Val-d'Isère
La Table Des Neiges

La Table Des Neiges

Hotel Le Tsanteleina, 73150, Val-d'Isère, France

Kebab • Pizza • Asiatique • Végétarien


"We were staying at the Tsanteleina for Christmas and thought we ought to eat at least once in the restaurant (other than for breakfast). Christmas Eve seemed a good idea as we wouldn't have far back to our beds! We started off with drinks in the stylish bar before being shown to a great table. Admittedly the decor of the restaurant is a bit unimpressive (it's so almost there, just a change of tables and chairs to make it more Alpine chic rather than hotel restaurant would do it). Our three young children had the buffet option, which provided them with a good range of food to pick at, all very tasty. My husband and I had the main menu which came complete with amuse bouche and various palate cleansers. The standard of the cooking was incredibly accomplished and had we not had three rather excited children we would have taken much more time to enjoy it. By the time we all got to dessert, which offered an excellent choice of delicious patisserie, we could barely eat another morsel and I really wanted to! It was a lovely touch to have the chocolate and pistachio christmas tree for the table to enjoy and service was faultless. It seems a shame that the standard of the cooking and service are not done more justice by the room. That said, we'd probably struggle to get a table if they redecorated. I was also impressed that they don't book seatings, so you can eat in confidence that you're not going to be rushed so that they can take another booking. Admittedly it wasn't cheap but it was Christmas Eve and it did feel worth every penny."

Hôtel Le Samovar

Hôtel Le Samovar

la Daille, 73150 Val d'Isere, France, Val-d'Isère

Sushi • Cafés • Français • Européen


"As can be seen in the picture the menu states that his restaurant is not for people in a hurry, I think this was a typo and it should have said ‘not for people that are hungry’. I have been here a number of times...in the past and this visit proved to be worse than ever before. We entered the restaurant 30 mins before the kitchen opened. We chose to wait as the weather was bad and we had already walked here. We enquired as to whether we could see a menu and put in our orders before the kitchen opened. We were told this was not possible. After the kitchen opened it was 10 minutes before we were taken to our table, we then waited another 30 minutes to have our order taken. Definitely not for people in a hurry! Once we ordered the food did come quick which was good but there were errors on the order but being English we chose to eat it and not say anything to the staff. We ordered a pizza with peppers and onions and it came with peppers and pepperoni, I could understand onions and pepperoni but how did onions disappear from the order to be replaced by pepperoni? We then had a desert where it was not clear whether a chocolate fondant came with any ice cream or normal cream. We asked the waiter who told us that it came on it’s own. We asked if we could have ice cream to which he said yes but for a charge, we decided to take it. The fondant arrived relatively quickly with both cream and ice cream and also our extra ice cream that we had ordered. Luckily they realized the mistake and did not charge us for the extra ice cream. Finally the price. Overall I would say this restaurant is medium expensively priced. On receiving the bill I was concerned that I had taken class a drugs as we were charge 10 euros for 2 33cl Coke’s."

Le Grain De Sel

Le Grain De Sel

Avenue Olympique, 73150, Val-d'Isère, France

Cafés • Sushi • Fruits De Mer • Services De Livraison


"I have to say that I probably didn't do this meal justice as I'd stupidly had a large lunch that day. The place is very nice and the service is excellent, they really did go out of their way to look after us. When we walked in we had a drink at the bar first where we were presented with 2 types of bread and a deep fried piece of foie gras. Nice start Then they took our order at the bar and gave us a goats cheese cone, an oyster and more foie gras. Then we sat down at our table, where we were presented with a poached egg in a dark crispy shell with more foie gras. And this was all before the starter! I like foie gras but I felt there was a bit too much. Then we had our starters of scallops and black truffle which were excellent. We then had the chefs speciality, a whole roast chicken (with black truffle under the skin) carved at the table. By this time I wasn’t really hungry and had to start forcing a little in. The problem was there were 2 servings of chicken each! I declined my 2nd serving. The chicken was nice but having had black truffle with the starter, it was probably a mistake to have it again with the main. The main was served with garlic mash. Now I love garlic but this was way way too strong, it was inedible. We then had a sorbet amuse bouche followed by desert which was ‘award winning’ profiteroles. (These were sourced externally and not produced by the chef). They were amazing (see pic) Then we had coffee and a mini chocolate selection before my wife rolled my back to the chalet. Personally I wouldn’t rush back but as I say I probably would have appreciated it more if I was hungry when I arrived. It is better than average"