I discovered this place while writing a chapter for a guidebook on small inns. It does not look like much from the outside. But the rooms are museum pieces of old Swiss chalet life. Arolla pine walls and ceilings, featherbeds, antiques. And everywhere it all feels real.
The family lives there and you will see the grandchildren running around. The views are naturally great. You can walk to the nearby botanical gardens or visit an underground Swiss artillery fort from ww2 just a few steps away. Down in the village is the lake with boats for hire and ski lifts.
This is a simple old fashioned inn with excellent cooking of the bourgeois style by the owner and his wife. The guy has his own cows and shoots his own game. It is not at all pretentious but people from Geneva have made sure it is far from unknown.
I ate there at Easter and there was no crowding at all. The restaurant is very simple, a large room with big glass windows for seeing the views.
I have sent several friends here for romantic weekends and anniversaries and they all loved it, because it is unique. It is not for high maintenance types looking for a five star hotel. But in this day and age it is a revelation, to me, to find something so authentic and flat out charming.
Rooms are small and each is different, most with balconies. They have put tv in the rooms now. Be warned that it is very simple. The owner is a big guy, rather shy and their daughter now takes a hand in running the inn.
Check the prices but a room should run about 150 dollars, less than half what you pay in nearby Verbier read more
