Lyon Restaurants

Please try at least once 'Aux Trois Maries', little bit expensive, but delightful... (40-50 € per person aprox.)
Medium budget will encounter wonderful menus in any restaurant in 'Place Saint Jean' besides nice atmosphere in summer.

Favorite Dish: Desserts are wonderful in Lyon, don´t forget to taste such sweet 'fromage blanc avec la creme'.

My favorite restaurant has to be 'le chant de laure' you'll have to ask me where it is, it's easy to get there but its a small place where you can eat crepes...a typically french meal.But if you want luxuriuos french food (yes food is luxurious in france) you have the very famous 'bocuse' restaurant its known all over france.There's also 'leon de lyon' where the presidents went during the G7 meeting
nice price=)

Favorite Dish: crepes!!!with anything you want in them from bacon to chocolate

You'll notice that the guide will tell you to go to Rue Mercière for fine dining, which is true. However, there are many other good ones around town. Another one I really enjoyed is LES ADRETS.
The service was great, the food superb, the ambiance cozy.

Favorite Dish: Everything I tried was wonderful to the palate. They have three fixed menus. I chose the middle price range (appr. US$40) but all dishes are creatively prepared. The magnificent 4 course meal include entrée, aperitif, main course, cheese & bread and dessert . (Drinks not included) The additional bargain is you don't have to tip but you are certainly welcome to do so.

Remember, Lyon is a gastronomic city, so indulge! You can get really, really good food for a reasonable price. I certainly didn't try every restaurant nor can I recommend all those I have but these are the ones where I have had wonderful eating experience. You'll also notice most restaurants in Lyon are quite small- called 'bouchon' The picture below is not the restaurant I am recommending below but it gives you an idea of what one might look like.

Try CHEZ MOUNIER. Excellent restaurant! They serve traditional Lyonnais cuisine. Their ambiance is not five-star but the food compensates for it. This restaurant is very popular among the locals. We went there on a weeknight and was still turned away because it was packed!

Favorite Dish: Try their andouilettes (sausages of cow's intestines) and queunelles.

All over the place are really good places.

Favorite Dish: Local specialties include :

-Andouillette (sausage made from pigs intestine or veal sweetbreads).
-Jesus (sausage)
-Saucisson de Lyon (boiled sausage served with potatoes)
-Gratons (fried pork fat)
-Tablier de sapeur (tripes)
-Gratin de cardon (local variety of white beets)
-Cervelle de canut (cheese served as a salad)
-St Marcellin and St Felicien (cheeses)
-Beaujolais!!!!!

This was the only restaurant we went to and it was the most interesting! The waiter was extremely entertaining to say the least - 'mother's milk!' he cried, holding a wine bottle up to his mouth (after he came back from the alley way across the road - mmmm....) Then he would draw kangaroos on my friend's serviette and write down the dessert menu in about 4 different languages, and nearly fall through the glass window whilst taking a photo of our group! The food was absolutely DELICIOUS though. Pity I can't remember the name but just look for the lady spreuker out the front wearing a red boa...

Le Comptoir des Caraïbes (French Caribbean food)
There is a very good atmosphere in this restaurant at a very good price. You can eat for about 150-200 French Francs (25-33 $) per person, drinks included. The owner is very friendly and there is a very nice boat decoration. Furthermore, the food is very tasty.

Favorite Dish: The starter called: assortiment de 5 entrées. You have a sample of 5 different starters: marinated salmon, spicy bloodpudding, cod 'accras', féroce d'avocat (a dish that mixes avocado and cod, very tasty and surpising) and a pepper dish.

Sun shine through the wide glass window at the terrace make you warm and fresh during lunch.

Favorite Dish: Beef dish.