Auberge du Père Bise

We stayed at the Auberge de Père Bise and had dinner at 1903. If the weather would have been nice we could have eaten outdoors. After a very hot day a thunderstorm startet at the beginning of the dinner. Inside it is a bit on...the small side not too much space. Well, of course it is a Bistrot. Did not harm the quality of the food however. We had three courses and loved them all. The service was very friendly and swift. Reservation necessary, quite a few people did not find a table.

I went there on Saturday lunch. This was the second time and I am very pleased with the service and food served at this bistrot. Bistrot 1903 is the more accessible restaurant from Jean Sulpice , 2 Michelin star Auberge du Père Bise. The dishes...are freshly cooked with premium ingredients. The menu selection is smallish but give enough choice for everybody's taste. We had the escargot and perchot as appetisers then veal cutlet, duck and fera du lac. Both veal and duck are cooked pink which for us was great. For desert we had the cafe gourmand which I must recommend because it gives you a taste of o Almost All the desserts of the menu.... the price at the time was 39 euro for 2 course or 45 for 3 course : reasonable considering the quality of the offer and also the situation of the restaurant.

Nous avons eu un excellent dîner au 1903.En revanche le Chignin (dont le prix au détail varie entre 4 et 6€ - il ne s'agit pas de Chignin Bergeron) est à 40€ !!Idem pour un côté du Rhône générique proposé à 38€.Les crus plus prestigieux sont dans la même fourchette de 8 à 10 fois le prix au détail, ce que je trouve franchement exagéré et m'amènera à privilégier d'autres adresses beaucoup plus raisonnables dans la région. Dommage.

Endroit magique, cadre et ambiance superbe. Accueil sympathique et service efficace.Les plats sont bons. La rapport qualité prix est parfait.Seul bémol pour les desserts "peut mieux faire"A recommander à ceux qui veulent bien manger pour un prix correct dans un cadre magique

As I entered the Bistrot I was a wee bit disappointed with the reception from the young woman in glasses who had to work hard to give us a half smile. Nothing bothers me more than being led to a table that is not as nice as the empty tables and being seated. I said to her in French we would prefer to sit at the railing tables over the lake. She told us that she was sorry but they were all reserved. Now...I had made a reservation in the Spring for the first night at the bistrot and the second night at the restaurant gastronomique. As we did not really use the table to drink or eat for a few minutes, we were not aware until she brought a bottle of badoit that it rocked badly.Truly unacceptable. When I pointed it out...she went to get a piece of 'something' to equal it out. She was not doing very well trying to even the table when a young man...obviously the head waiter started to really work on the table.I stopped him and I told him that actually...we would prefer to sit at the 'still' empty tables looking over the lake that were..'reserved' ! He said 'Bien sur' and told the glaring waitress to put us at one of the tables that she had said were reserved. This is not how I expected to be treated when you are spending 500 euros a night for your room and ove 500 euros for the Michelin restaurant. The young man was a very good waiter with suggestions and such but it was clear that he was overwhelmed as it seemed the unfriendly waitress was the only one working. There were plenty of busboys at least. The view of the lake is nice but it is over the public beach so that there were a few people right below us who were making loud conversation and at that moment...I wish I wasn't fluent in French like my husband as he could ignore the silly conversation below. But...the food was very good. I had the specialty for that evening which was a 'poulet f'ermier. It was delicious as was the the 1st course for two...a lovely charcuterie for two. We skipped the cheese as we wanted to really enjoy that for the next night and... since the dessert menu had pretty standard fare....we opted for trois boules de glaces avec chantilly'. Very good but not exactly special. We would have enjoyed the experience much more if it hadn't been for the first few minutes. If not for that...we would have given it 4 stars. By the way...the 'reserved tables' were still empty when we left...actually ...the restaurant was half empty. I wish we had gone into Annecy for this first evening and just dined at the Michelin starred restaurant the following night.