Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin

Nice selection of food restaurants with themed cuisine. The cellar (cave) has a huge choice of wine to try, helping yourself with machines. The staff were friendly and professional in each of the outlets we went. In the cellar the female member of staff went out of her way to present the various spirits we wanted to try (twice on 2 different days). A must visit if you enjoy good food and wine. And all at reasonable prices

Category: Attraction. The name says it all. Just outside the old-town area, on the other side of the train tracks, sits a huge complex of food-and-cooking-related shops, a movie theatre, restaurants, school of Burgundy wines, cultural and educational attractions, and exhibitions (such as “The Little Theatre of Fine Food and Drink”). There’s quite a lot of the latter, and you could spend an entire afternoon here (maybe most of a day). Admission is free. Walk into the main building, which houses the cultural and educational stuff. Enjoy whatever attracts you. Then pass out the other side into the “Gastronomic Village”, which is an open air collection of shops and restaurants. We strolled the shops (cheese, cookbooks (mostly in French), kitchen wares, dining wares), enjoyed freshly baked mini baguettes 🥖 with ham, cheese, butter, and cornichons from the Boulangerie, then tasted wine at the La Cave de la Cite wine tasting room (see my separate review). It was raining when we visited, so we could not fully experience all of the outdoor seating. But this is a great place for gastronomes and oenophiles. YouTube’s Chef’s Apprentice

A great venue with a variety of eateries, specialty shops, a cinema, and a wine bar. It feels fresh and modern, having opened just two years ago. Our group enjoyed a nice lunch before exploring the wine cellar. The venue also has five exhibitions, three of which are paid and focus on French gastronomy, while two are free. Since it was raining outside, we decided to check out the paid exhibitions, and we really enjoyed them. They are quite interactive, with monitors you can click through and play with—very engaging! Overall, it was a pleasant experience, though it might be best suited for groups or locals living nearby. Personally, I prefer dining in a small, local restaurant in the heart of the town, where you can soak up the lively atmosphere as people stroll through the pedestrian streets. This venue felt more like eating in a small shopping center, but the products were definitely of good quality.

Fab service staff 👏! Spoke beautiful English and French. Competent about all the dishes that I enjoyed. I would come back again!

Amazing wine tasting cellar, with such an easy an convenient way to try multiple wines from not just Bourgogne, but also Spanish wines, Italian, and even some Southern American countries like Argentina. The Gastronomic museum itself is a bit underwhelming in terms of covering the basics of the gastronomic industry, but still worth a look around if in Dijon

A flagship cultural and gastronomic site. Twelve years after the recognition of the “Gastronomic Meal of the French” as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and seven years after the Climats de Bourgogne vineyards were listed as World Heritage, Dijon inaugurated the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin. Built on the historic site of the former hospital (dating back to 1204), the Cité is both for visitors and locals—a new district dedicated to food, wine, culture, education, and conviviality. Between the Canal Port, the Arquebuse Garden and the train station, it has transformed a long-abandoned site into a major cultural hub. Access to the site itself is free; exhibitions and tastings require tickets. Dijon thus strengthens its role as a world capital of gastronomy and wine culture. Welcome to the Cité!

Very enjoyable visit and worth a stop if you have some time to kill in Dijon. They had an interactive “5 senses” exhibit that our young children enjoyed and we adults enjoyed the gastronomic section. Oh and of course the wine cave where you can taste hundreds of wine by the glass :) The cheese shop is also excellent.

It is not far from train station. According to Google Map it opens at 9:30, but it does not mean whole venue opens… Most of the shops opens at 10:30-11:00 and eateries probably 11:30 or later (we left after 11:00). So if you plan to eat and shop there, I recommend go there not too early. In any cases, I found it is not much worth to visit. Most of the well-known shops, such as Multi & Petitjean or Maille, are also in the middle of Dijon. As a market, the traditional one (Marché Central) is far more interesting and lively. It is all well and beautifully constructed (there’s even cute chapel inside of the venue), but walking in the middle of Dijon is exciting and you may be able to discover tiny, pretty, real French shops, cafes, bistros and restaurants unless you have just a couple of hours in Dijon.