La Table de l'Ours

73150 VAL-D'ISÈRE

16/20
Remarkable Restaurant

6 PHOTOS

Chef Antoine Gras

Services Accomodation | Disabled access | Private Parking | Valet parking

Price Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

105€ à 180€

Gault&Millau's review

16/20

Remarkable Restaurant Grand de Demain last year, Antoine Gras, who was one of Arnaud Donckele's best lieutenants, must now confirm this. He has certainly assimilated all the palace codes, giving his best on products that he can afford to seek out at the summit of excellence. In this luxurious Avalin chalet, he has all the means at his disposal, and he deprives himself of nothing. His kitchen is well-placed, brilliant and beautifully designed according to the season. Is it winter? After an amusing appetizer of cabbage soup, here's a splendid scallop from Le Guilvinec, marrow and truffle in a pot-au-feu broth; with local trout superbly enhanced by the powerful fragrance of lovage, like the poularde on a cappuccino-style reduction of chicken in a pot, with onion "forgotten" on the fire, here's a whole sequence of pleasure and comfort, a little tarnished by an overly pompous, reciting and prescriptive service, hardly in phase with the chef's creative and natural spirit. A pleasing dessert of textured walnuts, local red ale and pear, subtle and skilful, a rather modern, athletic and inquisitive wine cellar, very much in tune with its region, with top wines and all the young guard, as well as great bottles, at relatively reasonable prices for all budget levels. We are delighted to note the return of a real à la carte menu, with a tasting menu and a card menu that are undeniably good value.