Le Deck, at Le Baron Tavernier

Dining with Lavaux at your feet

Le Deck is the restaurant of the hotel Le Baron Tavernier, on the Corniche road at the entrance to Chexbres. The dining room is a glazed gallery hanging over the vineyard: you see the terraces fall away to Lake Geneva and, opposite, the mountains of Savoy. It is the table for a celebration in Lavaux, or for a long Sunday lunch after getting off the vineyard train.

The cooking and the menus

Chef Lionel Rodriguez cooks with French technique and a Mediterranean touch, with local and home-made produce, and changes the menus every month. Those on the autumn menu:

• The Chef's Table, five courses, CHF 145.
• Gourmet Delight, three courses, CHF 115.
• Vitality Cuisine, three lighter courses, CHF 95.
• À la carte: starters, mains, cheeses and desserts from CHF 24.
• Lunch menu, Monday to Friday: starter, main and coffee or tea for CHF 49.

The house's photos show dishes such as Austrian roe deer loin, venison tartare with Piedmont hazelnut pastry, kale with a Lake Geneva pike soufflé and smoked trout. On the lunch formula they have served fried perch fillets, the classic lakeside dish.

The bar-terrace

A few steps from the dining room is Le Deck Bar-Terrasse, more informal, with sharing plates and the same views. In winter it opens Thursday to Sunday from 11:30 to 19:00, without reservation, serves food until 18:30 and, from 22 October, fondue in gondola cabins and igloos on the terrace.

Hours, reservations and getting there

The restaurant is open every day. The kitchen serves from 12:00 to 14:00, with last orders at 13:45, and from 19:00 to 21:00, with last orders at 20:45; the room stays open until 23:00. Book on the website or by phone.

By train, the nearest station is Chexbres-Village, on the Vevey to Puidoux train, a few minutes' walk away. By car, take the Chexbres exit from the A9 motorway. After lunch you can walk down through the vineyards to Rivaz and the Lavaux Vinorama.