Refuge De Frience - Gryon

Great menu, fondue bonanza (we had 3 different flavours normal, tomato and lardon/shallot) and a superb planchette. Excellent service and very friendly atmosphere. A great mountain experience.

This is an exceptional quite typical but romantic restaurant. The service is superb and the menu very good without too many choices. We have been going since many years. Before it was rebuilt after a fire it was Chez Claude. Today it is welcoming warm and once again exceptional. Both for lunch or dinner. And BTW next door is a wonderful toboggan piste with a mechanical lift and in the summer there is a lake with for swimming or sun bathing. Super destination!

I was recently delighted to find an imaginative and delicious vegetarian suggestion on the menu at this restaurant slices of butternut squash stuffed with goat's cheese and tiny vegetables, served with an excellent salad which included black green grapes and nuts. I enjoyed it very much. We sat at a table outside on the restaurant's large terrace and the service was very pleasant and helpful.

Refuge de Frience is a mountain restaurant located next to an artificial lake at 1800 meters above sea level, where you can swim with the cows grazing in the background. It is a typical Swiss chalet entirely made of wood, where they serve dishes mainly based on cheese: fondue, raclette, croute, truly delicious. The family that runs it is very hospitable, and provides free equipment for camping on the banks of the lake (umbrellas, picnic tables, and you can also have a packed breakfast.

You had to be motivated to run in the rain to the shelter... But it was worth it! Excellent and inventive, full of flavors... Can't wait to go back