Le Grenier - La Clusaz

We went to this restaurant with the local friends and spent a lot of money:)) It was a school vacation weekend night during a ski season so the place (bar) was totally full with happy laughing and talking young crowd. We started in the bar and had several cocktails of a decent quality. French absinthe (Pernod) that we tried was 68%, I could not drink it (a rare thing for me :)). We finally moved to the restaurant 40 min after our reservation time. We ordered for 4 people two of each Saumon gravlax and Foie gras appetizers and they both were really great. For main courses we had Saumon au four, Entrecote metzger, and the two very hungry and tired from skiing men shared a huge Cote de boeuf (which would be good for 3 or 4 people by the way). Food was really good. Juicy meat was just perfect with its grass-fed taste and tenderness. We also had a bottle of Les Creisses and it was so good that we had to order another one. 8 drinks, 2 bottles of wine, 4 appetizers and 4 main courses came up to 356 euro, which I consider a steal at this quality!

La Clusaz is a cute resort which is a village rather than a concrete estate stuck in the mountains. We were a group of 14 skiers manly French with a couple of Brits. We fancied a 'tartiflette' one evening and Le Greenier looked the part being right next to the church in the pretty main square. We booked (essential) and on entry the restaurant looked lovely with a rustic decor and solid wood furniture.The menu was limited to a few local dishes which was fine for us but veggies might struggle with the options. I was disappointed that there were no local beers on offer just the rather boring Heineken and a German brew. We ordered our tartiflette and some local Savoie wine which was excellent. Then we waited.Nearly 50 minutes later our food arrived. The tartiflette was unusual as the lardons were not in the Reblochon and potato mix but they sat on top in the form of two large chunks of unsmoked bacon. It tasted ok but certainly was not what we all were expecting. The accompanying salad was gritty as if it had not been rinsed properly and this was noted by all of our group not just the odd dish. Still the wine was good and we ordered desserts which were tasty but rather pricey for the portions on offer.Not a bad evening but not a great one. There were plenty of servers and the place was buzzing but not packed (a Thursday) so I do not know why the service was slow.

On two separate nights we walked around La Clusaz looking for a great barMultiple in walking distance were majorly lacking.

The bar is good. But the fondue was pretty much awful. Really watery...probably worst i ever had. The waitress was unacceptably rude. So obviously will never go back. Would not recommend it to anyone who is looking for good food and service.

Music and ambience great, superb cocktails and very delicious complimentary nibbles. We were there early evening and it was quiet but I imagine it draws in the party crowds later.