As winter approaches, the desire for mountain dishes made with melting and gratiné cheese, cold meats and wine appears. Without going as far as Savoie or Switzerland, you’re still looking for good addresses in Paris? Whether you are crazy about raclettes, fond of fondues, keen on tartiflettes or simply discovering these unavoidable dishes, here is a list of our favorite restaurants where you can enjoy one of these specialities.
Le Chalet Savoyard (€€)
Tartiflette, raclette, fondue, pierrade: whatever your favorite speciality is, at Le Chalet Savoyard there is something to suit all tastes!
Indeed, if this elegant restaurant prepares the traditional dishes from the French mountains in an authentic way and with fresh local products, it also offers its homemade creations.
Yield to the temptation with a ceps tartiflette, a goat’s cheese and honey fondue or scallops au gratin with Tomme de Savoie.
To digest these copious dishes, don’t miss the Chalet’s ice-cream with blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, red berries coulis and whipped cream. Yummy!
Address: 58, rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris
Opening hours:
- Sunday to Thursday: noon – 2:30 pm / 7 pm – 11 pm
- Friday and Saturday: noon – 2:30 pm / 7 pm – midnight
We like: The possibility to go there on a whim, without having booked and until a late hour.
Les Fondus de la Raclette (€€)
In the course of a walk along the Canal Saint-Martin, let yourself be guided by the mouthwatering smells of Savoyard cheeses and reach Les Fondus de la Raclette.
The travel continues in the room. There are wooden chairs, stools and booth seats, paneled walls, cast iron pots hanging above the bar, and to top it all, stone tables with integrated grill. It feels like Chamonix!
In this rustic and warm setting, come to enjoy the grilled beef and duck duo, the famous Savoyard fondue with truffle cream or the morels tartiflette, all of which can be savored alongside a Pinot noir de Jongieux or a Côte du Rhône Tour Malière.
You’ll definitely be telling us about it!
Address: 107, avenue Parmentier, 75011 Paris
Opening hours:
- Monday and Tuesday: 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
- Wednesday to Sunday: noon – 2:30 pm / 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
We like: The veggie raclette that allows everyone to enjoy it and the exceptional wine cellar.
Website of Les Fonds de la Raclette
Paroles de Fromagers (€€)
Paroles de Fromagers is a 160 m² restaurant dedicated to the world of cheese!
Here, you can make, develop, taste or simply buy the best French cheese thanks to the many caseology group activities.
If there are more than 10 of you, you can also privatize the back room, a 17th-century vaulted cellar which is perfect to share a fondue in a pleasant setting.
Swiss, Savoyard, from Franche-Comté… whatever your favorite fondue is, you’ll be well advised on cheeses and wines by the staff, whose pedagogy and kindness will enhance your experience.
Address: 41, rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris
Opening hours:
- Monday to Saturday: 10 am – 1 pm / 3 pm – 8 pm
- Closed on Sundays
We like: The “right of crust” for those who are fond of crusts and croutons.
Website of Paroles de Fromagers
Les Marmottes (€€€)
For a mountain getaway, head to Les Marmottes!
Located in the heart of the 1st arrondissement, this restaurant welcomes you in a chalet-like setting with its stone slabs, wooden seats and fireplace.
Avid eaters are not neglected thanks to the all-you-can-eat raclettes.
For those who prefer lighter dishes, they can treat themselves to some of the large Savoyard salads.
The Brézain raclette will make many happy thanks to its smoked beechwood cheese which is even suitable for pregnant women.
The restaurant even thought about toddlers with the Piou-Piou menu (small tartiflette and ice-cream balls).
And if after this good meal you still have some room left, don’t miss the Marmotte’s sweet speciality: the frozen Vacherin with Chartreuse!
Address: 26, rue de la Grande Truanderie, 75001 Paris
Opening hours: Every day: noon – 11 pm
We like: Cheeses selected with particular attention, promoting farmhouse cheeses from small farmers.
Website of Les Marmottes (in French)
Le Chalet de Neuilly (€€)
If you’re looking for the perfect place to taste mountain dishes, you’re at the right address.
With the paneling, briquettes, skis and the bearskins hung on the wall, it feels like we are on the slopes.
As for the food, this legendary restaurant from the West of Paris offers the whole range of Savoyard dishes, prepared authentically with quality products.
Nevertheless, if you’re not fond of cold meats, the smoked salmon raclette will do the trick as well.
Address: 14, rue du Commandant Pilot, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Opening hours:
- Every day: noon – 2:30 pm / 7:30 pm – 11 pm
We like: The beautiful pieces of meat which come from the best farms in France.
Website of Le Chalet de Neuilly
La Grange des Sœurs Aubry (€€)
Located in the famous rue Mouffetard, run by the two sisters Françoise and Laurence since 1996, this restaurant has an appropriate name.
With the stone wall, the beams and the thousands of rustic items bargain-hunted in jumble shops: a horseshoe, a deer’s head, a spade, a handsaw… everything suggests that we are in a real barn.
Those who love classics will appreciate the classic three-cheese fondue.
Those who love meat will be delighted by the Swiss dried beef raclette or the fondue from the Landes with duck breast fillet and pepper sauce.
As for those who are allergic to cheese or reluctant to eat meat, they’ll be able to enjoy the fish fondue with salmon and prawns.
The icing on the cake: for the bigger eaters, the chef has thought up a sweet fondue with fresh fruit to dip in chocolate!
Address: 72, rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
Opening hours:
- Every day: 6 pm – midnight
We like: The friendly and informal atmosphere in which you directly feel at ease.
Le Buffet de la Gare (€€)
Are you fond of cheeses and especially dripping cheeses? This restaurant is made for you.
A stone’s throw from the Gare de l’Est train station, Le Buffet de la Gare offers every evening its all-you-can-eat raclette for 25€.
Plain, smoked or pepper raclette cheese, morbier etc. you can choose whatever to cover your potatoes with.
You also have a wide choice of cold meats: from classic Spanish Serrano ham to Italian coppa as well as dried beef meat.
Finally, the restaurant hasn’t forgotten the vegetarians, who can accompany their raclette with vegetable pickles, steamed carrots and an assortment of raw vegetables.
Address: 70, boulevard de Strasbourg, 75010 Paris
Opening hours:
- Monday to Friday: 8 am – 2 am
- Weekends: 10 am – 2 am
We like: The old-fashioned raclette grill.
Facebook Page of Le Buffet de la Gare (in French)
Mémère Paulette (€€)
Located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, at a stone’s throw from the Bourse, the restaurant Mémère Paulette has been serving excellent wines and welcoming bons vivants for ten years now, in a rustic and country-style setting.
Indeed, Mémère Paulette is first and foremost a wine restaurant!
But what would wine be without the cheese and meat which go so well with it?
Therefore, Mémère Paulette offers you to accompany the wines from its cellar with typically French dishes.
You must absolutely try their smoked sausage tartiflette topped with raclette and accompanied by a green salad.
It’s plainly orgasmic!
Address: 5, rue Paul Lelong, 75002 Paris
Opening hours:
- Closes at 10 pm
- Closed on Sundays
We like: Mémère Paulette and Chef Laurent’s generosity, which can also be seen on the plate.
Website of Mémère Paulette (in French)
Le Brasier des Ternes (€€)
At first sight, with its faded brown front window, this restaurant doesn’t look like much.
It must be said that Le Brasier des Ternes has existed for more than 40 years!
However, once inside, you won’t be disappointed: Raclette, Super Raclette, Highness Raclette? Braserade, Super Braserade, Highness Braserade?
As you will have realized, at Le Brasier des Ternes, it is you who chooses the size of your portions!
At lunchtime, the Brasier formula starter + main course or main course + dessert at 14.90€ is perfect as a full meal without spending a fortune.
As for the Gourmet formula at 25.90€, it allows you to accompany the Savoyard speciality of your choice with a starter and a dessert.
Your liver won’t come out of this unscathed!
Address: 58, avenue des Ternes, 75017 Paris
Opening hours:
- Every day: 11 am – 3 pm / 6 pm – 11:30 pm
We like: The tiled tables with integrated grills.
Website of Le Brasier des Ternes (in French)
Le Potager du Père Thierry (€€)
The name of the establishment arouses one’s imagination. We can imagine the old father Thierry, a countryman at heart, hunkered down in his vegetable garden, picking carrots and uprooting potatoes to prepare lovely French meals.
And in fact, the restaurant buys all its products at the market.
You can taste a tartiflette recipe slightly innovated with duck breast fillet and walnuts.
Beware, as a victim of its own success, this small restaurant is often full!
Address: 16, rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris
Opening hours:
- Every day: 7 pm-midnight
We like: The dishes which are as nice to look as they are good to eat.
Facebook Page of Le Potager du Père Thierry (in French)
L’Assiette aux Fromages (€)
At the entrance of this restaurant specialized in cheese-based dishes, including raclette and Savoyard fondue, you’ll be welcomed by a young and pretty cow.
Inside, the room is bright and spacious. The decoration looks alpine with the paneled walls, the checkered tablecloths and the wooden shelves full of old objects of all kinds such as bells, clogs and other knick-knacks.
The recipes are classic, the plates are plentiful, and the prices are very correct.
Count 19.50€ for a complete menu with starter + main course + dessert or cheese.
Address: 25, rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris
Opening hours:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 11:30 am – 3 pm / 6 pm – 11:30 pm
- Wednesday: 6 pm – 11:30 pm
- Weekends: 11:30 am – midnight
We like: The white cow with blue spots hanging from the ceiling like a cheese superhero.
Website of L’Assiette aux Fromages (in French)
Heureux comme Alexandre (€€)
Located in a small alley perpendicular to the well-known rue Mouffetard, Heureux comme Alexandre is a restaurant specialised in fondues and pierrades.
The choice is easy as the menu is limited to 5 dishes. Among them, there is the BBQ fondue cooked on stone with beef or duck breast fillet. All the sides are all-you-can-eat.
Nevertheless, if you’re still a little peckish, chef Alex will prepare one of his peach-jasmine, raspberry-basil or honey-lavender frosted desserts.
The more gourmet of you can also continue with a white, milk or dark chocolate fondue, according to your preferences.
Address: 13, rue du Pot de Fer, 75005 Paris
Opening hours:
- Monday: 6:30 pm – 11 pm
- Tuesday to Sunday: noon – 2:30 pm / 6:30 pm – 11 pm
We like: The à l’ancienne setting with the blackened bricks, the velvet seats, the old posters fixed on the walls and the candle on each table.
Website of Heureux Comme Alexandre (in French)
Le Refuge des Fondus (€€)
With its red front window, its name in yellow capital letters and its clown in its showcase, Le Refuge des Fondus reminds us of a theater or a music hall.
And the outside foreshadows the inside.
Indeed, once having crossed the threshold, you’ll discover a small long and narrow room. The walls are covered with drawings of cabarets’ dancers, inscriptions left by customers, ancient bills…
In this typical French restaurant with long tables surrounded by wooden benches, the atmosphere is festive, and the conversations between neighbors are inevitable.
On top of it all, the restaurant has a unique concept. Here, you drink wine in baby’s bottles!
There are bottles of white wine to accompany the Savoyard fondue and bottles of red wine to go with the Burgundian one. Flavours are present everywhere!
Address: 17, rue des Trois Frères, 75018 Paris
Opening hours:
- Every day: 7 pm-midnight
We like: The casual and joyful atmosphere, perfect for an informal gathering.
Facebook page of Le Refuge des Fondus (in French)
Chalet Hublot – Allénothèque (€€€)
A bistro, wine cellar and contemporary art gallery at the same time, the Allénothèque is THE chic address on the left bank of the Seine.
During the winter season, its terrace turns into a temporary chalet, the Chalet Hublot, where you can enjoy an exceptional Swiss fondue in a wooden and luxurious setting.
On the menu, there is a three-cheese fondue (Emmenthal, Gruyere, Beaufort), accompanied by homemade pickles, potatoes and cold meats, including the famous Spanish Cecina.
To end on a high note, the multi-starred chef Yannick Alléno offers you his dessert du jour: a nut pecan pie, a floating island or a chocolate fondant.
Reservations are strongly recommended!
Address: 53-57, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Opening hours: Every day: noon – 11 pm
Price: Single menu at 70€ per person, excluding drinks
We like: The hyper Mauvien chic set, a manufacturer of gastronomic heritage since 1830.
Website of Allénothèque (in French)
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