 Poster: A snowHead
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Chaps, i'm off to La Plagne in Jan, any restaurants you can recommend for a good lunch?
i usually ski in Austria where mountain stops seem to be a much higher quality than en France!
i'm looking for a pucker restaurant rather than a self service cafeteria!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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"Pucker" = "tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds." Not too sure about a dining experience that makes one "pucker". On the other hand:
Pukka (Hindi पक्का, Urdu پكّا pakkā) is a word of Hindi and Urdu origin, literally meaning "cooked, ripe" and figuratively "fully formed", "solid", "permanent", "for real" or "sure". In UK slang, it can mean "genuine" or simply "very good". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukka
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@gazzaredcruiser, I'm told that's because many mountain eateries in France are owned by the lift company, so no competition, whereas those in Austria are privately run and must compete with one another.
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When I went to la Plagne a good few years ago there where quite a few what I call canteens (self service) including one that the food was so poor I even dared to complain and was met with the typical Galic shoulder shrug and a look of "I couldn't give a fig!"
Like you I am more of an Austrian skier and therefore more use to their take on mountain food.
However, I do remember that there was a least one on piste restaurant in la Plagne that stuck in my memory as being really excellent- great food, drink, service, views and great prices to match. It was a few years ago and I can't remember its name, but it was low down and on the front side of the mountain. I will look at the piste map later to see if I can find it.
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@gazzaredcruiser, if you edit your header to indicate you want to eat in La Plagne you'll be more likely to get detailed replies. As it is, could be anywhere!
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| @gazzaredcruiser, I'm told that's because many mountain eateries in France are owned by the lift company, so no competition, whereas those in Austria are privately run and must compete with one another. |
Really? I never had that impression at all.
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I can't think of a single French resort with restaurants owned by the lift company other than Les Arcs 1950.We must be spoilt in the PdS - I haven't had any 'canteen' meals and the food is always of a high standard.
Food in Austria is more meat heavy- it's much less so in France.
It's far too long ago that I was in La Plagne to be of any use with recommendations but there are plenty of frequent visitors who will be able to point you in the right direction.
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@gazzaredcruiser, I assume you mean the whole La Plagne area - try the following:
Le Forperet - just above Montalbert. A quaint little chalet type place just off the piste.http://www.la-plagne.com/images/cache/3d6b911893c6b57996cc8f9c8ce26475_w300.jpg
Otherwise: http://www.laplagnet.com/restaurants/mountain/
Quality is variable, some great and some OK, but from memory there are relatively few self-service places. If there were, we certainly wouldn't have gone to them. 
I think mountain food is generally better in Austria/Italy, but in my very limited experience there do seem to be fewer charming little mountain restaurants than in France.
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@Gordyjh, 'I'm told...' I wonder who told you that?
Certainly, at Val Thorens anyway, the mountain restaurants are leased/owned completely separately from the lift company operation. The costs are very high.
There are many good, but pricey, restaurants in the mountains in French resorts.
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The restaurant at the bottom of the lift in Monetier is owned by the village, and the contract is tendered out every few years. Last season changed hands, self downstairs (reasonable choice, usually very good plat du jour) and new restaurant upstairs. We didn't get to try it, but will be doing so this season.
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| foxtrotzulu wrote: |
@gazzaredcruiser, I assume you mean the whole La Plagne area - try the following:
Le Forperet - just above Montalbert. A quaint little chalet type place just off the piste.http://www.la-plagne.com/images/cache/3d6b911893c6b57996cc8f9c8ce26475_w300.jpg
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Thats the one that I was on about!!
http://forperet.com
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gazzaredcruiser, Theres a sort of list here for La Plagne which we need to update... http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=34049
Le Forperet http://forperet.com/restaurant/?lang=en has had a huge extension built this summer - lets hope it doesn't spoil the farmhouse style charm...
BTB the same family also own Le Tournamente restaurant bar in Montalbert Old Village, Bar with sports TV and Pool table downstairs with excellent restaurant upstairs.
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At least 2 La Plagne rests in this list: Daily Telegraph The 40 Best Alpine restaurants. Great to see 2 of our favourites in there, #laplagne #paradiski
https://t.co/fa0xECR133
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You know it makes sense.
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I don't know any restaurants owned by the lift company in my area, but I believe there might be some in Chamonix. But it's the north Americans who seem to specialise in that - one company owns everything.
The "plat du jour" is generally the best bet in French mountain restaurants. I could direct you to half a dozen good (and not expensive) ones in my area plus a couple of very good but expensive ones.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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thank you for all the help, i've noted the best ones and will enjoy!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@gazzaredcruiser, Chalet Verdons Sud over the back towards Champagny.
as Pam says, the plat of the day is the one to go for to enjoy fine dining in a gorgeous restaurant for 12/15 €
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@emwmarine, I don't know but it was probably someone who skis in Austria!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Les Borseliers in Champagny area .
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Another one for Les Borseliers, especially when the sun is out, as the balcony has a fantastic view! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
At least 2 La Plagne rests in this list: Daily Telegraph The 40 Best Alpine restaurants. Great to see 2 of our favourites in there, #laplagne #paradiski
https://t.co/fa0xECR133 |
8 in my list, two more to come this coming January 
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
At least 2 La Plagne rests in this list: Daily Telegraph The 40 Best Alpine restaurants. Great to see 2 of our favourites in there, #laplagne #paradiski
https://t.co/fa0xECR133 |
Got to agree with the inclusion of Bouc Blanc in La Tania on that list, I had at last 2 great meals there last January.
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Most restaurants in the "main" Chamonix valley (i.e. beyond Les Houches) are operated by the lift company and are, thusly, a bit rubbish and a bit pricey. There are exceptions.
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Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads on Sat 28-11-15 11:37; edited 1 time in total
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Ooops!
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Fun to click through that selection - including those in La Plagne, for the OP to sample. Even in January might be wise to book?
They are not, of course, the best 40 restaurants, they are 40 very good restaurants!
That new one at Piz Boe has a pretty nice view....
Makes me look forward to sitting somewhere cosy and snowy with a good lunch - one of the pleasures of skiing with friends who are all paying for their own, unlike the days of skiing with small kids when lunch on the slopes just didn't happen.
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You know it makes sense.
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@pam w, it's a slightly dodgy list, the pix don't all correspond to the places and it's a little biased towards popular UK destinations. But ... not a bad list to start with.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @pam w, it's a slightly dodgy list, the pix don't all correspond to the places and it's a little biased towards popular UK destinations. But ... not a bad list to start with. |
The one I noticed was the one meant ot be in Lindarts but I thought was the restaurant at the top of the Swiss Wall
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Poster: A snowHead
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@gazzaredcruiser, Sorry can't help you for La Plagne.
| boredsurfin wrote: |
| At least 2 La Plagne rests in this list: Daily Telegraph The 40 Best Alpine restaurants. Great to see 2 of our favorites in there, #laplagne #paradiski https://t.co/fa0xECR133 |
I don't know why I am surprised that I recognise so many of these as my waist line testifies. Just looking makes me salivate. I look forward to the PreBBWUW4 and S12BB for some good lunches & good company. I hope we can put together a like minded group that does not dawdle on piste to allow time for a leisurely lunches. I hope to make 2 pilgrimages to Refugio Scotoni, I need someone to share the mixed grill with.
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@stevew, that's the stand out error... 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@shep, and the restaurant at the lake in Les Gets is also owned by the lift company or commune. We have had some good meals there and it's a good stopping off place for us as on our way back to our chalet when we go past.
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Maybe what this shows is that many of the perfectly decent restaurants may be owned by the lift companies but it doesn't necessarily the track from the overall quality.
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@Pamski, Yes, good one! The lovely couple who used to run it have now started a riding stables in St. Jean.
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Not exactly most but fair enough @shep, owning and operating is slightly different though- we're very far off the Intrawest model.
i've had slow service on occasion but not bad food. I wouldn't order the same food in a mountain restaurant as I would down in town, and expect the same outcome. Choose wisely.
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I think we are very lucky in the PDS that there are so many different places to eat at all budgets. We have the odd one called 'they didn't have the vegetable soup' and 'we sat there for 20 minutes with no service' oh and 'your steak appeared but what about my goats cheese salad' - and we simply haven't been back to those. Plenty of others to enjoy.
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Indeed we are- topped off with 'great view but they're nuts!'
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| I can't think of a single French resort with restaurants owned by the lift company other than Les Arcs 1950. |
I don't believe that's true for Arc 1950. It wasn't the lift company that developed that resort, it was initially Intrawest but they sold up several years ago. The commercial property I'd guess is still owned by the company that took over from Intrawest, and this will be leased to the operators of the different restaurants and cafes. I'd think that the variety of places are operated by separate entities, so there is competition (at least as much as is enabled by the lease), but that must be the same for a number of businesses across the Alps (where the operator leases the property rather than owns it)?
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It depends on what you class as "on piste". The Hotel Carlina is on the piste between Belle Plagne and Plagne Bellcote. You can eat on the deck outside or inside in a couple of very nice dining areas.
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