I enjoyed a superb meal of beef tartare, salad and local wine along side the canal. The staff was…read morefriendly and attentive without rushing me in any way.

Terrible customer service. Poor customer interaction. Unfortunately, this location, food, service…read moreand management are terrible and it is recommended to eat anywhere but here in Annecy. Do yourself a huge favor, save your money, save your time and eat/drink and stay in any other hotel/restaurant in Annecy to ensure you get good service and a decent meal.

This was the best meal we ate in France! Everything about Le Bistro du Rhône was admirable,…read moreapproachable, and delicious. Our wait team spoke English and we're effusively friendly. We ordered a very good bottle of white Bordeaux from 2010 (85 Euros and worth it, but very reasonable wine was also available). Two gratis appetizers were brought unbidden to the table. The first was toasted bread with a pate of Chicken, and the second was a refreshing mixture of tomato, white and green asparagus, parsley. Wonderful! My wife's first course was was flour dusted and fried octopus, with a sweet Asian-influenced sauce. Mine was a brick of crab meat, green apple, celery, and lemon mayonnaise. Super good. Our mains were chicken in a lovely white sauce with mixed veggies for my wife. Mine was a fillet of flakey white grilled fish with vegetables. Very solid. After the mains we were offered a purée of mango to cleanse the palate. Yummy. Dessert were something special. Kim ordered a plate of chocolate. Doing cake, chocolate cream, and a molten centered chocolate cake, and chocolate ice cream. Our waiter told me that my dessert was the most delicious one in all France called the Louise Cup, in honor of the chef's daughter: vanilla crème brûlée base, spoon biscuit, mint tea jelly, raspberries and raspberry coulis, with whipped cream on top. Let me tell you, it was the best dessert in France! The restaurant is in an out of the way location but within easy walking distance of the train station and other central places. The ambiance was minimalist but fine. We were seated outdoors but there was also inside seating if we had wished. All the other patrons were local French families. We requested to meet the chef afterwards and he was very pleased by our love for his food. Highest recommendation!

I ordered their duck with rice and apricots. The flavors had an Asian influence, and the duck was…read morecooked pretty well. They ran out of fish for the day, so my wife had to order the Salmon Terrine. If you like Terrine, you may like it, but neither of us really favor it, so we couldn't appreciate it as much. Basically, Terrine is a cold dish composed mainly of gelatin and other items they decide to mix in. It wasn't terrible, it's just something we aren't used to. The restaurant is a nicely-decorated one, and the service was fairly good. It's a little pricier than some other restaurants in Annecy, but nothing extravagant.

I recently visited a fantastic restaurant in Annecy, France for a business dinner and had a…read morewonderful experience. We had a private room, and both the service and atmosphere were excellent. The food was delicious--the foie gras was outstanding, and the Swiss steak with their secret sauce was also top-notch. The desserts had beautiful presentation--especially the one shaped like a little chalet--and were both fresh and flavorful. The restaurant's location right by one of the canals added even more charm to the overall experience. Highly recommended!

Horrible experience. They had a requirement to order 4 main dishes which was only conveyed to us…read moreafter ordering 4 drinks with the intention to get a quick drink and leave.

TIP: It's closed Sunday and Monday…read more Due to Yelp reviews being positive, we wanted to come here and finally was able. The service is friendly. The ambience rustic, down home, pub-ish (good cool vibe). Lots of seating, both indoor and outdoors. They have two outdoor seating areas ... the back with the 'river' view and the front is on the promenade (fun for people watching). The food was very tasty. Salmon Tartar: This was more for American' tastebuds ... mango and mango puree, generous chunks of avocado and fresh grapefruit segments. Very California. Delicious and light. Came with fries, which were a little under seasoned and cold (that was the case for all the fries we ordered as I think they make them in big batches as it's the typical accompaniment for most entrees). ESTA burger: Super flavorful, never thought of pairing it with tartar sauce. Must like tartar sauce, but if you do, YUM! The bun was toasted to perfection and held up nicely to the juice patty. Fresh green lettuce gave it the freshness and crisp too. Mussels with bacon and beer: That broth .... yum! You'd want to drink it; they give you a spoon so they know you want to drink it too. Dunk the bread into it to soak up the yummy salty, briny, addicting goodness. The mussels were plump and fresh too. Forgot the name, but its a sausage with cheese (raclette?) casserole. Salty, meaty, hearty, rich and filling. Order a side salad to cut the richness. It was very good, but I wouldn't be able to eat all of it due to how filling and cheesy it is. Good place, glad we came. Pix to come!

We've been going to L'Estaminet for many years. Our dinner this night was horrible and a…read moretremendous disappointment from the past. My wife had the mussels and each one was either tiny (yes a fingertip at most) or wasn't open. I had the perche and it was a fraction of the size from the past without much flavor. We asked the server if the restaurant had changed and he said the owner had changed within the last year. Avoid this place if you liked it in the past!

We loved Annecy!…read more There are so many beautiful restaurants tucked into alleys. Le Lila's Rose is beautifully decorated and close of our hotel. We came in here and were seated outside which is exactly what we wanted. It was warm, but too not hot and alfresco dining was perfect! We ordered a kir which is made with crème de cassis and champagne. It was a bit too sweet for my liking but still good - I finished it! My husband had the Aperol Spritz which was perfectly made! The perch meunière wasn't exactly how I pictured it but it was good! Lightly fried and served with fries and green salad. The veggie pizza was just good. I saw that lots of other patrons were ordering cheese fondue. We had just eaten the regional specialty for lunch that day - the tartiflette (potato casserole) so I was all cheesed out! Food wasn't great but the ambiance was wonderful. Just being in Annecy was super!

Really cosy restaurant with a variety of options on their menu! I thought everything was very…read moreauthentic and reasonably priced. Our waiter was very friendly and nice.They had lots of fondues, pizzas and meats available, my parents got their barbecue meats that you cook yourself on a hot stone plate. The experience is very fun and similar to korean barbecue but not as smelly. The meats are not marinated in anything but they give you two dipping sauces: aioli and a tomato-y mayo sauce. Since their menu is not 100% in English, I wasn't sure if it was priced at ~19€ per person and the portion is fit for two people. But how we ended up interpreting it as was 19€ per person but you have to get two portions. When the food came, I think the 19€ price was meant for two people portions. I recommend clarifying with the waiter, some speak English! That 19€ also comes with fries and a salad. I ordered the dish of the day which was some sort of stew with chicken, ham and cheese - it was delicious with bread and only 10€!

A fantastic place to have my last business dinner in Annecy. LOVED IT!…read more First off, the staff were very friendly - I mean, very friendly - and nice and polite and accommodating and hospitable. The food was delicious, the portions were generous enough even for my appetite and the prices were rather reasonable. The place is small and there's a much larger, though smoking, outdoor sitting area. Inside it's all very cozy and homey. Out of the many restaurants I tried in Annecy over 2 weeks, this is one of my 2 favorites.

Lunch here was a bit a disaster, so why still two stars? I visited first about two years ago, and…read morehad good food and friendly service -- a solid four-star experience. This most recent visit was a one-star experience, and giving the benefit of the doubt; maybe they just had a really bad day. As a starter, the three preparations of foie gras were just ok. The seared was nothing special and the terrine did not seem the best quality (e.g. it was crumbly in texture). The "creme brulee" was too sweet and not good. The duck was well prepared, but the sauce was overly sweet (thankfully it was on the side). The weird part of the dish was the veggies were all in puree form, and really none of them were good. The potatoes were gratin dauphinois, and somehow even this was messed up -- dry and tasteless. My friend's tuna tartare was very strange in flavor -- something like fennel. Whatever it was, the combination was bad, and it was left unfinished. It also didn't help that the fish didn't seem fresh, and had almost a gray color. Again even the sides were kind of messed up, as the greens had a sauce that tasted too much of horseradish. At least the fried potatoes were good. This restaurant never had the nicest ambiance -- it's kind of a tacky mishmash or themes. On top of that for the price, you would hope for much better flavors and quality. Maybe they just had a really bad day, but there was very little redeemable about the recent experience.