--- title: "Auberge de la Charme: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Prenois" description: "Auberge de la Charme in Prenois: one MICHELIN star in the 2026 guide. The chef, the menus and a private driver from Beaune there and back." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/auberge-de-la-charme-prenois lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/auberge-de-la-charme-prenois.png --- # Auberge de la Charme > Auberge de la Charme: a starred village inn above Dijon where Burgundy meets the spice routes of Asia Auberge de la Charme is in Prenois (Côte-d'Or), 46 min by road (51 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €65 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €290 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Auberge de la Charme is a one-star restaurant in Prenois, a village on the plateau about fifteen minutes north-west of Dijon, run by chefs Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte with their partner Cécile Sagory. There is no menu to read: guests surrender to a sequence of creative plates in which Burgundian produce meets flavours gathered on the chefs' travels. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Prenois · Côte-d'Or - Location: 40 km north of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3757, 4.8991 - 46 min from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €65 - Chef: Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte - Cuisine: Creative, Burgundian produce with global influences - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/prenois/restaurant/auberge-de-la-charme) - Official website: [aubergedelacharme.com](https://aubergedelacharme.com/fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 46 min · 51 km - €290 there and back from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Lunch here on our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Driver to dinner and back](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 46 min by road (51 km) each way, €290 there and back for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Book your table with the restaurant, then the car for the same evening. Your driver waits while you dine, up to 3 hours, and drives you back. Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## The story The three partners met in the three-star kitchen of Gilles Goujon at Fontjoncouse, in the Corbières, then worked together at the Château de Curzay near Poitiers, where Isnard won a MICHELIN star. In June 2008 they took over this inn, a former village forge built of dressed stone, and earned their first star here only eight months later. Both chefs come from the south of France, Isnard having trained at hotel schools in Sète and Béziers and Le Comte having grown up in Montélimar. Cécile Sagory, who began as the pastry chef, now runs the dining room and builds the cellar. ## The cooking Burgundy's great ingredients are the starting point, reworked with spices and less familiar ingredients picked up in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Spain and Italy, and regional classics are sometimes taken apart and rebuilt. The chefs decide the sequence according to the season and the market, and blackcurrant from Burgundy appears among the sweets. The wine list runs to some 600 references, with plenty of neighbouring Burgundy crus, a notable choice of magnums and a few foreign bottles. ## Good to know The official site lists a three-course lunch from about 65 euros on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with longer five- and seven-course menus at every service; the restaurant opens from Thursday lunch to Sunday lunch. Check the website for current prices and reserve ahead. The two dining rooms, with beams, old stone, a fireplace and contemporary paintings, are comfortable rather than formal, and there is a private room for small groups. Prenois lies on the plateau beyond Dijon's western suburbs, along quiet country roads, so a private driver lets you enjoy the wine and get back to Dijon or Beaune without a thought for the lanes. Telephone: [+33 3 80 35 32 84](tel:+33380353284) ## Did you know? Cécile Sagory keeps a record of what each regular has eaten and drunk, so that returning guests are never served the same dish or the same wine twice. ## How the evening works 1. **Book your table**: Directly with the restaurant. Weekends, the harvest and the Hospices de Beaune auction in November fill up weeks ahead. 2. **Book the car**: Choose the restaurant on our booking page: pickup at your hotel at the time you like, and a fixed price for the return trip. 3. **Back to your hotel**: Your driver waits nearby while you dine, up to 3 hours, then drives you home. Nobody has to drive. ## Around Auberge de la Charme What to see before dinner at Auberge de la Charme, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Historic Village of Talant (Site historique de Talant)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/talant), 9 km away: A hilltop village founded by the dukes, with a Gothic church and views over Lac Kir. - [Lake Kir (Lac Kir)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/lac-kir), 9 km away: Dijon's lake, opened in 1964 and named after the mayor who gave kir its name. - [Mulot & Petitjean Gingerbread Factory (La Fabrique de pain d’épices Mulot & Petitjean)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/mulot-petitjean), 11 km away: Dijon's historic gingerbread maker, with a museum space above the working bakery. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (12 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (14 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (16 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Vantoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vantoux) (9 km away): An early 18th-century château north of Dijon, built for a first president of the Parlement. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 9 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Montculot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montculot) (12 km away): The Hautes-Côtes country house linked to the Romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine. ### Restaurants - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (12 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion - [L’Aspérule](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Keigo Kimura's intimate Dijon dining room: French technique, Japanese restraint ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ## Questions about Auberge de la Charme ### How many MICHELIN stars does Auberge de la Charme have? Auberge de la Charme holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at Auberge de la Charme? The kitchen of Auberge de la Charme is led by Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte. ### How do we get to Auberge de la Charme from Beaune? Auberge de la Charme is about 46 min from Beaune by road (51 km). With a private driver, the return trip from Beaune, with the car bringing you back after dinner, starts at €290 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. → [Driver to dinner and back](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) ### Can the driver wait and drive us back after dinner? Yes. Book the return trip: your driver takes you to Auberge de la Charme, waits nearby while you dine, up to 3 hours, and drives you back to your hotel. Nobody in your party has to drive. ### Do we need to book a table at Auberge de la Charme? Yes. Book your table directly with the restaurant, well ahead for weekends, the harvest and the Hospices de Beaune auction weekend in November. We book the car, not the table. Its official website (aubergedelacharme.com) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at Auberge de la Charme on a wine tour? Yes, on the days it serves lunch: book our full-day wine tour from Beaune (€560 for the car, up to 4 guests) and your driver plans the route and the tastings around your table. You book the table yourself, and the tastings are paid to the domaines. → [Full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ### How much is dinner at Auberge de la Charme? According to the restaurant, menus start at €65 per person. Prices change with the seasons, so check before you go. ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=restaurant:charme): Return trip from Beaune from €290 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: