Restaurant de la Côte

Description:

• The best restaurant in the district lies in isolated and panoramic splendor in an alpine house whose facade is surprisingly modest. Inside, there's an aperitif lounge and a modernly decorated space for up to 50 well-dressed diners at a time. The restaurant's location, 3.2km (2 miles) from Sierre and 12km (7 1/2 miles) from Montana, guarantees that you'll need your car (or a taxi) to reach it. As you gaze over faraway vineyards and valleys below, you can enjoy such smooth and perfectly flavored dishes as a gelée of foie gras with braised sweetbreads and a compote of Granny Smith apples, roast wild duck on a bed of juniper berries, and in season, a lightly larded haunch of rabbit stuffed with sage. Desserts are suitably delectable, and service is discreet and polite.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010