Café Lyrique

Café Lyrique Review

Black-and-white floor tiles offset warm yellow walls, high wedding-cake ceilings, and portraits of Beethoven, Verdi, Strauss, and Liszt; the menu starts with soups and salads, moves on to pasta, lake fish, and sirloin with the special house butter, and ends with desserts that taste as good as they look. Solid comfort food is what you get at this relaxed corner brasserie opposite the Grand Théâtre. Time your arrival carefully, as it's bursting with business folk at lunch, and pre- and postopera crowds sweep through at night; an alternative is afternoon tea. Try and sit in the brasserie, or on the terrace; the dining room can have less of a buzz.