France Guide
The Rhône valley
Restaurants
1 L'Amphitryon 33 rue St-Jean, 5e 
04.78.37.23.68 M° Vieux-Lyon Usually packed restaurant serving Lyonnais specialities. Price: Menus from €15 Service till midnight.
2 Brasserie Georges 30 cours de Verdun, 2e 04.72.56.54.54 M° Perrache Bright, buzzing Art Deco brasserie originally founded in 1836. Choucroutes are the speciality, and the local pork and pistachio sausages are good too. Price: Menus from €20
3 Chabert et Fils 11 rue des Marronniers, 2e 04.78.37.01.94 M° Bellecour Bouchon offering the ubiquitous quenelle and andouillette (offal sausage) specialities, along with other first-rate dishes. Price: Menus from €17.50
4 Chez Léon Halles de la Part-Dieu, 102 cours Lafayette, 3e 04.78.62.30.28 M° Part-Dieu Tiny, bustling oyster bar in the market halls. Price: Around €20 for lunch Opening time: Closed outside the oyster season, which usually means May– Aug
5 Chez Mounier 3 rue des Marronniers, 2e 04.78.37.79.26 M Bellecour Good-value menus from €11 at this unpretentious bouchon. Serves imaginative dishes, such as tripe and cognac soufflé.
6 Café des Fédérations 8 rue du Major-Martin 1er 04.78.28.26.00 M° Hôtel-de-Ville Typical bouchon serving the earthiest of Lyonnais specialities (marinated tripe and black pudding). Cheerful green and white checked tables are complemented by rough wooden floorboards and jovial pictures on the walls. Price: Menu at €25 for dinnerPrice: Closed Sun
7 Le Grand Café des Négociants 1 place Francisque Regaud, 1er 04.78.42.50.05; M Cordeliers. Despite a position on a busy road, this place attracts the punters for its sumptuous cuisine and sophisticated decor. Meat dishes go for up to €38 but pasta is cheaper at €14.
8 Léon de Lyon 1 rue Pléney, 1er 04.72.10.11.12 M° Hôtel-de-Ville Sophisticated and delicious food, with original culinary creations as well as traditional Lyonnais recipes in this upmarket brasserie. Opening time: Closed first three weeks in Aug
9 La Mère Brazier 12 rue Royale, 1er 04.78.28.15.49; M° Croix-Paquet A beautiful setting complements the excellent food at this restaurant, still run by Mme Brazier, the granddaughter of the couple who founded it in 1921. Opening time: Closed Sat lunch, Sun, Tues & Aug
10 La Meunière 11 rue Neuve, 1er 04.78.28.62.91; M° Hôtel-de-Ville Booking is essential at this excellent bouchon. Dishes include skate wings in nut butter sauce with capers (€16). C Opening time: losed Sun, Mon & mid-July to mid-Aug
11 Notre Maison 2 rue de Gadagne, 1er 04.72.41.78.48; M Vieux Lyon. "Salad is for goats", or so this bouchon claims. Expect meat, meat and more meat, with a bit of fish thrown in there. Price: Menus from €19
12 Paul Bocuse 40 rue de la Plage, Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or 04.72.42.90.90 Lyon's most famous restaurant, named after its celebrity chef-owner, is 9km north of the city, on the west bank of the Saône. Traditional French gastronomy is the bill of fare.Price: Menus from €125 upwards
13 
Le St-Vincent 6 place Fernand-Rey, 1er 04.72.07.70.43 M° Hôtel-de-Ville A dozen tables in a quiet, arty square shaded by mimosas. Very popular with locals. Price: Lunch €12.50, evening menu €23 Opening time: Closed Sun
14 La Tour Rose 22 rue du Boeuf, 5e 04.78.92.69.10 M° Vieux-Lyon Gastronomic place with concoctions like fig caviar with a fricassee of mushrooms and John Dory with creamed Jersualem artichokes. Price: Menus from €29 Opening time: Closed Sun