Auberge de la Charme
A starred village inn above Dijon where Burgundy meets the spice routes of Asia
- Prenois
- 46 min from Beaune
- 1 MICHELIN star
- Menus from €65
€290there and back from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Chef
- Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte
- Cuisine
- Creative, Burgundian produce with global influences
- MICHELIN Guide 2026
- guide.michelin.com
- Official website
- aubergedelacharme.com
Getting there
Driver to dinner and back: 46 min by road (51 km) each way, €290 there and back for the whole car.
Lunch here on our full-day wine tour, €560.
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About the restaurant
The Auberge de la Charme is a one-star restaurant in Prenois, a village on the plateau about fifteen minutes north-west of Dijon, run by chefs Nicolas Isnard and David Le Comte with their partner Cécile Sagory. There is no menu to read: guests surrender to a sequence of creative plates in which Burgundian produce meets flavours gathered on the chefs' travels.
The story
The three partners met in the three-star kitchen of Gilles Goujon at Fontjoncouse, in the Corbières, then worked together at the Château de Curzay near Poitiers, where Isnard won a MICHELIN star. In June 2008 they took over this inn, a former village forge built of dressed stone, and earned their first star here only eight months later.
Both chefs come from the south of France, Isnard having trained at hotel schools in Sète and Béziers and Le Comte having grown up in Montélimar. Cécile Sagory, who began as the pastry chef, now runs the dining room and builds the cellar.
The cooking
Burgundy's great ingredients are the starting point, reworked with spices and less familiar ingredients picked up in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Spain and Italy, and regional classics are sometimes taken apart and rebuilt. The chefs decide the sequence according to the season and the market, and blackcurrant from Burgundy appears among the sweets. The wine list runs to some 600 references, with plenty of neighbouring Burgundy crus, a notable choice of magnums and a few foreign bottles.
Your evening
How the evening works
- 1Book your table
Directly with the restaurant. Weekends, the harvest and the Hospices de Beaune auction in November fill up weeks ahead.
- 2Book 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.
- 3Back to your hotel
Your driver waits nearby while you dine, up to 3 hours, then drives you home. Nobody has to drive.
Tips for your visit
The official site lists a three-course lunch from about 65 euros on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with longer five- and seven-course menus at every service; the restaurant opens from Thursday lunch to Sunday lunch. Check the website for current prices and reserve ahead. The two dining rooms, with beams, old stone, a fireplace and contemporary paintings, are comfortable rather than formal, and there is a private room for small groups. Prenois lies on the plateau beyond Dijon's western suburbs, along quiet country roads, so a private driver lets you enjoy the wine and get back to Dijon or Beaune without a thought for the lanes.
Telephone +33 3 80 35 32 84
Around here
What to see before dinner at Auberge de la Charme, nearest first.
Dijon
12 km awayMarsannay-la-Côte
14 km awayFixin
16 km away
- Christmas
Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon
Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of JanuaryDijon - Tradition
Fête de la Pressée
Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage DaysChenôve
Questions
Auberge de la Charme holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide France.
Did you know? Cécile Sagory keeps a record of what each regular has eaten and drunk, so that returning guests are never served the same dish or the same wine twice.
Sources
Auberge de la Charme: there and back with a driver
Return trip from Beaune from €290 · up to 4 guests