Although our chalet was catered (breakfast, tea, and dinner), there was one night where we had to go out and fend for ourselves. This was actually in the middle of the week, and not the same day as all the other chalets have - so it was easy to get a table at an uncrowded restaurant.
We ended up going to a local french restaurant which was very nice (fondue, raclette, etc.) - they also had some pretty cool atmosphere that I'm not sure comes through the picture.
Darren and Tracy asked us if they thought we'd be interested in a catered option that actually have you two days out on your own to find dinner - which we said we would probably like better. As in any french village, Chatal had some really nice restaurants and picking just one is kind of hard.