La Grange restaurant review

Think fondue, raclette and tartiflette alongside some delicious alternatives including some great options for vegetarians. We hadn’t intended to have a three-course meal, but after seeing the menu we couldn’t resist.

We headed to La Grange on a Saturday night and were lucky to get a table. It’s a busy restaurant and clearly one of the favourites amongst both tourists and locals. We could only get a reservation early on in the evening and even then the restaurant was full. It’s a traditional alpine restaurant with wooden tables and chairs, beamed ceiling and low lighting. You’re welcomed by the team at the bar as you enter who are always happy to see you no matter how busy they are. La Grange is run by chef Fred and his wife Alex. They’re an Anglo-French couple who have chosen to make Morzine their home and they seem to be getting it just right.

We were shown to our table and quickly presented with the drinks and food menu. Our waiter, although clearly rushed, was happy to help us choose a good local wine and it didn’t take long for it to arrive. The food menu has a delicious range of starters, mains and desserts alongside traditional Savoyard dishes and specials of the day. There’s also a set menu, which offers three courses for 30 euros or two courses for 26 euros. This is where the temptation begins!

We decided to try a couple of starters between us and opted for the game terrine and cheese tart. Both of these feature on the set menu but this doesn’t mean they are in anyway smaller or inferior. In fact they were quite the opposite. They were delicious. The terrine was served with fresh crusty bread and salad and was packed with flavour. The cheese tart was heart-stoppingly good, extremely rich and very tasty. The salad that came with it was sprinkled with walnuts and a lovely dressing that made it much more than just an accompaniment. These dishes in themselves were enough to fill up the average person and they were only the beginning.

For our main courses we decided to sample the fish of the day. We also ordered a large salad and one of our party chose the chicken supreme. The fish was served with polenta and vegetables, which isn’t something you regularly see in Morzine, but it really worked. The fish was locally sourced and cooked well in a tasty sorrel sauce. The salad was huge! In France you often find salads are pretty similar with your standard helping of lettuce, tomato and cucumber but this was nothing like that. It was made up of a shredded beetroot and carrot salad alongside a delicious walnut and red onion one. It was also served with slices of fresh apple and another generous helping of crusty bread. The chicken was also extremely well received and was polished off pretty quickly. It was served with creamy tagliattelle and romanesco brocolli that really complimented the chicken, which I’m told, was full of flavour. In the words of the person eating it, “It was the tastiest chicken I’ve had in a long time”.

By this time, we were so full we were struggling to contemplate how we’d manage a pudding, however we’d already spotted a couple of dishes on the menu that were just to good to miss! We’re very fond of café gourmands as it allows you to sample a selection of the puddings on the menu so we ordered one of those. And who can possibly say no to homemade profiteroles? The puddings came out pretty quickly which didn’t give us long to find any space to fit them in however somehow we managed! The profiteroles were served with lashings of cream and ice cream and looked huge as they arrived at the table. The café gourmand included a selection of puddings including cheesecake, crème brulee, ice cream, chocolate brownie and a coconut biscuit. Again, miraculously, all the food disappeared and it was as good as we’d expected it to be.

Once we had finished our meals it was getting on towards nine o’clock and the second sitting of the evening so the next set of people were starting to arrive at the restaurant. However this didn’t stop our waiter from bringing us a complimentary digestive to help the food go down.

All in all our experience at La Grange couldn’t have been better. The food was delicious, service impeccable and we had a really lovely evening. We’ll definitely be going back to sample some more of the delicious offerings on the menu. A table near to us was tucking into a huge raclette – it looked fantastic! I’ve popped it on my list of things to try!