Hideout Restaurant — Restaurant in Thonon-les-Bains

Booked the night before for myself and my partner after a recommendation for Thai food. Little did I know I had booked the day that my partner was going to propose to me on the slopes. We were eager so went early for a drink at the bar and then sat down when the table was ready. They gave us a glass of procesco to celebrate and we then ordered LOTS of food.

The food is absolutely outstanding. We couldn’t decide so ended up with trying a lot of the starters/sides - we got the broccoli, chicken satay, veg gyoza and a bang bang type cauliflower. Then for Mains we had tofu pad see ew (specials menu) and the chicken teriyaki bowl. Food comes out as and when which we didn’t mind as we were sharing a lot of it. All the portions were generous and quality and flavours of the food were incredible.

Staff were super friendly and really accommodating to all the tables. Very busy little restaurant and the atmosphere is perfect! Already booked to go back before we fly home!

We also bought a tshirt for the memories. And continued the celebration by getting the staff a well deserved drink. Thanks so much for a perfect end to our special day! And see...

We went to this place as finding vegan food in France can be quite difficult and the reviews look good.

The service was great, the setting next to the river was lovely.

The food was disappointing, very one note and lacked depth and complexity of flavours.

We ordered 6 dishes between two of us.

4 of the dishes seemed to be doused in a spicy, ‘sticky’ sauce that was so overpowering it didn’t matter what it was being put on (broccoli, Edamame, mushrooms & noodles). The spring rolls were very bland served alongside what tasted like pure tamarind - very intense flavour. It was almost like a base used for the flavourings of all of the dishes.

The food was not authentic Asian at all.

We also had stomach aches that evening and well into the next day.

We would not eat here again, not necessarily down to feeling unwell after, but because the food was so underwhelming and actually borderline unenjoyable. Although my partner said the chicken starter was nice of which I can’t comments.

The food needs far more love, thought and flavour layering to be considered...

Hit and miss here. We went twice in one week: the first, on a Sunday, was excellent. Food was really well done and big portions to justify the expensive meals. We were sitting on the side away from the door as well, which was good. Second time was on a Saturday. Different cook and it was so much worse. The nasi goreng was gluggy, egg overcooked, smaller portion and WAY too much sugar. It was inedible. The waitress was good to remove it and offered me to order something else, but that was the last dish to come out (15 minutes after the previous last dish) and so everyone had already finished eating. The edamame also went from classy and delicious to being drowned in sauce and way too salty. Sitting next to the front door when the bar is packed with people standing, sitting and falling around also ruined the ambience. Funnily, we visited here 18 months ago and went twice and the same thing happened- one great chef and on another night, one who wasn’t up...