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Just out of interest. These can make a difference to your ski trip so thought it would be good to have a list in here for people to scroll through.
My favourites are
Bars:
Le Bubble (Courchevel Moriond / 1650. Seasonnaire type of vibe but cheaper drinks and food gigs)
Ski Lodge (La Tania)
Rond Point (Meribel-best apres atmosphere (less try hard than Folie))
La Mine (Plagne 1800-best two apres GIFs I've been to have both been here. Good beers, sport on the tellybox)
Pizzeria (Le Praz, may now have changed names to Elephant but great pizza, good atmosphere, sport on screen and gigs later on. Full of instructors which is usually a good sign)
Restaurants:
Le petit chaperon rouge (Plagne 1800). Charming traditional decor, amazing food. My favourite restaurant on the planet.
Bistrot du Praz (Le Praz. Michelin. I'm not fussed about Michelin stars tbh, especially when skiing, but this place is a little bit more easy going and obv excellent).
Black Pearl (St Bon, Courchevel. Hands down the best pizza I've had. A bit of a mission to access but worth looking up if staying in the Courchevel area)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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None of the best bars in the alps are in France 
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@Ryunis, perhaps change the title to “my favourite best restaurants and bars in France”
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Sadly missed: the railway station restaurant at St Anton before the station was movedd.
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really hard to make this a single thread - too many resorts - too dynamic I fear.
However ... were dancing up a storm in Alibi in Chamonix last night after pornstars in l'Hydromel and B52s in the pub. I bailed early and managed to resist the temptations of the Bistrot des Sports as I walked home...
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Chambre Neuf was the best I'd been to in the 90s and early 00s but they changed the layout and expanded the bar. Not so good when I went back about 6 years ago.
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Change "best" to "favourite"and this might be a useful thread, as opposed to the slanging match it is destined to become.
My favourite for various reasons - Rose Blance Val, Cocorico Val, Petite Danois Val, Ronnie Meribal, Taps/Moose St anton
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Not so good when I went back about 6 years ago
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Nothing's ever so good when you back when you're that much older
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Had to go to the Moosewirt to to tick it off the list but didn't like it when I went. Much preferred the KK.
Enjoyed Kitzloch but my ski buddies not so much.
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@Dr John, You need to expand your horizons. But I'm loving your tagline. Also, beware the "easy" black after lunch 
@halfhand, Chambre Neuf never really tickled my funny bone. Choucas however, RIP, was so much better as a nightclub than a coffee shop.
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You know it makes sense.
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Chez Vrony in Zermatt, Chalet Étoile in Cervinia, Chez Dany in Verbier. Does Bar Roma in Courmayeur still do the apéro free spread? Le Blanchot in Val Thorens.
Après-ski Verbier: Le Rouge and the Farinet mosh pit
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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In no particular order except to say many goods times in all, but the Austrian ones are way better:
Val D'Isere - Cocorico, The Petit Danois
La Rosiere - The Petit Danois
Meribel Mottaret - Le Rastro
Meribel - The Rond Point
Les Arcs/Vallandry - Le Vache qui Ski
Mayrhofen - The Bruck'n Stadl
Saalbach - Panorama Alm, Bauers Ski Alm
Hinterglemm - The Goatstall
St Anton - Mooserwirt
Auffach - Grutt'n Stadl
Schladming - Hohenhaus Tenne
Hintertux - Hohenhaus Tenne
Konigsleiten - Hannes Alm
Lanersbach - Almbar Bergfriedalm
Ellmau - Ellmauer Alm
PS, for every one on the list another 20 have been tried and didn't make the cut. Many resorts tried and not on the list too! Not doing restaurants, as obviously I concentrate on beer in the main 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I think it's inevitable people will turn any thread into a debate, so favourite/best, it doesn't matter as both are just opinions.
It didn't take long for someone to take exception though did it as I only listed French establishments. 
Truth is, I prefer France and all my best experiences have been there, which is why I go back. I've done St Anton a couple of times and thought the moose and KK were hugely overrated, but opinions are like a***holes, we all have them!
I suggest everyone just keeps adding their favourites. Might be hard to search but doesn't mean there's any harm in doing it.
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Looks like Rond Point Meribel and Moose in StAnton are getting a lot of love.
I guess anyone would visit the latter but if you're in Meribel, the classic Weds itinerary is Folie>Ron Point>LDV.
For the more daft, this includes skiing down the escalators, but I wouldn't endorse that!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Ryunis, You should have realised that the Austriafiles would have taken exception to any mention of bars or restaurants that were not in Austria. It is the way things are.
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I don't think I could name a single ski bar or restaurant I have been in ( outside of the UK ).
Quite proud of that 
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Got to put in a shout for the Waldhotel Fletschorn in Saas Fee. Probably the best meal I've had in the Alps. Le Peche Gourmand in Briancon also highly recommended
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Maybe the thread title should be "best bars for punters"
That said friends hotel in La Grave, Hotel Auberge Edelweiss, has one of the best bars I know, of which there have been many over the years....
And @suggul in all the years of being in Serre Che we've still never been to the PC, though we opt for the Table Chazal in Les Guibertes.
https://www.restaurant-chazal.fr/
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The Roselette in Les Contamines. But it's a fair few years since I've been there. Might be crap now.
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Restaurant Sieghard (Hippach / Mayrhoffen)
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The airport bar 
IMO there isnt a best. You can have a good night in one & be disappointed the next.
Its the people who make a good night out.
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@under a new name, Went to Choucas on our first trip to Cham (mid 90s), thought it was rubbish.
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@halfhand, I didn't first go till 2006. It must have improved. Although I like dive bars.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| @halfhandAlthough I like dive bars. |
The Yeti Bar (no longer, sadly) in Chantemerle, Serre Che fitted nicely into that category. Back in the day, was one of my favourites.
Goaßstall in Hinterglemm is fun, as is the Hinterhag Alm in Saalbach. Or they were, 9 years ago…really must get over there again!
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You know it makes sense.
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my favourites would be:
Le frog and roast beef, Val Thorens. holds a special place in my heart as it was the only bar we visited on my first ever ski trip in 92'
(went back again in 95 and was in there every eve as well!!)
after that the following would have been
Jack bar, meribel. (the original one, in the mid to late 90's!!)
le rond point, Meribel
Tsaretta, Les Allues (meribel)
pub le ski lodge, la tania
skilt bar, les menuires
miky's bar, Livigno. had a slide you could use to get into the bar, next to the staircase, it could get messy at the bottom if you had a few beers beforehand
andy capp, sauze d'oulx. good memories of dancing to madness every night when i was there
there was also an apres bar/nightclub in a hotel in breckenridge, but it was 30years ago and i cannot remember its name now, it was generally populated by brits holidaying in resort as the 'mericans didn't tend to go out of an evening (my experience for that fortnight anyway).
we were there that often, that we got to know the courtesy drivers which were supposed to be for the hotel guests only, and they would give me and my mate a lift back to our apartment in the early hours after the club closed, they also used to have complimentary beer in the minivans 
weds nights were 1 dollar a bottle instead of usual 5 dollars, needles to say it was rammed with 'mericans
sorry my list is 3valleys heavy, but it is where i have holidayed most and also worked!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@under a new name, a season pass and accommodation tends to limit horizons. Done my time as a wandering punter, now putting down roots
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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To follow Terry's Meribel theme!
The original Tremplin in Meribel, got pulled down to build the Olympic centre. Discovered Jean Lan there.
Never that keen on Ronde Pointe in Meribel.
The bar next to the old tourist office in the centre of Meribel run by the wannabee astronaut that sold the strongest Mutzig in the world!
Hotel Le Roc as a saisonnaire.
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Strongest Mutzig in the world?! Now that does sound lethal!
We used to do a Mutzig bomb (like a jagerbomb but swap redbull for Mutzig. That was pretty toxic stuff )
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Strongest Mutzig in the world?! Now that does sound lethal!
We used to do a Mutzig bomb (like a jagerbomb but swap redbull for Mutzig. That was pretty toxic stuff ) |
At the end of the night, the owner put sirens on and told all the punters to f off home!
3 of his Mutzigs and you'd be on the floor. Lord knows what he added to it?!
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No, not Le Poste. But that is the place. He was dying slowly, so heading towards a wheelchair.
It was Le Capricorne!
Courtesy of Rob Smart's Meribel Unplugged:
Years before the Pub, the main bar in town was the Capricorn, which was first to sell the wicked Mutzig. In fact it was the only bar in town at one time. Sadly Manu the very popular owner died and it is now a very chic bar called Le Poste.
And then there was the Rastro in Mottaret:
Up in Mottaret the first bar to open was Le Rastro in 1986. It became famous in the 90’s for its wild Tuesday rock nights and most of Meribel’s locals would show up every week for the wildest party in Town.The crazy DJ Rob Smart (your editor!) finally retired in 2010 after 20 years non stop Tuesday nights. Tabletop dancing and the rest! There were actually times you could not get in the door as it was packed to the rafters.It was featured on UK channel 5’s “On the Piste” in about 1999.
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Great thread..
I must own up to being to a few of the places mentioned above.
But it really depends on the night, the company you are in and the ambience on the evening.
I've had some fantastic nights out in some of the humblest and unexpected places.
The one that comes to mind ... was one friday night arriving quite late in Damuls (A tiny village in the Vorarlberg).
There was only one place to eat, the bar that would serve us pizza.
When you are really hungry the pizza tastes the best, and when you have driven a long way the beer tastes fabulous.
At 10pm on the dot the tables were cleared, the lights went down, the disco boomed into action.
The 2 metre diameter dance floor filled with very happy people having a great time in the only place in town
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@DrLawn, sounds magic.
Christ I need a ski trip!
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France: I must admit I have a big fondness for the Folie in Val Thorens, despite its ridiculousness I’ve had two very memorable cracking times in there with friends. Other mentions to the Ronny and Jacks in Meribel, Loop in Tignes and my locals when working in Les Arcs, Bar King Mad and Red Hot Saloon in 1800 and Whistlers in 2000.
Austria: Goatstall in Hinterglemm, cracking place, probably top of my list. Also, I don’t know their names, but the umbrella bars at the bottom of the Gigijoch in Soelden and the bottom of the run down from the Ahorn in Mayrhofen.
Italy: Miravalino in Sauze d’Oulx, we used to call it the bean bag bar as it was full of them which were ideal to collapse in with a beer at the end of a day on the slopes. Sadly they’ve since dispensed with the bean bags.
For restaurants, Orso Bianco also in Sauze is my personal fave, it’s up on the slopes, always very busy, and we typically book a table once during the week for around 2 for a long late lunch and a few Barolos before downloading on the lift back into town.
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