Restaurant in Pernand-Vergelesses, France
One Michelin star, serious booking effort required.
A Michelin-starred creative kitchen in Pernand-Vergelesses, Le Charlemagne earns its €€€€ price through sourcing rooted in one of Burgundy's most carefully farmed agricultural zones. Rated 4.8 across 1,376 Google reviews and ranked by OAD in 2025, it is the most considered special-occasion booking in the Côte de Beaune. Book four to six weeks out minimum; harvest season requires two to three months.
If you are planning a meal here during the September or October harvest window, start trying to reserve two to three months ahead. Le Charlemagne sits in Pernand-Vergelesses, a village on the western slope of the Corton hill, and it draws serious wine travellers who time their visit around the Côte de Beaune harvest. Those months fill first. For a quieter, easier booking in winter or early spring, four to six weeks out is usually workable — but given the combination of a Michelin star and a 4.8 rating across 1,376 Google reviews, do not treat any window as a guaranteed walk-in.
Le Charlemagne is a single-star Michelin restaurant in one of Burgundy's most wine-focused villages, run by chef Laurent Peugeot under a creative French framework. The OAD Classical in Europe ranking at #458 (2025) places it in recognised company, but it is not operating at the scale or formality of a Paris three-star. What you get here is a focused, considered meal in a setting shaped entirely by its agricultural surroundings. The atmosphere runs calm and controlled rather than buzzy: the energy comes from the food and the cellar, not from a packed dining room with a soundtrack. For a special occasion meal in Burgundy away from the better-known rooms in Beaune or Dijon, this is a more intimate register.
The creative menu at this price tier (€€€€) is built on sourcing decisions that define every plate. Pernand-Vergelesses sits inside one of France's most precisely farmed agricultural zones, where producers treat the field as carefully as vignerons treat the vine. A creative kitchen in this context is not creative in a vacuum: it answers to the land around it. That relationship between sourcing and plate is what justifies the price point here more than technique alone. You are not paying purely for kitchen labour — you are paying for the supply chain that feeds it. Compared to creative restaurants of similar price in urban settings, that provenance is harder to replicate and easier to taste.
The room itself aligns with the village: quiet, considered, and not trying to perform. The absence of city-level noise means conversation is easy, which makes Le Charlemagne a sound choice for a business meal or a relationship milestone where you need the room to work with you rather than against you. If you want theatrical energy or a scene, this is not the booking. If you want a meal that rewards attention, it is the right one.
Booking difficulty is high relative to other one-star restaurants in rural Burgundy. The combination of a small village location, a focused dining room, and strong international wine-tourism traffic means availability moves fast. Book directly through the restaurant. For harvest season (September to October), aim for two to three months out. For other times of year, four to six weeks is a reasonable minimum. There is no verified online booking method in the current data, so call or email directly.
If Le Charlemagne is fully booked or you are building a longer itinerary, see our full Pernand-Vergelesses restaurants guide, our full Pernand-Vergelesses hotels guide, our full Pernand-Vergelesses bars guide, our full Pernand-Vergelesses wineries guide, and our full Pernand-Vergelesses experiences guide.
For other starred creative and classical restaurants in France worth considering on a wider trip: Flocons de Sel in Megève, Mirazur in Menton, Troisgros - Le Bois sans Feuilles in Ouches, Auberge de l'Ill in Illhaeusern, Bras in Laguiole, Paul Bocuse in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, AM par Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille, Assiette Champenoise in Reims, Au Crocodile in Strasbourg, Auberge du Vieux Puits in Fontjoncouse.
For creative cooking at €€€€ beyond France: Arpège in Paris, Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, and Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona.
At €€€€, yes , with the right expectations. This is not a Paris grand occasion room with a large brigade and theatrical service. What justifies the price here is the sourcing and specificity: a creative kitchen operating inside one of France's most carefully farmed agricultural areas, with a cellar shaped by the vines outside. The 4.8 Google score across more than 1,300 reviews and a current Michelin star confirm that the kitchen is consistently delivering. If you want value-for-money creative cooking in Burgundy at this tier, Le Charlemagne sits ahead of most comparable options in the region. If you need the full Paris grand-restaurant experience, look at Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen instead.
It is one of the better choices in Burgundy for a milestone meal. The room is quiet and conversation-friendly, the credential set is solid (Michelin star, strong OAD ranking), and the village setting gives the evening a sense of occasion that a city restaurant cannot replicate. Anniversary dinners, significant birthdays, and proposal-adjacent meals all work well here. The one caveat: this is not a room with tableside spectacle or a theatrical service style, so if the performance of a meal matters as much as the food, a larger Paris room might serve better.
Four to six weeks minimum for most of the year. During the Burgundy harvest (September and October), when wine travellers and négociant guests fill the region, book two to three months out. The venue's combination of Michelin recognition, a small village location, and high Google volume means it does not behave like a rural restaurant with easy last-minute availability. Do not assume shoulder-season gaps; check availability early and confirm the booking directly with the restaurant.
Probably, but with a practical note: the venue data does not confirm counter seating or a bar setup suited to solo diners. At €€€€ with a creative tasting menu format, solo dining is common in this category in France and generally welcomed. The calm, low-noise atmosphere makes it more comfortable than a louder room. That said, confirm at the time of booking whether the room accommodates single covers on the night you want , smaller Michelin rooms sometimes have capacity constraints on their smallest table configurations.
Group suitability is not confirmed in the available data, and the village-scale location suggests a limited overall seat count. For groups of four to six on a special occasion, this is likely manageable with advance notice. For larger private dining requests or groups of eight or more, contact the restaurant directly well in advance , at least two to three months , to ask about private room options or capacity. Do not assume a rural one-star can seat a large party without specific confirmation.
If tasting menu is your preferred format for fine dining in Burgundy, yes. The creative cooking here is built around sourcing from the surrounding agricultural zone, and a multi-course tasting format is where that approach pays off most clearly , you see the range of what the kitchen can do with its supply chain across a full meal rather than a single plate. At €€€€ in a village setting, the price-to-experience ratio compares favourably with Paris equivalents at the same tier. If you prefer à la carte control or want to order around a specific dish, confirm the format options when booking, as the menu structure is not detailed in the current public data.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Charlemagne | Creative | €€€€ | Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe Ranked #458 (2025); Michelin 1 Star (2025) | Hard | — |
| Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen | Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Kei | Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| L'Ambroisie | French, Classic Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George V | French, Modern Cuisine | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Mirazur | Modern French, Creative | €€€€ | Michelin 3 Star, World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
How Le Charlemagne stacks up against the competition.
It works for solo diners willing to commit to a tasting menu format. Chef Laurent Peugeot runs a focused dining room rather than a sprawling space, so solo guests are not left stranded at oversized tables. At the €€€€ price point, you are paying for the full creative menu experience, which translates well as a solo occasion meal rather than a casual drop-in.
At €€€€ with a Michelin star and an OAD 2025 ranking behind it, Le Charlemagne is priced in line with serious one-star creative restaurants in rural France. The location in Pernand-Vergelesses means you are not paying a Paris city premium, which strengthens the value case compared to starred dining in Lyon or Beaune proper. If creative French cuisine in a wine-village setting fits your itinerary, the price holds up.
Yes, this is one of the stronger cases for booking it. A Michelin star and an OAD Classical in Europe ranking give the meal enough weight to anchor a celebration, and the Burgundy setting adds occasion context that a city restaurant cannot replicate. Book during harvest season only if you start planning two to three months out, as availability tightens sharply in September and October.
Le Charlemagne operates as a small-room restaurant in a village of fewer than 500 residents, so large group bookings are not straightforward. Parties of two to four are the practical format here. If you are planning for six or more, check the venue's official channels well in advance and have a fallback option in mind.
Book at least four to six weeks out for a standard visit, and two to three months ahead for September or October during the Burgundy harvest window. This is a one-star restaurant in a small village with a limited number of covers, and demand from wine-focused travellers makes it harder to book than its rural location might suggest.
Chef Laurent Peugeot runs a creative kitchen with Michelin recognition and a 2025 OAD Classical Europe ranking, which signals consistent output rather than a one-season anomaly. At €€€€ the tasting menu is the format the kitchen is built around, so ordering outside it, if that is even an option, would likely undercut the experience. If tasting-menu pacing suits you, this is the right format to commit to here.
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