L'Ideal 1850 sur Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains

Marvelous views (on a good day), great service, good food and exciting ambiance! A place to visit when in Megève Seating x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ambiance x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Service x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Drinks x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Presentation x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Food x5: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Location x1: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Price per pers.: $100 Would I recommend this place? 👍 NPS - Net Promoter Score: 9️⃣🟢 Detractor | Passive | Promoter 1 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🟡🟡🟢🟢 10

I have travelled the world extensively over 40 years. I ate at all restaurants ranging from pop & mom’s to Michelin three stars. This is my honest review of the restaurant L’Idéal 1850, up the mountain above Megève. You can go up there in summer hiking (1h30 from Megève, medium difficulty) or by Mont d’Arbois ski gondola departing from a station above Megève village (10’ ride then 5-10’ by foot/ski). The ambiance is definitely after-ski chic in this luxury chalet with jaw-dropping views. The food is very good: we got dried beef and fondue as well as berry tartlet. Staff was super nice. Only area of improvement I would say is help a bit more proactively the customers with cooking temperature of the fondue as we got too high temperature which dissolved part of the cheese into pure fat. That being said, highly recommended location. Price tag is high but that comes with the whole package.

Very pleasant service who happily agrees to help hikers in need of water.