L'Étoile is one of the four charmeysannes inns listed in 1815 in the first cantonal register of patents, along with Les Dix-Neuf-Cantons (built in 1793 and demolished in 1985) in the hamlet of La Tzintre, and Le Maréchal-Ferrant and Le Sapin in the village. Mentioned in 1744 and again in 1756, the Auberge de l'Étoile was the only inn in the centre of the village at that time.

The architecture of the inn is typical of the large 18th century Charming houses, built on two longitudinal masonry floors with an arched door. It is possible that the extensive work carried out by François Gremion around 1840 to turn it into a hotel gave it its current appearance by combining the two adjoining houses shown on the 1756 village plan under the same roof, topped with a Mansard roof. This document also mentions, behind the inn, the location of one of the village's three bread ovens.

The inn is characterised by the abundance of its openings, arranged along eight axes with five (side façades) to eight (main façade) windows. The cheese cellars dug into the rock at the back are a reminder that, in Charmey, there has been a close link between the cheese trade, the notary's office and the inns since the 17th century. In the mid-18th century, the Blanc family, a dynasty of notaries involved in the Gruyère cheese trade, owned L'Étoile and Le Sapin.

Inside, small glass windows designed by Teddy Aeby were installed in 1969.

In collaboration with the municipality of Val-de-Charmey