15 french fine dining rooms in Lyon we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Lyon | French Fine Dining across every city.
Lyon's reputation as a gastronomic capital was built at the top end, and the legacy of Paul Bocuse still shapes the city's fine dining. L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges, his historic three-star house, sits just upriver at Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, and La Mere Brazier on Rue Royale in the 1er carries one of the oldest names in the city. The modern guard is led by Takao Takano on Rue Malesherbes in the 6e and Tetedoie, perched above Vieux Lyon in the 5e.
Takao Takano ★ 4.8
6e · 33 Rue Malesherbes, 69006 Lyon
Takao Takano in Lyon's 6e is the two-star tasting room where the chef applies Japanese training to French sourcing across a six-course set. Priced at €€€€.
Tetedoie ★ 4.5
5e · 4 Rue Professeur Pierre Marion, 69005 Lyon
Tetedoie sits on the Fourviere hill above Lyon's old town, where Christian Tetedoie cooks a one-star menu from a glass-walled dining room with the city below.
Prairial ★ 4.5
2e · 1 Place Hubert Mounier, 69002 Lyon
Prairial in Lyon's 2e Confluence is Gaetan Gentil's one-star room cooking a vegetable-forward tasting menu rooted in foraged herbs and small Rhone producers.
Circle ★ 4.6
1er · 11 Rue Chavanne, 69001 Lyon
Circle in Lyon's 1er pulls a single seating around the kitchen counter for a chef's-choice tasting; the ten-cover room earned a Michelin star.
Semo ★ 4.2
1er · 2 Rue des Fantasques, 69001 Lyon
Semo on Rue des Fantasques in Lyon's 1er is the small-plates wine bar where the chef-couple run a tight evening menu paired with a natural cellar.
Le Kitchen ★ 4.4
7e · 34 Rue Chevreul, 69007 Lyon
Le Kitchen in Lyon's 7e on Rue Chevreul is Swedish chef Connie Zagora and Laurent Ozan's Bib Gourmand dining room running a market-driven sweet-savoury carte.
Les Mauvaises Herbes ★ 4.2
1er · 3 Rue du Jardin des Plantes, 69001 Lyon
Les Mauvaises Herbes on the Croix-Rousse slope in Lyon's 1er is the vegetable-forward bistro on Rue du Jardin des Plantes with a daily set and herb-led.
Le Kitchen ★ 4.4
7e · 34 Rue Chevreul, 69007 Lyon
Le Kitchen in the 7e on Rue Chevreul is Swedish chef Connie Zagora and Laurent Ozan's Bib Gourmand dining room with a sweet-savoury carte that rotates weekly.
La Mere Brazier ★ 4.7
12 Rue Royale, 69001 Lyon
La Mere Brazier in Lyon's 1er is the restaurant Eugenie Brazier opened in 1921 and Mathieu Viannay now runs at two-star level on Rue Royale.
Takao Takano ★ 4.8
33 Rue Malesherbes, 69006 Lyon
Takao Takano in Lyon's 6e is the two-star Japanese-French tasting room on Rue Malesherbes, with a 22-seat dining room cooking six and nine-course sets.
L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges (Paul Bocuse) ★ 4.7
40 Quai de la Plage, 69660 Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or
Paul Bocuse's L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges sits on the Saone north of Lyon, the dining room that held three Michelin stars from 1965 to 2020.
Tetedoie ★ 4.5
4 Rue Professeur Pierre Marion, 69005 Lyon
Tetedoie on the Fourviere hill above Lyon's old town is Christian Tetedoie's one-star dining room with a glass-walled view across the Saone to the city below.
Les Loges (Cour des Loges) ★ 4.5
6 Rue du Boeuf, 69005 Lyon
Les Loges sits inside the Cour des Loges Renaissance courtyard in Vieux Lyon, where Anthony Bonnet picked up a Michelin star in 2026 ten months.
Burgundy by Matthieu ★ 4.5
24 Quai Saint-Antoine, 69002 Lyon
Burgundy by Matthieu on Quai Saint-Antoine in the 2e is Matthieu Girardon's Michelin-starred dining room, with a 1,000-reference Burgundy cellar and a blind.
Saisons ★ 4.4
1A Chemin de Calabert, 69130 Ecully
Saisons at the Institut Lyfe (formerly Institut Paul Bocuse) in Ecully is the Michelin-starred training restaurant where students rotate alongside MOF Davy.