Experimental Chalet, Verbier

Character and identity

A 39-room chalet that imports Paris's Canal St-Martin sensibility to a serious ski resort, with mountains in the windows and velvet banquettes in peach, pistachio and olive underfoot. There is no real lobby: the ground floor is given over to eating and drinking, with Grégory Marchand running the restaurant and the Experimental Group's cocktail pedigree behind the bar. The basement holds The Farm, Verbier's legendary nightclub, inherited and tactfully left alone. Rooms by Fabrizio Casiraghi run mid-century modern with light Alpine winks. There's a spa, but the social spaces are the centre of gravity.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The draw here is the ground floor and the basement: the best bar, restaurant and club in Verbier, all under one roof, with cocktails that genuinely live up to the Experimental name. Book it if you want your ski week to double as a proper night out, ask Anatole Boutant to remake your usual with Alpine ingredients, and don't skip the Baked Alaska with Chartreuse.