Bouchon Bât-d'Argent

Excellent interpretation of traditional Lyonnaise food! Relatively more young people here when we visited which was nice, and the service was working tirelessly and quickly. From the pate to the quenelle to the praline brioche, the food was some of the best we had in Lyon

The food was incredible and so was the service. This was one of the most tourist-friendly restaurants we visited in France. We really appreciated the helpful service with a smile and cooking like we've never had before.

I recently enjoyed a meal at Bouchon Bât-d'Argent with my husband on our first night in Lyon. We only had a few nights, so wanted to make sure we got to taste some classic Lyon dishes. The menu is small, but there is enough choice, and even with 4 dishes for each course, it was still hard to choose as they sounded delicious. Every item I ate during my meal was amazing. The starter Pate was great, but the highlight was both the 10 Hour Slow Cooked Pork, which just melted in the mouth, and the Goats Cheese Cheesecake, which was both unique and flavoursome. The restaurant was very busy, but I’ve never seen such a small team handle so many customers with ease. Overall, we had a lovely meal at Bouchon Bât-d'Argent and I would certainly recommend a visit if you’re visiting Lyon!

Creative and delicious. The egg, bacon, mushrooms, and croutons in red wine sauce was worthy of trying to reproduce. Almost too gently cooked with a wonderful sweet and sour medley. The merlu (cod?) was buttery but light sitting on a perfect butternut squash puree garnished with cranberry and walnuts. The mango desert with fresh passion fruit and lemon meringue was worth going out of your way to get. The beef braised in red wine and then caramelized was excellent

It’s a nice cozy bouchon and we tried the 3 course menu here. The first course was quite tasty with an egg in a mushroom and wine sauce. We got the qonnelle for the main but maybe we didn’t know what to expect and the texture of the chicken completely threw us off as it was almost melt in the mouth. So just good to know that before you try it.

Thursday night. Solo dinner. I arrived two minutes after opening and was lucky to get a table as they were expecting to fill up the place. The menu indicated a few combinations which could include the day special. However when I asked what was that day’s special the waitress who sounded already on the edge said that everything on the menu was ‘special’. I ordered an aubergine based starter with stracciatella cream. It arrived exactly 30 seconds after I ordered and it predictably was very cold (as in just out of the fridge cold) and did not have any taste. As a main I ordered the slow cooked veal ossobuco. Again it was underwhelming and the vegetables that came with it didn’t help. For dessert I had ‘cervelle de canuts’ a typical cheese of Lyon difficult to mess up and in fairness they did not. I very rarely write negative reviews however no one asked me if everything was ok during service or whether I enjoyed my meal afterwards. Had they done, I would have given them my feedback there and then and not here. Maybe I went on the wrong night, it definitely felt that the two waitresses were struggling with so many customers between just the two of them. It was doubly frustrating because this place came amongst the top recommendations of my walking tour guide who had up to this consistently suggested top places….

It was a fantastic meal. The quality is really good and service was top notch. We enjoyed the food. Beware the selection is rather limited but don't let this take anything away from this lovely restaurant. The menu is 30€ for starters, main course and dessert. That's very fair for the quality of the meal. I highly recommend.

We wanted to go to Bouchon Tupin, but it was full and were suggested to try Bouchon Bât d’Argent instead, and we are glad that we did! Excellent executed food, friendly service, reasonably priced and everything was perfect!