Wine Bar Bistro€€2eTue-Sat 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00, closed Sun-Mon
Jaja Bistro in Lyon's 2e is the Rue Laurencin natural-wine bistro with a daily blackboard of small plates and a tightly-edited French growers' list.
Signature: Wine-bar plates, Daily blackboard
Order: The pate en croute from the blackboard, plus a glass of Loire chenin.
Tip: Closed Sunday-Monday; the back room is the quieter seating Booking recommended for weekends.
French Bistro€€2eMon-Fri 12:00-14:00, Mon-Sat 19:30-21:30, closed Sun
Arsene on Rue Vaubecour in Lyon's 2e runs a working neighbourhood bistro with a €19 weekday set lunch and a slow-changing evening carte. Priced at €€.
Signature: Daily plats, Bistro classics
Order: The daily plat from the blackboard, plus a half-pichet of Cote-Rotie.
Tip: Closed Sunday-Monday; book ahead for the evening.
Lyonnais Bouchon€€6eTue-Fri 12:00-13:30, 19:30-21:30, Sat 19:30-21:30, closed Sun-Mon
L'Antr'O Potes in the Brotteaux is chef Julien Le Guillou's labelled bouchon, where the former Paul Bocuse disciple cooks the Lyonnais canon across two.
Signature: Pate en croute, Volaille a la creme
Order: The pate en croute, then the volaille a la creme; the praline tart closes.
Tip: Open Tue-Fri 12:00-13:30 and 19:30-21:30; book a fortnight ahead for the courtyard.
Lyonnais Bouchon€€3eMon-Fri 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00, closed Sat-Sun
Daniel et Denise Crequi in Lyon's 3e is the original 1968 location, now run by MOF Joseph Viola, whose pate en croute won the world championship in 2009.
Signature: Pate en croute (world champion 2009), Quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua
Order: The pate en croute as a starter, then the quenelle de brochet.
Tip: Closed Sat-Sun; book a fortnight ahead. The bouchon label is genuine here.
Bistronomic French€€4eMon-Sat 12:00-14:30, 20:00-23:30, closed Sun
Le Plato in Lyon's 4e Croix-Rousse is Frederic Therriaud's bistronomic dining room with a glass-roofed luminous space and a market-driven daily set.
Signature: Daily set lunch, Market-driven carte
Order: The daily set lunch; the cheese course pulls from Auvergne-Rhone producers.
Tip: Closed Sunday; lunch service 12:00-14:30, dinner 20:00-23:30.
French fine dining€€7eMon 08:00-18:30, Thu-Fri 08:00-18:30, Sat-Sun 08:30-18:30, closed Tue-Wed
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.
Signature: Sweet-savoury small plates, Daily market plat
Order: The daily plat from the chalkboard, then the signature dessert; both rotate weekly.
Tip: Open Thursday-Monday only; daytime service 08:00-18:30, no evening seating.