French Restaurants

French Restaurants

Restaurants Overview
Name Price/
Cuisine
Location
 
Auberge de l'Île
For a pretty one-hour walk up the river Saône's right bank...
$$$$
Lyon
 
Brasserie Georges
This inexpensive brasserie at the south end of Rue de la Charité...
$$
Lyon
 
Café 203/Café 100 Tabac
These two clever sister bistros near the opera are young, hot...
$
Lyon
 
Café de la Table Ronde
The second-oldest café in France, junior only to the Procope...
$
Grenoble
 
Café des Fédérations
For 80 years this sawdust-strewn café with homey red-check...
$
Lyon
 
Chez Hugon
This typical bouchon-tavern with the de rigueur red-check tablecloths...
$
Lyon
 
Comptoir Abel
About 400-years-old, this charming house is one of Lyon's most...
$$
Lyon
 
Flocons de Sel
Emmanuel Renaut's Flocons de Sel (salt snowflakes) brings new...
$$$$
Megève
 
Georges Blanc
Set in the village of Vonnas and one of the great culinary addresses...
$$$$
Bourg-en-Bresse
 
Juliénas
This simple little restaurant delivers what other, pricier restaurants...
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Beaujolais Route du Vin
 
Jura
Founded in 1864, the rows of tables, the 1934 mosaic-tile floor...
$$
Lyon
 
L'Auberge Bressane
Overlooking the Brou church, the modern, polished dining room...
$$$
Bourg-en-Bresse
 
L'Auberge Napoléon
Frédéric Caby's culinary haven in a meticulously...
$$$
Grenoble
 
L'Étage
Hidden over Place des Terreaux, this semisecret upstairs dining...
$$
Lyon
 
L'Étage
This small second-floor restaurant serves inexpensive local fare—from...
$$
Annecy
 
La Famille
True to the name of this low-key, low-cost bistro high on the...
$
Lyon
 
La Mâchonnerie
The verb mâchonner (to bite, gnaw, or chew) comes from...
$$
Lyon
 
La Mère Brazier
The house of Eugénie Brazier is a legendary location in...
$$$$
Lyon
 
La Pyramide
Back when your grandmother's grandmother was making the grand...
$$$$
Vienne
 
Le Bec Fin
With its understatedly elegant dining room and an inexpensive...
$$$
Vienne
 
Le Chamois
A cozy mid-Megève fondue specialist, Le Chamois offers...
$$$
Megève
 
Le Garet
From quenelles (pike dumplings) to the house favorite andouillettes...
$$
Lyon
 
Le Nord
Should you want to keep some change in your pocket and still...
$$
Lyon
 
Le Vivarais
Robert Duffard's simple, tidy restaurant is an outstanding culinary...
$$
Lyon
 
Les Loges
This lovely dining room, lavishly appointed with mahogany chairs...
$$$$
Lyon
 
Les Lyonnais
Decorated with photographs of local celebrities, this popular...
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Lyon
 
Les Muses de l'Opéra
High up under the glass vault of the Opéra de Lyon designed...
$$$
Lyon
 
M Restaurant
When Matthieu Viannay moved to his new restaurant La Mère...
$$
Lyon
 
Nicolas Le Bec
Despite opening his new L'Espace Le Bec in the Aéroport-Lyon-Saint-Exupéry...
$$$$
Lyon
 
Paul Bocuse
Parisians hop the TGV to dine at this culinary shrine in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or...
$$$$
Lyon
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