The Renaissance old town below Fourviere hill, with traboules, cobbled streets and the bouchon-tourist heartland on Rue Saint-Jean.
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.
Signature: Tasting menu, Local Rhone produce
Order: The five-course tasting; the view sells the room twice over.
Tip: Reserve a window seat; the bistro Phosphore on site is the cheaper alternative.
Soma on Place Saint-Paul in Lyon's 5e is the small modern-French room with a single chef's-choice tasting and a natural-wine pairing every weeknight.
Signature: Chef's set, Natural wine pairings
Order: Whatever the chef sends; the tasting changes weekly.
Tip: 12 seats only; book three weeks ahead via Instagram DM.
Daniel et Denise Saint-Jean in Vieux Lyon is Joseph Viola's bouchon in the old town, where the pate en croute won the world championship and remains the starter to order.
Signature: Pate en croute, Quenelle
Order: The pate en croute as a starter, then the quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua.
Tip: Closed Sunday-Monday; book three days ahead; service can run long.