Value For Money in The Three Valleys
Where to eat & drink without getting ripped off
Last update April 2011 - to be continued...
Great food but is it going to be €10 or €100 per head?
This will be a full article eventually, needs some more research, but some tips for now... Let us know your VFM spots, cheers to Mark H for some top tips. This was done in response to various press articles (probably whose brother has a restaurant in Austria) about people being ripped off in the mountains - all French restaurants display their prices, so you can always check first!
La Tania - Ski Lodge, burger and chips €9.90,
La Tania - Saucisse Savoyarde bacon panninis €5
La Tania - Hotel Montana buffet, all you can eat, decent selection €15
La Tania - on piste, Le Bouc Blanc, the usually excellent plat du jour around €12
Courchevel 1850 - on piste, Hotel Courcheneige, €5 pint of Stella. See update on menu deal below.
Courchevel 1850 - entrance to the Forum building, ham baguettes with hot cheese €6
Courchevel 1650 - La Boulotte breakfast cobs (aka Katie's Big Baps) €6 CLOSED UNTIL JULY at least.
Courchevel 1650 - L'Enterlou, friendly place with big good value and tasty pizza's.
Courchevel 1550 - La Taverne opposite the lift by the Grangettes gondola. Stella €5, croques €5
Méribel - Rond Point, Saisonnaires pitcher of lager from €12
Méribel Village - Lodge du Village, big pizza from €9, spag boll €10
Mottaret - Le Chrismaran, €3.60 pint of Jupiter.
Mottaret - Fast Food, The Americana (chip butty with burger) €8
St Martin - on piste Le Loy, good value plat du jour, often complimentary digestif.
St Martin - in town, La Voute, usually excellent plat du jour around €10 plus decent price wine.
Val Thorens - FaceWest, big club sandwich & chips €8.60 (while pizzas are €17).
Val Thorens - La Moutiere self service with croques and chips for under €10
Val Thorens - Frog and Roastbeef, British Pub with good value burgers, fish and chips etc.
Les Menuires (Reberty) - The Igloo bar, next to Le Ferme (excellent Vin Chaud) and under the same management has huge pizza for €9, large chips €4, baguettes €4, pints €5 & excellent tuna salad.
Don't forget the Salle Hors Sac (Picnic Rooms) at Verdons (1850) and Cairn (VT). The various sandwich bars by lifts/restaurants eg Belair, Roc de Tougne, Plan des Mains etc are generally ok too.
Places to avoid include most places around 1850 especially the Verdons snack bar with mad prices and note that the L'Arpasson in Meribel is now charging 50c to use the toilets. At least the Panorama at the top of the Saulire Cable Car displays all of its prices at the entrance (sometimes the view is worth paying for).
We'd like feedback on the Skiers Special at Le Chabichou (€28 or €50 for 3 courses but 2 Michelin Star quality - the lobster with pear & apples is €100 and only on the à la carte menu!)
Maybe worth a splurge....
Update on the Hotel Courcheneige Skiers Menu for €27. This is a 3 course deal - it's not just the buffet, which you can have for €15 and includes soup, smoked salmon, prawns, a whole salmon, cooked meats, salads, breads etc - you can have this as a starter plus a main course (burgers, pasta, steaks (some with supplement), ale pie, tartiflette etc) and a selection from their dessert trolleys. For a big, big lunch, and it being in 1850 it's not a bad deal at all!
Context always needed:
Slug & Lettuce in London, burger & chips £8.95, pint of Stella £4 (and the skiing's rubbish).
UK Snow Dome, 4 hours, 160m of slope, peak price £56 (and pizza from £8).
Three Valleys, 4.5 hours, 600km of slope, peak price €38.
to be continued...
