Le Couarôge Chalets et Appartements

“Instinctive, last-minute” regional dishes, rustled up by a seasoned veteran who has trained many a local chef. In a picture postcard swish Alpine chalet décor, each dish celebrates and pays tribute to authentic regional produce.

Located in this resort in the Hautes Vosges, you come across this appealing contemporary restaurant named after its two owners: Anita, who works front of house, and Nicolas, who presides in the kitchen. In a warm decor featuring stone and wood, the chef, who hails from Moselle, delivers his own personal take on fine dining cuisine, combining high-quality local produce (Wagyu beef, trout, snails, chickpeas and lentils) with techniques and flavours picked up during his many travels.

(Temporarily closed) In the upper reaches of Gérardmer, this imposing chalet-hostelry has been in the same family for five generations. The culinary focus is on classical dishes with a regional slant and crafted with top-notch ingredients, like duck foie gras, snails, game, fresh-water fish... The wine list is out of this world.

"Julien Jeanselme, a committed and welcoming chef, creates fresh and straightforward cuisine, whose regional roots do not preclude nods to other influences, especially Provence (he's a fan of fish soup), or tributes – here, to his great - grandfather, who was awarded a Michelin star... in 1936! – with the ""Ernest Jeanselme"" mountain terrine. A reliably good option. "