Htel de Verbier Review, Switzerland

A buffet breakfast, served in restaurant La Nonna, fuels outdoor adventurers with dill-laced smoked salmon, ham, Gruyère cheese, eggs, sausage and bacon, fruit and muesli, pancakes, crusty bread and sweet pastries. Summertime petit dej, al fresco on the huge terrace with mountain view, demands extra lizard-lounging time.

Lunch and dinner at La Nonna (mains CHF 22-40 or £17-£31) is a Verbier-chic spin on traditional Italian cooking. A playful décor mixes sassy portraits of rebel nonnas (Italian grandmas) with wood-clad walls, cutlery in Italian tomato tins, and hand-painted-in-Italy tableware designed by Verbier artist Rosalind Monks.

Head chef Mattia Pitzalis is the real deal from Turin and his tasty trattoria classics enjoy inventive twists: creamy burrata cheese with candied chestnuts and mountain honey, a deconstructed tuna tonnato with caper berries, penne with vodka and pancetta chips. Sweet dolci highlights include tiramisu and a sassy pistachio-spiked crème brûlée. Stools by the bar, casual banquet seating and lounge terrace ensure a perfect spot to chill over a craft cocktail, grappa or alpine herbal infusion any time of day.

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