Circle is a french fine dining restaurant in 1Er, Lyon.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 11 Rue Chavanne, 69001 Lyon
Chez Paul in Lyon's 1er is the working bouchon on Rue du Major Martin where regulars take the chalkboard menu and a pichet of cotes-du-rhone for lunch.
OrderThe saucisson chaud with potatoes, then the quenelle.
TipCash-friendly. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Nafas in Lyon's 1er is the Rue Rene Leynaud Middle Eastern counter cooking hummus bowls, wraps and daily falafel plates with house pickles and tahini.
OrderThe hummus bowl with kebab and sumac onions.
TipLunch and early dinner only; closed Sunday.
Chez Paul in Lyon's 1er is the working bouchon on Rue du Major Martin where regulars take the chalkboard menu and a pichet of cotes-du-rhone for lunch.
OrderThe saucisson chaud with potatoes, then the quenelle.
TipCash-friendly. Closed Sunday and Monday.
L'Etabli in Lyon's 2e is the Ainay neighbourhood bistro running a tight set-lunch carte that fills the room with local office workers from 12:30.
OrderThe €22 set lunch with daily plat and dessert.
TipBook 24 hours ahead for lunch; dinner is the harder seating.
Ayla in Lyon's 6e is the Levantine kitchen on Place de l'Europe where wood-fired flatbreads and meze plates run alongside a Mediterranean wine list.
OrderThe mezze platter for two with the manakish, then the labneh.
TipLunch is busy with office workers.
Becbec in Lyon's 3e is the small-plates room on Rue Paul Bert where a young couple runs the kitchen and a tight natural-wine cellar from a 12-cover counter.
OrderWhatever is on the daily chalkboard, with a glass of natural Beaujolais.
TipWalk-in only; arrive at 19:00 for a counter stool.
Les Freres Barioz in Lyon's 3e runs an Italian-style sandwich counter on Rue Duguesclin, with focaccia panini and rotating daily fillings from house.
OrderThe mortadella-and-pistachio focaccia, plus a Tarocco orange juice.
TipLunch only; counter closes at 14:30. Cash and card.
Nafas in Lyon's 1er is the Rue Rene Leynaud Middle Eastern counter cooking hummus bowls, wraps and daily falafel plates with house pickles and tahini.
OrderThe hummus bowl with kebab and sumac onions.
TipLunch and early dinner only; closed Sunday.
