Le Lodge

Wood beams, stone walls, and a set menu that leans hard into the Savoyard pantry: this cozy village restaurant in the center of Samoëns earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking traditional alpine cuisine with quiet invention. The soupe châtrée, a local specialty of bread, Tomme de Savoie, and onion soup, is the kind of dish that explains why people ski here rather than just through. The chef periodically leaves the kitchen to check on guests himself.

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