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Local Cuisine Restaurants in Aime La Plagne — 11 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.

Araucaria Restaurant, Plagne Centre interior

1. Araucaria Restaurant

Location
Aime La Plagne

This delightful hotel restaurant serves creative cuisine, blending French gastronomy and Savoyard tradition.

In an elegant setting overlooking the slalom track, the restaurant occupies the ground floor of the hotel and is open daily for dinner from 18:45 to 21:30. Its chic and friendly atmosphere will appeal to friends, couples and families alike and the large dining tables can comfortably sit up to 12 people, promising you a warm and friendly dining experience!

Even the most discerning palette will be tantalised by the themed buffets (gourmet market, pizzeria, homemade desserts …), but how much you eat is down to you!

The restaurant is situated in front of the Jean-Luc Crétier slalom stadium, with direct access to the pistes and ski-lifts of the vast Paradiski domain. The easy access and good food makes it the prefect place to stop for lunch or an après-ski drink.

L'Arlequin Restaurant, Aime 2000 style of cuisine

2. 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.

La Terrasse Restaurant, Aime 2000 style of cuisine

3. 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.

Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Restaurant, Plagne 1800 interior

4. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

This traditionally French chalet-style restaurant serves reasonably priced local dishes.

This typical Savoyard has a cosy wooden interior with log fire and is popular with locals and seasonal workers. Their menu features local specialities such as raclette, croziflette, fondue, tartiflette and reblochonnade, as well as French classics like onion soup, snails, grilled steaks, beef tartare, and duck.

Open for lunch (11:30 to 15:00) and dinner (17:30 to 02:00), as well as for drinks (10:00 to 02:00). You can ski in and the owners have been known to give clients a lift home on the snowmobile when the snow is heavy.

Les Cocottes Restaurant, La Plagne Centre interior

5. Les Cocottes Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

Whether you fancy morning coffee, lunch with friends, a quick snack with the kids or a dinner for two, the friendly staff at this restaurant will be there to welcome you.  

All appetites are catered for here with soups, salads and toasties available for a lighter bite, to meat and fish dishes, pasta, sharing platters and cheesy specialities. A children's menu is also available. 

It also has an enviable location right on the snow front in Plagne Centre so when the sun is out, park yourself on the fabulous sunny terrace and watch the world go by whilst topping up your tan. Great for groups and families.

La Marmotte Qui Fume Restaurant, La Plagne - Aime 2000

6. La Marmotte Qui Fume Restaurant

Location
Aime La Plagne

Favoured one of the best restaurants in the Aime 2000 gallery, it's a great location for dinner if you're staying locally. Elevated in the resort, enjoy excellent sunset views over the mountains and valley below as you eat.

The menu is home-made and full of locally-sourced products, with a speciality for local Savoyarde options such as raclette, fondue or pierrade. There are also plenty more internationally-inspired plates and traditional French meat and fish dishes. Delicious home-made deserts and an excellent cocktail menu will complete your meal nicely.

Enjoy your meal in the cosy and laid-back restaurant atmosphere, enjoying views over the mountains.

The friendly owners and front of house staff will give you a warm welcome and an excellent, professional service.

Open summer and winter.

An image of an ski restaurant on the slopes of La Plagne in the French Alps

7. Le Loup Blanc Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

This restaurant offers quick service on the terrace for lunch where you can pick up a vin chaud or a crêpe at reasonable prices.

At dinner you can dine inside near the toasty fire and try their chef's Asian influenced dishes, or stick to local Savoyard specialities or a good steak.

Open all year, they also have free WiFi and private parking.

Le Refuge Restaurant, La Plagne Centre interior

8. 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.

L'Avalanche Restaurant, La Plagne Centre interior

9. Le Plante de Baton Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

You can reach this restaurant on skis or on foot.

A sunny terrace right at the foot of the pistes and a cosy dining room make this a popular lunch spot. The menu is traditional Savoyard - expect lots of hearty cheese dishes such as fondue and tartiflette.

Open for lunch and dinner every day, with breakfast served at weekends. Open from mid-December to late April and from early August to early September.

La Metairie Restaurant, Plagne Centre interior

10. 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.

Le Farcon Restaurant, La Plagne Centre interior

11. Le Farcon Restaurant

Location
Plagne 1800

Enjoy traditional home cooked Savoyard cuisine, using fresh local ingredients.

The dining room is best described as "Alpine Kitsch" with lots of pine cones, old leather skates, cow print fabrics, wooden beams, etc.

Open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Sunday, lunch only on Mondays. Closed in the evenings, weekends and holidays in the interseason.