I think we’ll be staying in or around the Confluence area. Reccos please for hotel and restaurants.
Thanks in advance.
Spent a long weekend last year and really enjoyed the city.
Hotel: Intercontinental- great experience! Easy location to walk into old town and spectacular bar.
Restaurants
Prairial- perhaps my best meal of 2024- anywhere!
Paul Bocuse- big hype, don’t regret going, appreciate the history, but found it a bit overpriced for what it was and a gift shop in a restaurant was indicative of this restaurant becoming a bit of a Disney spectacle.
Dan
I recently enjoyed Les Adrets though a winemaker friend who supplies them reserved for us. So our experience may not have been typical. Food was very good and I think you will like the style of the place.
It was much longer ago but I would return to both La Supreme and L’Ame Soeur.
Will second Les Adrets and add Le Bœuf d’Argent, just down the street. Les Adrets had a limited but thoughtful selection of half-bottles when we visited.
The wine list at Les Adrets is abbreviated. We were sent to their cellar to find what we want (again, maybe not a typical experience). It looked promising but wasn’t that extensive or interesting. I did find a half bottle of Jamet Côte Rôtie several years back from current vintage that we had along with a Viognier from my producer friend.
I’ll be going in May. Wish we had just one thread per city,
Lot’s of recommendations here
https://www.wineberserkers.com/t/wine-in-or-out-of-lyon-france/296697/21
Sorry, I’m not good at searching back threads before I post.
No worries, everyone does it (unless it’s a thread with many of Robert Dentice’s posts which make it the cool thread and everyone wants to be there (including me)),
Excellent meal last summer at JAJA Bistro. Relaxed, unpretentious, but well-executed food and a smart well-priced list. It’s gotten more popular and gets accolades, although I hope it’s not yet on the standard tourist circuit.
Not sure if I understood correctly, but if you’re looking for hotel recos, does it have to be in the Confluence area?
It’s way better now than 10 or 15 years ago, but it’s not that well placed if you’re to use the tram or subway, and the atmosphere is still a work in progress.
There are a lot of other options that I would prefer, but it depends on your constraints.
Alain
Alain,
Thank you. I was looking at Confluence because we want to see the museum but wound up with a hotel in the Part Dieu area. There are also of plenty recommended restaurants there.
Many thanks to everybody else who helped!
Way better choice imo, but I used to live close to the Part Dieu station on Cours Lafayette, so I might be a bit biased… 
You should be within walking distance of the Halles de Paul Baucuse, some stuff is a tad pricey but most everything is good, sometimes great. The wine shop has just small and (again) expensive selection with big names, but good to grab a bottle and then go to the oyster bar.
Il y a un stand which specialty is foie gras, they have a bunch of warm and cold snacks that are great for a “simple” night with just a nice baguette and a good bottle.
If you like Japanese, there’s a small, no-fuss restaurant “Chez Terra” about 15 minutes from the station that is pretty traditional and good, at least according to a Japanese native that recommend it…
Alain
Many thanks! Our card is pretty full, but Chez Terra sounds like a very good bet for lunch.
How inconvenient is the location of the Lyons Marriott Hotel Cite International? Is it an easy Uber to the old town?
I can get a suite for 200 euros per night less the price of a basic room at the Hotel Dieu.
It can be a bit of a hassle because half the roads are closed from being under construction and the others are one ways . . . there is nothing really near there as well, except for a park and a zoo and an ok restaurant, Cité 33.
The Intercontinental is in a beautifully restored building and is literally within the walking distance of everything, as well as the metro is a block away.
Not what I was hoping to hear, but thanks.
I was in the hotel when it was Hilton, gorgeous suite with views.
I will still probably stay there as the suite is a real plus,.
The more that I think about it, I think you will be ok.
I think it is easier going towards Vieux Lyon than the other way.
After dinner it will be easier to get back to Cité as the traffic will have died down.
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@Barry_L_i_p_t_o_n - love Lyon, been quite a few times, here is my list:
–Prairial - Another vote for this, 1 Michelin star and has a seafood bent the last time I checked
–Cafe Comptoir Abel - great Bouchon
–Cafe Des Federations - another VERY traditional Bouchon - good luck in consuming everything they feed you!
–La Bouteillerie - this is a wine shop that also serves food, the owner is a so fun and has great recommendations on new or emerging restaurants in Lyon, so try to make this a first night stop
–Daniel et Denise St. Jean - a little bit more refined bouchon
–Carré Royal - found this when looking for a place open on Sunday, one chef in the kitchen and one in the front of the house, great food and decent list
–Le Bœuf d’Argent - just wonderful, still thinking about the Foie Gras in a rasberry foam and I am not a foam guy.
Have fun!
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Le Fooding has great recommendations as well as Michelin is pretty accurate as well.
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Thanks Patrick and John
I’m intrigued by the entree of poultry liver cake at Federations. I like chopped liver and flus. Will I like this?