Restaurant in Mâcon, France
Consistent Michelin recognition at a fair price.
Cassis holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025) and a 4.7 Google rating from 516 reviews, making it the clearest value proposition for modern cuisine in Mâcon. At €€, it delivers Michelin-acknowledged cooking at a price that regional starred restaurants cannot match. Book here if you want serious food without a serious budget.
If you visited Cassis a year ago and found it solid but unremarkable, go back. The Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 signals consistent forward momentum at a €€ price point that is genuinely rare for Michelin-acknowledged cooking in Burgundy. For food-focused visitors passing through Mâcon, this is the clearest value proposition in the city's modern cuisine category. Book it before the crowd catches up.
Cassis sits on Rue Joseph Dufour in Mâcon, a city better known as a staging post for Burgundy wine tourism than as a dining destination in its own right. That positioning is part of what makes it interesting. Visitors arriving from Maison Lameloise in Chagny or heading south toward Troisgros in Ouches often overlook Mâcon entirely, which means Cassis operates without the reservation pressure those marquee addresses carry.
The Michelin Plate distinction, awarded in both 2024 and 2025, is worth contextualising correctly. A Michelin Plate is not a star. It is the Guide's way of flagging a kitchen producing food good enough to notice, without yet earning star-level consistency or ambition. For a €€ Modern Cuisine address in a secondary city, that is a meaningful credential. It positions Cassis above the neighbourhood bistro tier without demanding the budget of a starred room.
With 516 Google reviews averaging 4.7, the consistency signal is strong. That volume of reviews at that rating suggests repeat visitors and a local following, not just one-time tourists ticking boxes. For context, many starred restaurants in provincial France carry lower Google ratings because the expectation gap cuts both ways.
Modern Cuisine at this price tier in Burgundy means the kitchen is almost certainly working with the agricultural calendar of the Saône-et-Loire. The region's produce rhythm is pronounced: spring brings asparagus from the Bresse border, summer produces courgette flowers and river fish, autumn is wild mushroom territory, and winter shifts toward game and root-heavy preparations. If you are planning around a specific season, autumn is the strongest argument for a visit. The Mâconnais sits at the southern edge of Burgundy's wine country, and the convergence of harvest activity, wild mushrooms, and cooler temperatures gives any kitchen working in the modern French idiom its leading raw material of the year.
A return visitor will notice this more than a first-timer. On a second visit, the shift in the menu's visual register — from the lighter, herb-forward plates of spring to the darker, more textured compositions of late autumn — is the most reliable indicator of how seriously the kitchen tracks seasonality. If the menu feels different from your last visit, that is the point. If it looks identical, that tells you something too.
For explorer-minded diners who treat the plate as a document of place and time, visiting Cassis twice in the same year, in different seasons, is a low-cost way to test the kitchen's range. At €€, doing that remains financially realistic in a way it simply is not at the region's starred addresses like Flocons de Sel in Megève or Mirazur in Menton.
Cassis is at 74 Rue Joseph Dufour, Mâcon. Booking is direct, with no evidence of the weeks-out pressure you encounter at starred regional addresses. If you are planning around a specific seasonal window, a week's notice should be sufficient in most periods, though weekend evenings during autumn harvest season in Burgundy attract more visitors generally, so earlier is safer. There is no phone or booking link in our current data; check the restaurant directly or use a third-party reservation platform for current availability. Dress is not formally specified, but a €€ Michelin-recognised Modern Cuisine address in provincial France typically sits comfortably in the smart-casual register. For everything else happening in the city, see our full Mâcon restaurants guide, Mâcon hotels guide, Mâcon bars guide, Mâcon wineries guide, and Mâcon experiences guide.
Cassis is not competing with the grandes tables of the French dining circuit. Its frame of reference is closer to Pierre in Mâcon and Ma Table en Ville locally, and more broadly with the tier of regional modern French kitchens that earn Michelin attention without reaching starred ambition. For diners who have already covered the headliners , Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, Bras in Laguiole, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern, or Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains , Cassis represents the kind of regional discovery that makes a Burgundy itinerary feel complete rather than just star-chasing.
If your routing takes you through the Mâconnais on a wine trip, Cassis is the dining answer to the question of where to eat well without spending at a level that requires planning the meal as a separate event. Pair it with an evening in the local appellation, and the trip assembles itself.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassis | Modern Cuisine | €€ | Easy |
| Plénitude | Contemporary French | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Pierre Gagnaire | French, Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | Creative | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Kei | Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | French, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Unknown |
Comparing your options in Mâcon for this tier.
At €€ pricing with back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, Cassis delivers credible modern cuisine without the financial commitment of a starred room. If the kitchen runs a tasting format, the value case is strong by Burgundy standards. For multi-course splendour at any cost, look further into the region, but Cassis is a sound choice if you want Michelin-acknowledged cooking at a price that doesn't sting.
Modern Cuisine restaurants at this price point in France typically accommodate solo diners without issue, and Cassis shows no signs of being an exception. The €€ price range means you won't be committing to a lengthy, expensive tasting-only format. Solo visits work best at lunch, which tends to move faster and carry lighter pricing in French regional restaurants of this type.
Cassis holds a Michelin Plate, not a star, and sits at €€ pricing — that combination points to a relaxed but presentable standard. Think neat casual: no need for a jacket or tie, but avoid beach or gym wear. Mâcon is a provincial French city rather than a fashion-forward dining capital, so the crowd will be dressed neatly without being formal.
Cassis does not carry the booking pressure of a starred address. A week's notice is likely sufficient on most dates, though weekend evenings in summer warrant earlier contact given Mâcon's position on the Burgundy tourist circuit. There is no evidence of the weeks-out queuing you encounter at destination restaurants in Beaune or Lyon.
Yes, at €€. Two consecutive Michelin Plates signal a kitchen producing food above the neighbourhood average, and €€ pricing in a French regional city means you are not paying a prestige premium. Compared to starred alternatives in the wider Burgundy corridor, Cassis offers a lower-risk, lower-cost entry point for a genuinely recognised meal in Mâcon.
Pierre and Ma Table en Ville are the most commonly cited alternatives within Mâcon itself. Pierre has historically held stronger regional recognition and is worth comparing if your budget or occasion calls for a step up. Ma Table en Ville sits in a similar register to Cassis on price and format. If you are willing to drive into the Burgundy heartland, the options expand considerably, but for a meal in Mâcon specifically, these three are the relevant frame of reference.
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