Union Courchevel

Union sits within Le Forum, positioned well away from the sprawl of Courchevel 1850. While the centre is a ten-minute walk up the slope, this placement keeps the dining room clear of the mountain town’s most predictable crowds.

The kitchen serves modern French plates that lean toward a creative register, avoiding the heavy, traditional heavy-handedness common in these high-altitude resorts. The room runs smart and elegant, but it is less about the show than the nearby grand hotels. Because the dining floor is tucked into the forum rather than facing the main run, you lose the cliché Alpine outlook, but you gain a quiet, deliberate pace that most of its neighbours in town simply cannot offer.