La Reserve - Châtel

Service was good, atmosphere was fine, but the food was extremely bland, poorly executed, and terribly overpriced. The “truffle pizza/tartlette” appetizer was on a doughy store bought pita type bread and each piece had just one small piece of truffle. The buratta was good but the portion was laughable. For mains: the highly recommended lamb confit for 2 tasted more like mutton and there was no flavoring at all; the potato gratin side that came with it was undercooked and not salted at all. The pasta looked pretty but was overcooked and very dry. The pork belly was very small and the cut was mainly all fat, very little meat.

We booked a place in advance for 19:00. Even though we were a group of 9 they divided us into 2 tables 4+5. One of the tables was told that we have only until 20:45.. So that table was rushed and got surved way ahead of our table, so it wasn 't synced- and we had to also eat faster in order to make it . The additude of the hostes was terrible. Toilets were simple and not so clean, you expect more from fancy places. The food was ok, meat dish incredibly expensive (150€ but nice, starters of shrimps and buratta were OK. Duck dish was horrible, and when we said something the staff igronred. Nothing extraordinary. Overall, I felt a worse attitude towards our table since we came with children and I enjoyed this restaurant the LEAST of all the others we visited so far.

Bottom line my worst experience in a full week of dinners in Avoriaz, by far. Both on food and especially on service! First of all we had the impression they were a Michelin restaurant if this is a Michelin restaurant, we can give up on Michelin. However it seems it 's a sign from 2020, they didn 't get it since, so it 's of little meaning beyond misleading customers. We reserved 4 days in advance, on arrival we got 2 separated tables, with one being limited to just an hour and 45 minutes. That table was served with urgency, while ours took a super long time to get food 2 kids portions (pasta with nothing and pasta with cheese) took over an hour an a half we had to ask 2 separate waiters until they got it to us... Entrees some were good, some were OK. Main courses we took one special (45 days salted ribs) and a duck based course with truffles the ribs were nice, kids even took some. The duck was absolutely tasteless, we ate a tiny piece of it and nobody in a group of 9 wanted to touch it. The waiter in a very French way said must be too much taste for you the truffles , even after I said I love truffles and none of us felt any taste of truffles, it was basically a shepherd 's pie with duck at the bottom and barely any taste to the duck meat. Even bathrooms are pretty but not maintained at all bin is obstructed, toilet paper is the cheapest I 've seen in any restaurant, here or anywhere. If you insist on going, I recommend the duck foie gras and the Burratta of the entrees, and the lamb. Everything else was super high priced, tasteless, or both. Honestly no idea how this restaurant has such a score, I would never come back. All of this for a pretty ridiculous price of a high society restaurant, as they like to think of themselves.. We came back to the white fountain (Fontaines blanches) to the best dinner we had during our stay..

Very average. Dishes served very quickly, starters arriving at the same time as the aperitif....Poor quality compared to the prices. Positive point: friendly service. Disappointment, we will not come back.

We were at La Reserve for dinner. It is very nicely decorated inside, really welcoming if anything maybe a little too warm. The food was very good (some choices on the menu were a little basic). The service was great too, very helpful sommelier. We would definitely go back.