chef's generous, flavoursome cooking, mixing seasonal produce with regional twists. Stay overnight in on..

A small regionally appointed establishment, ideally located for walks in the Mercantour hillsides. The food is tastily regional, well-prepared and reasonably priced. Eminently hospitable and modest but well-kept rooms for overnight stays.

Take a deep breath and jump into Lake Leman. The view is of course superlative but the chef also concocts a culinary repertory anchored in fish from the lake and deliciously tasty regional dishes.

This charming mill situated on the banks of the Guisane is run by a Franco-Australian couple who are both real food enthusiasts. The wife prepares tasty seasonal dishes, while the husband is responsible for the delicious pastries.

Tartine of mullet, tongue with horseradish sauce -the hearty bistro cuisine, with some southern French accents, has foodies hooked. Antoine has a great success on his hands!

The owner of this appealing bistro is a true food enthusiast who cheerily upholds his art. He prepares fine Provencal cuisine, along with some more everyday populist options. No telephone and payment in cash.