There are as many days of the year as there are ways to treat yourself. Playing sport, listening to an album you love again, catching up with a long-lost friend… But generally speaking, eating is on the kif podium. All rankings considered. Here, we give you some tips on how to keep this pleasure in its rightful place.
L’Étoile Céleste
L’Étoile Céleste has revolutionized Lyon’s restaurant scene. This new temple to the all-you-can-eat buffet has just taken up residence in the heart of the city, with an unbeatable offer. L’Étoile Céleste offers over 200 dishes a day, from sushi to grilled meats, not to mention a wide range of desserts. A place to discover for all those with a fork in Lyon.
🍴 A weekday lunchtime menu at €20.90, and €30.90 in the evening. For weekends, it’s €30.90 for lunch and dinner.
⏰Open daily from 12:00 to 14:30 and from 19:00 to 22:30
📍 3 place Bellecour, Lyon 2
Shiyo
A new temple to Japanese gastronomy has just opened its doors in the heart of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu with an original concept. The idea? A semi-gastronomic restaurant where, in concrete terms, diners can choose from five courses, including signature dishes prepared by true Japanese masters. Kanpai and Itadakimasu!
🍴 A weekday lunchtime menu at €26.90, and €42.90 in the evening. For weekends, €42.90 for lunch and €46.90 for dinner.
⏰ Open daily from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., then from 6:45 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
📍 2 Cour Saint-Martin, Lyon 2
Maison Grand Large
Maison Grand Large has been delighting the mouths of eastern Lyon since 1997 in a warm, family atmosphere. The cuisine is simply excellent, and it’s not for nothing that the restaurant has been racking up rave reviews. For some time now, the restaurant has been offering an all-you-can-eat menu for €21.90, with three specialties (Syrian/Italian/traditional). In short, the perfect equation for eating well, in a sympe setting and at the best price.
🍴 All-you-can-eat for €21.90
⏰ Open every day except Monday, from 12pm to 2.30pm and 7pm to 9.45pm. Sundays from 12pm to 2:30pm.
📍 60 rue Francisco Ferrer, Décines
Les Marmottes
No need to go skiing with this restaurant to enjoy the best Savoyard specialties, including the mythical all-you-can-eat raclette. Are you alone tonight, but dreaming of it? No problem, you can come and enjoy it on your own. And to top it all off, all products are sourced from small cooperatives in Haute Savoie. Les Marmottes restaurant ticks all the right boxes.
🍴 All-you-can-eat raclette for 32€.
⏰ Open Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00 to 14:30 and 19:00 to 23:30 / Sundays and Mondays, 19:00 to 23:30
📍 261 Rue Vendôme, Lyon 3
Grand Café de la Préfecture
Le Grand Café de la Préfecture is a pleasant restaurant serving French cuisine with a Mediterranean touch (and producer wines!). Their Sunday brunch buffet is all-you-can-eat! Clearly the best way to end the week in style.
🍴 Buffet 30€ adult / 15€ child
⏰ Open every day, but all-you-can-eat brunch is only available on Sundays.
📍 10 Rue Servient, Lyon 3
Obrigado Rodizio
This Brazilian restaurant is located in the 7th arrondissement, and since it opened last February, it’s been a huge success! The chain, which now boasts 8 restaurants in France, is hitting hard. The reason? All-you-can-eat formulas with spit-roasted specialties. What do the people expect! A wide choice of meats to suit all tastes. A must-try!
🍴 Buffet from €17.90 including 6 spits
⏰ Open every day from 12.30 to 2.30 pm and 7 to 11 pm (until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays).
📍 372 rue Garibaldi, Lyon 7
La Bascule
How about an all-you-can-eat raclette refined by a Meilleur Ouvrier de France for less than 30 euros? Well, that’s the promise of La Bascule, a restaurant in Villeurbanne that’s sure to please with its unbeatable formula. I don’t know about you, but here we’re in the starting-blocks!
🍴 All-you-can-eat raclette (plain from €29.50)
⏰ Monday to Thursday, 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 10:30pm and Friday, 12pm to 2:30pm
📍 7 Place Charles Hernu, Villeurbanne
Bombay Palace
With its ultra-affordable prices and vast choice of dishes, the all-you-can-eat buffet at Indian restaurant Bombay Palace, located in Vieux-Lyon, richly deserved its place in our ranking. It even serves delicious cheese naans!
🍴 Lunch at 14.90€ (weekend at 17€) and evenings at 20.90€ / Children’s buffet (-10 years) at 9€.
⏰ Open daily (except Tuesdays) from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to 11pm
📍 1 Rue Bellievre, Lyon 5
Seazen Buffet
🍴 19€-22€ all-you-can-eat buffet
⏰ Open daily from 11:45 to 14:30 and from 18:45 to 22:30
📍 175 avenue Jean Jaurès, Lyon 7
O’Grill
Quite simply the biggest all-you-can-eat buffet in Lyon. With 1500m2 of floor space, it offers no fewer than 200 dishes. We’d advise you to fast before you go!
🍴 On weekdays, the all-you-can-eat buffet formula costs €14.90 for lunch and €20.90 for dinner, and €20.90 for lunch and €21.90 for dinner at weekends.
⏰ Open daily from 12:00 to 14:30 and from 19:00 to 22:30
📍 403 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Décines-Charpieu
Flam’s Lyon
Are you passionate about Alsatian cuisine and want a good Flammenkueche prepared according to the rules of the culinary art? Visit Flam’s in Lyon, where the famous tarte flambée can be eaten as much as you like, with or without starter and dessert. Hopla!
🍴 From €13.90 all-you-can-eat
⏰ Open Monday to Friday, 12:00 to 14:00 and 18:30 to 23:00 / Saturday, 12:00 to 00:00 and Sunday, 12:00 to 22:30
📍 12 Rue Tupin, Lyon 2
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