Hotel Pashmina restaurant review

The hotel has two restaurants indoors and a large terrace dining area outside, where we headed for lunch on a sunny, crisp day on opening weekend for the winter 2016-17 season.

My friend was going to try out the new 'Sprunch' offer, which is a combination of spa treatment and buffet brunch although since we were here early in the season they hadn't started the brunch yet (this will be available later in December) so we were offered the lunch menu instead.

The Spa & Brunch offer includes a 30, 60 or 90 minute spa treatment with access to the indoor pool, sauna, steam room and the indoor or outdoor jacuzzi (the latter of which is on the terrace, accessed by a glass spiral staircase). Prices start from €95.

The menu, although quite small, had enough options for us to choose from and it took us no time at all to choose our three dishes. I opted for the Caesar salad with king prawns, Steak tartare and the Café gourmand to finish, whilst my friend ordered the Salmon caviar, Tartiflette and Chocolate & caramel pudding.

The prawns in my salad were delicious, with a hint of smokiness which was balanced nicely with the creamy caesar sauce and the steak tartare came with the obligatory egg yolk and a nice selection of chopped shallots, olives and cornichons.

We both enjoyed the caviar starter, when it's this tasty it's impossible not to share!

The tartiflette was deliciously creamy and the portion size was great, especially good if you've been skiing hard all morning from first lifts!

I'm not much of a fan of chocolate puddings, so instead I opted for the Café gourmand, which was a delight for the eyes when it arrived. The sweet biscuity treats, meringue with a wild fruit cream and jam filled cake bites didn't last very long!

As we'd taken a few hours to dine the sun had started to go behind the clouds and temperatures started to drop, but thanks to our waiter, we were quickly given lovely woollen blankets to wrap ourselves up in as we finished our coffees.

My friend headed off for her spa treatment and I went off to get a bit more skiing in before the lifts closed.

The restaurant is open to non residents and can be accessed either via the 'Croissant' piste that runs along side it or by coming up the road at the front of the hotel and through the main reception, but be warned if you're driving up the road can get a little icy and you may need snow chains. However the hotel do offer valet parking too.