Ninkasi Cordeliers ★ 3.8
Ninkasi runs Lyon's largest local craft brewer and chain of taprooms; the Cordeliers branch in the 2e has a full kitchen, board games and late hours.
Tip: Open until 02:00 Thu-Sat; the brewery's own pale ale is the order.
Bieristan is a brewery in Lyon.
Bieristan in Lyon's Villeurbanne east is the craft beer hall on Rue Paul Lafargue with 30+ rotating taps from Belgian and French independent craft producers.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Sunday; 30+ rotating taps with a flight option at the bar.
Address: 14 Rue Paul Lafargue, 69100 Villeurbanne, Lyon
Ninkasi runs Lyon's largest local craft brewer and chain of taprooms; the Cordeliers branch in the 2e has a full kitchen, board games and late hours.
Tip: Open until 02:00 Thu-Sat; the brewery's own pale ale is the order.
Brasserie Georges on Cours de Verdun in Lyon's 2e brewed its own beer from 1836 and still pours the house lager from its in-restaurant taproom daily.
Tip: The house lager with the choucroute is the form; daily open until 23:00.
Platypus Brewpub on Cours Charlemagne in Lyon's 2e Confluence is an artisanal brewpub established in 2015, with rotating craft taps, light bites and board.
Tip: Closed Sunday-Monday; the rotating tap list changes weekly Tap list rotates weekly.