Cocktail Bars in Lyon
Lyon's cocktail scene runs from a distillery of single-ingredient spirits to a former hospital dispensary, and the best cocktail bars in Lyon cover both ends. In the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, that old dispensary mixes seasonal signatures and reworked classics, or builds a drink around a spirit, mood or fruit you name. Between the Cordeliers and the Opéra, a counter serves breakfast from 8 a.m. on weekdays and moves to house cocktails and tapas by evening. Across the Saône, a Latin-leaning cocktail bar on Place Saint-Paul pours until 1 a.m., Monday to Saturday. Plan around the calendar: the Rue Duroc distillery opens only Friday to Sunday, and the Hôtel-Dieu bar closes Sunday and Monday. These are the bars we would start with.
Cocktail BarAbstract
Abstract calls itself a full time distillery and a part time bistrot, working out of a room on Rue Duroc in Lyon's first arrondissement. The house makes its own spirits under the name Monochromes: single ingredient bottlings drawn through a bespoke extraction process built to preserve each ingredient's aromatic integrity. Releases carry plain names such as Cucumber, Yellow Bell Pepper, Lemon, Raspberry, Strawberry and Butter, they arrive in small batches with handcrafted bottles, and they form the backbone of what the bar pours. The team behind it includes Remy Savage, Nicolas Minisini, Sara Moudoulaud, Hadrien Moudoulaud, Ismaïl Hamila and Faustine Simorre, gathered, in the house's words, around flavor. Doors open only from Friday through Sunday evenings.
2 Rue Duroc, 69001 LyonFri to Sun 18:00 to 00:00; closed Mon to ThuFull profile
Cocktail BarLe Comptoir de la Bourse
Le Comptoir de la Bourse is a cocktail bar on rue de la Bourse in central Lyon that also serves lunch and evening tapas. Its menu revisits the great cocktail families next to house signatures such as the Zombie, using homemade syrups, and adds an alcohol free list plus wine and Champagne by the glass or bottle. A spirits book, the grimoire, holds its rarer bottles.
33 rue de la Bourse, 69002 Lyon, FranceMon-Fri 08:00-02:00, Sat 18:00-03:00Full profile- Bar de Bon-SecoursSpeakeasy
Bar de Bon-Secours
Bar de Bon-Secours is a hidden cocktail bar in Vieux Lyon, set in the cellar beneath the Ambassade Bonnat & Crozet, a chocolate and syrup shop on rue du Bœuf. Guests ring the bell at the shop front and a bartender leads them down to a vintage room with a jazzy, old-fashioned mood. The drinks revisit old spirits and aperitifs from the Crozet distillery in the Haut-Beaujolais, such as Skos, Arquebuse and Citron-Crozet, poured over ice or mixed into cocktails. Alongside, the bar serves charcuterie and cheese plates from the Monts du Lyonnais, sliced to order on a Roussey slicer.
12 Rue du Bœuf, 69005 LyonThu to Sun 19:00 to 01:00Full profile - BaràgonesCocktail Bar
Baràgones
Baràgones styles itself a society bar, cocktails and more: a cocktail and premium spirits bar on Place Saint-Paul in Vieux Lyon with what it calls a South American and Caribbean atmosphere, a program of themed nights such as its Día de los Muertos weekend, cocktail workshops and private hire. Open Tuesday to Saturday from five.
5 Place Saint-Paul, 69005 LyonTue-Sat 17:00-00:00Full profile - L'OfficineCocktail Bar
L'Officine
L'Officine is a cocktail bar tucked inside the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, set above the Grand Réfectoire restaurant in a space that once served as an apothecary. Guests reach it through the restaurant's kitchens and up a service staircase, arriving in a wood-paneled room with lichen-green banquettes, marble tables and a long balcony facing the great dome. Lighting is low and the mood leans toward jazz. The menu pairs reworked classics with seasonal signature cocktails, and the bartenders will build a drink around a spirit, a flavor or a fruit you name. Alcohol-free cocktails are on the list too, and the snacks run to crispy chicken and charcuterie from the Grand Réfectoire.
3 Cour Saint-Henri, Grand Hôtel-Dieu, 69002 LyonTue to Fri 18:30 to 00:30; Sat 17:00 to 00:30Full profile
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