L' Auberge Anthy — Restaurant in Thonon-les-Bains

We needed food on a Friday in high holiday season and looked at several before settling on the auberge. The others were all too busy and too formal for passers-by wanting to get back on the road. It was a good call. The Menu du Jour was a little higher priced at 19 Euros excluding drinks than some but the offering was higher quality and imaginative. We were shown to an empty dining room but I wanted to be where the action was - near the bar and we were seated in the bistro with a clear view for the pantomime to which we were entertained. There was much comraderie but the best was the incident of the giant fennel. The prize monster was waved about and admired. One wag decided to sit the owner on a stool and crown him with the fennel as the locals hooted and howled.||But back to the food - excellent home-made warm terrine followed by roast lamb in a white garlic sauce. We loved it but turned down the creme caramel for cheese. ||The auberge operates as an evening restaurant with a great menu at a price. At lunch it caters for the local and those who want a menu du jour. I cannot close without mentioning the fantastic bar attendant/waitress; a complete natural with whoever enters the door. Never ceasing working she joined in the fun and ensured all were embraced in the...

We needed food on a Friday in high holiday season and looked at several before settling on the auberge. The others were all too busy and too formal for passers-by wanting to get back on the road. It was a good call. The Menu du Jour was a little higher priced at 19 Euros excluding drinks than some but the offering was higher quality and imaginative. We were shown to an empty dining room but I wanted to be where the action was - near the bar and we were seated in the bistro with a clear view for the pantomime to which we were entertained. There was much comraderie but the best was the incident of the giant fennel. The prize monster was waved about and admired. One wag decided to sit the owner on a stool and crown him with the fennel as the locals hooted and howled.||But back to the food - excellent home-made warm terrine followed by roast lamb in a white garlic sauce. We loved it but turned down the creme caramel for cheese. ||The auberge operates as an evening restaurant with a great menu at a price. At lunch it caters for the local and those who want a menu du jour. I cannot close without mentioning the fantastic bar attendant/waitress; a complete natural with whoever enters the door. Never ceasing working she joined in the fun and ensured all were embraced in the...

We spent two nights here as we wanted to be on the shores of Lac Leman without being in an anonymous city hotel. The place did have a certain "charme" let down by one or two faults; the main and bedside lights appeared not to be working, we managed with a small plug in table lamp; our room in the old part of the building at the front was on the main village street so a little noisy and the evening meal though delicious and well served, was a little bit pricey for what it was. Breakfast in the morning provided plenty of choice and, as it was self service, as much as you could eat. Everywhere was clean, the staff friendly and the weather was fine enough to eat outdoors in a ...