Les Mauvaises Herbes

We ordered the cabbage, mushrooms, and fried polenta — expecting polite vegetables, got a full-blown performance instead. The cabbage came out looking all humble, then hit me with smoky, crispy confidence like it had a PR team. The mushrooms were dark, rich, and mysterious — the kind you’d definitely text at 2 a.m. if they were human. And the fried polenta? Golden, crunchy, and so comforting I briefly considered legally adopting it. The staff were effortlessly cool — that rare mix of genuinely nice and “we could all be in an indie band together.” The wine was delightful, slightly chaotic, and made me feel 15% more philosophical by the second glass. By the end I was sitting there, fork in hand, questioning whether I could move here. If vegetables always tasted like this, I’d be a better person by now. Five stars. Would cross borders again for another round.

Because 6 stars aren’t available! Seriously the best vegetarian/ vegan menu I’ve ever had to choose from. I rate on price vs. quality and this needs a new scale for that. But also apart from that, the choices in flavours and the house wines by glass are just magnificent! Many Michelin restaurants can learn from this place if it comes to preparing a true vegan high end dish. A treat!

We went here for my mom's birthday and had a really wonderful experience. Delicious food and wine and a very kind server and other staff who were willing to speak English with us. All vegan menu with the exception of the cheese plate. Highly recommend

I've visited Lyon three times and I've eaten at Les Mauvaises Herbes each visit — all I can say is I love this place! It's such a pleasant, relaxed space, with friendly service, and the food is always creative, wonderfully presented and delicious. We at there last Thursday and everything was fantastic, as expected. Hard to pick a favourite, I did particularly love the miso toast with blood orange, and the pumpkin dessert. All incredible! We will be back :)

We had a very pleasant Saturday lunch, the menu was delicious - all vegan and very creative dishes, with starter and main dishes served with bread on the side. Our highlight was the dessert. The service was very friendly, they brought the English sign to our table, were very attentive in case there were questions and wouldn’t let us run out of water. Also good wine!

Excellent and creative food. The chef made a dessert with green peas, and it was sublime. Even a top restaurant would struggle to pull this off. This place is truly exceptional.

Incredible food and great service! We managed to score a table here last minute and it was even better than we could have expected - the flavours, textures and combinations were excellent, cannot recommend this place highly enough. This place is proof that excellent vegetarian food is more than possible!

Excellent vegetarian/vegan restaurant. Choice of 4 appetizers, 2 main courses, a cheese course and 3 deserts on the night we were there. As there were 4 of us we tried every dish and every one was flavorful, well prepared and well presented. One of us liked the zucchini/curry soup so much she had another bowlful instead of a désert!! Great choice of restaurant!!

Reservations go quickly and I had to book a week in advance for an open slot. And they do for good reason. The dishes are well executed and the flavors are exquisite. After a few bites, the pastrami betterave was reminiscent of pastrami and the Chou braisé was so so good. Do the full course (entrée, plat, dessert).