Port Ainé Buffet Restaurant

The resort buffet

The Buffet Restaurant is the main dining room of Port Ainé, the resort above Rialp, in the Orri massif. The resort describes it as a buffet with a wide variety of starters, first courses, main courses and desserts, and opens it every day of the season, from 13:30 to 15:30. It is the option for sitting down to a proper meal between the morning and afternoon of skiing, without going down to the valley.

The resort does not publish the menu, the price of the buffet or its capacity. Ask at information, on 973 627 607, if you are going with a large group.

The other stops at Port Ainé

If you do not want the buffet, there are other places, with different hours depending on the day:

• Port Ainé 2000 café: drinks and bocadillos with views of the pistes, from 8:30 to 17:00, every day.
• Burger Track: burgers and something quick to eat outside, from 11:00 to 15:00, every day.
• La Pica café: breakfasts and something light, from 8:30 to 12:00, weekends and public holidays.
• Clots 2100 café: a stop in the mountains, from 9:00 to 16:00, weekends and public holidays.
• Clots 2100 restaurant: self-service hot dishes, from 13:00 to 15:00, weekends and public holidays.

On weekdays, therefore, what is open is the buffet, the Port Ainé 2000 and the Burger Track; at weekends La Pica and the two Clots join in, at the 2,100 level.

Who it is for

For families spending the whole day at the resort: Port Ainé has a play park, a sledge run and the green Bellavista, of more than 3 km, for beginners. Also for the companion who does not ski: with the pedestrian ticket, €9.50, they can go up and down once on the Roní gondola and wait at the Port Ainé 2000 café.

Getting there

From Lleida, take the C-13 to Rialp, where the resort road branches off. There are 1,130 free parking spaces in five zones, with a free shuttle to the ticket offices at weekends. Without a car, the ALSA Ski Bus runs up from Lleida and Balaguer or the Snow Taxi from Sort, for €2 each way with booking. Take chains. For dinner afterwards, Sort is about half an hour away.