10 tip-top restaurants in Lyon, France’s gastronomic capital

10 tip-top restaurants in Lyon, France’s gastronomic capital

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Le Musée

Simply follow your nose to uncover this always-packed bouchon (old-school Lyonnais bistro) whose ravishing home-cooking smells fill the entire backstreet on which it hides. First-timers risk stumbling straight into the kitchen (the dark-red door on the street); instead swing through the unmarked wooden door into a dark shabby courtyard and follow the sound of clattering cutlery and wine-fuelled merriment into the old-school dining room. The no-frills décor is hardcore retro and the feast of hearty Lyonnais dishes tucked into around long, shared, red-and-white-check tables – boudin aux pommes (black pudding with apples), quenelles de brochet (fish-pike dumplings) and andouillette (tripe sausage) – is second-to-none.

Contact: 00 33 478 37 71 54Opening times: Tue-Sat, 12pm-2pm and 7.30pm-9pmNearest metro: CordeliersReservations: EssentialPrices: £

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Culina Hortus

In a city celebrated for its hearty offal and porky cuisine, this latest opening from the team behind organic neo-bistro Victoire et Thomas (right across the street) is a breath of gastronomic fresh air. As the city's first haute cuisine, vegetarian restaurant, Culina Hortus (‘Kitchen Garden' in Latin) sources its flavoursome, seasonal produce – sun-filled fruit, veg, grains, herbs and edible flowers – from France's finest small producers: nutty quinoa from Madame Abbott's