--- title: "Loiseau des Ducs: 1-Star MICHELIN Restaurant in Dijon" description: "Loiseau des Ducs in Dijon: 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/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon.png --- # Loiseau des Ducs > Loiseau des Ducs: the Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion Loiseau des Ducs is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 44 min by road (48 km) from Beaune. 1 MICHELIN star · Menus from €40 · Private driver there and back from Beaune: €220 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Loiseau des Ducs is the Bernard Loiseau group's one-star restaurant in Dijon, set in the Hôtel de Talmay, a listed sixteenth-century mansion in the old centre. Since September 2024 it has been led by Iulian Fistos, formerly second in command of the two-star kitchen in Saulieu, and it is the more accessible of the group's two starred tables 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: 47.3207, 5.0412 - 44 min from Beaune - 1 MICHELIN star - Menus from €40 - Chef: Iulian Fistos - Cuisine: Modern Burgundian in the Loiseau style - MICHELIN Guide 2026: [guide.michelin.com](https://guide.michelin.com/fr/fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/dijon/restaurant/loiseau-des-ducs) - Official website: [bernard-loiseau.com](https://www.bernard-loiseau.com/en/loiseaudesducs.html) - 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 The restaurant opened in July 2013 and won its star in the 2014 guide. Its setting is part of the pleasure: the Hôtel de Talmay, once known as the Hôtel des Barres, is a classified historic monument, and the restaurant spreads across three rooms, a sixteenth-century vaulted hall, a nineteenth-century salon with fireplace and panelling, and a Burgundian room with a beamed ceiling and exposed stone. Iulian Fistos was born in Romania, came to France in 2010 and trained at the Jean Monnet hotel school in Limoges. He joined the two-star brigade of La Côte d'Or in Saulieu in 2017 and rose from chef de partie to second in command, absorbing the house style for six years before taking charge in Dijon, his first post as head chef. ## The cooking The brief is to express the elegance of Burgundy by reworking the region's classics: frank flavours, well-made sauces and respect for the ingredient, the hallmarks of Bernard Loiseau's style. The cards change with the seasons and lean on regional suppliers, from snails and Dijon mustard to cheeses from Burgundy, Franche-Comté and beyond, and MICHELIN singles out the desserts for praise. An oenothèque serves fine Burgundy by the glass, so each course can find its match without committing to a whole bottle. ## Good to know The official menu lists a weekday lunch menu, served Tuesday to Friday except public holidays, from about 40 euros for two courses, with the longer Talmay menu and an à la carte; the restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday. Check the website for current menus and book ahead for dinner. It makes an easy lunch between the Palais des Ducs and the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. With a private driver, you can linger over the wines by the glass and return to your hotel on the Côte afterwards. Telephone: [+33 3 80 30 28 09](tel:+33380302809) ## Did you know? Loiseau des Ducs won its MICHELIN star in the 2014 guide, less than a year after opening its doors in July 2013. ## 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 Loiseau des Ducs What to see before dinner at Loiseau des Ducs, nearest first. ### Things to do - [Palais de justice de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/palais-de-justice-parlement-de-bourgogne-dijon) (1 km away): The 16th-century home of the Parliament of Burgundy, now the court of appeal, with a gilded chamber and a great vaulted hall. - [Place de la Libération](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/place-de-la-liberation-dijon) (1 km away): Dijon's half-moon royal square, laid out by Louis XIV's architect in front of the Palace of the Dukes. - [Magnin Museum (Musée national Magnin)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-magnin), 1 km away: A brother and sister's art collection, shown as a private home in a 17th-century mansion. ### 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 Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (7 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### 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 - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (1 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge ### 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 Loiseau des Ducs ### How many MICHELIN stars does Loiseau des Ducs have? Loiseau des Ducs holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France. ### Who is the chef at Loiseau des Ducs? The kitchen of Loiseau des Ducs is led by Iulian Fistos. ### How do we get to Loiseau des Ducs from Beaune? Loiseau des Ducs 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 Loiseau des Ducs, 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 Loiseau des Ducs? 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 (bernard-loiseau.com) has the booking details and opening days. ### Can we have lunch at Loiseau des Ducs 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 Loiseau des Ducs? According to the restaurant, menus start at €40 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:loiseaudesducs): Return trip from Beaune from €220 · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - --- Canonical page: