Pierre-Benite Restaurants

The stylish and romantic decor is the highlight of L'Alternative, a chic restaurant in Lyon. The large share of the crowd here is the trendy locals who come down for an intimate dinner. The menu is essentially French with a wid... more

During the summer, the mezzanine of the Lyon Opéra is transformed into an outdoor jazz café, making for a shady respite during the day and a comfortable watering hole at night. Free concerts enhance the cosmopolitan ambiance of... more

It pays to be wary about restaurants in close proximity to big tourist attractions. They tend to be overpriced, and often the only option around. Delightful, then, that Restaurant Fourvière is an exception to a general rule. Th... more

Blink and you'll miss it: in keeping with its name, Simplicité is located in an unassuming spot next to the Parc de la Roseraie, which has to be one of Lyon's quietest gardens. The sleek black and white décor marries well with... more

The name is a head-scratcher, and you might be forgiven for thinking it's Chinese buffet, but Happy Friends Family is French right down to the French Country stonework walls. Set in a tiny space on the Rue du Boeuf, the kitchen... more

This restaurant/nightclub channels chic old-school style. The restaurant proposes a number of delicious three-course fixed-price menus ranging from EUR25 to EUR50. The more expensive menus include wine. This is the perfect plac... more

Step through a traboule: a type of passageway particular to Lyon, and follow a hidden passage to reach this haunt of the real crowd of Lyon. Warm, fashionable and calm, the restaurant Le Passage offers gourmet food at reasonabl... more

Apparently it really is called conveyor belt sushi -- kaiten sushi, if you want to get sniffy about it. A fun concept that's de riguer in Japan and novel in France, Sushido's moving plates bring an array of maki, nigri, and tem... more

Like the strip club a few doors down, La Luz is also intimate, exotic, and filled with beautiful people. However, its wares are confined to Basque and south-western French edibles. They also serve more substantial salads and pl... more

Classics of Italian cuisine are fused with regional specialties on the menu of Momento Sapori e vini. Hervé Leuci, the chef, successfully combines the best of French and Italian cuisine with his Lasagnes de Veau aux Cèpes (Veal... more