 Poster: A snowHead
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Never stayed in Tignes Le Lac before but staying in Les Almes next week, self-catering but not planning on cooking  .
Can someone give me THREE picks please for places to eat in the evening and tell me just ONE bar worth going to for that essential cold one?
1) Gastro offering - a special treat >EUR30 a head, food only
2) mid-range - circa EUR25, food only
3) cheerful and filling - <EUR20, food only
Bar: ...
If I was asked the reciprocal question about Val d'Isere, then I'd say:
for 1) L'Arolay
for 2) Bananas
for 3) The pizza place in Iseran 2000 (if it's even there any more)
Bar: Petit Danois for a tipple of Red Erik but later in the evening.
Have had lunches at Aspen Lodge burger bar in Val Claret and love that so would make that a "number 2" as above.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd say the Aspen falls into the "cheerful and filling under 20 euro" category.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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3) Seriously filling are the burgers at the Marmot Pub. Watching a human being manage to finish a meal there is quite a thing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Not sure about restaurants for evening eating as always stayed in a chalet in Tignes, but I always like Loop bar whenever I go in there for a drink.
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1) L'arbine
3) The Loop
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Gastro - sadlt following the demise of the Arbina Restaurant to a tour op and the closure of the Clein D'Oeil - one of the hotels like the Paquis or Campanules (watch out for their speciality nights seafood and Asian last year. Other than that Queue de Cochon in Lavachet or Karl Gustav in Val Claret.
Mid range Eterlou on Rue de la Poste - Savoyarde.
Cheerful and filling - almost anywhere - but when I go out I go up market as I do cheerful and filling in my kitchen!
Aspen is lunchtimes only!
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@chocksaway, Oh, shame about L'Arbina
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The best restaurant IMO is le farm des trois cappucines. The food in there can't be beaten.
Excuse my rubbish French spellings😎
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| JamesN wrote: |
The best restaurant IMO is le farm des trois cappucines. The food in there can't be beaten.
Excuse my rubbish French spellings😎 |
I need to get my eyes tested -- twice I read it as "The food in there can't be Eaten." 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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+ 1 for the farm
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Bar:-
Lavachet - TCs, Brasero
le Lac - Loop, Marmots, Jam
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That's just perfect, thank you!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks, in le Lac in January. Chalet board but will need a restaurant on the Wednesday.
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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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Big treat: looks like i have to try La Ferme. Think I'll tell the group it's my birthday. They make their own cheese, hurrah!
Anyone know if it is open already?
Eterlou for a mini-treat?
Bar and everyday food at Marmot - ta Nelly & Co.
Potential for Loop also.
Job done - 3 more snowless nights to Tignes ;o)
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Grinning, I forgot that La Ferme - if you plan to have the Cote de Boeuf (min 2 pers) stop eating now and don't plan to eat the following day its huuuuuuge (but very nice). If you have kids they will love it as you can normally see the animals in the barn through picture windows from the restaurant - worry not they are pong proof!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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New restaurant opened up in Val Claret next door to and owned by the Pignata brothers: Oh La Vache.
Eur45 per head for 5 incl 2 bottles of Gigondas, main and desserts all round. Simple menu pricing and unlimited side (choice of dauphinois, frites,lovely leaf salad).
Very friendly staff and fun Sommelier from Nice, albeit a boarder 😀.
La Ferme edges it but good to have a choice, definitely going back to Oh La Vache.
Jam Bar was just the best. Friendliest patrons who craft the freshest pasta dishes in the smallest space - yum.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| New restaurant opened up in Val Claret next door to and owned by the Pignata brothers: Oh La Vache |
We were in Tignes a couple of weeks ago and tried a new (at least since we were there in April 2014) place next to the ski tunnel near Tufs lift in Val Claret.
It's called 'Coffee.' Not a particularly inspiring name but really lovely inside - a mix of rustic dining and comfy sofas with sheepskins, Nice for an apres beer or cup of cup of coffee. Food prices reasonable (lasagne €15 etc) and a varied menu, although portions weren't particularly large. Nevertheless, a nice addition to Val Claret restaurants.
Another vote for La Ferme at Lavachet. Really lovely place and prices very reasonable.
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Just make sure you pronounce Oh La Vache in a French accent - a posh English version may cause hilarity (eau la vache??!!)
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chocksaway,
Thats got me stumped. Wouldn't a posh Englishman pronounce "oh" completely differently to the French word for "water" anyway? Thus avoiding any potential hilarity?
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another vote for eterlou esf eat there
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@Bergmeister, I just heard one of the expats pronounce it as 'eau de vache' which made me giggle, which led to a quizzical look from them. Maybe its just my warped sense of humour.......
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