LE COTTAGE Zen LOVE

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,

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.

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!

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.