Alps Ski Resort Restaurant Reservations: Courchevel to Zermatt

The Alps wall is one list of 46 restaurants in four countries, from Courchevel 1850 and Val d’Isère to Zermatt, Kitzbühel, Lech and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Getting a table starts with one question: which platform? Of the 46, 29 book on SevenRooms and 17 on OpenTable (none on Resy), and in late October the two halves behave so differently that one restaurant shows your ski week open while the next looks empty. Facts are from each venue’s own site as of October 2026; general timing rules are in how far ahead to book dinner for a ski trip.

Two kinds of book: open now, or not until December

The SevenRooms rooms are mostly palace-hotel restaurants and winter outposts of city brands: Matsuhisa, Zuma, Beefbar, Loulou, Kinugawa, Langosteria. SevenRooms has no central marketplace, so each one runs its own book from its own page (how SevenRooms works). Almost none publish a window, and in late October many still describe last winter: Loulou Courchevel’s page gives its December 5, 2025 opening, Beefbar Courchevel lists last season’s dates, and the Airelles rooms say only “Reopening Winter 2026.” An empty calendar now usually means the shifts are not loaded, not that the season sold out. Zuma is the exception: its Kitzbühel, Gstaad and Cortina pages say they open December 4, 2026, with reservations available now.

The OpenTable rooms run long rolling books that are already live. As of October 2026, Brasserie Uno’s runs about 181 days ahead, Les Deux Kitzbühel’s and Benjamin’s about 151, Kaito’s about 121, a cluster of Swiss and Tyrolean rooms about 90, and Pfeffermühle in Kirchberg in Tirol a full year. None publishes a release hour, so each new date switches on at midnight local time. A 151-day book already reaches late March, which puts the holidays and February on sale today; more in how OpenTable releases tables.

The crunch weeks, and the clock

Two stretches carry the season. First the holiday fortnight: French schools are off from December 19, 2026 to January 4, 2027, Christmas Day is a Friday and New Year’s Eve a Thursday, and some rooms switch to set menus (see Christmas and New Year’s ski-town reservations). Then February, when France staggers its winter school holiday across three zones: Paris goes first (February 6 to 22, 2027), then the zone with Lyon and Grenoble (February 13 to March 1), then the rest (February 20 to March 8): five straight weeks of French family demand. Kitzbühel adds Hahnenkamm race week, January 18 to 24, 2027.

The clock is Central European Time, six hours ahead of New York for nearly the whole season (five from March 14 to 28, 2027, when US clocks have changed and Europe’s have not). A new OpenTable date at midnight in Zermatt appears at 6pm the evening before in New York. Dinner hours split by country: the French palace rooms run late (Kinugawa until 2am, Loulou’s dinner until 11pm), while Griggeler Stuba seats its last table at 7:45pm and Neuwirt closes at 9pm, which matters after a late last run.

The wall, resort by resort

Eighteen of the 46, grouped by resort, with what each venue publishes.

Courchevel 1850

• Le 1947 (SevenRooms, Courchevel 1850). Yannick Alléno’s three-Michelin-star room at Cheval Blanc. Its page lists dinner Wednesday to Sunday, 7:30pm to 9pm, for “a limited number of diners” each evening, and recommends booking by email. With two dark nights a week, aim at a Wednesday or Thursday. Book Le 1947 with SeatSwiper →
• Loulou Courchevel (SevenRooms, Courchevel 1850). The Loulou group’s Italian mountain cooking at Hôtel Barrière Les Neiges. Its page lists lunch 12:30pm to 3:30pm and dinner 7pm to 11pm, seven days, with groups of 13 or more sent to a form. Lunch is the softer door. Book Loulou Courchevel with SeatSwiper →
• Matsuhisa Courchevel (SevenRooms, Courchevel 1850). Nobu Matsuhisa’s Japanese-Peruvian room inside the Airelles palace. Airelles lists dinner 7pm to 10pm and, as of late October, only “Reopening Winter 2026,” with no booking window. Book Matsuhisa Courchevel with SeatSwiper →
• Kinugawa Courchevel (SevenRooms, Courchevel 1850). The Paris Japanese restaurant’s dark-wood chalet, open daily 7:30pm to 2am according to its site, reopening in December 2026. A 10pm table is a normal booking here. Book Kinugawa Courchevel with SeatSwiper →
• La Table des Airelles (SevenRooms, Courchevel 1850). The palace’s main room, with a shellfish-and-rotisserie lunch from 12:15pm to 3pm. Airelles’ booking link puts La Table, Palladio and Le Coin Savoyard on one SevenRooms page, so a single search checks three restaurants. Book La Table des Airelles with SeatSwiper →

Méribel

• Beefbar Méribel (SevenRooms, Méribel). The first Beefbar on the slopes, a winter residency in Maisons Pariente’s Le Coucou hotel. Its page says it reopens on December 12. Fifi and Maya Altitude, the resort’s other SevenRooms rooms on the wall, publish no window either. Book Beefbar Méribel with SeatSwiper →

Val d’Isère

• Matsuhisa Val d’Isère (SevenRooms, Val d’Isère). The Airelles Val d’Isère edition, with an eight-course omakase and dinner 7pm to 10:30pm, also “Reopening Winter 2026.” Its booking link groups it with Le Piaf and La Grande Ourse. Book Matsuhisa Val d’Isère with SeatSwiper →
• Le Refuge (SevenRooms, Val d’Isère). The Refuge de Solaise hotel’s restaurant at 2,551 m, Savoyard cooking on a big sunny terrace. Its page, as of late October, opens lunch (noon to 3:30pm) to everyone daily and dinner to outside guests only on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, by reservation. On-mountain reservations covers tables like this. Book Le Refuge with SeatSwiper →

Megève

• Benjamin (OpenTable, Megève). The Four Seasons brasserie at the foot of Mont d’Arbois, sole meunière and beef Rossini. The hotel reopens December 16, 2026, per its press office, which also announces Christmas and New Year’s Eve menus here. As of October 2026 its OpenTable book runs about 151 days ahead, so those nights are bookable now. Book Benjamin with SeatSwiper →

St. Moritz, Gstaad and Verbier

• Langosteria St. Moritz (SevenRooms, St. Moritz). The Milan seafood group’s on-piste room at Chesa Chantarella, langoustine and lobster on a terrace over town. Its page publishes no hours or season dates as of late October. On the slopes, it is a lunch table too. Book Langosteria St. Moritz with SeatSwiper →
• Zuma Gstaad (SevenRooms, Gstaad). Zuma’s winter pop-up in the restaurant, bar and heated terrace of the former Ultima hotel. Its page says it opens December 4, 2026, dinner 6pm to 10pm, with reservations available now. Book Zuma Gstaad with SeatSwiper →
• Brasserie 1519 (SevenRooms, Verbier). W Verbier’s all-day brasserie, serving 8am to 10pm. It is open this autumn, so its book is live now, and lunch (noon to 2pm) makes a relaxed fallback. Book Brasserie 1519 with SeatSwiper →

Zermatt

• Brasserie Uno (OpenTable, Zermatt). One Michelin star, a four-course surprise menu, two seatings (6:15 or 6:30pm, then 8:15 or 8:30pm), Tuesday to Saturday, closed until December 8. Its site says “all sales are final and non-refundable,” with one date change allowed at least 48 hours out, so tables rarely come back. The OpenTable book runs about 181 days: book at the edge. Book Brasserie Uno with SeatSwiper →

Kitzbühel

• Zuma Kitzbühel (SevenRooms, Kitzbühel). The winter residency in the 17th-century Hotel Weisses Rössl, opening December 4, 2026, dinner 5pm to 11pm, with reservations open now per its page. Secure Hahnenkamm week first. Book Zuma Kitzbühel with SeatSwiper →
• Les Deux Kitzbühel (OpenTable, Kitzbühel). The one-star brasserie sibling of Munich’s Les Deux, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Tables are held for two hours and cancel free until 24 hours out, after which a per-person fee can apply, so returned tables tend to surface the day before. Book Les Deux Kitzbühel with SeatSwiper →
• Neuwirt (OpenTable, Kitzbühel). The Hotel Schwarzer Adler’s restaurant, Tyrolean classics through to steaks, open daily noon to 9pm from December 4, 2026. As of October 2026 its OpenTable book opens a whole month at a time on the 1st, about five months ahead. Book Neuwirt with SeatSwiper →

Lech and Cortina d’Ampezzo

• Griggeler Stuba (SevenRooms, Lech). Burg Vital Resort’s two-star room in Oberlech, tasting menu only. Its page gives the season as December 4, 2026 to April 12, 2027, last seating 7:45pm, closed Saturday and Sunday, outside guests welcome, booked through SevenRooms, email or phone. A weekday trip can include it; a weekend one cannot. Book Griggeler Stuba with SeatSwiper →
• Alajmo Cortina (SevenRooms, Cortina d’Ampezzo). The group behind Le Calandre runs this room in the restored El Toulà hay barn. It is no winter-only outpost: its booking page lists just a November closing (3 to 26), reopening on the 27th for dinner. Book Alajmo Cortina with SeatSwiper →

How to work this wall

• Put the hard table on a weeknight. Griggeler Stuba closes at weekends, Le 1947 on Monday and Tuesday, Les Deux on Tuesday and Wednesday, Brasserie Uno on Sunday and Monday.
• Use lunch. Loulou, La Table des Airelles, Le Refuge and Brasserie 1519 all serve it, and après-ski and early tables bridge the gap to a late French dinner.
• Read the money terms. Uno is prepaid and final, Les Deux charges inside 24 hours, and cancellation policies explain when held tables come back.

Letting software do the watching

Most of this wall is two waiting games: the day a SevenRooms room loads its winter shifts, and the hour a held holiday table is let go. SeatSwiper watches SevenRooms or OpenTable around the clock for the restaurant, dates and party size you pick, and books the table when one appears, on your own account and in your name, so nothing is resold or transferred. Your first booking is free, then a flat $5, charged only when it actually books the table, with no subscription; a cancellation watch costs $1 to start, charged when the watch begins even if no table opens. It works on Resy, SevenRooms and OpenTable only, needs your reservation account connected, can lose the race on a small prepaid room, and is never a guarantee.