We both had beef. It was absolutely wonderful the service was wonderful and the restaurant is beautiful!

3.5 stars. Came with reservations on a weeknight which is recommended. The restaurant gets full without a reservation. Service was timely and ok. There is an old rustic cabin-homey feel to the restaurant. 1. Escargot - Tasty, flavorful, oily. Good! 2. Wagyu beef - On the pricier side. Good clean meat but not very special with the cook-it-yourself. Overall, this is a good place to try but not overly impressed. read more

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Overall the food was good. We sat down for a fun nice. We over ordered. Got the raclette with cheese and meats, this was delicious and overall a fun experience. After that is where it gets weird. When we started we ordered raclette, a fondue and steak. After 90 min we had someone come as for desert. We said we wanted the fondue and steak. They said no, it's too much food. We said we did t care and wanted to try everything. They then brought out the fondue and then stopped serving us. 45 more min went by. Wife walked out and left me there. 20 min later they came. I asked about steak and they said it was too much food. I said I wanted it. Someone else came by (assuming that the translation from French to English didn't go through) they said too much food. They would take my order. I asked for bill, skipped desert. Was $170 for that. 4+ stars for food 1 star for service 3 out of 5 stars overall read more

La Calèche - Raclette cheese - Fondue Near Me - Chamonix, 74

Our stroller was stolen while dining at La Calèche. This review is for the unacceptable attitude and behavior of restaurant manager when we brought the issue to his attention. We had a reservation at 18:30 when the restaurant first opened. We arrived on time when few others were there. The hostess at the front told us to park our stroller at the entryway of the restaurant (inside the main door where it should have been in sight of the hostess). When we were leaving, the stroller was no longer there. We notified the restaurant staff right away and when they didn't know what was happening we asked for the manager. The manager arrived and instead of speaking to us he seemed more concerned about greeting people who were coming in to the restaurant. After several minutes, I finally went to him and told him about the situation. He got defensive right away, and dismissively told us that there was nothing the restaurant can do, that they can't be responsible for strollers left in that area, that they can't monitor who grabs strollers etc. He also informed us that the restaurant does not have security cameras that cover that area. Here's my beef: had the restaurant staff warned us that they don't take responsibility for strollers left in the area that THEY DIRECTED US TO, we would have easily folded our stroller and taken it within our sight. The manager's main objective was not helping us but rather making us leave the hostess desk quickly. I challenged him a few times that he's doing nothing that would be expected in terms of decent customer service, yet he kept dismissing me and saying he won't accept any responsibility. In French, he was saying to the hostess "just take his contact information and send him off" without realizing I could understand it - extremely rude. I asked for his business card but his highness handed me the restaurant's business card instead. The food was very good (we had the raclette) and the service was decent as well. However the restaurant manager did horribly in terms of decency, customer service, and treating foreigners who just encountered a huge shock while in his place of business. read more

La Calèche - PARENTS DON'T LEAVE YOUR STROLLERS IN THIS AREA OR THEY WILL GET STOLEN - Fondue Near Me - Chamonix, 74

Boom, Boom, Boom, I had the La Caleche meal, started with the Savory Pie with cheese and Savoy ham...Pow, followed by the hearty beef stew...Bang, and the Tiramisu. Best Meal I Have Had in Two Weeks in France. Service not bad but not outstanding. The wine was Wonderful posted a pic. Bonjour read more

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The moment my party entered the door we knew we were in for a rough night. Now I am not squimish around cheese but the smell was overpowering. Seriously, it was the sort of smell that stuck in your hair and clothes - and it didn't help that the restraunt was hot and stuffy - and I'm not even mentioning how after being slapped in the face by this smell we were greeted by the strangest animatronic polar bears waving their paws at us. Under different circumstances I may have found this endearing but in the moment it felt like their furry little smiles were jeering at my party's entrapment. The service was effecient but disinterested and unremarkable at best - making multiple mistakes and even arguing with one of our party members after bringing him a drink he didn't order. All of this (besides the smell) however could have been overlooked if the food was decent - unfortunately it was not. The duck and escargot were subpar, the escargot was tasteless and rubbery and the duck was bland and greasy. But above all, the fish. The fish was rancid. I would have thought it was as old as the cheese but stored at a warmer temperature. This is the restraunt that inspired me to make a yelp account - and the fish was the dish that motivated me to write a review. I have felt sickly since this experience. All in all 1 star for food 1 star for ambiance (because of the cheese smell) 2 stars for service read more

We never actually got a chance to eat here, and now you couldn't pay me to. The unprofessional, unfriendly and truly rude experience in trying to book a table was an insult. On December 7, I completed the online contact section of their website, requesting a table for January 2nd for 5 people (almost a month in advance). All the details were added and sent, and a note popped up saying the request had been received. Almost a month later I turn up at the restaurant to be told my booking was not confirmed, and there was no availability. To make a reservation I should please use the online booking system!!??!? The next day I walked by, thought I'd pop in to make a reservation. The man at the door blocked the entrance, and told me to email if I wanted a booking, as the online system wasn't working. He then smiled at me in the most f-u, patronising way and couldn't care less when I explained that I had now used the online system, and called and visited in person to get a table. Typical French service, which we have experienced on repeat throughout Chamonix. read more

Cheese as it should be experienced. Pure, melted, cheesy cheese. We went here two nights in a row, first night we got the 3-cheese fondue which was amazing and so satisfying. Night two we did the the raclette (half a wheel of cheese with a heater on top which, once fully heated, you scrape off the melted cheese onto some boiled potatoes) which finished me off right. We topped the piles of perfectly melted cheesy potatoes with some cornishons and prosciutto and voila! *-- Don't forget to drink lots of red wine with these meals, it helps break down the cheese in your stomach so you aren't left with a clog of solid cheese the next morning, if you catch my drift.--* The service was super friendly and an efficient. The decor in the place is way over the top... Like bordering on hoarder status. However it is an experience that you'll never have anywhere else so just enjoy it. After eating here, I could leave the French alps with honor. read more

La Calèche - Raclette with all the accoutrement. - Fondue Near Me - Chamonix, 74

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We went here with a group and preset menu this week. Quiche was excellent. But we had a meat ( possibly pork)and potatoes (AGAIN) and no one thought it was very good. Dessert was a very dry sponge cake with some raspberries. Hopefully the rest of menu is better. I walked by the next day and it was crowded like every place since it was marathon weekend. Service was very good! read more

This a very charming restaurant with a lovely atmosphere. The decor and the melted cheese aroma is responsible for a romantic and vintage experience. We had fondue, steak tartare and Black Forest cake. All were very tasty. The waiter was also very friendly. read more

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Really cool antique collection ...if you love cheese, this is the place ... wish they had apples and pears for the raclette , but great place and wine selection read more

Great food and fantastic services. The restaurant decorations are interesting and unique. We tried the fondue, raclette and several dishes and all were delicious! Location is fantastic read more

French Alps dining at its best! This spot has a very traditional menu, charcuterie- fondue - potatoes... it is exactly what one should enjoy while in Chamonix - wonderful experience! read more

While the decor is a bit eccentric, which may be a bit of an understatement, everything else was perfect. After dining out for several days in a row now, this felt like an authentically French atmosphere. And the wait staff ~ rarely does a person witness such efficiency at such speed. Our waitress' English was broken, but adequate and we're in France! I'd prefer it that way. Finally ~ the food ~ it was the best meal we've enjoyed thus far! read more

La Calèche - Fondue Near Me - Chamonix, 74

Mickael our server from Cannes France wins Server of Chamonix hands down! What a fantastic experience! He not only gave us but the other guests he served a wonderful culinary journey. He is truly interested in having guests have the best experience of local cuisine. The food and the ambience is fabulous and unique. I will remember this dining experience forever. Très romantique read more

Food: The main attraction here, the raclette was amazing. The whole restaurant smells heavily of this cheese though and may overpower some. The ribs were not slow cooked, as they should be, and seemed to be more of a roast or tri-tip cut. The veggies also appeared to be of the frozen variety and not very flavorful. Ambiance: Amazing ambiance. Copper pots line the walls and the whole restaurant has a definite chalet vibe to it. There is underground seating as well which imparts a very cozy vibe in winter. Service: our waiter was attentive, patient, and friendly. The raclette device comes with no instruction though so if you aren't familiar with it make sure and watch the other patrons to see how it's done. read more

Great service, great food, inside and out. Ordered fondue on the street side, and it was delicious!! The best yet on our Swiss trip. Service was fantastic. So much so, that we came back on the second night, and sat in the charming, cozy, very eclectic inside. Ordered raclette and it was so good!! Ask for pickles. Highly recommend. read more

La Calèche - Raclette!!! So good! - Fondue Near Me - Chamonix, 74

Very attentive service and interesting cabinesque decor. Our favorites were the beef stew and potatoes dauphinoise.

Love this place! I come here every year I visit Chamonix. Great food. I love the fried cheese in particular! Great warm ambiance.

One of the restaurants that came highly recommended by several sources and it did not disappoint. Sounds like it's an absolute must in Chamonix for a classical Savoyard meal. Highly recommend making reservations as this place does get quite busy. They have a huge selection but it worked out well since we were a party of 4 and ordered the set menu with the fondue and grilled meat to share. They easily accommodated us by ordering a couple of selections from the slightly cheaper menu. Everything was delicious and finished off with a good variety of desserts. My favorite was the pineapple carpaccio. read more

Great place! Much better than Monchu. Fondue is excellent. Staff is nice. I Highly recommend. read more

We went there to eat fondue and we were not disappointed. First of all, their fondue (to be shared by 2 persons), is excellent, they use great ingredients. They also have menus, which are good deals and offer a variety of local specialities. Ingredients are crazy good and preparation is great. Keep some room for desert, they are awesome as well. Besides the food, we loved the ambience and traditional decoration and service is perfect. Waiter was pleasant and patient, the whole staff was extremely nice and genuinely cared about us. I don't give 5 stars easily but they totally deserve it. read more

This restaurant was recommended to us to enjoy some original French food including raclette and fondue. We were very excited being on our ski Vacation to try this restaurant. Our waitress Analise gave us a less than enjoyable experience. She offered no guidance to the menu, forgetting to bring us water after requesting multiple times and forgot to bring us one of our entrees, with only an oops- sorry as a response. She was clearly uninterested in her job with a sour look to her face. I can see where this restaurant has a lot to offer however our waitress didn't give us the opportunity to enjoy. Maybe request a table far from Analise- upstairs. read more

Went here during half term with our children. Definitely make a reservation. It's in the heart of the town and feels very authentic. It was a mix of locals and tourists. Great atmosphere and excellent traditional food. Loved the fondue and raclette. read more

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La Caleche was recommended by the front desk attendant at the Mercure hotel...and she was spot on. The Caesar salad was nicely prepared and the three-cheese fondue was absolutely amazing. I usually don't do fondue, however it was to die for. After a few days in Nice and Bordeaux, I decided to do wine by the glass and the whites were quite good and reasonably priced. The service was also very good! I would definitely go back!! read more

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The food was fine, but our waiter had the absolute worst and disgusting body odor you could smell across the room. Nothing ruins your meal more than every time he walks by or reaches into your table to get flooded with the nauseating cloud of his body odor... and the bug that crawled onto our table mid meal didn't help either. read more

Recommended as the most iconic restaurant in Chamonix. The decor is really cute, all kinds of fun items hanging on the ceiling and walls. The fondue was delicious! Very authentic. We did not try the raclette but that looked very authentic as well. Reservations are recommended. This place is a must visit! read more

Nice atmosphere, we had fondue for 3, service took a while, on account of wait staff forgetting our order.

we were able to get in on a saturday night without a reservation at 630p! what! we did not go in for the (popular) fondue, but our starters and salmon and scallops entrees were wonderful! decor is fantastic as well. read more

We were a party of ten and we got a variety of dishes. I had a pre fixe dinner that included french onion soup and a chicken that was really delightful. We did have three vegan eaters in our group and this was a totally foreign concept to the servers. Understandable, but there was a long debate about whether or not Risotto should have cheese or not, and our diners ended up getting plates of salad. read more

Cozy restaurant, but overpriced and got food poisoning!! Came here on our first night in Chamonix, and spent the next two days in bed from the food poisoning. Ruined our ski trip! Do not get the tartiflette or veal! read more

The waitress and manager refused to compensate the mistake that they made ordering two of the same entrees (fondue) - extremely condescending. Double charged us! Service was also shitty. read more

Great meal here on our first night in Chamonix. Fondue was delicious and staff very friendly. read more

Cheesy? YES, Touristy? YES.... Worth it? YES! If you want to fall into a tourist trap kinda place, but want good food? Here you go! Have never been dissappointed, and still love the decor! Yes it's completly "little house on the prairie" and totally "kitch"....some of the clutter could be dusted better.... but I love this place! Just go for the Savoyard classics and you can't fail! read more

I wrote this on the trip advisor, but I know most people use yelp instead of trip advisor and I wanted to let people know about my experience. The waitress was so nice so even though she messed up I wouldn't say anything bad about her. But the guy who was behind the bar and the girl wearing black uniform (who I assumed was the manager) were horrible. Their attitude was so repulsive and disgusting and their reasoning was as if they had no brains. I would never return to such a restaurant run by these kinds of low quality people. Customers don't deserve to be served by people who look down on customers. Just stay away form that place. I went in with my family, we reserved a table for three for 2PM. I asked them if we get there early, would we be able to sit and that manager was like sure, if we have a table available. So we got there 10 minutes early... she's like, oh wait just 2 minutes... we waited like 10 minutes. I asked again and she's like... just 2 more minutes. I guess they think that 2 minutes means 15 minutes since we got our seat at 2:05 PM. But unlike most restaurants, this manager leads us to our seats and doesn't come back until 10 minutes later to give us our menus (although it wasn't that full, it's 2PM for god's sake). I mean, do you think we're there to enjoy the ceiling with empty stomaches? It's not like we're there to chew on your tables and call it a meal! The waitress came 10 minutes later to get our order and asked if we wanted the appetizer and the main together. We said yes. But only the soup comes out and no main.... We waited for 40 minutes (after pressing them 3 times that we haven't gotten our orders) and then we were late for a meeting with a family friend so we were going to cancel the order. Friggin manager says it's coming, it's out, and tells us we can't cancel the meal. The guy behind the bar is like "making food takes time" in a really rude voice, and the manager comes to us and she's saying in a very condescending tone that it takes 10 minutes to prepare each of the dishes. So, I guess they have no brains since (obviously), 10 minute-dishes would not take 40 minutes to come out since they have been ordered. The manners of those people were so disgusting and repulsive that, although I am a very passive and non-agressive person, I wrote my first review on a restaurant. I was very disappointed and very angry. read more

Thank god for decent bottle of Burgundy, that was the only saving grace for what was surreal experience in dining terms. Having visited this restaurant several times a year for the last 20 years tonight felt like a completely different restaurant. It must be quite unusual for a restaurant manager to say " please carry on and put your little review on trip-advisor...I don't care" is this the type of response one should expect when trying to explain how things havn't gone as well as they should have on this this particular evening. To start with we asked for a jug of water three times before it arrived. We then asked for a carafe or a decanter for the slightly youthful red to help it breath while we drank a glass of white. We were told that wasn't available in this restaurant. Unfortunately one of our party of three fell ill, and had to leave, he actually went and threw up outside. A subsequent phone call assured that the salmon he had consumed was not right, though all three of us had the same so that's a maybe. The hot stones had been requested for the main course by two of the party. The main course arrived almost as soon as we had finished the starter. It definitely felt like wee were a commodity hogging the table. The stones were presented with the meat and burners were lit. My cutlery was pretty well thrown at me, which at this stage I was still accepting with amusement. Unfortunately the burners seemed ineffective and after a while it was apparent that they had gone out. Having tried to get some attention for quite a while I tried to ask two separate members of staff the first help, the first was the receptionist who waved we away very aloofly, the second was a waitress who simply said she didn't understand what I was on about, u would have thought it was in her interest to find out but she just walked away. Finally we attracted the attention of one of the waiters who was quite rude not listening at all to our disappointment and simply picked up the stones and walked off mumbling, totally unconcerned that we were dumbfounded, he did tell the manager there was a problem as we had insisted we were not happy. The manager arrived and offered to wipe the cost of the stones from the bill. We tried to explain that the issues were broader but he arrogantly dismissed our claims, suggesting that our expectations of service were totally inappropriate as the restaurant was extremely full. No apology was given, and that was first and foremost what we wanted....Spoilt our evening. read more