The best cocktail bars Rhônes-Alpes

A Grisbi that touched us with its velvety paw. A place beautifully inspired by the speakeasies of the American Prohibition era, yet with an elegant French touch. Lovely welcome and service from a team of professional cocktail specialists. In this universe blending cinema, music (excellent by the way), architecture and interior design, we keep coming back to taste the 4 seasonal menus and enjoy the perfect cocktail to suit our mood. A must-try is "le digeo gourmand", a homemade pastry accompanied by a top-of-the-range digestif. Cocktail classes and mixology workshops, spirits tasting evenings. A Grisbi is also available for private hire.

Lots of good times to share at the Mumbaï Café. Let's start with the restaurant, the best alibi to drink a cocktail then, with the Thali, dishes to share on a round tray. It's good and veggie compatible. On the drink side, behind the counter one of the best bartenders in Lyon (and the world)! This Café offers a menu of original cocktails made with often exotic ingredients. Amazing menu of Japanese whiskys, sake and wines. The cocktails invite you to intoxicating journeys. An address to escape.

Explosive evenings ahead! In the chic district between Masséna and Brotteaux, here's L'Artchimiste. Mixology is the science of "chemists" of liqueurs, spirits and other beverages. Excellent ingredients, including great spirits and fresh produce, are used to create cocktails and mocktails that can be adapted to suit every taste. So much so, in fact, that the barman can even compose a cocktail to suit your mood. A warm and inviting place with stone walls, French-style ceiling, year-round terrace and cellar. A great address.

Barathi is a colorful cocktail bar that will take you on vacation for an evening, thanks to its tropical decor and Indian and Reunionese specialties. An added bonus is the creation of cocktails using fresh fruit. Our favorite is the "Pyaar", a floral cocktail made with vodka, strawberry, lychee and rose syrup. On the menu, you'll also find smoothies, homemade lemonade, and even wine and spirits, all accompanied by delicious tapas!

A Phantom who appears every evening in the long Rue Royale to invite us to follow him into his cosy den or onto the small summer terrace. For more than 10 years now, the Fantôme has been expressing its imagination in this lively place where you can meet new people. Life, love, sharing, to tip over to the cocktail side of the force on a soundtrack that reflects the image of the place: liberated. All the art of mixology is expressed in original creations made from drinks and ingredients selected with particular care to satisfy our curiosity and pleasure. Tasting plates to extend the evening in the ghost's sheets.

The end of the day will be more enjoyable if you spend it at the Monkey Club. Destination cocktails and good humor near the town hall, the perfect address to take your mind off things. A trip to the tropics with a small terrace, a rarity in Lyon's cocktail bar scene. Depending on your tastes and mood, the expert bartenders suggest prescriptions that vary according to the season, from Red Hot Chili Pepper, with a nice twist on Bloody Mary, to fruity Bissap Asap, not forgetting a good choice of gin and tonics, specialties of the house. Warm, hushed ambience under the vaulted ceiling, smiling service at the bar or in comfortable club armchairs from an adorable team. A few nibbles.

Soda, the first bar that made us want to drink cocktails before anyone else. At La Martinière, Soda features a team of bartenders who know how to mix! A chic, glamorous atmosphere, not only for a drink, but also for listening to the excellent musical program. Let's take a look at the cocktail menu and order, according to your mood (the menu changes frequently), with classic house twists such as a dangerous Zombie (2 glasses maximum), a Supanova version of the mojito or a fruity Soul Sista. New this year, you can drop by the bar on Tuesdays to create your very own cocktail (with the help of the team). The benchmark.

The BIG WHITE is a bar with a totally redesigned, original and dynamic concept. It's located in Vieux Lyon, on the corner of the famous Place du Change. Class and chic are the order of the day in this establishment, far from the "student" image one might have feared. The bar offers a wide choice of draught beers, world beers, cocktails, shooters... But the BIG WHITE is also a place to relax over a coffee, a glass of wine or a selection of plates, with happy hours from 5pm to 9pm.

Who says latino atmosphere says caïpirinha or mojitos, but also says salsa, bachata and kizomba... Well yes, Sanaka Café is all that and more. This bar, it is the party all the year or how to forget all its worries the time of one evening. A place where all generations meet, united around the same pleasure of moving on rhythms favourable to sensual swaying. You don't know how to do it? No problem, Sanaka regularly organizes classes as a prelude to parties. A drink and some tapas, and it's happiness!

It's like stepping back in time (even though you haven't started drinking yet...). Right in the heart of the historic district of Vieux Lyon, with a terrace under the lime tree when the weather's fine, this cocktail bar transports us to the heart of the Italian Renaissance, while at the same time pumping modern-day sound into our ears. You'll feel right at home at Le Florian, thanks to the convivial yet hushed, relaxed yet elegant ambience of the tastefully arranged glasses. All the classics, but above all in-house creations by creative mixologists who are always ready to listen. Plates to accompany cocktails. Smart spot.

La Taiga is a modern, trendy restaurant, located right opposite the slopes in the centre of the resort. Hot drinks, wines and digestive beverages will warm you up to the severity of winter. But it is above all the impressive map of the cocktails that marked us: mojito, martini, champagne soups, homemade cocktails… you no longer know where to give your head. Every day from 17 a. m. to 19 p. m. the happy hour allows you to taste all these wonders at a lower cost.

Why L? Because, depending on the hour of the day, the work of the establishment in the brown and baroque decoration changes. At noon, L'Ephemeral is a restaurant offering daily specials at very affordable prices. In the afternoon, he turned into a tea salon to spend his afternoon. And in the evening, it becomes a tapas bar with an impressive choice. From Monday to Thursday you are welcomed from 18 h to afterworks in a 100% Latin ambiance. On Tuesdays evening salsa courses and Wednesdays are offered to brighten up your evening. A perfect place to relax around a good cocktail and tapas in a unique setting, in all simplicity!

La Queue du Coq has been open for 10 years - also known as LQDC - and is home to true mixology champions like Alexandre Girard, with over 20 years' experience and among the most influential bartenders. A warm decor with an "indus" feel, and a friendly atmosphere in which to share more than just a glass, an exceptional drink. There's something for every taste on the ever-evolving menu, with cocktails and mocktails (non-alcoholic) artfully crafted from top-quality ingredients, including fresh fruit. From the Bon baiser de Russie to the classic Margarita, so much better than anywhere else in Annecy. To be enjoyed in moderation. A delightful Queue de Coq.

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Last August, the Hive celebrated its first year of business with a bang. A very young cocktail bar, for the most part, aimed at a clientele that is just as young. Whether students or young people in their thirties, they like to get together in a very festive and, to say the least, boozy atmosphere. It's a safe bet that you don't come to the Hive to drink sparkling water! The cocktails here are shaken rhythmically by muscular arms, and take on the appearance of flowery glasses, much to the delight of Instagrammers. Don't get too serious!

For a colorful, sparkling night out, head to this temple of cocktails. Nicky's is the brainchild of Franco-American Nicolas and Franco-German Adrien, who decided to combine their passion for spirits and design. A gustatory voyage through the tasting of cocktails with original and daring flavors awaits you. You'll appreciate the subdued lighting and the walls adorned with drawings by Adrien himself. These illustrations tell the story of the cocktails. The downstairs room is even cosier, with a smoking room. Fancy a porn star or a last world?

Opened in spring, this cocktail bar brings a touch of freshness to the Saint-Jacques district. A chic venue, with a sublime Art Deco ambience, where friends and couples alike can sip exceptional, original cocktails inspired by various cultures (Japanese, Indian, Arabic). These signature cocktails are concocted by Lebanese mixologist Elias Chamoun, a specialist in molecular and botanical mixology. You'll also be able to sample wines, beers and spirits, accompanied by tapas or platters. It's sure to be a sensory evening to remember!

Pleasure without secrecy. A nod to the underground bars of the 1930s Prohibition era in the USA, the Blind Pig welcomes you with open arms. It's impossible to miss the bar's terrace, whose cozy room evokes that bygone era of the Roaring Twenties: fringed sofas and armchairs, gilded frames, "exotic" walls. It's warm and friendly, and especially good to drink a house cocktail, chosen from original creations made from top-quality spirits, such as Distillerie du Vercors, Trois Rivières rum or Chartreuse, to be found in a delicious vulnéraire. From morning coffee to evening cocktails, this is an address not to be missed.

You don't need a prescription to order a cocktail in this Officine. The Grand Hôtel-Dieu's jazzy cocktail bar. Enter via Le Grand Réfectoire, climb the back staircase to reach the first floor and enter the cosy world of l'Officine, a muffled showcase for mixology. The bottles behind the bar are the potions used by the excellent team of bartenders to compose the finest cocktails. They fuse, invent, inspire and serve top-flight cocktails: Signature with a Tiki Blinders or the Royal Praline. Cocktails of the moment and made-to-measure available. Classics with a twist, a wide selection of gins, beers and tapas. Pamper yourself at l'Officine.

A place dedicated to mixology that "mixes" itself, as it is, on two levels, a bar, a club and a music scene all in one. It's a groovy, creative place, with formats that move to suit our desire to taste everything. Not least on the menu of original house cocktails prepared before your very eyes by the bartenders. Fun cocktails - Groom libre, Pinky gin, House Paloma... -fun cocktails, fun mocktails, a menu of craft beers of the moment, wine by the glass, champagnes and spirits to mix and match. On the summer terrace or in a colorfully decorated room, snacking - planks, empanadas... - to make the evening last into the middle of the night. Privatization possible.