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Café / Brasserie Restaurants in Aime La Plagne — 5 of Our Favourites

Find your perfect Aime La Plagne restaurant, shortlisted by our local experts

La Plagne isn't really a resort for foodies, but there is a range of restaurants in La Plagne to suit all tastes and budgets.

Find loads of top tips and local insights in our La Plagne Where to Eat Guide.

La Metairie Restaurant, Plagne Centre interior

1. La Metairie Restaurant

Location
Plagne Villages

A chalet-style traditional Alpine restaurant.

Serving hearty Savoyard and French specialities in a cosy environment, including raclette, and pierrade, they also have an extensive wine list.

Open daily throughout the winter season from 11:30 to 22:30.

La Terrasse Restaurant, Aime 2000 style of cuisine

2. La Terrasse Restaurant

Location
Aime La Plagne

A lively resort restaurant and bar in Aime 2000, located right on the side of the ski slopes. They serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, pizzas and local specialities such as fondue, raclette and "plancha" (meat cooked at the table on a traditional griddle). Also on the menu, woks, pasta and burgers. It has a large piste-side terrace and is a great place to call in for lunch or après-ski during the winter season.

The atmosphere is fun and friendly, with parties and theme nights during the holiday season. Family friendly, popular with ski instructors, locals and holidaymakers.

Open every day from 08:00 to midnight in winter.

L'Arlequin Restaurant, Aime 2000 style of cuisine

3. L'Arlequin Restaurant

Location
Aime La Plagne

Their wide ranging menu offers a great range of pizzas and local Savoyard specialities like raclette, fondue and tartiflette. The décor is as much a part of the experience as the food, and the warm welcome from owners Monique and Georges makes it popular with locals and holidaymakers alike. Specialities include creamy risotto with morille mushrooms, Parma ham and scamorza cheese, egg duo with truffle, Rossini beef, scallops with chorizo and aubergines, salmon and beef tartare, or creamy tartiflette.

They also offer chef Benjamin Villain very own menus with the signature dish of the restaurant, La Potence, beef or prawns flambées with whisky or pastis. Unusual twists on classic French dishes and international touches makes this a memorable dining experience - for all the right reasons.

Open every day from 11:00 to 22:30.

Empty wine glasses on a table in a restaurant

4. La Cantine Plagne 1800 Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

La Cantine is a popular restaurant in the heart of 1800, best known for its wide selection of pizzas, which make up most of the menu. Easily reached by resort shuttle, it features a cosy, rustic interior that is small but full of character. Advance booking is recommended during busy periods. Prices are very reasonable for the generous pizza sizes, and the friendly, helpful staff add to the welcoming atmosphere.

It's a warm welcome that awaits you in this restaurant from the friendly, dynamic team. Service here, most definitely comes with a smile.  And what can you expect to be served? Well word on the street is "the best pizzas in town" and it seems that few would disagree.

They also do a special, smaller sized "Bambino Pizza" just for kids. There are a few other menu options to choose from - French onion soup, salads, nachos, tartiflette and tapas but let's be honest, with word of mouth this good, you probably want to be eating pizza.

Their great food and reasonable prices means that this restaurant gets very busy, so booking a table ahead is definitely to be recommended, especially if you are a larger group. There is also live music and DJ's playing periodically throughout the week and take out is also available.

Le Refuge Restaurant, La Plagne Centre interior

5. Le Refuge Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

Serving a range of typical French dishes, the restaurant is open for lunch and dinner.

Grilled meats are one of their speciality dishes and each table has a copper hood suspended above it so that diners can grill their own meat at the table. As well as sit down meals they also have a takeaway snack service with a wide range of sandwiches and pizzas. 

The adjoining bar is open until 02:00. Open throughout the year.