Bars & Nightlife in Lyon

122 venues
  1. 1
    5.0 (189)
    12 Rue du Bœuf, 69005 Lyon, France
  2. 2
    4.9 (2088)
    1 Pl. Chardonnet, 69001 Lyon, France
  3. 3
    4.9 (507)
    76 Rue de la Charité, 69002 Lyon, France
  4. 4
    4.9 (463)
    1 Rue de la Victoire, 69003 Lyon, France
  5. 5
    4.9 (444)
    56 Rue Ney, 69006 Lyon, France
  6. 6
    4.9 (408)
    11 Rue des 3 Rois, 69007 Lyon, France
  7. 7
    4.9 (303)
    17 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  8. 8
    4.9 (270)
    5 Rue Neuve, 69001 Lyon, France
  9. 9
    4.9 (54)
    60 Quai Perrache, 69002 Lyon, France
  10. 10
    4.8 (4047) €€
    19 Rue du Garet, 69001 Lyon, France
  11. 11
    4.8 (682) €€
    21 Quai de Bondy, 69005 Lyon, France
  12. 12
    4.8 (614)
    95 Mnt de la Grande-Côte, 69001 Lyon, France
  13. 13
    4.8 (428)
    6 Rue de Cuire, 69004 Lyon, France
  14. 14
    4.8 (419) €€
    7 Rue Terme, 69001 Lyon, France
  15. 15
    4.8 (375) €€
    12 Rue Palais Grillet, 69002 Lyon, France
  16. 16
    4.8 (320)
    1 Rue de la Baleine, 69005 Lyon, France
  17. 17
    4.8 (279)
    26 Rue Neuve, 69002 Lyon, France
  18. 18
    4.8 (266)
    131 Bd de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France
  19. 19
    4.7 (818) €€
    19 Rue Royale, 69001 Lyon, France
  20. 20
    4.7 (584) €€
    13 Rue Lanterne, 69001 Lyon, France
  21. 21
    4.7 (474) €€
    26 Rue Lanterne, 69001 Lyon, France
  22. 22
    4.7 (351)
    11 Pl. Saint-Paul, 69005 Lyon, France
  23. 23
    4.7 (313)
    7 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
  24. 24
    4.7 (199)
    15 Rue des Quatre Chapeaux, 69002 Lyon, France
  25. 25
    4.7 (177)
    18 Rue Paul Chenavard, 69001 Lyon, France
  26. 26
    4.6 (3429) €€
    15 Quai du Général Sarrail, 69006 Lyon, France
  27. 27
    4.6 (2743) €€
    14 Rue Paul Lafargue, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
  28. 28
    4.6 (1486) €€
    15 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  29. 29
    4.6 (1359) €€€€
    20 Quai Jules Courmont, 69002 Lyon, France
  30. 30
    4.6 (1269) €€
    22 Rue Professeur Weill, 69006 Lyon, France
  31. 31
    4.6 (901) €€€
    20 Rue Hippolyte Flandrin, 69001 Lyon, France
  32. 32
    4.6 (877) €€
    4 Rue Mourguet, 69005 Lyon, France
  33. 33
    4.6 (662) €€
    29 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 69001 Lyon, France
  34. 34
    4.6 (527) €€
    1 Rue Saint-Benoît, 69001 Lyon, France
  35. 35
    4.6 (507) €€
    3 Rue Montesquieu, 69007 Lyon, France
  36. 36
    4.6 (496) €€
    7 Rue de la Martinière, 69001 Lyon, France
  37. 37
    4.6 (411) €€€
    20 Quai du Dr Gailleton, 69002 Lyon, France
  38. 38
    4.6 (260)
    12 Rue de la Monnaie, 69002 Lyon, France
  39. 39
    4.6 (149)
    52 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France
  40. 40
    4.5 (3064) €€
    27 Rue de la Martinière, 69001 Lyon, France
  41. 41
    4.5 (2590) €€
    4 Rue de la Terrasse, 69004 Lyon, France
  42. 42
    4.5 (1387) €€
    68 Rue Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France
  43. 43
    4.5 (1243) €€
    48 Rue Saint-Georges, 69005 Lyon, France
  44. 44
    4.5 (1226) €€
    2 Pl. Ennemond Fousseret, 69005 Lyon, France
  45. 45
    4.5 (1217) €€
    24 Rue Pizay, 69001 Lyon, France
  46. 46
    4.5 (974) €€
    4 Pl. de la Baleine, 69005 Lyon, France
  47. 47
    4.5 (629)
    3 Cour Saint Henri Grand Hôtel-Dieu, 69002 Lyon, France
  48. 48
    4.5 (365) €€
    56 Rue Saint-Georges, 69005 Lyon, France
  49. 49
    4.5 (219) €€
    4 Rue des Quatre Chapeaux, 69002 Lyon, France
  50. 50
    4.5 (118)
    3 Pl. Saint-Paul, 69005 Lyon, France
  51. 51
    4.5 (4)
    105 Quai de Pierre-Scize, 69005 Lyon, France
  52. 52
    4.4 (3673) €€
    13 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  53. 53
    4.4 (2096) €€
    63 Rue Mercière, 69002 Lyon, France
  54. 54
    4.4 (1933) €€
    9 Rue Constantine, 69001 Lyon, France
  55. 55
    4.4 (1347) €€
    12 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  56. 56
    4.4 (1260) €€
    16 Rue Lainerie, 69005 Lyon, France
  57. 57
    4.4 (1085) €€€
    19 Pl. Tolozan, 69001 Lyon, France
  58. 58
    4.4 (1010) €€€
    353 Rue Garibaldi, 69007 Lyon, France
  59. 59
    4.4 (974) €€€
    33 Rue de la Bourse, 69002 Lyon, France
  60. 60
    4.4 (948) €€
    12 Pl. Saint-Paul, 69005 Lyon, France
  61. 61
    4.4 (765) €€
    19, 21 Cr Lafayette, 69006 Lyon, France
  62. 62
    4.4 (755) €€
    4 Gd Rue de la Guillotière, 69007 Lyon, France
  63. 63
    4.4 (724)
    18 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
  64. 64
    4.4 (614) €€
    26 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 69001 Lyon, France
  65. 65
    4.4 (540) €€
    30 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 69001 Lyon, France
  66. 66
    4.4 (99)
    5 Rue du Griffon, 69001 Lyon, France
  67. 67
    4.3 (3626) €€
    25 Rue de l'Arbre Sec, 69001 Lyon, France
  68. 68
    4.3 (2211)
    3 rue Cronstadt, Rue Paul Duvivier, 69007 Lyon, France
  69. 69
    4.3 (2130) €€
    16 Quai de Bondy, 69005 Lyon, France
  70. 70
    4.3 (1814) €€
    19 Rue Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France
  71. 71
    4.3 (1778) €€
    4 Pl. Sathonay, 69001 Lyon, France
  72. 72
    4.3 (1756) €€
    10 Rue de la Monnaie, 69002 Lyon, France
  73. 73
    4.3 (1412) €€
    8 Rue de la Claire, 69009 Lyon, France
  74. 74
    4.3 (1287) €€
    20 Rue Lanterne, 69001 Lyon, France
  75. 75
    4.3 (1195) €€
    4 Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon, France
  76. 76
    4.3 (1184) €€
    8 Quai des Célestins, 69002 Lyon, France
  77. 77
    4.3 (1039) €€
    22 Rue Lainerie, 69005 Lyon, France
  78. 78
    4.3 (984) €€
    41 Rue Juliette Récamier, 69006 Lyon, France
  79. 79
    4.3 (861) €€
    18 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
  80. 80
    4.3 (735) €€
    19 Quai Saint-Antoine, 69002 Lyon, France
  81. 81
    4.3 (702) €€
    19 Rue Claudia, 69002 Lyon, France
  82. 82
    4.3 (696) €€
    26 Rue Jean-Baptiste-Say, 69001 Lyon, France
  83. 83
    4.3 (612) €€
    113 Av. Maréchal de Saxe, 69003 Lyon, France
  84. 84
    4.3 (321) €€
    2 Rue Thomassin, 69002 Lyon, France
  85. 85
    4.2 (2303) €€
    2 Rue Octavio Mey, 69005 Lyon, France
  86. 86
    4.2 (2049) €€
    4 Rue de la Barre, 69002 Lyon, France
  87. 87
    4.2 (1390) €€
    12 Rue du Griffon, 69001 Lyon, France
  88. 88
    4.2 (1107) €€
    Pont Wilson berges du Rhône, 21 Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon, France
  89. 89
    4.2 (621) €€
    2 Rue du Palais de Justice, 69005 Lyon, France
  90. 90
    4.2 (442)
    35 Rue Mercière, 69002 Lyon, France
  91. 91
    4.2 (303) €€
    26 Rue Hippolyte Flandrin, 69001 Lyon, France
  92. 92
    4.2 (33)
    156 Rue Garibaldi, 69003 Lyon, France
  93. 93
    4.1 (1672) €€
    15 Quai du Général Sarrail Face au, 69006 Lyon, France
  94. 94
    4.1 (1672) €€
    1 Quai des Célestins, 69002 Lyon, France
  95. 95
    4.1 (1087) €€
    18 Rue Terraille, 69001 Lyon, France
  96. 96
    4.1 (1050) €€
    7 Pl. des Terreaux, 69001 Lyon, France
  97. 97
    4.1 (810) €€€€
    3 Rue Terme, 69001 Lyon, France
  98. 98
    4.1 (652) €€
    1 Rue d'Algérie, 69001 Lyon, France
  99. 99
    4.1 (644) €€
    1 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  100. 100
    4.1 (323)
    39 Quai Saint-Antoine, 69002 Lyon, France
  101. 101
    4.1 (23)
    13 Rue des Trois-Maries, 69005 Lyon, France
  102. 102
    4.0 (630) €€
    Opéra de Lyon, 1 Pl. de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France
  103. 103
    4.0 (241)
    1 Rue Bodin, Pl. Bellevue, 69001 Lyon, France
  104. 104
    3.9 (2869)
    52 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France
  105. 105
    3.9 (1049) €€
    23 Quai Romain Rolland, 69005 Lyon, France
  106. 106
    3.9 (1019) €€
    15 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
  107. 107
    3.9 (849) €€
    19 Rue Désirée, 69001 Lyon, France
  108. 108
    3.9 (583)
    4 Rue Professeur Pierre Marion, 69005 Lyon, France
  109. 109
    3.8 (4055) €€€
    1 Pl. Francisque Régaud, 69002 Lyon, France
  110. 110
    3.8 (1442) €€
    5 Pl. Carnot, 69002 Lyon, France
  111. 111
    3.8 (54)
    11 Rue du Bât d'Argent, 69001 Lyon, France
  112. 112
    3.7 (2058) €€
    7 Rue Renan, 69007 Lyon, France
  113. 113
    3.7 (685) €€
    21 Pl. Gabriel Rambaud, 69001 Lyon, France
  114. 114
    3.6 (1318) €€
    5 Pl. Antonin Poncet, 69002 Lyon, France
  115. 115
    3.5 (1536) €€
    13 B Pl. Jules Ferry, 69006 Lyon, France
  116. 116
    3.5 (107)
    4 Rue Jacques Stella, 69002 Lyon, France
  117. 117
    3.4 (1529) €€
    4 Rue Désirée, 69001 Lyon, France
  118. 118
    3.4 (540) €€
    Péniche La Marquise, 20 Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon, France
  119. 119
    3.3 (2245) €€
    8 Pl. des Terreaux, 69001 Lyon, France
  120. 120
    3.3 (153)
    18 Rue du Doyenné, 69005 Lyon, France
  121. 121
    3.3 (40)
    5 Rue du Port du Temple, 69002 Lyon, France
  122. 122
    2.9 (570) €€
    3 Pl. des Jacobins, 69002 Lyon, France

Guide to Bars & Nightlife in Lyon

Lyon's bar scene offers something for every kind of night out — from craft cocktail lounges and craft beer bars to rooftop venues with panoramic city views, live music spots, and late-night dance clubs. For solo travelers, bars in Lyon are one of the best places to meet locals and fellow travelers in an informal, social setting. The city's nightlife is welcoming to newcomers, and striking up a conversation over a drink comes naturally.

Traveler Tips for Bars & Nightlife in Lyon

  • Solo bar etiquette: Going to a bar alone in Lyon is completely normal and socially accepted. Sitting at the bar counter rather than a table signals openness to conversation.
  • Happy hours: Many Lyon bars offer significant discounts during early evening happy hours (typically 5–8pm). This is a great time to try multiple venues without overspending.
  • Local vs tourist bars: Venture beyond the main tourist strip to find Lyon bars frequented by locals — usually better prices, more authentic atmosphere, and more interesting people.
  • Craft beer scene: Lyon has a growing craft beer movement with excellent local breweries. Look for bars that stock local taps.
  • Safety: When exploring Lyon's nightlife alone, always tell someone your plans, keep your phone charged, and arrange return transport in advance.

Lyon's bar scene comes alive after dark, and solo travelers often find it the easiest place to meet new people. Use Nomax to plan your evening — see which other travelers are out in Lyon tonight, join group bar crawls organized through the app, or suggest a meetup at your favourite spot.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best bars & nightlife in Lyon?

Lyon has 122+ bars & nightlife tracked by Nomax. The top-rated options are listed on this page, sorted by rating and traveler reviews. Use the interactive map to explore venues by neighborhood.

How do I find bars & nightlife in Lyon on a map?

Use the interactive map on this page to see all bars & nightlife in Lyon as numbered markers. Click any marker to see ratings, opening hours, address, and contact details. You can also search and filter venues in the left panel.

Are there any tips for solo travelers visiting bars & nightlife in Lyon?

Yes. Solo travelers in Lyon recommend arriving at bars during peak social hours to meet other travelers. Download Nomax to connect with fellow travelers before you arrive — many users coordinate meetups at specific venues.

What is Nomax and how does it help travelers in Lyon?

Nomax is a free travel companion app that helps solo travelers find each other in cities around the world, including Lyon. You can see who else is traveling in Lyon, join group activities, and chat with travelers at the same spots you visit.

Is Nomax free to use in Lyon?

Yes, Nomax is completely free. Download it on iOS or Android to instantly see travelers near you in Lyon, join activities, and make travel friends without any subscription or fees.

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