Went here while trying blindly to find an open place on a cold Monday. Crowded, hospitable, cheap,…read moreand good - a nice find! Server we had was conversant in English. Loved the food even though I had to work to decipher the menu, but I can at least tell boeuf from veau from patè. I got what basically amounted to the "tour of Lyon" which was sausages, a veal cutlet, potatoes, and vegetables. I was quite happy. My co-worker got the beef tartare which was GREAT (I stole a bite) Bottle of wine and a slice of almond pie, and we were good to go!

Well after 10 days of staying in my apartment on rue de la Barre in Lyon which overlooks rue de…read moremarrioniers, I've managed to eat in 6 of the 13 restaurants on the alley. Chez M'man rates in the middle of the pack for deliciousness and pure hedonistic satisfaction. The packed back dining room was 3 bombs loud. The food is typically hardy Lyonnaise fare. Rich sauces and huge portions prevail. My quenelle with chicken liver pate was good, though not as good as the one I had across the alley 4 nights ago. Gott'a say though that my 5 course dinner for 23 euros was quite acceptable. Hard working servers are friendly, efficient, and keep a sense of humor about the prevailing pandemonium. Yes you can find more refined Lyonaisse food close by for the same tariff. But if you decide to eat here you will have plenty to chew and probably be quite happy about it.

so very average. Service was pretty slow and the diet coke we ordered was totally flat. The…read moreambiance was fine but the food was super mid. I got the lyonnaise salad which was ok but gave me a stomach ache. The coffee gormand was great tho - it had a couple specialties of Lyon so that was fun but other than that i wouldn't eat here again.

Absolutely fantastic. This is the best meal I've ever had in France. I ordered a three course meal:…read moreCaesar salad, pepper steak, and coffee ice cream. The service is alright, nothing to brag about, but the meal itself was wonderful.

We are an American couple who had a reservation at this restaurant... the moment we entered, we…read morewere turned away immediately. The staff member literally shooed us out. This was our first impression of Lyon and I worried that the rest of the city would be like that. However, all the other restaurants were kind and we had no issues the rest of our visit there.

This was one of those happy accidents whereby you stumble across a great find while looking for…read moreanother place (a few doors down, that was closed on Mondays). It's been 2 years since I was in Lyon last, and I had forgotten just how wonderful the food culture is down there, and why plenty take the time to point out that the food culture down there is stronger than in Paris. I concede the point :-) You've got two options for lunch at this traditional Lyonnais bouchon. the 19,50€ menu comes with charcuterie and cold ham + beetroot salad + beans, followed by a selection of traditional fare, including the not-to-be-missed quenelle. My friend had the pork belly. We picked the 15,50€ menu that did not include the charcuterie or cheese course, but simply had the main and a dessert. And there was plenty of that...a thick pear/apple compote, some dried plums which had been rehydrated in wine, and a creme caramel. Unhurried, served family style, with simple flavors and good prices. It was a good Monday.

Chez Hugon is a nice Bouchon close to the large square, Place des Terreaux in front of the subway…read morestation of Hôtel de Ville L. Prade. We went there as a group of six. The staff did not speak much English but were kind and tried to communicate. I think we tried everything on the handwritten menu, and all were excellent. We started with the house wine of their own which was a bit too young, so we ended up with some brand names.

Bouchon at its finest. Very small restaurant with only French menus and a great staff that can help…read moreyou with their 75% English. Make reservations because so limited space but worth it. Menu is one price and you choose your appetizer, your main dish, and dessert. Come here, order win and take your time with menu. Whatever you choose you'll love it.

I have got to say, I'm a huge, huge foodie. We have dined at many many French restaurants, and I…read morehad very high expectations for Lyon, being the capital of French cuisine. Many restaurants have disappointed greatly, but this one was top-notch. From the level of service, to the quality of the food everything was just superb! Huge, thanks to our waitress who called the owner for permission to take a bottle of wine off the wall just for us - that definitely added to our incredible experience!

"Are you American?" I was shocked to hear yesterday... I guess my North Face hat and coat were a…read moredead giveaway. I ran into several Americans waiting outside La Traboulerie. The wait was over 30 minutes, but this was the Lyon Lights Festival and waiting was anticipated. With my new American friends, I had a delicious late-lunch at La Traboulerie. I had warm goat cheese toasts on a salad and "saucisson chaud" with a beaujolaise sauce. We also split a bottle of Beaujolais wine - dejeundinner (dejeuner + diner franglais) came to 18euros each. La Traboulerie serves standard Lyonnaise fare, which is traditionally tres heavy and hearty. Definitely skip the funicular and walk up to St. Just!

Great lunch spot near the silk museum. Can't remember what we ordered, but everything was great. In…read moretrue french fashion we waited for our check for quite some time as they did not want to rush us.

My new favorite restaurant in Lyon. It calls itself a Bouchon but it's not. A Bouchon serves the…read moresame 8 things every time. This restaurant had none of those things. This is a gastronomic restaurant serving French food with a Japanese chef (and some Asian helpers in the kitchen). Everything here was wonderful. The duckling 'la cannette' was the best duck I have had in my life - a little more sauce and it would have been perfection. The cold mushroom and beef soup was superb as was my octopus. Every other table seemed to be ordering a pork fillet so we will try that next time. The red wine we ordered for around 25 euros was excellent. Service was so good, I wasn't sure if they were French at first.

If you want to eat like a local, go have a burger. Yes, that's what we eat these days... But from…read moretime to time, after a glass of wine place des capucins, I need more, something my nan would be proud of. Go and grab a table at this typical (but crucially not touristic) "bouchon". Yes, it's greasy. But you'll do something you can only do in Lyon. And if you're a squeamish lady like me, not prepared to eat pig parts, you'll love the "quenelle", a fluffy fish thing you'll never forget.

Very good food, service is great, the owner made his best to attend us in a marvelous way.read more

Let's start there: I'm french and when I go back to France the last place I want to go is a…read moretouristy restaurant which serves frozen food. I'm always reluctant to go to typical french restaurants as I feel I'm being taken for an idiot (i-e pay a lot of money for really bad food). This place is the exact OPPOSITE: it's a really great bouchon and the people owning the place are so nice and friendly; they explained the whole menu, making recommendations on our taste. The place only has big communal tables with red and white tableclothes, and old posters on the wall. It feels like I'm at Grandma's. The food is amazing: I had the St Marcellin brick to start, then the quenelle with homardine sauce and to finish chocolate mousse. Portions are huge and it only costs 29euros for a 3 course meal (again really good food and really big portions) It really deserves its 5 stars.

My father and I visited lyon for four days and found this little place in our second day. Then we…read morevisited twice and ordered the from the menu each time... The good food was just amazing and did not disappoint us at all. One of the best memories of the trip !!! The personnel was very very friendly and we can recommend this restaurant to anyone;) the quality of the food and the ambience is totally worth it . The next time we are in town we will come again for sure, great French cuisine with awesome ambience.