--- title: "Le Charlemagne, 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant" description: "Le Charlemagne in Pernand-Vergelesses: 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/le-charlemagne-pernand-vergelesses lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/le-charlemagne-pernand-vergelesses.png --- # Le Charlemagne > Le Charlemagne: Burgundy with a Japanese accent, facing the hill of Corton-Charlemagne Le Charlemagne is in Pernand-Vergelesses (Côte-d'Or), 13 min by road (8 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €95 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Le Charlemagne is a one-star restaurant on the edge of Pernand-Vergelesses, with a panoramic view over the vines to the hill of Corton-Charlemagne, run since 2024 by Beaune-born chef Rudy Villien and his partner Léa Matéos. The cooking marries Burgundian produce with delicate Japanese seasonings, and at lunch the view alone is worth the short drive from Beaune. ## Key facts - Type: Starred restaurant · 1 MICHELIN star - Where: Pernand-Vergelesses · Côte-d'Or - Location: 6 km north of Beaune · Côte de Beaune - Coordinates: 47.0772, 4.8499 - 13 min from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €95 - Chef: Rudy Villien - Cuisine: Creative, Burgundian with Japanese accents - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/pernand-vergelesses/restaurant/le-charlemagne) - Official website: [lecharlemagne.fr](https://www.lecharlemagne.fr/fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 13 min · 8 km - €120 there and back from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Lunch here on our [half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day). ## Getting there - [Driver to dinner and back](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 13 min by road (8 km) each way, €120 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 Laurent Peugeot opened Le Charlemagne at the start of the 2000s, won a MICHELIN star within a few years and made the house known for Japanese influences he had absorbed while cooking in Japan, well before they were fashionable in Burgundy. After more than two decades he handed it to Rudy Villien, who had taken his first steps in this kitchen at fourteen and returned as Peugeot's second in June 2021. Villien took over in January 2024, aged 27, and kept the star. Like his predecessor he keeps close to the soil: the restaurant tends a 2,000 square metre kitchen garden of herbs, flowers and heirloom vegetables, composts its waste and bakes its own sourdough bread. ## The cooking Dishes are described in plain terms and then reveal their surprises as you eat: marinades of tamago miso, a zest of combava or kumquat, sharp notes set against comforting Burgundian flavours, applied to poultry, scallops, trout or veal. Desserts come in two registers, one reworking French classics, the other more experimental. The sommeliers work the Burgundy map in depth, from celebrated grands crus to lesser-known village appellations, with a good choice by the glass to match each course. ## Good to know The official site lists three menus, from about 95 euros for the four-course weekend lunch to a seven-course signature menu; dinner is served on Monday, Thursday and Friday, lunch and dinner at weekends, and the restaurant closes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Check the website for current menus and book ahead, as there are only eleven tables; ask for lunch if you want the view. Dress is smart casual, with trousers required for men, and children are welcome from the age of five. There is a private room for up to 20 and a chef's table in the kitchen. With a private driver, the lanes of Pernand hold no fears after the pairing. Telephone: [+33 3 80 21 51 45](tel:+33380215145) ## Did you know? Rudy Villien had his first taste of a professional kitchen at Le Charlemagne at the age of fourteen, and took it over at 27. ## 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 Le Charlemagne What to see before dinner at Le Charlemagne, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Domaine Henri de Villamont](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-henri-de-villamont-savigny-les-beaune) (3 km away): A Savigny-lès-Beaune wine house in striking 19th-century brick buildings, above 2,500 square metres of vaulted cellars. - [Domaine d’Ardhuy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-d-ardhuy-clos-des-langres-corgoloin) (4 km away): A family estate around an 18th-century manor in the Clos des Langres, where the Côte de Nuits meets the Côte de Beaune. - [Maison Louis Jadot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/maison-louis-jadot-beaune) (4 km away): A Beaune wine house founded in 1859, known for its Bacchus label, with a shop and visits at its winery. ### Villages - [Pernand-Vergelesses](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/pernand-vergelesses) (1 km away): A steep village of winding lanes, with one of the finest views on the Côte de Beaune. - [Aloxe-Corton](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/aloxe-corton) (1 km away): A small village under the hill of Corton, where Charlemagne once gave away his vines. - [Savigny-lès-Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/savigny-les-beaune) (3 km away): A true wine village in the Rhoin valley, known for the sayings carved on its houses. ### Châteaux - [Château Corton C](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-c) (1 km away): A diamond-patterned glazed tile roof, rebuilt around 1900 at the foot of the Corton hill. - [Château Corton Grancey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-corton-grancey) (1 km away): An elegant 1749 château and a historic gravity winery, the home estate of Louis Latour. - [Château de Corton](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-corton) (2 km away): The third château of Aloxe-Corton, a brick and stone house built by Charles Suisse. ### Restaurants - [Clos du Cèdre](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/clos-du-cedre-beaune) (6 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A winemaker's mansion by Beaune's ramparts, with a starred kitchen and a cellar of over 1,000 wines - [Le Carmin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/le-carmin-beaune) (6 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Christophe Quéant's poised, product-first cooking in a Renaissance house on place Carnot - [Auprès du Clocher](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aupres-du-clocher-pommard) (9 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Pommard's newly starred table, where the butcher's son cooks beside the church ### Events - **Several evenings between late June and mid-July** · [Le Parcours des Tréteaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/parcours-des-treteaux-pernand-vergelesses): A theatrical tasting walk through Pernand-Vergelesses, with six food and wine stops. (Culture · Pernand-Vergelesses) ### Guides about Le Charlemagne - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay) - [Tasting on a Sunday or a Monday](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/wine-tasting-burgundy-sunday-monday) ## Questions about Le Charlemagne ### How many MICHELIN stars does Le Charlemagne have? Le Charlemagne holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at Le Charlemagne? The kitchen of Le Charlemagne is led by Rudy Villien. ### How do we get to Le Charlemagne from Beaune? Le Charlemagne is about 13 min from Beaune by road (8 km). With a private driver, the return trip from Beaune, with the car bringing you back after dinner, starts at €120 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 Le Charlemagne, 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 Le Charlemagne? 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 (lecharlemagne.fr) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at Le Charlemagne on a wine tour? Yes, on the days it serves lunch: book our half-day wine tour from Beaune (€290 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. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ### How much is dinner at Le Charlemagne? According to the restaurant, menus start at €95 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:charlemagne): Return trip from Beaune from €120 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: