Refuge du Plan de l'Aiguille sur Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Delicious salads and homemade blueberry pie. Great place to sit back and relax after a hike. Nice view.

A place close to heaven. Amazing views. We walked up to the Refuge, at the Refuge we admired the wonderful landscape and enjoyed two delicious tarts with raspberries and blueberries.

A quelques minutes de l'arrivée du plan de l'Aiguille. Il est important de réserver sa place pour y dormir mais aussi pour déjeuner le midi. Le menu du midi est plein de spécialités régionales absolument fantastique. Pouvoir déjeuner sur la terrasse avec une vue sur la vallée de Chamonix est exceptionnel. Nous avons pris une croûte aux trompettes de la mort qui était absolument goûteuse. Pour finir une tarte aux myrtilles nous a comblé. L'accueil et le service sont sympathiques, le rapport qualité-prix est très raisonnable par rapport à ce qui est pratiqué dans la vallée. Une très belle pose déjeuner à refaire dès que possible.

Vue magnifique sur la chaîne des aiguilles rouges. Carte courte et produit de qualité. Accueil peu courtois. Pas de note, juste un total à payer, certes en CB. Vérifiez bien votre total, une tarte nous avait été comptée et ce fut la galère pour quelle soit retirée.

It is a typical meeting place for hikers in the region or tourists, you can drink or eat there, it is a few minutes walk from the first area by cable car. Good service and very beautiful view

Fantastic food, hospitality, and view.

The location of this refuge, on the precipice overlooking the Chamonix valley, is stunning. Access can be had in many ways. For the less daring: take the Aiguille du Midi cable car to the 1st station, get of and follow the signs to the refuge in an easy 15min walk. If you want a little more, add the visit to Lac Blue to your itinerary, maybe 30min extra. For the slightly more adventurous: take the Montenvers train to Mer de Glace, admire the glacier, and then follow the Balcon du Sud towards the Plan du Aiguille refuge. Count 2h30m. Descent via the cable car down to Chamonix on the same ticket. Finally, if you don't mind ascending, you can also hike up in about 2h30-3h from Chamonix town centre. You'll be tired when you get there because 1200m ascending is tiring. But the food and drinks will taste even better after that accomplishment. If you're a novice to alpine hiking, I recommend doing the ascent over the descent, and I recommend waiting till July when the route is properly snow free. The staff at the refuge is very friendly. The patrons are a mix of tourists doing the 15min version, alpinists giving their legs some practice before going on the higher aims, climbers coming down from an early morning on the Aiguilles de Chamonix, and lots of alpine hikers. Good company, good food and drinks and stunning views.

A charming place with beer and good food

A magnificent place! Watch out for the big black dog who doesn't like people coming into the kitchen.

Overall exactly what you expect and want but the dog there is aggressive and made me rather uneasy.