Restaurant in Dijon, France
Michelin value without the formality tax.
Cave earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025 — Dijon's clearest value signal in the traditional French register. Chef Yuichiro Akiyoshi runs an intimate room at 29 Rue Jeannin that works well for two to four diners on a special occasion. At €€ with strong Google ratings and easy booking, it is the most accessible Michelin-recognised table in the city.
Getting a table at Cave is genuinely easy by the standards of Michelin-recognised restaurants in Burgundy — and that accessibility is part of the case for booking. This is a €€ restaurant that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025 (upgrading from a Michelin Plate in 2024), which means the guide's inspectors consider it to deliver exceptional value at a moderate price point. If you are in Dijon for a special occasion and want cooking that carries real credential without committing to the budget of a €€€€ room, Cave is the answer to that question.
Cave sits at 29 Rue Jeannin in central Dijon, and the address matters: Rue Jeannin runs through a quieter residential pocket of the city centre, which sets the register before you arrive. The spatial character here is intimate rather than grand. At a Bib Gourmand price tier, you are not walking into the high-ceilinged, formally laid dining rooms associated with Dijon's bigger spending addresses. The room works for precisely the occasions where that formality would feel like a wrong fit — a close dinner for two, a low-key birthday, or a business meal where conversation matters more than spectacle. The seating configuration is compact, which makes this a stronger pick for parties of two to four than for larger groups. If you are considering a private dining arrangement or a larger celebration, this is worth knowing in advance: the intimate scale that makes Cave work so well for couples and small parties is also the thing that constrains its flexibility for groups. For a group event in Dijon with private room requirements, William Frachot or Loiseau des Ducs are better equipped.
Chef Yuichiro Akiyoshi is running a traditional French kitchen at Cave, and the Bib Gourmand recognition is the clearest available signal of what to expect: technically considered cooking, rooted in regional tradition, delivered at a price that does not require advance budgeting. Burgundy is one of France's most historically grounded food and wine regions, and a Japanese chef working in traditional French cuisine in Dijon has an interesting position in that context , though the food itself, not the biography, is what the Michelin recognition addresses. The 2024-to-2025 progression from Plate to Bib Gourmand is a meaningful step: it indicates that inspectors returned, found consistency, and considered the value proposition strong enough to recommend explicitly. Google reviewers concur, with a 4.7 rating across 59 reviews , a tight, high-confidence signal from a small but engaged base.
Cave works well for a special occasion dinner where the goal is a genuinely good meal with Michelin-level credibility, without the formality or the price of a full starred room. Think: anniversary dinner for two, a birthday where the guest of honour would rather eat well than be impressed by chandeliers, or a solo meal where you want to eat at a counter-calibre level without paying counter prices. The €€ positioning means a dinner for two with wine should remain reasonable against Dijon's higher-spending alternatives. For context: William Frachot and Origine both operate at €€€€ , Cave is not competing with them on luxury register, but it is competing on cooking quality, and the Bib Gourmand is the guide's way of saying it can.
Address: 29 Rue Jeannin, 21000 Dijon, France. Cuisine: Traditional French. Price: €€. Awards: Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025); Michelin Plate (2024). Reservations: Booking difficulty is rated Easy , you do not need to plan weeks ahead, but calling or booking online ahead of your visit remains advisable for a guaranteed table, particularly on weekends or for a specific date. Dress: No dress code data available; at a €€ Bib Gourmand in Dijon, smart casual is a safe register , neither overly formal nor too casual. Group size: Leading suited to parties of two to four given the intimate room scale. Dietary needs: No specific data available; contact the restaurant directly ahead of your visit if restrictions are a factor.
See the full comparison section below for Cave's position against Dijon's wider restaurant set.
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If you are comparing Cave against similar Bib Gourmand or value-led traditional cuisine elsewhere in France, see also Cave à Vin & à Manger - Maison Saint-Crescent in Narbonne and Auberge Grand'Maison in Mûr-de-Bretagne, both operating in the traditional cuisine register with Michelin recognition. For France's highest-end reference points in the same national culinary tradition, Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Mirazur in Menton, Troisgros in Ouches, Flocons de Sel in Megève, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern, and Bras in Laguiole provide the upper-end context for understanding where the Bib Gourmand tier sits in France's broader restaurant hierarchy.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave | €€ | Easy | — |
| William Frachot | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| CIBO | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
| Sublime | €€ | Unknown | — |
| L'Aspérule | €€€ | Unknown | — |
| Origine | €€€€ | Unknown | — |
Key differences to consider before you reserve.
Cave holds a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand, which Michelin awards specifically for good cooking at a moderate price — that is the clearest credential for value here. At a €€ price point, the format is more accessible than a full tasting menu at a starred restaurant. If you want traditional French cooking in Dijon without a high per-head spend, the format at Cave is likely the right fit. For a longer, more formal tasting progression, William Frachot is the alternative to consider.
Yes, with the right expectations. Cave's Bib Gourmand recognition gives it Michelin credibility, which lands well for a birthday or anniversary where the meal matters but a full starred-restaurant bill does not. The setting on Rue Jeannin is in a quieter part of central Dijon, so it reads as a considered choice rather than a tourist-circuit dinner. It works better for intimate occasions than for large group celebrations.
Cave is a €€ Bib Gourmand restaurant, which sits in Michelin's value-focused tier rather than its formal fine-dining tier. A neat, put-together look is appropriate — there is no evidence of a jacket requirement or strict dress code at this price point. Avoid overly casual beachwear-type clothing, but you do not need to dress for a starred-restaurant dinner.
There is no confirmed bar-seating option in the available venue data for Cave. check the venue's official channels at 29 Rue Jeannin, 21000 Dijon to confirm seating formats before your visit.
Cave runs a traditional French kitchen under Chef Yuichiro Akiyoshi, which typically means meat- and dairy-forward cooking by default. No dietary accommodation information is documented in the current venue record. Contact the restaurant ahead of your visit — for a Michelin-recognised kitchen, advance notice of restrictions is standard practice and gives the best chance of a tailored meal.
At €€ with a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand, Cave is priced at the value end of Michelin-recognised dining in Dijon. The Bib Gourmand is awarded when Michelin's inspectors find the cooking genuinely good relative to cost, so the award directly answers the value question. Compared to a Michelin-starred dinner, you are spending considerably less for food that meets a documented quality threshold. If you want the highest level of cooking in Dijon regardless of cost, William Frachot is the reference point. If value-for-quality is the priority, Cave is the stronger case.
William Frachot is the obvious step up if budget is not a constraint — it carries Michelin star recognition and operates in a more formal register. CIBO and Sublime are worth considering if you want a different cuisine style or a more contemporary room. L'Aspérule and Origine are relevant if you are comparing value-tier options at a similar or adjacent price point to Cave. For traditional French cooking with Michelin credibility at a moderate price, Cave has few direct rivals in Dijon's current restaurant set.
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