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Restaurants - Le Prieure

Le Prieure is one of our favourite restuarants in Megève. It is located in Megève town centre, next door to the church. It was first recommended to us when we visited Megève in March 2004, and we had an excellent meal on that visit. This season, we have been 3 times already, and have enjoyed consistently excellent food, good service and a warm welcome every time.

Inside, the restaurant is charming and perfect for a cosy dinner for 2, but equally good for small groups. It is one of the few restaurants we have come across in Megeve which has a no smoking area.

It's difficult to categorise the style of food served beyond saying it is "European". There is no sign of the traditional Savoyard specialitites that you see on the menus of many of the restaurants in Megeve. After all that cheese, delicious as it is, it's nice to find somewhere chesse is generally reserved for the cheese course! Speaking of courses, Le Prieure does an excellent value 4 course meal for €36, which includes a good choice obout 5 starters and 5 main courses, plus a cheese course (either regional cheeses or fromage blanc with fruit and cream) and then a choice of deserts.

Our recommended dishes include:

Starters:
Duck Terrine - two thick slices of a delicious, coarse terrine (no gelatine) embedded with nuts, served with a small pot of red onion chutney
Salad of pan fried scallops - lovely sweet queen scallops which were just cooked through (rather than being raw in the centre)
Crab Veloute (a frothy soup for those who don't know!).

Main Courses: Grilled swordfish with pesto sauce - served on a puree of, I think, green peas (it was green and sweet!)
Prawns (shell-on) in provencale sauce - although described as provencale, it tasted a but more like a whisky and cream sauce, but was delicious, served with rice
Mushroom Risotto- lots of flavour in a small-ish portion that actually turned out to be just about right.

Prices are around €12-18 for starters, €20-26 for main courses. If you happen to choose starters and main courses from the set menu, you basically get your cheese and desert for free.

We intend to return frequently.