What a vibe! Definitely make a reservation ahead of time. Super cozy and upscale cabin-like, but…read morealso upscale. Wine menu is great, as you would expect in France. We really enjoyed the ambiance, and it's perfect for a date. The chef and servers were very accommodating about my lactose intolerance (augh! such an obstacle in France sitting next to people eating fondue haha!) and they even brought a special dessert for me (mango, delightful). Thank you to the staff at La Baraque for a romantic and magical evening in the Alps.

Stunning food. Extremely tasty stuff…read more Very attentive staff. Will definitely go back if had the opportunity. The deserts were to die for. Went on part of an event. Even accommodated for the vegetarians in the group but making a completely different meal then just giving a bigger portion of the veg as other places did locally. Love this place.

We stayed in the apartments above this restaurant so ended up eating here 3 separate times. The…read morestaff are very friendly & accommodating & the food is delicious! They were even able to accommodate a table for 16 people for us with only 2 days notice! It is a very small restaurant so either come early or make a reservation.

On our recent ski trip to Val disere my gf and I stopped in for French onion soup and a glass of…read morewine in between runs. Their French onion soup is unlike the typical. It's deconstructed! The cheese comes on the side. We loved it! So we decide the make ressies to come back for dinner on Wednesday when the chalet staff was off. Our party of 6 shows up for our ressie and it turns out they screwed up or ressie and didn't have a table for us for two hours! To our rescue was Damièn who was the owners son. He recognized the staff mistake and did what he could to get us a ressie at another resto (since this was a tiny resto we would have literally had to wait two hours for the next free table) within 45 minutes. While he was making calls to other restos, he had his staff make sure we had glasses filled with good wine and gave us two amazing charcuterie plates filed to the brim with meats and cheese et al at the BAR. We would have stayed there but it was a bit cramped for 6 of us! He managed to get us a table at a nearby equally good resto so we left. But when we ce back a few days later for lunch was the the crew he remembered us and make sure we got round of drinks on the house once seated. We ended up ordering all the things we wanted to try and everything was magnifique! Thanks for your warm hospitality good food and amazing service! Til next ski season!

From the owner: Au pied des pistes Adossé au Vieux village et au pied des pistes, le restaurant La grande Ourse…read morevous accueille été comme hiver sur sa grande terrasse panoramique ou au pied de sa cheminée. Depuis 1936, le restaurant se situe dans un beau et grand chalet blanc ce qui donne un cadre chaleureux. Le chef Philippe Debize propose un menu qui change chaque semaine ainsi que des suggestions du jour qui font la part belle à la cuisine française.

Without a reservation, the host was happily willing to seat us. The fondue and onion soup was very…read moredelicious. Will visit again

Food was really good as well as the environmemt. Service was uneven, while somr personnell was very…read moreprofessional others were very stressed. The raclette and fondue was amazing!

As soon as you walk into this place, you can feel the love and heart that is in this business. The…read morepizza chef is loud but hearty and greets everyone. He had two children behind the counter with him making pizzas when we first walked in and you could tell that the experience of hand making pizzas was something very special to them. They later took the pizzas to their parents' table to enjoy the fruits of their experience. The place is small so we had to wait, but one of the waitresses was quick to offer us drink options while we waited. We were able to enjoy some wine during our 10 minute wait. The food prices are very reasonable and the quality is top notch! We had the caprese appetizer, the pizza + and the spaghetti bolognese. It was all very delicious. We are so happy we came here during our trip because it felt like a local's experience and not one of those commercial places.

This is a great typical savoyard restaurant that doesn't pretend too much but just gets it right…read more The entrance is a small tunnel with wood all over and looks a little bit like a mine shaft. It makes the interior feel even more cosy and warm. The menu is filled with the classic meat and cheese choices you would expect from that kind of place but they do it very well and with a light modern twist. In fact the fillet de boeuf I had was the best I have had this year... so far ;) It was incredibly tasty and cooked to perfection: it just melted in my mouth. And the wine list is filled with good vintages.

Unassuming from the front, the interior of Underground really does have the wow factor. It's open…read moreplan yet divided up into distinct sections, each one has either a stand out architectural feature of just some well selected pieces of interior design. It feels big and roomy and there are plenty of comfy seating areas to chill out in. Big screen TVs were showing sport when I visited. Underground certainly has an air of decadence about it, in keeping with the expectation of Val D'Isère. Swing by and check it out, it was one of my better finds while in town.

Awesome apres place in town serving reasonably priced bar food and drinks. They have a great happy…read morehour where you either get 2 for 1 or a free shot with your drink. Place gets very crowded when the live music starts so get there early to make sure you can get a table if you want one. In case you can't find it, it's just to the left of Le Casserole off the Main Street in Val D'Isere.

Everything was perfect from atmosphere to service and food. This place is a hidden gym in Val…read mored'Isère!

Who can say NO to michelin lunch especially if your chalet is literally right next to it?! I think…read morethe food gods were calling our ski crew when we were magically placed ten feet between the entrance of this amazing joint and our home for the week! We managed to enjoy our last day here with an amazing 29 euro prix fix lunch! The quality of the food was super fresh. Lynch was in the more casual cafe area of this restaurant. Dinner is upstairs in the fancier dining room. But this is perfect because for lunch most people are rolling in casual either partly in ski gear or in jeans. The duck rillette that I had came in a jar and was so tasty esp with the perfect baguette. There was a decent amount to choose from in the lunch menu. We paired it with an excellent bottle of Beaujolais! Definitely want to come back for the tasting menu dinner the next time we're in Val D'Isere. This is the reason why we come back year after to year to ski in the French Alps.

From the owner: Haute gastronomie ! L'Atelier d'Edmond se situe au pied des pistes du Fornet-Pissaillas, à 2km de…read moreVal d'Isère, direction Col de l'Iseran. De sa terrasse ensoleillée on peut profiter de la vue sur le typique village du Fornet. Côté décoration, on découvre une atmosphère dans le pur style chalet de montagne, aussi raffinée que chaleureuse. Aux fourneaux, Régis Marcon et Benoit Vidal proposent une cuisine gourmande à base de produits naturels. Laissez-vous envoûter par le Marbré de foie gras de canard mi-cuit en fine gelée à l'arabica façon opéra, le Dos de barbue cuit sur l'arête, mosaïque au bœuf d'alpage séché et gnocchis de Mona Lisa, coulis de cresson à l'huile de pistache grillée ou encore la Poitrine de pigeon mi-fumée aux pralines de cèpes, jus mixé de ses abats aux fèves de cacao et toast de pommes de terre au beaufort et ventrèche. De la haute gastronomie aux pieds des pistes.

La Folie Douce is the go-to place for Apres partying in the Alps. In my review of La Folie Douce at…read moreVal Thorens, I wrote that getting bottle service here would be refreshing for any American sick of sneaky upsells, snooty staff, and fees piled on top of fees. I found this to still be true at the Val D'Isere (Tignes) location, though this location is lackadaisical perhaps to a fault. If you are trying to book a VIP table (for which no minimum is listed but would generally be understood to be about 500 euro), you want to use the online form for "La Veranda." The main differences in setup here compared to VT are that the elevated VIP section here is split into an outside portion (4 tables) and an inside-ish portion (6 tables?). The outside portion doesn't have a direct line of sight to the DJ booth. Also, you can't order food here. We ordered burgers from the grill (which were delicious) and ate them before coming up. I would have loved the oysters (etc) that I enjoyed at VT instead. The one *positive* difference is that there is more space here and there is a stage for live performances, which is really cool to witness even if you're just skiing past. The bottle menu is not particularly expensive and there are no hidden fees. Service was great and the party went until 5pm. One thing I found weird here was that in the inner VIP area, there was a family of 20+ with children (not just under 18 but also much younger). It was surprising that the kids were allowed in to begin with, but they were also allowed to commingle with the dance floor and with the outer VIP area. Other weird thing was that we wanted to purchase one more bottle before last call. My friend got tricked into buying a magnum with the classic "we're all out of 750s." Though the staff was friendly in their parting, they didn't really provide any instructions as to getting down the mountain or anything and we found the bouncers to be rather cold when it came to the end of the day (big difference from Cloud 9 and others).

Great fun. Great burgers. The world's best views. You should try to get here !!! And the onion soup…read morewas fantastic too.