Chez Mado - Le Grand-Bornand

A chalet where you don't come by chance A typical local setting Regional kitchen house The tartiflette is excellent The welcome is warm, do not hesitate to stop you

Mountain restaurant in his juice where he eats A warm and typical taste decoration A real happiness Local dishes made home An extremely gourmet menu at home Nice and professional service a young and dynamic team To make absolutely But book

In the summer, nothing but more pleasant than the altitude restaurants with most often a magnificent view and of course a terrace, here adorning a traditional savoyard chalet of the most blooming dates from 1788. On leaving the Grand-Bornand, a road on the right that climbs a few kilometers and thus arrives face to this superb building. Reservation indispensable because of course the number of places is limited and it would be a shame not to be able to stop there. Chalet in old wood, full of flowers, some antique objects and there, a fountain and this terrace with tables along a fence and view over the valley. A smiling welcome then an effective service once installed at one of the tables. You should know that when booking by phone, it will be possible to book one of the menus that includes either a tartiflette or diots. Here of course it will be a family savoyard meal prepared around the products of the region, so the Aravis. Of course, the famous farmer reblochon that is a raw milk cheese, handmade, on the farm and twice a day after milking, used for tartiflette and croutes. Milk comes from the only herd of exploitation, mainly from the Abundance breed. Then the diots that are small rustic sausages made in Savoy. They consist of chopped pork and scented with nutmeg and garlic and owe their origin to the word drawn from the dialect savoyard diot which means sausage, but which can also pronounce djo. Otherwise a card with some plates like the plate of the hiker with smoked ham, rosette, farmer reblochon, Savoie tomme and green salad. Or even the studded croute which is a slice of big mountain bread with smoked ham, gratined with farmy reblochon and also accompanied by green salad. Decorated asiettes with small flowers. There will also be some dishes of the day such as polenta and diots. For dessert, well on the blueberry pies with a homemade pie dough made with fresh mountain butter butter butter butter, as well as red fruit or cream and day dessert. A superb address to spend an excellent time in the sun in an enchanting setting.

Small restaurant discovered during an electric mountain bike ride. The plates of the day are excellent and very well garnished. Mado and are husband welcome you in their old farm, the room was their stable. For savoyard specialties, book them by phone because everything is homemade. I'll give you all the desserts, the ice cream with a little schoot of scavengers.

We have dinner on the terrace with this superb view of the Aravis Mountains and the surrounding mountains, we were pampered by the hosts, eating a fondue with this setting and old hospitality, welcomed as kings! I recommend and we'll come back.