Lyon
East of the Rhone. The multi-cultural district. Cheaper drinks, more local customers, and the most adventurous food and drink in Lyon. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Lyon.
Presqu'île · $$$
Lyon's most awarded cocktail bar.
Croix-Rousse · $$
Small cocktail room on the silk-worker hill.
Vieux Lyon · $$$
Cocktail bar inside a former antique shop.
Croix-Rousse · $$
Wine-and-small-plates bar with one of the best Beaujolais lists in the city.
Vieux Lyon · $$
British-Irish-style pub in a 16th-century stone room.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer and Hidden Gems here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Guillotière like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.