Serre Chevalier Apartment

There are several mountain restaurants, ideally located, all across the mountain, with a wide range of options for snacks or a 3 course blow-out.

Monetier

The Bachas at the top of the mountain offers a good selection of self-service meals and snacks, always with excellent French onion soup, and a Plat du Jour such a couscous royale, or Boeuf Bourgignon. Further down, on the Rochamout piste, is the small, and excellent Peyra Juana. The portions are large, and of an excellent standard. In bad weather get in early though.

At the bottom of the mountain is the Halte du Pré Chabert. Snacks, crepes,salads and daily specials. Not luxurious, but good value, as it is run by the commune.

Serre Chevalier After skiing the lovely Cucumelle, you’ll have worked up a thirst, so follow the signs to the Pi-Mai, which has a lovely sunny terrace and enjoy a cold beer. On a snowy day, the hot chocolate and the roaring fire may be more appropriate. From there you can either return to the Frejus chair or ski all the way down to Villeneuve village. Lunch at the Bivouac du Casse (top of the Casse du Beouf chair) is either good value self-service, or there is a very nice restaurant with fondues etc. We haven’t tried the restaurants at Aravet for a while. Ski across to the Chantemerle sector and you are spoilt for choice. The Serre Ratier plateau has three or four restaurants to choose from . The Café Soleil is a very popular, self-service,but you can have a long wait. The Troll hidden around the corner is our personal favourite.

There is another place at Grand Alpe. If you venture as far as the Prorel sector above Briancon the Chalet Serre Blanc is small, but cosy, and does great Tartiflette. Ski down towards the town and there is another mountain restaurant at the gondola mid-station.

Take the Luc Alphand piste down into Chantemerle village for a long lunch at the Loup Blanc, you may not feel like skiing afterwards though, but you can take the ski bus back to Monetier.

In the village

There are several restaurants in the village, nearly all of which serve traditional Alpine fondues and raclettes, but usually with additional specialities. Le Kawa is our favourite creperie, and is ideally situated just opposite the Alpen bar. For pizza, there is the Pizzeria des Neiges,which also does excellent steak, and fondue. La Aquisana has an excellent value ‘menu tentation’for 22 euros,with fish, gravlax and gorgeous desserts and cheeses. La Belotte and La Brasera are under new management this winter and are both regaining their excellent reputations

You can also reserve a table at several of the hotels for dinner.