Brasserie Des Confluences - Lyon

After several hours visiting the exceptional exhibits at the museum, we treated ourselves to lunch in the museum restaurant. My sole was accompanied by a delicious purée of puréed vegetables along with a glass of 2018 Saint- Véran Blanc. This was one of the best three meals I have enjoyed during my three weeks in France.

I really wouldn't bother going here if I were you. You can get a reasonable but no better than reasonable bit of chicken breast with some vegetables and you pay €20 for it and it's all very formal and not very much fun. Go to the café on the roof and get a baguette and admire the views.

We visited the Brasserie as we were in the Musee in the same building. The restaurant is very modern and comfortable with views around the Saone-Rhone confluence area. The food is very good and well priced (we had the menu de jour which was very good value). Service was also very good. There was a decent range of wines by the glass which is good if you can't manage a bottle at lunchtime. Well worth a visit to break up a trip to the museum.

Two of us went for dinner on a mid-week evening. We opted for the €55 four course gastronomic menu which on this occasion was all fish and included three 120ml glasses of wine. (a fizzy aperitif and two glasses with the food). The starter was a delicious tartare of skipjack tuna with a gazpacho, followed by citrus marinated young mackerel on a bed of pesto asparagus. The “Mulet noir” was on a bed of peas, and a turmeric sauce. It was surrounded by shell fish and was very competently cooked and tasted delicious. Dessert was strawberries, a wild strawberry sorbet and a tuile. Service would have been better if we had not had to prompt the server to explain which fish was being used in each course. Once we asked, a full explanation was given, but one was never offered spontaneously. Aside of that, it was a very pleasant evening, the meal was very good value for food of this quality and drinks included. If you are staying near the Musee Confluences in Lyon, I would recommend eating here.

Went here twice fore lunch as we liked it so much the first time. Their 22 euro set lunch is excellent and the setting superb. If you visit the museum, you might not even know this existed as its sort of underneath and at the back but it has views of the water pool and there is a quiet professional relaxed atmosphere, white table linen, efficient staff and we had a very good time. Bread is a small detail but lovely, we had a whole fresh baked loaf on the table one day and ficelles the next. Terrine, beautiful beef tartare, excellent cafe gourmand. Well worth seeking out as there’s surprisingly little else within walking distance of the museum.