The best restaurants Lyon 2nd 69002

Do we need to do a whole story? Don't exaggerate, but in this neighborhood that goes from Jacobins to Mercière Street via the Saône Docks (it's going to be lost?), the good tables are as rare as the real bouchons in the Old Lyon (you follow us?). Just what you need to do away from the intense pedestrian traffic and the night agitation of Mercière Street, All of a history séduit first with its small quiet terrace in a narrow street and a very large room that is inspired by nature to immerse us in a lovely setting. The staff were friendly and helpful. What is so attractive is the very small map - three entrances, four dishes and homemade desserts - from a restaurant where everything is made home with quality seasonal products. This summer: tartare of St. Jacques on his bed of green vegetables or a burnt cream to the goat and pesto. For ravioles to morels, one of the home specialties will be expected in the autumn. To follow, a bar roasted with laurel cream or a surprising tournedos of duck magret to the pomegranate extract. To finish with the essentials of chef's chocolate. A beautiful story to continue.

Don't lie to each other, rue Mercière is not always paved with the best culinary intentions. Fortunately, there is La Menthe, one of the very few addresses of the area that does not cheat. At this corner of a quiet street, just what you need, away from the hustle and bustle of the pedestrian area, La Menthe invites us to its original terrace, composed of "home-made" tables with abundant ornaments giving the whole a picaresque and warm atmosphere. Room not very spacious, but the heart is immense to receive us in a so "cute" decor that the room becomes our planet during a meal to be shared. Cushions, fabrics, black and white photos, soft colors and in the middle the adorable Sophie and her team always working in good mood and kindness. The other happiness of being at La Menthe is to enjoy dishes composed of excellent products according to farandole formulas that have been successful over the years. You can choose among carrots gaspacho with orange, fine mushrooms and brie pie, housoft, leek flan with 4 spices or a red cabbage salad with balsamic vinegar to begin with the starters. Followed by a delicious lamb shank with honey and prunes, the must-eats beef keftas with sweet spices of Provence, a salmon tartare, pan-fried potatoes, a goat cheese fondue of Villard Reculas (excellent) or a veal liver with parsley and its homemade mashed potatoes with olive oil. Not to mention the daily special, beef lasagna during our visit, or great salads, including a vegetarian. Homemade desserts with fresh fruit salad, crème brûlée or molten chocolate cake. Freshness, generosity and sun in farandole in the plates of La Menthe.

An address from Le Smart and subtitled "Gourmandise & Connivance". Smart had been tough with the lack of «connivance» between the bistronomique kitchen of a Japanese chef Hiroyuki Watanabe and the too cold decoration of a room that pulls rather toward the palate than to the bistro. The impression remains, even if we have been able to appreciate at Flair one of the most pleasant service, the general atmosphere of the places does not stick to the spirit that one wants to put. Perhaps the decor should be changed so that we could come to this end of the Rue de la Charité. Apart from this aspect that disturbs us every year, it must be admitted that the chef's kitchen makes wonders, at midday with a lunch formula that changes daily according to the seasonal market and a map where the apparent simplicity of the dishes conceals perfectly mastered know-how: bream tartare tartare and dashi espuma; refined pan-vascular, prunes and hams; toast roast pork pig and death trumpet. To finish on a delicious cake all chocolate, mirabelles and pistachio cream. An address that can't seduce us.

A house that is more than a hundred years old, founded in 1921, that doesn't look its age. Near the Palais de la Bourse, taking advantage of a small peaceful square in the heart of the city to install one of the most beautiful terraces in Lyon, the Cintra could tell many stories, especially those written at its counter where the famous port wines that gave its name to the establishment are still served. Carefully selected fresh products, with a preference for fish. Setting and atmosphere, and piano bar in the evening.

An address that does not impersonate its name. Indeed, this street of the rue de la Ré is part of the city's institutions, even though it is still known as the American Bar that it has worn for a long time. An address that its owner, Franck Delafon, wanted to raise in order to take it to a certain idea of luxury, in a cosy decor that does not work completely to our taste. Moreover, it is a set that seems to us «surjoué», when elegance should naturally prevail. The service is knowledgeable about its subject. For the rest, Smart finds more earn on the map, with soaring prices, that a real inspiration. A benedictine egg façon at 13,50 €, smoked organic salmon, lemon cream and Poilâne bread at 19 €… For the time being, one would think more about the promenade of the English than rue de la Ré. The Noix nuts at the plancha, squash risotto display at € 26,50, while the meat rises with a true beef net, the ceps juice for 36 €. Desserts still increase the addition of 8 €, dang! In short, an address that takes us too much for Americans (see its history)…