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Can anyone recommend the best places to eat in Alpe D'huez.
I am wanting to book for Xmas Day and New Years Day evenings for a posh dinner out in top notch restaurants that would give a celebrity chef a run for its money. I am not looking for the local pizzeria or steakhouse. I am looking for exclusive, inventive food and romantic.
thanks to all who give feedback
happy sliding this winter coming
xx
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My immediate reaction was to try changing resort. I don't associate Alpe D'Huez with "top notch restaurants that would give a celebrity chef a run for its money". But maybe someone will prove me wrong.
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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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I hear of an excellent McDonalds in Grenoble, it's an hours drive but could be well worth it!
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Au P'tit Creux is probably the best place in the resort.
Bonsoir Clara in Villard Reculas was getting some recommendations last time I was there but haven't tried it myself.
the cabane de poutat on the slopes is v good too - don't know whether they operate in the evenings with skidoos?
 "p'booby" - swear filter strikes again. p't1t is closer to the name
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Au Petit Creux, top of the steps up from tht tourist office, v nice. La Cabane doesn't do evenings.
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davidof, nice one.
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| The woodfire-grilled lamb is superb; traditional cheese dishes are another speciality. |
. That Guardian article was written in 2002, though. From your comment it would appear to be still good. Whether it is up to being one of "top notch restaurants that would give a celebrity chef a run for its money" is another question. Definitely worth a look, though. Concerning views, I see Gill has no problem with the views at Refuge Evariste Chancel in La Grave. Nor do I.
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I actually think the on-mountain dining at Alpe d'Huez compares pretty well with pretty much anywhere I have been. The in-town dining (p't1t creux aside) doesn't really stand up to it for some reason.
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davidof, nice one.
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| The woodfire-grilled lamb is superb; traditional cheese dishes are another speciality. |
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One thing about the review, Chris Gill went to the restaurant, paid for his own food and didn't tell them that he was a journalist about to write a review. The first they knew was when I brought them a copy of the article. That gives me a lot of faith in what Chris writes.
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We ate there one evening for a treat about 3/4 years ago. It was very nice. Picked up by piste basher. whisked up the mountain ( not a posh limousine). Atmosphere was great. We all had a great meal. I wouldn't say celebrity chef/outstanding bistro standard but certainly one of the better meals I've had in the Alps. From memory it was about £40 pp inc copious amounts of wine
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got told about these restaurants aswell.
passe montagne - told to go here on new years day - any thoughts welcome
genepi
cremalliere
thanks
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innerspaceservices, The Restaurant D'Altiport is pretty good and stumble-able from town, not celebrity chef good but not bad. And another shout for Chalet Lac Besson as best slopeside restaurant, Cabane de Poutat has changed hands a couple of times and really lost its sparkle . I would expect booking will be essential for Xmas or New Years day.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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the ice perv, Captain Sandwich.
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Poster: A snowHead
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the ice perv, The Hors Sac at Vaujany! 
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