La Côte Saint-Jacques & Spa hosts seminars, meetings, cocktails and business lunches or dinners for up to 60 people, and private family meals in one of the restaurant's dining rooms. It is a five-star Relais & Châteaux hotel on the banks of the Yonne at Joigny, in northern Burgundy, run by the Lorain family.
Seminars and company events
The conference space is on the top floor of the Maison de Famille, the family's original house across the street from the hotel, with a view over the old town of Joigny. It has two rooms with daylight and full blackout for projections. The larger room measures 9 by 9 meters and seats up to 60. The smaller one, 4 by 5 meters, takes 12 and can be split into two breakout rooms. A video projector and screen, a paperboard and free Wi-Fi are provided, and a lounge with a bar serves coffee, water and snacks at breaks, included in the packages.
A single sales contact, Pâquerette, plans the event with the group. Activities on offer include cooking classes, wine tastings, cocktail workshops, vineyard visits, cultural and sports outings, and spa treatments. Seminar brochures are available on request.
Weddings and receptions
For family events the hotel privatizes a dining room in the restaurant, designs the decoration, builds the menu with matching wines, books rooms and suites and arranges spa treatments for guests. Wedding anniversaries, honeymoons, birthdays and bachelorette parties are among the occasions listed. Children have their own menu and a dedicated playroom.
Rooms and capacities
The main meeting room seats 60 and the second room 12, divisible in two. The restaurant dining rooms can be privatized for a meal; their capacities are not published.
Accommodation
The five-star hotel has 22 rooms and suites facing the river or the garden, many with terraces, balconies or bow windows. Categories run from Superior rooms of 30 to 40 m² to a Suite of 80 m², and two of them have their own private spa. The Maison de Famille adds 10 Tradition rooms of 20 to 25 m², without river view and outside the five-star rating and the Relais & Châteaux label; a private underground passage links them to the reception, the restaurant and the spa. The spa covers 800 m² on two levels and includes an indoor pool.
Catering
The gourmet restaurant holds two Michelin stars and is led by Jean-Michel Lorain and Alexandre Bondoux. Le Bistrot des Générations serves dishes from the house's own history. Breakfast is served in the restaurant or in the rooms, and meeting packages include break refreshments.
History and setting
Marie Lorain opened a family guesthouse here in 1946 and named it after the hill above it, the Côte Saint-Jacques, whose slopes grow the wines of Joigny. Her son Michel took over in 1958 and won Michelin stars in 1971 and 1976, then a third in 1986 with his son Jean-Michel. The house joined Relais & Châteaux in 1977. In 2000 the restaurant moved to the riverside, the spa opened in 2007 and the hotel was rated five stars in 2017. The restaurant has also held a Michelin green star since 2021 for its sustainability work.
Getting there
The address is 14 Faubourg de Paris, 89300 Joigny. By road, leave the A6 at exit 18; the hotel gives 1 hour 20 to 1 hour 30 from Paris. Joigny station is 5 minutes from the hotel, and trains from Paris Bercy take about 1 hour 15; the valet can collect guests when available. Orly airport is about 1 hour 15 away by the A6. The hotel also has a private helipad across the river.
