L'Auberge de Montmin Annecy

L’Auberge de Montmin sits on the route de Talloires, positioned a twenty-minute walk above the eastern edge of Lac d’Annecy. The restaurant holds two stars from the Michelin Guide and currently sits at no. 27 on La Liste.

The dining room runs smart and elegant, but the altitude is what separates this kitchen from the heavy concentration of bistros lining the water below. While the lakeside spots lean into the convenience of the tourist track, this mountaintop French menu demands the trek for its creative approach to classic techniques. It is a more deliberate experience than anything found at the Plage de Talloires, trading the noise of the shoreline for a view of the basin that the lower-lying restaurants simply cannot replicate.