--- title: "La Marande: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Montbellet" description: "La Marande in Montbellet: 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/la-marande-montbellet lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/la-marande-montbellet.png --- # La Marande > La Marande: a family-run country house in the northern Mâconnais, starred since 2014. La Marande is in Montbellet (Saône-et-Loire), 1 h 04 by road (81 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €49 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €405 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. La Marande is a one-Michelin-star restaurant with five rooms in the hamlet of Mirande at Montbellet, in the northern Mâconnais, just under an hour from Beaune. Élisabeth and Philippe Michel have run it since 2001, and he cooks. Go for lively, generous cooking and a cellar strong in the whites of neighbouring Viré-Clessé. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Montbellet · Saône-et-Loire - Location: 60 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.4645, 4.8723 - 1 h 04 from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €49 - Chef: Philippe Michel - Cuisine: Modern, product-led - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/montbellet/restaurant/la-marande) - Official website: [hotel-restaurant-la-marande.com](https://www.hotel-restaurant-la-marande.com/) - From Beaune: ≈ 1 h 04 · 81 km - €405 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 04 by road (81 km) each way, €405 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 Michels took over this stone house, built as an artist's home and turned into a hotel-restaurant in the 1970s, in 2001. After a decade with a Bib Gourmand they won a star in 2014, and 2026 marks their twenty-fifth year. Philippe Michel, a Maître Cuisinier de France, worked with Pierre Gagnaire, whose taste for bold pairings left its mark. Élisabeth looks after the dining rooms and the five bedrooms, each named after a plant. A flowering garden, a shaded terrace and a pergola make it a pleasant lunch stop in summer, a few minutes from the vineyards of Viré and Clessé. ## The cooking The cooking starts from the product and adds instinctive, sometimes unexpected combinations; the chef has recently brought barbecue cooking into his repertoire. The menu changes about every five weeks, drawing on Bresse cream, Mâconnais produce and fish. The cellar holds around 400 references, with a clear emphasis on the Mâconnais and on Viré-Clessé in particular. ## Good to know Montbellet is just under an hour from Beaune, off the A6 between Tournus and Mâcon. A three-course market menu costs €49 on weekday lunchtimes, followed by menus at €68, €90 and €110, and a seven-course tasting menu at €140. The restaurant opens from Wednesday to Sunday. It fits neatly into a Mâconnais wine day, and with a private driver nobody has to drive after the tastings and lunch. Telephone: [+33 3 85 33 10 24](tel:+33385331024) ## Did you know? The Michels held a Bib Gourmand for ten years before winning their star in 2014. ## 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 La Marande What to see before dinner at La Marande, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Cave de Lugny](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cave-de-lugny) (5 km away): A 1927 cooperative, the leading producer of Mâcon-Villages, with a shop below the Charmes vineyard. - [Azé Caves (Grottes d’Azé)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/grottes-d-aze), 9 km away: Two caves in the Mâconnais hills: an underground river and a prehistoric cave of bears and lions. - [Mont Saint-Romain](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/mont-saint-romain) (10 km away): A summit of almost 580 metres in the Mâconnais hills, with a rooftop viewing table facing the Alps. ### Villages - [Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vire-clesse) (3 km away): Two neighbouring villages of the Haut-Mâconnais, joined in one appellation for generous Chardonnay. - [Pouilly-Fuissé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pouilly-fuisse) (23 km away): Burgundy's great southern white, grown beneath the limestone cliffs of Solutré and Vergisson. - [Saint-Véran](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/saint-veran) (26 km away): Fresh Chardonnay from villages that wrap around Pouilly-Fuissé, beneath the Roche de Solutré. ### Châteaux - [Château de Vaux-sous-Targes](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vaux-sous-targes) (5 km away): An Italianate villa of 1830 in the Mâconnais, built by a Basque shipowner on a medieval moated site. - [Château de Besseuil](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-besseuil) (7 km away): A 17th-century manor among the Viré-Clessé vines, now a hotel and restaurant with its own organic vineyard. - [Château de Cruzille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cruzille) (8 km away): A fortress on a spur above Cruzille, marked by the Wars of Religion and the Liberation of 1944. ### Restaurants - [Le Raisin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-raisin-pont-de-vaux) (6 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A family house in the Bresse, a short hop across the Saône from the Mâconnais vineyards. - [Aux Terrasses](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aux-terrasses-tournus) (11 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred family house in Tournus, now in its second generation. - [L’Écrin de Yohann Chapuis](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-ecrin-de-yohann-chapuis-tournus) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): An intimate starred dining room in Tournus, from the chef who helped Lameloise win back its third star. ### Events - **Sunday, 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [La Tournuscimes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/la-tournuscimes): Burgundy's biggest organised walk, on foot, by mountain bike or on horseback through the autumn Mâconnais. (Sport · Chardonnay) - **The third weekend of April, Saturday and Sunday; the 25th edition was held on 18 and 19 April 2026.** · [Printemps du Cru Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/printemps-du-vire-clesse): The whole Viré-Clessé appellation opens its cellars on the third weekend of April. (Wine festival · Viré) - **A Thursday in May, from late afternoon into the evening; in 2026 it fell on 14 May.** · [Chardonnay Day à Chardonnay](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/chardonnay-day): The world's favourite white grape is toasted in the Mâconnais village that gave it its name. (Wine festival · Chardonnay) - **Late August; in 2026 it opened on 23 August in Ozenay, then ran from 26 to 29 August in Viré and Tournus.** · [Détours en Tournugeois](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/detours-en-tournugeois): Brass bands, street theatre and village dances between Tournus and the Mâconnais vineyards at the end of summer. (Culture · Tournus) ## Questions about La Marande ### How many MICHELIN stars does La Marande have? La Marande holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at La Marande? The kitchen of La Marande is led by Philippe Michel. ### How do we get to La Marande from Beaune? La Marande is about 1 h 04 from Beaune by road (81 km). With a private driver, the return trip from Beaune, with the car bringing you back after dinner, starts at €405 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 La Marande, 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 La Marande? 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 (hotel-restaurant-la-marande.com) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at La Marande 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 La Marande? According to the restaurant, menus start at €49 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:marande): Return trip from Beaune from €405 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: