Brasserie Gabriel

A very nice restaurant overlooking the old cathedral in downtown Lyon. They have both seating inside and outside and best to sit outside during summer time. The restaurant was quite full and you definitely need a reservation or need to wait. The food and service was very good. They have a nice choice of dishes between chicken duck, fish and vegetarian and overall all quite good. The waiters were quite friendly and very fast. Definitely a good place to try.

The restaurant is located in front of the Cathedral and the plaza. If you’d like to enjoy the bright sun along with the view and tasty food, this will be the place to enjoy. We took the suggestion from the waiter to try the daily menu: mignon steak. The steak was cooked to the perfection and sauce that came along added such a flavor that we really really enjoyed it. My daughter enjoyed the salad also. The restaurant seems to use the freshest ingredient with just the right balance of sauces to go with them. Overall, the service by the waiters were also great. Thank you for the experience!

In many places in Europe where a restaurant or cafe is next to the square of a popular Cathedral, it is often a tourist trap with underwhelming and overpriced food. Fortunately this is not one of them. The food was surprisingly delicious and pricing very reasonable. The set meal is really worthwhile and the portions are generous. It can get quite crowded during meal times and service tend to be spotty but still they try their best to still be cheerful and helpful. Recommended even for tourists!

Horrible experience. 3 hours. Barely any service and the staff was incredibly unkind. The food was okay. Edit: Anytime we asked for something (water, food to order, sauce) our servers looked annoyed and promptly ignored or did not bring items. We had to ask others to help after waiting 10-15 minutes and receiving nothing each time. When our server did bring something, he huffed under his breath. We also found a fly in our wine, and the staff just looked at it and took it away without replacing it or apologizing. It was still on our bill too. It was shocking to us. We’ve eaten in several brasseries and restaurants in France. This is the worst experience by far, and we felt so unwelcome. We’ve always been polite and understood that waiting is normal, but this was unacceptable. I hope the restaurant does better with their service. The food was okay. The French onion soup is vegetarian so I was excited to try it. But the value is not great unless you get it as part of a meal deal. €18 is too much I think for the portion. My husband enjoyed his salmon tartare and I liked my Thai salad. But again, the service made us feel so unwelcome and upset.

What a beautiful place to sit on the edge of the plaza and watch people and admire the beautiful cathedral. We had the plate of the day. It included a rich, wonderful steak and mushroom soup. The roast beef was served with a rich gravy and roasted cauliflower. Dessert was just as delicious. A strawberry and raspberry tart. Others in our group loved the onion soup and especially the roasted chicken and potatoes. They were delicious!