La Pause Romantique

This 18C manor house with a pink façade and Italianate columns overlooking the Saône valley is aptly named! With his wife, a sommelier and the daughter of winegrowers, Romuald Fassenet has turned this Classical edifice into a pared-back designer establishment with a handful of charming guestrooms providing overnight accommodation near Dole. His bold, appetising food reveals his genuine passion for the Jura terroir (in fact, he was sous-chef to chef Jean-Paul Jeunet) and is based on a sound mastery of technical skills. He makes superb sauces with Jura vin jaune; AOC poularde de Bresse, morels,

Confit pork belly with ginger sauce, sushi, maki, tempura… From the pared-back dining room, customers have an unhampered view of the Japanese chef as he rustles up refined dishes that bring together French and Japanese cuisine. Fine sake selection. A huge hit in Dole!

At a remove from the town, this sprawling 19C building, a renovated boarding school, is home to a spacious restaurant done out in a contemporary style. Chef Aurélien Moutarlier delivers seasonal dishes that draw on mostly local produce and display flashes of creativity. Lovely quiet terrace.

In this well-kept traditional establishment, the chef creates generous and tasty dishes with nods to the local terroir: venison terrine with foie gras, tournedos of rabbit with mushroom duxelle and a beef gravy with morels, frozen soufflé with Marc d'Arbois. Pleasant terrace to the rear and a charming welcome.