Restaurant in Col de la Schlucht, France
Michelin-recognised regional cooking at €€ value.
Le Collet holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and a 4.5-star Google rating from over 1,200 reviews, making it the most credentialled dining option at this price point (€€) in Col de la Schlucht. The kitchen runs on instinctive, market-led regional cooking served in a proper Alpine chalet room. Easy to book and well-suited to weekend mountain lunches.
Le Collet earns its Michelin Plate and its 4.5-star Google rating (1,239 reviews) by doing something harder than it sounds: cooking seasonal Alsatian and Vosges regional food with genuine conviction at a mid-range price point (€€). If you are passing through Col de la Schlucht, or staying in the area and looking for a meal that feels rooted rather than generic, book this. It is approachable, credentialled, and the room alone is worth the stop.
The dining room at Le Collet is a proper Alpine chalet interior: timber, warm tones, and the kind of proportions that feel generous rather than cavernous. This is not a minimalist space designed to photograph well on a phone. It reads as somewhere that has been in use for a long time and is comfortable with that fact. The layout suits couples and small groups equally. For explorers who want context along with their meal, the setting does real work: you are eating in the Vosges mountains, and the room makes that legible without being theatrical about it. Spatial comfort is high. If you are coming for a weekend lunch after a morning in the mountains, the physical environment delivers exactly the right register — unhurried, substantial, mountain-warm.
The Michelin description is precise and worth quoting directly: "instinctive, last-minute" regional dishes from a seasoned veteran who has trained many local chefs, with each plate celebrating authentic regional produce. That framing tells you what to expect. This is not a kitchen trying to abstract the Vosges into something modern and unrecognisable. The cooking draws on what the region actually produces — and the chef's instinct is the engine, not a fixed tasting structure. The phrase "last-minute" in Michelin's language typically signals a cooking style that responds to what is leading on a given day, rather than locking into a seasonal menu weeks in advance. For the explorer diner, that is an asset: you are more likely to eat something that reflects genuine freshness than to work through a formula.
Regional culinary tradition here draws on Alsatian and Vosges produce: game, freshwater fish, forest ingredients, and the dairy-rich mountain larder. If you are familiar with the cooking at Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern or Maison Lameloise in Chagny, Le Collet sits in the same regional-French tradition but at a fraction of the price and without the ceremony. The cooking is not experimental in the way Mirazur in Menton or Arpège in Paris might be, and it is not trying to be. It is making a different argument: that technical skill applied to honest regional ingredients, in the right setting, is a sufficient reason to eat well.
For the explorer travelling through the Vosges at the weekend, Le Collet is a strong lunch anchor. The format suits a mid-morning arrival: the room is warm, the price point is accessible, and the cooking style , responsive to what is available rather than locked into a set menu , makes weekend service feel less formal than a destination dinner. Weekend lunch here works particularly well after outdoor activity in the Col de la Schlucht area. The combination of a Michelin-recognised kitchen, a chalet space that genuinely suits the mountain context, and a €€ price point makes this the kind of stop that rewards the prepared traveller. It is not a brunch destination in the urban sense, but as a weekend midday meal in the mountains, the offer is well-matched to the location and the occasion.
At €€, Le Collet represents a clear value case. Michelin Plate recognition at this price tier is relatively rare: the inspector has noted specific culinary intent here, not just competent cooking. Against the wider field of Michelin-recognised French regional restaurants , including Bras in Laguiole, Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains, or Georges Blanc in Vonnas , Le Collet is operating at a completely different price level. The trade-off is scale and ceremony: those restaurants offer larger productions and deeper service. But if you want Michelin-acknowledged regional cooking in an Alpine setting without a three-figure bill per head, the value here is genuine. Booking is easy. This is not a hard-to-get table and does not require planning weeks in advance. Walk the Col de la Schlucht, then book a table.
Le Collet is the right call for food-focused travellers moving through the Vosges who want a meal with culinary credentials rather than just a mountain refuelling stop. It suits couples and small groups better than large parties. It works particularly well for weekend lunch. It is not the right choice if you are specifically seeking a multi-course tasting experience with wine pairing and full service depth , for that, you would need to move to a higher price tier and a different format. For what it is, it delivers with consistency: 1,239 Google reviews at 4.5 stars is not a small sample.
For broader context on eating and staying in this part of France, see our full Col de la Schlucht restaurants guide, our hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide. If you are planning a wider Alsace or eastern France itinerary, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern and Flocons de Sel in Megève are the benchmarks for the region at higher price points. For French mountain cooking at a more formal level, Troisgros in Ouches and Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or represent the traditional apex of the tradition Le Collet works within.
Quick reference: Michelin Plate (2025) · €€ price range · Google 4.5/5 (1,239 reviews) · Easy to book · Alpine chalet dining room · Regional Vosges cuisine · Col de la Schlucht, France.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Le Collet | €€ | — |
| Plénitude | €€€€ | — |
| Pierre Gagnaire | €€€€ | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | €€€€ | — |
| Kei | €€€€ | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | €€€€ | — |
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The Michelin inspector specifically calls out 'instinctive, last-minute' regional dishes built around authentic Alsatian produce — so follow whatever is seasonal and local on the day. The kitchen's strength is its spontaneity with regional ingredients, not a fixed showpiece dish. Ask the staff what arrived that morning rather than working from a fixed expectation.
At €€, yes — clearly. Michelin Plate recognition at this price tier is genuinely uncommon: the inspector has flagged the cooking specifically, not just the setting. For a Vosges lunch stop, you are getting credentialed regional cooking without the price jump that typically comes with Michelin attention. The 4.5-star Google rating across over 1,200 reviews backs the consistency.
The room is a proper Alpine chalet — timber, warm tones, generous proportions — so the setting is part of the experience. The cooking is seasonal and regionally focused, driven by a chef described by Michelin as a seasoned veteran who has trained many local chefs. Come with an appetite for Alsatian produce rather than a fixed menu in mind, and expect the kitchen to lead.
Col de la Schlucht is a mountain pass, not a restaurant district, so meaningful direct competition at this level does not exist in the immediate area. If you are willing to drive further into Alsace, the region has stronger concentrations of credentialed dining — but for a Vosges-area meal with a Michelin signal at €€, Le Collet has the clearest case.
It works well for a low-key celebration tied to a Vosges trip — the Alpine chalet room has warmth and character, and the Michelin Plate gives the meal a culinary anchor. It is not a white-tablecloth occasion restaurant in the formal sense, so if the occasion demands grand ceremony, look elsewhere. For a food-focused group that values cooking credentials over formality, it fits.
Tasting menu details are not confirmed in available information, so the format should be verified directly with the restaurant before booking around it. What is documented is that the kitchen's identity is seasonal and instinctive rather than structured around a fixed multi-course format — which may mean the offering shifts. At €€ pricing, the value case holds regardless of format.
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