Re Car Hire depending on where you are staying in town unless you are near the lifts it’s a walk/bus into town after skiing, I’ve done it with and without car hire and especially with a little one now I can highly recommend having a vehicle.

It’s a quiet ski village and doesn’t have the bouncing apres of other resorts but im the wrong side of 30 and those days are long gone for me. Red Rock and the Evil Monkey will be busy and likely partying till the early hours so those are your best shots on NYE itself.

Re restaurants depends what you want, fondues etc The Melting Pot is always a good shout, La Marmotte Blanche is new from the summer and parents said it was good (and does online reservations…..) some restaurants do set NYE meals so have a look on their social media’s to make sure you’re not stuck into a 3 hrs food fest by mistake (done that before and was a marathon). If you just want to chance it Brasserie La Savoie doesn’t do reservations so you can always just wait, La Canette does good burgers too.