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Le Pont de Brent Frommer's Exceptional

Cuisine French, Swiss
Hours Tues-Sat noon-2pm and 7-9:30pm
Location In Brent, Around Town
Transportation From Montreux, follow the signs to Blonary-Brent, driving 3km (2 miles) northwest of the city
Reservations Reservations required
Phone 021/964-52-30
Prices Fixed-price menus 180F-275F ($148-$226/£77-£118); 3-course business lunch 85F ($70/£36) Tues-Fri only
Credit Cards MC, V
Season Closed 3 weeks in midsummer and 2 weeks Dec-Jan

Frommer's Review

The district's finest and best-known restaurant is in a turn-of-the-20th-century house near a historic bridge in the hamlet of Brent. Gérald Rabaey, the owner and chef, prepares a frequently changing array of seafood, including a soup made with mussels and leeks, Breton lobster with zucchini in a tarragon-flavored cream sauce, rabbit in mustard sauce, and roast pigeon with herbs. Succulent versions of trout, turbot, and sea bass are also featured, along with fresh mushrooms and the best fruits of any season. We could heap praise upon praise on this restaurant and still not do it justice. It is the grandest choice for dining along Lake Geneva. The combination of flavors is inspired. Inventiveness and solid technique reign supreme here. After a meal here you will proclaim you've arrived in paradise as you kidnap the chef to take him home.

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