In keeping with its family-friendly spirit, Les Gets cooks up a down-to-earth mix of casual cafés, crepêries, burger bars and restaurants. Eateries line the village’s single main street, Rue du Centre, making it the prime spot for promenading and browsing menus.
Both in town and on the mountain, local gut-busting Savoyard cuisine rules the roost. Dipping into a bubbling fondue Savoyard mixing equal parts of Comte, Gruyère and Beaufort cheese (or artisanal Saveur des Gets cheese made from raw cow’s milk at the town’s fromagerie) is a rite of passage. Lunch-hungry skiers note: some mountain restaurants in neighbouring Morzine are equally quick to access on skis from Les Gets.
For further Les Gets inspiration, see our guide to the resort’s best après ski.
Find a restaurant by location:In resortHome Burgers
Skiers looking for a speedy but tasty bite between slopes will appreciate this pocket-sized burger joint – hot with local teenagers for good reason. It is a two-minute plod in ski boots from the Chavannes chairlift and sports just a couple of high tables with bar stools (prized real estate in season); otherwise, take away. Friendly, self-proclaimed ‘burgerologists’ grill all sorts of burgers to order: beef, pulled pork, chicken burgers, veggie and breaded cod, with an abundance of garnishes. Choose local Abondance or Reblochon cheese over the shamefully tasteless of cheddar. Burgers served in wraps as well as homemade buns, and paninis round off the excellent fast-food offering.
Contact: facebook.com/HomeBurgers.LesGets; 00 33 4 50 83 39 59
Price: £
Velvette
On bad-weather days or times when you simply feel like sinking into a pile of cushions on a sofa, surrounded by beautiful artworks and homewares, escape to this haven of serenity on Les Gets’ main street. Part restaurant, part tearoom, part concept store, Velvette steals epicurean hearts with top-drawer breakfast croissants and pastries, cream-filled homemade cakes, buxom fruit tarts and jumbo-sized cinnamon buns (probably the best in the entire French Alps – if not France).
A pizzaiolo crafts generously endowed pizzas in a wood-fired pizza oven in the downstairs cafe, while foodies upstairs feast on fluffy pancakes with salmon gravlax and avocado, roast potatoes with Reblochon cheese and wild nettle cream, and other healthy dishes packed with local organic produce. The choice of imaginatively stuffed pitta breads is the lunchtime star.
Website: velvette-lesgets.fr
Price: £–££
Stop at Velvette for a meal or to browse the shop – Velvette
Les Copeaux
Seasonal produce from local farms and dairies fuels the Savoyard kitchen at The Shavings, an on-point restaurant with a modern interior and wooden-deck terrace at the quieter western end of Les Gets’ busy main street.
Wild mushrooms add an earthy flourish to Savoie’s ubiquitous cheese fondue, smoked salmon replaces porky charcuterie in the vegetarian raclette, and tartiflette (traditionally, sliced potatoes oven-baked with Reblochon cheese, cream and bacon) comes six different ways. For cheesed-out skiers, it’s a tricky toss-up between les rapins (potato fritters served with charcuterie, cheese or veg and salad) served on slate platters, les pierres (thin slices of raw meat) which you cook yourself on a hot stone slab at the table, or seasonal perch filets fished in nearby Lake Geneva between June and December.
Website: lescopeauxrestaurant.com
Price: £–££
Les Copeaux uses seasonal ingredients – Neil Williams
La Bokka
An Italian trattoria inspires this elegant dinner address – one of Les Gets’ most sleek – inside the plush, wood-and-stone Kinabalu Resort near the Mont Chéry cable car station.
A trendy combo of bar stool seating and comfy lounge chairs around marble bistro tables creates an urban vibe; while a bookshelf corner, winter garden and eclectic wallpapers create a pick of moods. The chef hails from southern Italy, meaning Real McCoy arancini (Sicilian rice balls), tangy Parma ham cured for 36 months and scrumptious thick-crust pizzas. Mixologists at the white ceramic-tiled bar shake a mean Negroni, and occasional live music or DJ sets the place rocking at weekends.
Website: bokka-lesgets.com
Price: ££
The contemporary La Bokka dining room – Les Gets Tourisme
La Piste Noire
In a country where a bacon omelette is all too often considered “vegetarian” (there’s good reason this winter-only restaurant is named after the most challenging grade of ski slope), The Black Piste is a breath of fresh air. Squirrelled away inside four-star Chalet-Hôtel La Marmotte, chefs source produce within a 50-mile radius of Les Gets for their modern veg-fuelled dishes – several vegan too.
Start perhaps with burnt onion and Savoie pear in Jerusalem artichoke cream, followed by the day’s risotto, pasta or tacos. There’s also a kids’ veggie menu and a ‘flexitarian menu’ for those happy to indulge in a veal chop butchered on a local farm or arctic char from Lake Geneva. Fellow ski resorts, take note!
Website: restaurant-lapistenoire.com
Price: ££
Vegetarians will be pleased at La Piste Noir – La Piste Noire
Vina Annapurna
A sophisticated sort of spot where Parisians in Les Gets go to celebrate New Year’s Eve, this swish wine bar pairs an excellent carte au vin with international fare – there really is something on the menu for everyone, children and gourmet vegetarians included.
Classics are impeccably presented, remain faithful to the season, and more often than not get infused with a creative kick: hand-cut steak tartare with truffle cream and fries, asparagus with ham and Beaufort cheese sabayon, pork belly smoked with hay, fish and chips with pink-curry mayonnaise. On warmer sunny days and in summer, Annapurna’s sizable terrace comes into its own.
Website: vina-annapurna.com
Price: £££
Look for classic dishes done well at Vina Annapurna – Vina Annapurna
La Part des Anges
A newcomer to the dining scene at the tail end of last season, The Angel’s Share – referring to the cognac or whisky that evaporates during distilling – has quickly become the place to be seen. A hit with the fashionable, monied set, the chic brasserie and bar pairs indulgent drinks around high tables with modern gastronomy in the restaurant. French classics inspire the menu: grilled steaks and meats, barbecued bone marrow, traditional Burgundian oeuf meurette (poached eggs in red wine), cheese fondue and veggie side dishes, all brought to the table on shared platters. Fashionably retro crockery celebrates old-timer ski resorts in Haute-Savoie. Reserve, and dress up.
Website: lapartdesanges.cool
Price: ££–£££
L’Auberge de la Fruitière
At the end of a hard day’s skiing, little beats dipping into a feisty cheese fondue – and this traditional wood-and-stone chalet in the hamlet of Perrières is the place to do it. The rustic evening-only restaurant, with scrubbed wood tables and fire roaring the hearth, was once the cellar where cheeses were ripened, and cheese is still made at the family’s fruitière (cheese dairy).
Fondue and raclette come in a variety of flavours – smoked, wild garlic, mushroom or ‘au pétillant’ (with sparkling wine) – and the final egg (to ‘clean’ the fondue pot) and shot of kirsch is memorable. Real cheese aficionados can return by day to peek backstage and see cheese being made; reserve in advance.
Contact: fruitiere-lesgets.com
Price: ££
Be sure to reserve a table in advance at L’Auberge de la Fruitière – MARION CO
Les Notes Gourmandes
Every self-respecting ski resort requires a decent spot for breakfast and brunch, and this bright and airy café opposite the outdoor ice rink delivers. Be it eggs benedict, avocado toast piled high with fresh herbs and shoots, or an (admittedly French-style) English breakfast, skiers seeking an early-morning protein fix won’t be disappointed. Poke bowls, salads bursting with fresh leaves, crêpes and waffles with various toppings keep the punters pouring in all day, and the barista-poured coffee is among the best you’ll find in this neck of the woods. Kudos for the coquettish cappuccino design and funky Les Gets-themed wallpaper.
Contact: instagram.com/lesnotesgourmandes; 00 33 4 50 79 49 23
Price: ££
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On the mountainLe Wetzet
There is no lovelier address for lunch after posing for photos with Mont Blanc on Ranfoilly’s suspended viewing platform at 1,824m. Skiing two minutes down from the panoramic summit (the highest point on the resort’s Chavannes side), snap out your skis into this traditional stone-and-wood chalet.
After years of heading the ship, Papa Roger retired in summer 2024, and daughters, Ingrid and Perrine continue to hit the spot with wholesome family cuisine. If summer beignets are on the menu, order them – Wetzet’s potato fritters are legendary. Ditto for its robust savoury crepes, cooked up all winter long (best when smothered in Savoyard Reblochon cheese) and meal-sized salads. Stand-out sweet indulgences include a hedonist tartes aux noix (caramelised walnut tarts) and a gigantic teacup of cream-topped hot chocolate for two.
Contact: facebook.com/leWetzet; 00 33 6 87 93 10 32
Price: £
Closest lift/piste: Piste de la Tulipe, Le Ranfoilly
Order the beignets at Le Wetzet – Nicola Williams
La Païka
Plan on minimal skiing after lunching at bon vivant La Païka – either on the sun-blazed terrace with views across to the hamlet of Les Perrières and forested mountains beyond, or in the bijou chalet interior with roaring fire and banquet of desserts laid out on the traditional wooden dresser.
Smokey barbecued meats, fish and garlicky black tiger prawns are the speciality of this winter-only address, flame-grilled to perfection over a wood fire in the outdoor kitchen and served with a flourish by waiters in straw sunhats. Don’t skimp on dessert: the buffet of homemade fruit tarts, mille-feuilles, lemon meringue pies et al are quite simply out of this world. Reservations essential.
Website: restaurant-lapaika.com
Price: ££
Closest lift/piste: Piste des Vorosses, La Turche
The dessert buffet at La Paika is a hit with all ages
Les Chevrelles
A local secret on the less-frequented Mont Chéry side of Les Gets, this isolated farmstead with red-and-white gingham curtains is a gorgeous spot for soaking up the peace and snow-muffled tranquillity of traditional mountain life. Its off-the-beaten-track location on Mont Caly makes it popular with cross-country skiers, snow-shoers and summertime hikers.
Grab a pew on the sun-soaked front porch, or plunge inside to feast on Savoyard fare in a cutesy all-wood interior. On the menu: all the hardcore cheesy classics, plus diots (Savoyard pork sausages simmered in white wine) and a gut-busting reblochonnade (potatoes oven-baked with reblochon cheese and cream).
Contact: facebook.com/leschevrelles; 00 33 4 50 79 85 40
Price: £
Closest lift/piste: Télécabine du Mont Chéry
Bacchus
Lounging gracefully on Chavannes’ lower slopes, Bacchus is a great address for non-skiers keen to drink in some mountain cool – it’s just 10 minutes’ walk uphill from the main street in Les Gets inside ski-in/ski-out Hôtel-Spa Crychar. Snow-white deckchairs and tables with cherry-red seating provide a slope-side viewpoint on beginners grappling the gentle blue in front. Inside, faux furs draped over comfy armchairs and a menu packed with regional produce deepen the alpine charm.
The choice of charcuterie is top-drawer (Maison Pineau saucisson smoked in beechwood!), and gourmet pasta and steaks please the crowd. A short truffle menu, with dishes incorporating delicate shavings of the fresh elusive fungi, is the decadent icing on the cake. Melted reblochon, potatoes and truffle anyone?
Website: crychar.com
Price: ££
Closest lift/piste: Piste du Vieux Chêne, Chavannes
Find Le Bacchus on the resort’s lower slopes – Le Bacchus
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How we choose
Every restaurant in this curated list has been expertly chosen by our ski expert, following years of experience on the slopes. We cover a range of budgets, from piste-side huts to Michelin-starred restaurants – to best suit every skier’s taste – and consider the food, service, best tables, atmosphere and price in our recommendations, with options both in the resort and on the mountain. We update this list regularly to keep up with the latest opening and provide up to date recommendations.
About our expertNicola Williams
Living within an hour’s drive of Chamonix, Avoriaz and Megève, skiing is a way of life for France-based travel writer Nicola Williams. Three ski-racer kids on, she finally gets to do what she loves most: scenic cruising downhill or on skins in the wild.
Nicola Williams, Telegraph ski expert
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