Le Chalet Savoyard

I've been coming here for over 10 years, once a year (if I can help it), usually around Christmas. It's one of my favourite restaurants. Both the Raclette and Fondue are to die for. I especially recommend the Abondance Raclette. The Raclette is basically all you can eat. You get half a wheel of cheese between two people, and we have never managed to finish it. The cheese wheel gets attached to a metal frame and a heater melts the cheese slowly into a plate, where you can bring it into your plate to eat with ham, pickles and potatoes. The fondue has a bit more kick thanks to the alcohol, but you get less of it and less things to eat with it (just bread). Very good but still better for people with slightly smaller appetites. If you're going in a group you could always have it and then steal some Raclette from the others too. A word of advice: Do not go here on a warm summer's day in the evening, as you will not be able to sleep most of the night from all the cheese 😆. Best to go here for lunch or early-ish dinner in the winter and go for a walk.

Great fondue, the portion is quite big! The staff is friendly. The place is quite crowded even on a Wednesday night, so make sure you make a reservation in advance. Reservations are by phone only!

Good fondue and friendly staff. It was not too busy here on a weekend lunch however I think the decor could be a bit nicer. The portion is quite big and we could not finish all the food so side dishes are not required!

A great experience. The food here is excellent, portion sizes are big, and we struggled to eat it all. Service was great, it was a bank holiday weekend in France, and we didn't make a reservation, but the staff still got us a table as soon as they could. At the weekend, please make a reservation.

What a wonderful place. I was introduced to Le Chalet Sayoyard by a friend from Paris. My second visit I brought friends from the US. Great food, great service and a wonderful experience. It’s almost like high quality entertainment watching everyone scrape the melting cheese and enjoy the meal. Highly recommended!!

Amazing Raclette traditional, awesome fondue with mushrooms, very kind with humour and helpful waiters, nice wine.

Great cheese experience. The place was nice, clean and comfy, the staff was nice and very helpful. I really enjoyed the food and ate more than I should. We ordered a fondue savoyarde for two and it was more than enough, we could not finish it. The only downside would be how you smell once you get out of there...

A great experience with delicious cheese. Very busy place, you should either book in advance or come in about 6pm for dinner. Raclette 26euros per person (includes lots of potatoes and meat board), friendly staff, and other meals looked very tasty including desserts. 4 stars because it took a long time to be served, we asked for water about 4 times, it came a long time after the main course arrived.

A potence dish for €30 pr. person and a terrible meat, impossible to chew on. My complaint didn't seem to bother the waiter, he ignored me, took my plate and left.

I was desperately craving fondue after passing countless restaurants in Paris in the Latin Quarter, so on my last day in Paris I sought out "fondue near me." BF and I happened to be nearest to Savoyard so we headed in for a late lunch. The menu has many options for fondues and for raclette and other dishes as well. We choose to go classic with garlic and herbs. Fondue is served with toasted crusty bread and boiled potatoes. The portion is huge and the taste was excellent - as good as any I've had in Switzerland. We saw a couple order raclette and their portion of cheese was mammoth for 2 people. Good wine selection and desserts on offer. The atmosphere is a little plain and industrial, but who cares when the food is good. Our server spoke very little English and I speak very little French, but we made it work.

MAKE A RESERVATION! If you love cheese, and potatoes and pickles, you will love this place. I've had raclette before at a few different places and it's never been quite this delicious. The prices are very reasonable per person, and you will leave happy and full of cheese. Definitely not super fancy and relatively low frills overall, but this is an amazingly fun activity, not just a normal dinner. If possible, go with a big group so you can try different types of cheese, but we went as a group of two and only got the regular Roulette, and still absolutely loved everything. Also highly recommend getting the dessert fondue!

The place felt authentic, managed to get in without reservation, good recommendation for the spices / garlic fondue, enjoyed it!

Our waiter, Amir, made the whole experience so much fun. He speaks great English too.. They do have wonderful fondues but while you are here, you have to get the raclette, which features a giant wheel of cheese heated under your personal raclette heater. Your waiter will teach you how to do it. I ordered the "small" green salad which was actually huge. The raclette came with steamed potatoes and baguettes (both unlimited), and nicely varied charcuterie (ha ha, not unlimited). There isn't much ambience -- I mean it's pleasant but it's not romantic or anything and the surfaces are hard making the place noisy. But the atmosphere is so high-spirited and you can tell everyone wants to be there. These days in Paris you have to make a reservation for everything. We got turned away from Pain Vin Fromage, for example. But Le Chalet Savoyard lets you make a same-day reservation on the phone, so go for it!

Oh my - melty cheese heaven. After three plus mile walk to Père-Lachaise Cemetery, the lumières show, and a wine break, we needed dinner. No reservations, so our only choice was to sit on the patio at 7 pm. That was still perfect. The patio is protected on three sides by the building, has a cover, and several space heaters. Plus heat from the raclette. Their biggest fame is fondue and raclette. We chose raclette. There is a section that lists the dozen types of cheese you can choose from. We went with the white wine rubbed cheese. The tiny table for two slowly fills up with the large raclette heater. A dish of potatoes, basket of bread and jars of pearl onions and pickles appear. Then arrived the half moon of cheese and the charcuterie platter. It had two huge slices of country ham, two good sized slices of a different ham, four slices of dried beef and eight pieces of salami. Plenty of food. All this was 23€ a person and it does take a minimum of two to order. Take your time to leisurely enjoy the meal, you will ever be rush. It's entertaining watching the cheese bubble, melt and the slice down and onto food waiting below. The staff was extremely busy, but always polite. Yes, would return to try the fondue.

We were there to test their most famous dish, the 4 cheese-based food. The people there know very little of English. We asked them to remove wine from the recepie. But it was not possible since it was the main ingredient. Ok, I totally understand it. Then we had to have another option. Salmon with fries and another food with some slices of chicken and salad (a cold dish). They brought them separately!! we had to wait for salmon till fries arrive (other friends of us were eating their 4-cheese food). I must say of you are sensitive about alocoholic drinks, they have nothing special for you.

Merci pour une belle soirée! I came in with my entire flight crew as we were on a layover in Paris. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The price for raclette was extremely reasonable and we ate so well. I will be recommending this place to my colleagues as it's very close to our hotel! Thanks again!

Our friends who live in Paris brought us here, and one of them grew up in the French Alps, so this food is very reminiscent of her childhood (and is pretty legitimate!). There was an English menu, and staff knew limited English, but all diners were local. RESERVATIONS: Made by phone one day in advance for 4 adults + 1 baby on a Sunday at 7pm. There was already a line when we arrived (and they open at 7pm!). THE SERVICE: Fine, but a little hard to get a hold of sometimes (they are crazy busy). I appreciated that there was no rush, despite the line - we ate slowly and hung out until 10:30pm. THE COST: 117,80€ for dinner for four. Pretty reasonable, and we got a ton of food! THE FOOD: We got the Raclette au lait cru (25€/person), Mont D'or (24,50€), Tartiflette Lardon (16,50€). All were variations of cheese, meat, and potatoes, and as simple as that sounds, they were all delicious. It was the cheese - sharp and savory, it made everything taste great. You can also put the raclette wheel super close to the heater and get a nice crispy edge to it! DESSERT * Tarte Myrtilles (blueberry pie) - 5 stars I didn't expect a fondue place to have good dessert, but WOW! The crust was perfectly buttery & crumbly, and the blueberries were fresh and just the right balance of tart and sweet. * Cup Mont-Blanc (9€) - 3.5 stars. Good, very sweet. My friend said this is very genuine dessert from the French Alps (where she grew up).

Five of us came here for dinner to partake in the ultimate cheese eating experience. At least, that's what I'm calling it because the amount of cheese we ate was insane and slightly disturbed me afterwards when I actually thought about how much we consumed. Since we were here, we had to order the fondue. With 3 different cheese melted in a pot with a little wine, it gave it very unique and satisfying flavor. It comes with bread and 2 bowls of whole boiled potatoes to dip into there. We also ordered the raclette which was part of a wheel of cheese mounted onto a stand with a heat lamp mounted above it. When you want to eat it, you slide the heat lamp closer to the top of the exposed cheese which causes it to melt and start dripping melted cheese on the plate below. Then you simply scoop it off the plate and eat it with your favorite carb (bread or potato) or by itself. When you want a break, move the heat lamp away from the cheese wheel so it doesn't melt anymore. Overall very satisfying but definitely not something you can eat on the regular. One more thing to note is that we were there for a birthday and had brought a cake. But we were disappointed to find out that they would not let us eat a birthday cake we brought. There was no cake cutting fee option.

The companion gave me the option and raclette always seems like a good idea. The crescent of cheese came with boiled potatoes, cured meats, and cornichons. I always forget how immediately filling raclette is; and like the last time we had raclette, there was an almost immediate regret that we undertook the task. The food was good, but it's just melting cheese on potatoes and cured meats. We did the best we could, but never again with only two people - maybe the fondue next time. 3.5 rounded up.

In A Nutshell: -If you love hot, oozing cheese then you need to book a table at Le Chalet Savoyard in the 11th District of Paris. -We all know about fondues, but have you ever had a raclette? -It's a cheese wheel cut in half that is mounted on an instrument w/ a heating element that perfectly melts the cheese down onto whatever you want to eat it with. -Order the "raclette w/ unpasteurized cheese". -Minimum order of 2 people, each person is 25 euro. -You also get bread, boiled potatoes, cold cut meats and mini-dill pickles to eat your raclette with. -If you are sitting outside, I highly recommend ordering a carafe of the cold rose wine. Overall, my wife and I had one of the best meals of our trip. It's super-fun and delicious to eat the raclette! P.S. If you want to read more, please read my blog post here: https://www.digitalnomadfoodie.com/blog/review-le-chalet-savoyard-an-oozing-melting-cheesy-experience

We came to Le Chalet Savoyard in search of raclette while we stayed in Paris. Raclette is a dish where a wheel of cheese is melted on top and the cheese is scraped off. This restaurant was a little farther outside of the city but we were able to locate it quite easily! There is exterior seating but since it had been raining, we were seated inside. The inside is nice and cozy, and has upstairs seating but was closed off, maybe because it wasn't busy. I have a very limited elementary proficiency in French and I hadn't spoken a lick of French since high school; however, the staff was super accommodating and had some servers that were able to speak some English. Some things got lost in translation but I am really grateful that they were able to communicate with us. We got menus (in English, yes!!!) and asked our server for recommendations of cheese. He recommended the raclette d'abondance, and described the cheese as mild and fruity! It was our first night in Paris so we had no idea what that meant but went with that pick. The raclette was 25€ a person, is all you can eat cheese on the wheel and came with accompaniments of deli meats and boiled potatoes. The cheese wheel came out and they plugged in the heater. I thought the meal was very interactive and very cool! You scrape off the cheese as you wish, you can adjust the position of cheese and intensity of heat. It's nice because you have fresh, hot cheese to scrape so it doesn't get gummy. I highly recommend this restaurant! Although a little pricey, it was a super cool experience and very fun and interactive. The waiters are very nice and helpful. I was cheesed out for the rest of our visit lol but I loved every minute of it! Definitely take a visit!

We came here specifically for their famous Riclette cheese dish. It was delicious and at the same time very heavy. The experience was fabulous and the outdoor seating was inviting and set off the street in a unique little nook. The waiter helped us choose the right cheese wheel and wine to pair with it. The charcuterie meat plate and potatoes complimented the cheese perfectly. We pretty much rolled out of the restaurant. Good thing we had a long walk after dinner.

Nothing to be proud of. The restaurant smelt like my fathers bathroom. The food also tasted like his bathroom as well. Save yourself some time and get a cheeseburger at Burger King because it is 10 times better. My final night in Paris...now I'm depressed. Please don't come here nor the restroom because that is horrendous as well.

Oh holy raclette! That's what we came here for, at the behest of a local friend, and we were not disappointed! Raclette is the name for a type of cheese made from cow's milk that is made into a wheel and used for melting. It's a Swiss dish but can be found many places in France. We had seen videos on Facebook of a restaurant in NYC where people were melting a wheel of cheese and scraping it onto their food and had really wanted to try it. The name of the restaurant basically means "The house of Savoyard" and "Savoyard" can refer to several things but in this case it is referring to the cuisine. Like chalet, it refers to Swiss, so Swiss House of Meats and Cheeses of the Alps! This restaurant is pretty spacious, with a small courtyard for outdoor seating. It's a pretty "hip" place and Yelp told us to get there early before it got packed. We arrived near opening at 7 pm and there were only 2 tables seated but they do take reservations. The place was huge and had an upstairs as well. The menu came in English and some of the translations were weird but it was easily discernible. The waitstaff were all super nice! They had a lot of salads and main dishes other than cheese, but what most people came for was raclette and fondu. There were beers and wines as well and tap water came to our table. For raclette they had 8 different kinds of cheeses and we went with the smoked. They bring out a raclette machine which is a metal device with a pronged side to hold half a wheel of cheese and a coil heater on the other side to melt the cheese. The heater is at an angle so you can get it right up on the cheese wheel (the wheel is held angled so the cheese can slough off onto your plate) and is attached via a slider. You have a small plate under the cheese to catch it and basically slide the heater in, let it melt, and when you're ready slide the heater away and get your plate under there quickly so you can scrape the cheese onto it. For smoked cheese the price was 24 euro per person (they were all 23 or 24) and the table was set with a dish of boiled potatoes, tiny pickled pearl onions and tiny pickles, bread and a charcuterie plate. The pickles/onions were very tangy and slightly spicy and served to break up the taste of the cheese and savory items quite well. The charcuterie tray had different hams, dark to light. It's basically all you can eat on the cheese (because they bring enough that you couldn't possibly finish it) and I believe they refill the potatoes and bread but the meat you had to buy more of if you wanted more, and there were other items on the menu that you could purchase but what I listed is what comes with it. This place was great and I'd love to come back for fondu. The cheese was delicious but it's JUST cheese, not a cheese sauce, so keep that in mind if you're not sure about trying it. It's definitely a cool, unique experience though and we ate enough to make us sick! (And still hadn't finished all our food).

This place is a must when in Paris. We were brought here by my friends husband that is French. We ordered the racellet, fondue and some other type of cheese that they only have available during this season. All was amazing it was brought out with all sorts of meats little pearl onions Baby pickles and potatoes .. of course we shared a red wine!! My only regret was not eating until I was extremely full!! I spent my whole trip comparing places and this is one of a kind!!

Great restaurant. Came in without a reservation and was immediately seated. Friendly service, amazing fondue, and meat that we grilled on our table. Would recommend it to locals and vacationers. Overall an enjoyable experience.

Very good raclette. A good sampling of charcuterie, tons of potatoes, yummy pickles, onions and bread. Service was excellent. Exactly what I wanted and expected.

I had raclette in London years ago and fell in love. I was in Paris for a couple days and had to get my hands on some. I don't speak much french so the menus are a little hard for me to understand but the lady that works there (I think it's the owner) was so helpful. I walked in by myself and I wanted the raclette but she told me it's for a minimum of 2 people. She recommended the raclette salad. It was hands down the BEST meal I've had in forever. It was raclette cheese over salad, potatoes, prosciutto and a couple other ingredients. I was extremely hungry but the small portion was more than enough food. And to top it all off her 3 year old son was taking menus and bread to all the table...... he was so cute. I really enjoyed the food here and the vibe overall

YUMMMM is all I can say! If you're looking for delicious raclette, this is the place to be. There's an extensive selection of cheeses to pick from, and they bring out a huge cheese wheel (which is pretty impressive). You melt your cheese as you go and put it on the potatoes (unlimited) and eat it with charcuterie meats and cornichons. Just amazingly delicious and there is nothing more to say about that. This place is absolutely huge, so I could definitely see it being very possible to come in a large group. Staff is fine and friendly. You may leave completely stuffed (careful not to go too too crazy on the cheese haha or your stomach will make u regret it later(, and you may smell a little cheesy when leaving. But it's totally worth it. They also have an extensive wine list and the server is good at helping you pair a wine with your cheese fest.

We found this place via a recommendation by a bartender at the Hard Rock Cafe when we asked where we could get raclette. FAAAAAABULOUS!!!! After asking our waiter about his favorite raclette, we ordered the smoked cheese, which came with our very own raclette machine, half a wheel of smoked cheese, a plate of meats - ham, prosciutto, salami, and beef - cornichons, pickled onions, and a large dish of boiled potatoes. The staff showed us how to work the raclette machine and left us in melty cheese heaven for a couple hours. It. Was. So. Good!!! We also ordered a bottle of delicious wine! The food and drink were excellent and the service was great. They even offered to speak English to us when they realized how awful my French is. Such a stellar experience!!

Get here early - it gets packed! Great selection of fondue/raclettes/tartiflettes - all the Savoyarde stuff you are dreaming of. Decent prices...for Paris :-)

During dinner, we found out that my cousin is pregnant with a baby girl. After dinner, more than one person in our dinner party made reference to having a cheese baby. This is either a testament to my family's immaturity or the quantities of fine food we ate - interpret as you wish. So where to begin? They have a huge menu, but you're here for the cheese. There's basically two styles: - Fondue: What you're used to. Cheese in a pot, slowly heated to liquid and then used for dipping breads, meats, etc. - Raclette: Holy crap! Basically they mount an entire half-wheel of cheese on some spikes attached to a sliding track. On the other end of the track is a heat lamp angled at the same degree as the cheese. You basically push the heater close to the cheese wheel, it melts at an angle down onto a plate, then you eat it up (or catch it mid-air). You can move it closer or farther depending on how much you want to eat that second. For fondue, we had the "ail et fines herbes" which is four cheeses with herbs and garlic. It was incredibly flavorful. For the raclette, we got a wheel of tomme de montagne. Insane. This came with potatoes, and all kinds of bread (which were delicious even without dipping). We also ordered a charcuterie plate. For dessert, we got the fondue au chocolat, and ordered three thinking we would all share. They brought out three separate plates covered in fruit, chocolates, marshmallows and ice cream to slather in chocolate. This would have easily been five stars for me, but the service was very slow. It wasn't rude at all, or even "French-slow" - the problem was that they had two waitresses on staff for about 15 tables. That's not the waitresses' fault, but everything took forever. To their credit, they remained polite despite the stress. I didn't think it was possible for four people to eat a wheel of cheese. If we hadn't walked 8 miles that day, I would have been flown back to New York by a cardiologist.

We came for the Raclette and it was fantastic! We wanted to try the fondue also but we have seen other places serve that but this was completely novel to us! It was great fun scraping the cheese as it melts onto our food, and it was delicious, but be prepared to not want any more cheese for awhile after you are finished.

Incredible Fondue Experience! On my visit to Paris, I wanted to have good fondue and a friend recommended this place. We did not have a reservation, so we went right when it opened at 1900, and were seated immediately. We ordered the fondue (made with 4 cheeses) with bacon and a carafe of red wine. Fondue was around 21 euro/pp, and it came bubbly hot with cubes of bread and boiled potatoes. It was absolutely delicious and we could not eat the entire serving! Absolutely a must do on my future visits to Paris!

If you're in Paris, this restaurant is a must! It was recommended to me by a friend who also went while visiting. Going to a raclette restaurant has been on a bucket list, and I'm so glad I finally got to try it! We ordered two raclette wheels - white wine raclette and the tomme goat cheese raclette. Our favorite was the goat cheese, but they were both amazing! I made a reservation the day of and didn't have a problem, but I've heard it books up quickly, so I would recommend booking in advance!

Been waiting to have Raclette for some time now, the experience & food did not disappoint. Chocolate Trio dessert was yummy too. Reservations recommended on weekends. Very busy happening place in a cool foodie neighborhood in 11eme

I have been told that the French don't eat things like raclette and fondue in the summer. However, this place had plenty of French customers on a particularly rainy Sunday in Paris a few weeks ago. I suppose the rainy weather is very reminiscent of cheese eating weather? If you've never had a raclette and you like cheese, you must get it. Don't read the rest of the review. If someone had advised me to do the same, I would have fewer regrets. The raclette never even crossed my mind. I was bent on either getting fondue or the tartiflette and opted for the tartiflette (because I wanted some starch with my dairy). I ended up with reblochon over potatoes and salmon, and it was delicious. It came on a cast iron platter, and it was just what I wanted. Until I saw every other table around us get set up with a heating apparatus and a half moon of cheese with a landing pad. Why didn't I ask what a raclette was? Why do I get so fixated on potatoes? And lastly, why am I mildly lactose intolerance with a huge love for cheese??? Get the raclette. Drink the wine. Pretend like it's winter outside. Your tastebuds will thank you.

Having been in and out if Paris for years we finally went to this amazing restaurant and lived everything. Great raclette, steak and chocolate fondue for dessert. Highly recommended and my new favorite. Had a groups of 7 people and were all happy with good service.

Yes, please! Definitely a highlight meal of our trip, although we ordered waaaay too much food. If you've not tried it before, be sure to experience the raclette. The only thing better than cheese is lots of it -- bonus points if it's hot melted cheese! Fondue AND raclette? Bring it on. And this place does indeed bring it. The charcuterie is almost too much, in fact, with the abundance of cheese. And did I mention the CHEESE? Mmmm!!

Went there two times in 3 days because the food is fantastic and the location is really nice. Waiters seem a bit overloaded when the place is packed, but they still do a great job. Chose the fondue (~17€ pp) or raclette (~23€ pp).

Great food, clean setting and friendly staff. After reviewing the menu and thinking it might be a little overpriced, we quickly came to the conclusion that it was actually very reasonable as a thing/experience. Definitely something different and worth the visit.

Enormous menu, delicious raclette. The definitive Paris must-have restaurant.

If you've got to indulge in melted cheese, this is the place to do it. Grab a group of friends and order an assortment of cheeses, all you can eat potatoes, and eat until you feel like you are going to go lactose-intolerant from cheese overload. We ate Tomme de Montagne, abondance, and another one whose name escapes my memory. We left with difficulty, mostly because we'd really overdone it. Make a reservation if you go on a Friday night!

Scrumptious 4cheese fondue flavored with tomato! This place is just tooo good. We ordered the basic fondue which is served with bread and potatoes. It is not possible to be able to finish one pot! Service excellent, ambience perfect and food par excellent! This place not only serves top class fondue and raclette but excels in the dessert department as well. TRY their wonderful artisinal ice creams and youd be left wanting more! Come hungry.. they have huge portions and its a per person order based restaurant.

Loved this place. Bubbling pot of cheese. Hot stone plate tile to cook meat, chicken and vegetables on. And dessert was also great. Next time I want to try the large half wheel of cheese that melts as you eat it. Great for families and the kids were surprised how much they loved it.

We ordered 2 raclettes to split between 5 of us and it was definitely a lot of food. It was a unique way to serve the cheese that I had never seen before. The food was fresh and delicious and they provide you with unlimited potatoes as well. The service was great and although the restaurant was quite packed, it still had a great atmosphere. We really enjoyed our meal and would definitely go back.

Just happened by - the food was excellent as was the service! Great for groups - fondues and raclette.

One of my favorite restaurants in the world. We were walking around looking for a place to eat, and we came across Savoyard. It was soo good. We had the regular fondue, but people around us had this melted wheel of cheese. It looked good, and it's not something we have in the states. Went here twice while is Paris. Very good, and craving it now.

Unbelievable! We were in Paris for one week and went to the place twice. The goat cheese raclette was amazing. I had never heard of raclette but am now hooked and looking for places to get it in NYC. Definitely worth a visit for cheese lovers.

What a beautiful experience! Everything was perfect, the cheese, the bread, the meat, the raclette, the fondu mamma mia. Price range is good, big big room. Really good experience. Highly recommended.