Charbonniere - Table reservation

La Charbonnière is a farm on the side of a mountain overlooking the Chateau de Menthon St. Bernard. It serves traditional Haute Savoyard food based on cheese such as fondue, raclette and tartiflette. Its major attraction is that while one eats one can see the cows...just underneath in their winter quarters. The whole place is very simple and smells of cheese... and cows. One sits at long tables on benches and the atmosphere is very convivial. Bottles of wine are placed on the tables and one pays for whatever one consumes. The food is simple but delicious however it is heavy so not recommended on a hot day. The restaurant also sells home made cheese of different varieties. This place is an absolute must for a genuine alpine experience.

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this is essentially a working viehhof with a very intelligent restaurant, which is literally attached to the first floor of the large fully functional skid house! we arrived around 19 o'clock without other guests and asked ourselves what we had admitted. we left a full-fledged restaurant several hours later enjoyed several courses of French meat, cheese, brot, kartoffeln, eis, coffee and dishes to finish. we wandered around the area of view before the meal to look down where the cows are fed and milked and wander around the back of the farm to find a shed of young calves, much to the joy of our grandchildren who could feed them. (wash the hands before they had eaten in the ugly washrooms, had a cheeky ever!

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This is a Savoyard restaurant, basic but excellent, situated above a cowshed with views (through glass down to the moo's below. A good earthy smell, simple long tables and wooden benches, local cheese dishes (fondue, raclette, tartiflette... with ham and saucisson, and wine which is...paid for according to how much of the bottle you drink. Best in winter after a day's skiing as there is a vast amount to eat. A cheap and cheerful restaurant near the Chateau de Menthon St. Bernard. Perfect for groups but also couples and your dog is welcome too ! I love it.

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we celebrated the 85th birthday of my mother (a group of 10) first felt cold, but we were the first to arrive. Once more customers arrived and the place began to fill, we felt very comfortable. we tried the fondue (excellent,) the...raclette and the diots. everyone thought that eating was great. the service was very friendly and attentive. great! I recommend to experience something else in this farm/restaurant.

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a real tasty, real local hit with cheese from the farm, good service and beautiful to be the only English-speaking guests.

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