--- title: "L’Auberge du Cep: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Fleurie" description: "L'Auberge du Cep is a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Fleurie, one of the ten Beaujolais crus, about 1 hour 25 minutes from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/auberge-du-cep-fleurie lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/auberge-du-cep-fleurie.png --- # L’Auberge du Cep > L’Auberge du Cep: a historic inn in the Beaujolais cru village of Fleurie, starred again since 2021. L’Auberge du Cep is in Fleurie (Rhône), 1 h 26 by road (121 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €35 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €570 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. L'Auberge du Cep is a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Fleurie, one of the ten Beaujolais crus, about 1 hour 25 minutes from Beaune. Aurélien Merot and Camille Gomes reopened it at the end of 2015 and won back its star in 2021. Go for generous terroir cooking, fine sauces and the wines of the surrounding hills. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Fleurie · Rhône - Location: 95 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.1921, 4.6970 - 1 h 26 from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €35 - Chef: Aurélien Merot - Cuisine: Beaujolais terroir, classic sauces - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/fleurie/restaurant/auberge-du-cep) - Official website: [aubergeducep.com](https://aubergeducep.com/) - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 26 · 121 km - €570 there and back from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Lunch here on our [full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Driver to dinner and back](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 1 h 26 by road (121 km) each way, €570 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 inn has been a landmark of Beaujolais cooking since at least 1951, and for some four decades it was the domain of Chantal Chagny, who made it one of the essential tables of the region. It lost its star in 2014. Aurélien Merot, who had worked at Paul Bocuse's Brasserie du Nord, with Philippe Labbé at the Château de Bagnols and at the Chèvre d'Or in Èze, and later led the kitchen of the Château de Pizay, took over with Camille at the end of 2015. The star returned in the 2021 guide. ## The cooking Merot's cooking is rooted in the Beaujolais and in classic sauces, finished with finesse. Some dishes are served all year: a pâté en croûte with sweetbreads and foie gras, Bresse chicken cooked in Fleurie, a house signature since 1951, and a vanilla and Grand Marnier soufflé. Seasonal menus bring game in autumn, one menu honours Marguerite Chabert, the first woman in France to preside over a wine cooperative, and pairings draw on the crus around the village. ## Good to know Fleurie is about 1 hour 25 minutes from Beaune by the A6. From Tuesday to Friday a market lunch menu costs €35 or €40. The other menus start at €67 for five courses, with others at €85, €98 and €120, and pairings of three or five glasses from €42. The restaurant opens from Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. It makes a natural finale to a day among the Beaujolais crus or in the southern Mâconnais, and with a private driver nobody has to drive home. Telephone: [+33 4 74 04 10 77](tel:+33474041077) ## Did you know? Chicken cooked in Fleurie has been the house signature since 1951, handed down from one chef to the next. ## 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 L’Auberge du Cep What to see before dinner at L’Auberge du Cep, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Hameau Duboeuf](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hameau-duboeuf) (4 km away): A wine theme park in a former railway station, created by the Beaujolais merchant Georges Duboeuf. - [Domaine Luquet Depuis 1878](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-luquet-fuisse) (10 km away): A family estate in the heart of Fuissé since 1878, with six generations of Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran. - [Cave de Vinzelles-Loché](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cave-de-vinzelles-loche) (11 km away): The 1929 cooperative of Vinzelles and Loché, where three Pouilly appellations can be tasted side by side. ### Villages - [Saint-Véran](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/saint-veran) (8 km away): Fresh Chardonnay from villages that wrap around Pouilly-Fuissé, beneath the Roche de Solutré. - [Pouilly-Fuissé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pouilly-fuisse) (10 km away): Burgundy's great southern white, grown beneath the limestone cliffs of Solutré and Vergisson. ### Châteaux - [Château d’Estours](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-estours) (9 km away): A moated fortified house south of Mâcon, fought over by Écorcheurs and Mâcon militias. - [Château de Chasselas](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chasselas) (9 km away): A three-towered castle with glazed-tile roofs in the Saint-Véran hills, long the heart of a wine estate. - [Château de Vinzelles](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vinzelles) (10 km away): Two neighbouring castles above Vinzelles, linked by a vat house with great wooden wine presses. ### Restaurants - [La Table de Chaintré](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-de-chaintre) (9 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): One menu a week, one husband-and-wife team, in a former village grocery near Mâcon. - [L’O des Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-o-des-vignes-fuisse) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Meilleur Ouvrier de France cooking in the heart of Pouilly-Fuissé. - [La Huchette](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-huchette-replonges) (19 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Bresse produce with a Mediterranean accent, just across the Saône from Mâcon. ## Questions about L’Auberge du Cep ### How many MICHELIN stars does L’Auberge du Cep have? L’Auberge du Cep holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at L’Auberge du Cep? The kitchen of L’Auberge du Cep is led by Aurélien Merot. ### How do we get to L’Auberge du Cep from Beaune? L’Auberge du Cep is about 1 h 26 from Beaune by road (121 km). With a private driver, the return trip from Beaune, with the car bringing you back after dinner, starts at €570 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 L’Auberge du Cep, 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 L’Auberge du Cep? 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 (aubergeducep.com) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at L’Auberge du Cep on a wine tour? Yes, on the days it serves lunch: book our full-day wine tour plus two hours from Beaune (€700 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 plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ### How much is dinner at L’Auberge du Cep? According to the restaurant, menus start at €35 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:aubergeducep): Return trip from Beaune from €570 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: