--- title: "L’Aspérule: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Dijon" description: "L'Aspérule is Keigo Kimura's one-star restaurant on rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the centre of Dijon, a room of about 25 seats." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/l-asperule-dijon.png --- # L’Aspérule > L’Aspérule: Keigo Kimura's intimate Dijon dining room: French technique, Japanese restraint L’Aspérule is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 44 min by road (48 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €43 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €220 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. L'Aspérule is Keigo Kimura's one-star restaurant on rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the centre of Dijon, a room of about 25 seats. The Japanese chef cooks classical French cuisine with a light Japanese hand, and his set lunch is one of the gentlest ways into starred dining in Burgundy. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Dijon · Côte-d'Or - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3248, 5.0450 - 44 min from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €43 - Chef: Keigo Kimura - Cuisine: Modern French with a Japanese touch - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/dijon/restaurant/l-asperule) - Official website: [restaurant-asperule.fr](https://restaurant-asperule.fr/fr/page/dijon) - From Beaune: ≈ 44 min · 48 km - €220 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): 44 min by road (48 km) each way, €220 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 Kimura learnt his craft in the kitchens of Marc Veyrat, Christopher Coutanceau and Joël Robuchon. The name of his restaurants recalls his four years with Veyrat in the Alps, where the day began with gathering wild herbs: aspérule is sweet woodruff, a woodland plant that smells of cut hay and tonka bean as it dries. He won the Le Chef magazine Tremplin prize and Gault et Millau's young talent award in 2014, and a first MICHELIN star in 2015 at his original L'Aspérule in Auxerre. The Dijon restaurant opened in 2018 and was starred in the 2019 guide, the year he was also named Côte-d'Or's chef of the year. ## The cooking Expect precise, delicate plates built on fresh seasonal produce, respectful of the codes of French haute cuisine, with a discreet Japanese touch that shows in the balance and clarity of the flavours rather than in any fusion. The wine list runs to some twenty pages and is overwhelmingly Burgundian, from Chablis and the Auxerrois through the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune to the Mâconnais, with a strong selection of grower Champagne and a page of older vintages. ## Good to know The official site lists a lunch menu from about 43 euros, a six-course tasting menu at lunch and dinner and a seven-course version in the evening only; the restaurant opens from Tuesday evening to Saturday. Check the website for current menus and times, and book ahead, as the room is small. With a private driver waiting outside, you can choose from that Burgundy list and still be driven back to your hotel on the Côte without a second thought. Telephone: [+33 3 80 19 12 84](tel:+33380191284) ## Did you know? The restaurant is named after sweet woodruff, the wild herb that recalls the daily foraging of Keigo Kimura's four years with Marc Veyrat. ## 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’Aspérule What to see before dinner at L’Aspérule, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Monument à Sadi Carnot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/monument-sadi-carnot-dijon) (1 km away): A marble and bronze memorial of 1899 to the assassinated President Sadi Carnot, rising from the fountains of Place de la République. - [Hôtel de Vogüé](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/hotel-de-vogue) (1 km away): An early 17th-century magistrate's mansion with a glazed tile roof, just behind Notre-Dame. - [Fallot Shop and Workshop, Dijon (La Boutique Atelier Fallot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fallot-dijon), 1 km away: An independent family mustard house, with a tasting shop and workshop near the owl. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 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) (7 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) (10 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (1 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 3 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Vantoux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vantoux) (8 km away): An early 18th-century château north of Dijon, built for a first president of the Parlement. ### Restaurants - [La Maison des Cariatides](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-maison-des-cariatides-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A chef couple from Le Bristol regains a star behind one of Dijon's most ornate Renaissance façades - [CIBO](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/cibo-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred table in old Dijon that sources everything within 200 kilometres - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion ### 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 L’Aspérule ### How many MICHELIN stars does L’Aspérule have? L’Aspérule holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at L’Aspérule? The kitchen of L’Aspérule is led by Keigo Kimura. ### How do we get to L’Aspérule from Beaune? L’Aspérule is about 44 min from Beaune by road (48 km). With a private driver, the return trip from Beaune, with the car bringing you back after dinner, starts at €220 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’Aspérule, 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’Aspérule? 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 (restaurant-asperule.fr) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at L’Aspérule 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 L’Aspérule? According to the restaurant, menus start at €43 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:asperule): Return trip from Beaune from €220 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - --- Canonical page: