From the owner: Restaurant bar brasserieread more

Great lunch The menu du jour offered good choices In…read moreaddition there is a la carte In Both cases there are French classics and Auvergne specialties. What we enjoyed was delightfully presented and very well prepared. The service was very good The wine list is varied in price and broad enough to combine with dishes. The house wine is good

From the owner: Gastronomie auvergnate, calme et beauté Truffade, aligot, cuisses de grenouille, viande de Salers,…read moredesserts faits maison... Autant de petits plaisirs que vous pouvez déguster au pied de la montagne avec une vue imprenable sur la nature de Chabon des neiges

We were passing through the quaint little town of Mont Dore looking for a place to eat till we came…read moreacross Auberge des Skieurs. The restaurant was petite. Lots of special dishes from the region however my local colleagues coerced me to having a healthy serving of truffade, salad and cured ham. To do to use this culinary adventure was copious amounts of wine to wash it down. Quite the meal for lunchtime however I've learned the French typically eat their biggest meal of the day at lunch. Not sure how they stay awake for those 2pm after lunch PowerPoint presentations however that's discussion for another day. Back to the food the truffade was creamy delicious however the service was very slow. This could have been that our group of 16 people took over the restaurant and overwhelmed them. One of my colleagues ordered a steak and it must have been served 20 min after our big group was served. This came with a (je mexcuse. Le chef et Juste a preparer cuisson votre assiessette). Overall the food was on the better side of okay but not amazing.

Looking for a place to try the local cheese? Look no further as here you will be able to feast on…read moreSaint-Nectaire anything and everything (and yes by the end of the meal you will never look at another cheese in the same way). We tried a few of their specialties: the croquant, the fondue and the phounsounette. Everything was good, though it seemed as if the kitchen was trying to go faster than they should as all of it could have been cooked a few more minutes. The service was very friendly and welcoming and the atmosphere as barn-y as you'd want it to be.