French ski resort hotel buffet dinner worth it?

[CarolCave]

I am looking forward to going to the Alps in France after Christmas with my partner, my dad, my sibling and their partner. I am interested in views on whether it is worth splurging on a hotel’s buffet dinner for New Year’s Eve? I know it is totally subjective…interested in your views. We have never done that before in a ski resort.

We are staying in a self-catering flat, planning to cook nightly and eat pack-up sarnies for lunch, and I wonder if splashing out one night might be worth it. It’ll be around €100 per head for the NYE buffet before drinks.

The hotel does take buffet bookings from people who aren’t overnight guests. It’s a well-reviewed hotel that a friend stayed in once albeit many years ago.

If the cost of the gala dinner isn’t worth it, do people think an ordinary evening’s buffet dinner is worth it? It would be “only” around €50 per head before wine. That is comparable with a three course dinner in one of the resort’s other restaurants.

For context we all like buffets (tho I know not universal) and we’re managing ok financially.

We are usually in France in the Alps at NY. Last year we wanted to eat with friends (we are all s/c but in decent places which are well equipped) and looked at the options. Most were north of €50 and frankly we didn’t think it was worth it. Service can be slow those nights. We went to the biggest house and shared the cooking. Had a brilliant night.

@CarolCave You need to be sure that the "ordinary" dinner is available on NYE - in my experience if hotels are opening then they will be serving a gala dinner or buffet and that is then the only option available on NYE.

As for "is it worth it" really nobody can say. I've had excellent NYE dinners, with a great atmosphere, friendly fellow-diners and staff and a brilliant NYE fireworks display and I've also had evenings that were both underwhelming and expensive.

Thanks to you both for your helpful replies. To clarify what I meant by an ordinary evening, I was talking about a hotel buffet dinner on another night earlier in the week, not the 31th December.

Having said that I have decided that it is too much money for us to spend on a single meal on any night of the week.

We will go out to ring in the new year but for drinks not food.