La Cuisinerie

Did some research and this restaurant had good reviews. And we agree - this is a good find. It was a wonderful sunny cool day and tablea were set up outside with colorful placemats. We decided to sit inside - a quieter area. The food was really good. The Chef played with the dishes but stayed true to its original flavors. The plating was always beautiful and each bit was fresh and delightful We had the filet mignon with anchovy sauce for appetizer. For mains, we had the pulled pork and the Steak Tartin. Dessert was a good choice - the apple crispy had the right sweetness, tartness and crunch from the pastry. A must try while in Lyon

Happened to be staying next to this spot and gave it a go without doing any research. The food was well prepared affordable and our server was extremely friendly and helpful. Recommended!

Fabulous food and great, friendly service by two young women at lunch rush hour. They & chef even adjusted a dish for me, removing meat.Delicious food and incredible good value. Not sure there is a non-meat option available every day but if I'm ever in Lyon again I'm definitely going back.

Loved the restaurant! Great food, funny staff and overall a great experience! We had the tartar, the ravioli, the mexican seasoned legumes and the frites. The wine was also really good and the whole place provided us with a great first impression of the lyonnaise food.

Great little tapas place, friendly service, food prepared with love, we come here every time we visit Lyon. Ordered the Tourine de Lapin which is outstanding. Best is to order the meat & cheese platter to start and then order the warm tapas. The chefs menu changes daily. If you are not sure let them choose for you, you won’t be dissatisfied.

Good food served in this restaurant. Meal were served in nice portion but lacked flavor. Staff is nice and friendly. Few seatings available outside. Booking recommended.

There are hundreds of good restaurants in Lyon. This isn't one if them. We started by ordering two ginette drinks for 10€ apiece. They tasted like fruit punch, with no hint of gin. When it came to order dinner, tapas weren't offered on the Wednesday evening we were there. Why?No explanation was given by the waiter. He seemed like he didn't care. It's too bad because the tapas photos on their website looked so appealing. It'd be like Starbucks not having coffee or a pizza place not having pizza. So we ordered ravioli to share, and the waiter came back and said they didn't have it. That was it. We paid our 20€ for watered down, expensive drinks and left. You'd be best to avoid this restaurant and choose one that offers the food they advertise.

Lyon is a challenging city for a vegetarian. While not a veg restaurant, La Cuisinerie certainly qualifies as veg friendly. We had a full assortment of beautifully prepared and presented vegetarian tapas to go along with outstanding service.

Great place for lunch. They have a limited menu, but from what I can tell, it doesn't matter because it's all delicious. Popped in right at the end of lunch service and ordered the pasta special with dessert of the day. The pasta was one of the best things I have eaten. Fresh, homemade pasta in a light tomato cream sauce with prosciutto and fresh baby mozzarella balls that got gooey caught up in the heat of the pasta. Dessert was a light pistachio mousse like dessert in a pool of raspberry sauce. Go here and get whatever is fresh... bet you're not disappointed!

This is a cool French tapas bar with nice service, good food, and great wine. I don't know if others would find the Côtes du Rhône here as delicious as I did, but after a long day of travel, it really hit the spot. I got their trio of tartare as well as their potatoes. The 3 tartare were: classic, vegetable, and mint. The vegetable one was far and above my favorite. Second was the mint. The mint gave it a more Middle Eastern taste which worked. My least favorite was the classic. I've had much tastier "classic" tartares and this one tasted like they put ketchup in it or something like that. I was not a fan. The potatoes seasoned with Herbes de Provence were good. The atmosphere is nice too and almost feels cave/cellar like. They have a number of other delicious looking tapas to choose from and I definitely would return.

I came here with my mom after a horrendous experience at another restaurant, so we were relieved to be greeted with smiling waitstaff and (luckily) an open table. We both ordered a glass of prosecco to start, and then chose the cheese plate, an asparagus "creme brûlée", a chèvre tatin and a trio of dips with chips. I could have lived without the chips and dips (the guac and tapenade were great, and I unknowingly took a big scoop of the third mystery dip, which was something like a rillette of sardines...which I can't stand), but the other dishes were great. The tatin was so delicious that we wished we had ordered more. The cheese plate was absolutely huge for two people- we had to ask for half of it to be packed up for us to go. And the creme brûlée was also really good. I'd definitely recommend coming here if you are looking for an un-stuffy, friendly experience with simple and well done food. The portions are almost too generous, but they were happy to pack things up (I saw other tables with to go boxes as well!).

The whole restaurant keeps the atmosphere of the Vieux Lyon with very few items of vintage decoration (a sewing machine and an old gas can, yes, I stared at it, fascinated, during very long minutes during my meal), the deliberately almost-chaotic arrangement of the furnitures (we got the old couch, it was great, feeling like in Friends), and a super-friendly waiter giving the feeling he loves his job (he even tasted the cookies for us to tell us if it was good or not!). I regret that I didn't try this place a "normal" day before to come to the Tapas lab #1 (thematic tapas: New York). The tapas were good, not as expensive as I was fearing (we spent 20-30€/person including drinks), but the New York concept is definitively not my favourite for tapas: there was no option for a fat-free tapas. Not that I don't like fat, I LOVE fat, but I would have enjoyed to get an option for a fruitty desert instead of a cheesecake after my fried-everything meal. I hope that I could give them 1 or 2 more stars when I'll come back to taste their tapas of typically French food.

Friendly, accommodating service and beautiful, veg-friendly food in Vieux Lyon. Highly recommended.

I found myself in vieux lyon yesterday during lunch time and was scared to fall into a tourist trap. So I did a quick yelp search and found this jem. The food was delicious and not at all expensive I'll be back with future visiting friends for sure.

We all know that the french cuisine is something to die for, so this is an amazing idea of restaurant: french tapas! I was there and had a lovely time trying all the food. I had 2 tapas and shared with my friend who got also 2 different ones, so we had a taste of 4 kinds of french food, amazing! The dessert was also to die for, I had a café gourmand experience where I got to taste 4 kinds of french sweets which were amazing! Don't forget to try the creme brûlée, the taste of vanilla and honey in it it's heaven! The cocktails were also something unforgettable on the restaurant, make sure to try out the "Kung Fu Panda"! The waitress was also very nice and friendly, which made our experience on the restaurant very pleasant! We got there without making a reservation and were able to get in, but you probably should make a reservation before going in, Just in case! Amazing food experience in Lyon, I am looking foward tô coming back!