Cafes in Lyon

139 venues
  1. 1
    5.0 (191)
    Quai Victor Augagneur, 69003 Lyon, France
  2. 2
    5.0 (114)
    Le Britannia, 20 Bd Eugène Deruelle Bâtiment C - 3ème étage, 69003 Lyon, France
  3. 3
    5.0 (103)
    12 Rue des Capucins, 69001 Lyon, France
  4. 4
    5.0 (93)
    44 Gd Rue de Vaise, 69009 Lyon, France
  5. 5
    5.0 (91)
    5 Pl. Vaclav Havel, 69007 Lyon, France
  6. 6
    5.0 (51)
    20 Rue de la Martinière, 69001 Lyon, France
  7. 7
    5.0 (40)
    182 Bd de la Croix-Rousse, 69001 Lyon, France
  8. 8
    5.0 (24)
    236 Cr Lafayette, 69003 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (17)
    54 Rue Alexandre Boutin, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
  10. 10
    5.0 (14)
    16 Rue Imbert-Colomès, 69001 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (10)
    5 Rue Vauban, 69006 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (10)
    21 Rue Romarin, 69001 Lyon, France
  13. 13
    5.0 (9)
    9 Rue du Doyenné, 69005 Lyon, France
  14. 14
    5.0 (8)
    13 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
  15. 15
    5.0 (3)
    8 Quai Jules Courmont, 69002 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (3)
    16 Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (2)
    4 Place le Viste, 69002 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (1)
    20 Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
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    5.0 (1)
    3 Rue Marcel Gabriel Rivière, 69002 Lyon, France
  20. 20
    5.0 (1)
    Pl. Sathonay, 69001 Lyon, France
  21. 21
    4.9 (541)
    1 rue de l abbe rozier 69001 lyon Angle rue de l abbe rozier and, Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
  22. 22
    4.9 (307)
    23 Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.9 (225)
    259 Rue Vendôme, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.9 (218)
    4 Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
  25. 25
    4.9 (217)
    19 Rue Sergent Blandan, 69001 Lyon, France
  26. 26
    4.9 (207)
    1 Pl. Tobie Robatel, 69001 Lyon, France
  27. 27
    4.9 (139)
    4 Rue de la Fronde, 69005 Lyon, France
  28. 28
    4.9 (139)
    4 Rue de la Thibaudière, 69007 Lyon, France
  29. 29
    4.9 (57)
    2 Rue Fernand Rey, 69001 Lyon, France
  30. 30
    4.9 (50)
    8 Quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
  31. 31
    4.9 (43)
    9 Quai André Lassagne seo40, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.9 (28)
    25 Rue des Capucins, 69001 Lyon, France
  33. 33
    4.9 (28)
    77 Rue du Président Édouard Herriot, 69002 Lyon, France
  34. 34
    4.8 (4685) €€
    17 Rue Dr Bouchut, 69003 Lyon, France
  35. 35
    4.8 (638)
    28 Rue Henri Germain, 69002 Lyon, France
  36. 36
    4.8 (605)
    20 Rue de Condé, 69002 Lyon, France
  37. 37
    4.8 (532)
    10 Rue Saint-Polycarpe, 69001 Lyon, France
  38. 38
    4.8 (456) €
    27 Rue du Bœuf, 69005 Lyon, France
  39. 39
    4.8 (417)
    4 Rue Terme, 69001 Lyon, France
  40. 40
    4.8 (366) €€
    12 Av. Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.8 (319)
    76 Rue Paul Bert, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.8 (315)
    33 Rue de Trion, 69005 Lyon, France
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    4.8 (214)
    12 Rue de Condé, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.8 (210)
    16 Rue de Bonald, 69007 Lyon, France
  45. 45
    4.8 (154)
    92 Cr Lafayette, 69003 Lyon, France
  46. 46
    4.8 (132)
    99 Rue Duguesclin, 69006 Lyon, France
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    4.8 (42)
    18 Rue Servient, 69003 Lyon, France
  48. 48
    4.8 (38)
    27 Rue Romarin, 69001 Lyon, France
  49. 49
    4.8 (16)
    54 Rue Chevreul, 69007 Lyon, France
  50. 50
    4.7 (1333) €€
    13 Rue Ferrandière, 69002 Lyon, France
  51. 51
    4.7 (751)
    1 Rue des Estrées, 69005 Lyon, France
  52. 52
    4.7 (613) €€
    6 Rue Octavio Mey, 69005 Lyon, France
  53. 53
    4.7 (591)
    10 Rue de la Bombarde, 69005 Lyon, France
  54. 54
    4.7 (566) €€
    5 Rue Romarin, 69001 Lyon, France
  55. 55
    4.7 (496) €€
    22 Av. Jean Jaurès, 69007 Lyon, France
  56. 56
    4.7 (447)
    12 Rue des Augustins, 69001 Lyon, France
  57. 57
    4.7 (381) €€
    2 Rue Fernand Rey, 69001 Lyon, France
  58. 58
    4.7 (376)
    14 Rue René Leynaud, 69001 Lyon, France
  59. 59
    4.7 (280)
    11 Cr Lafayette, 69006 Lyon, France
  60. 60
    4.7 (251)
    4 Cr Vitton, 69006 Lyon, France
  61. 61
    4.7 (238)
    101 Rue Bechevelin, 69007 Lyon, France
  62. 62
    4.7 (235)
    2 Quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
  63. 63
    4.7 (154)
    18 Rue des Capucins, 69001 Lyon, France
  64. 64
    4.7 (154)
    72 Rue du Bourbonnais, 69009 Lyon, France
  65. 65
    4.7 (138)
    42 Rue Michel Servet, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
  66. 66
    4.7 (117)
    4 Quai Jean Moulin, 69001 Lyon, France
  67. 67
    4.7 (26)
    PLACE BASSE CHARLES, Pl. Charles Béraudier 4 A, 69003 Lyon, France
  68. 68
    4.6 (1271)
    70 Rue Saint-Jean, 69005 Lyon, France
  69. 69
    4.6 (1027) €€
    2 Rue du Griffon, 69001 Lyon, France
  70. 70
    4.6 (800) €€
    3 Rue de l'Abbé Rozier, 69001 Lyon, France
  71. 71
    4.6 (800)
    10 Mnt des Carmélites, 69001 Lyon, France
  72. 72
    4.6 (590)
    49 Rue Salomon Reinach, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.6 (274)
    7 Rue Victor Hugo, 69002 Lyon, France
  74. 74
    4.6 (160)
    26 Rue Paul Chenavard, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.6 (136)
    61 Cr de la Liberté, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.6 (135) €€
    28 Rue des Remparts d'Ainay, 69002 Lyon, France
  77. 77
    4.6 (98)
    15 Rue d'Anvers, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.6 (72)
    21 Rue Alsace Lorraine, 69001 Lyon, France
  79. 79
    4.5 (12563) €€
    48-50 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France
  80. 80
    4.5 (2131) €
    16 Rue des Capucins, 69001 Lyon, France
  81. 81
    4.5 (1777) €€
    14 Rue de Bonald, 69007 Lyon, France
  82. 82
    4.5 (1640) €€
    18 Rue de la Platière, 69001 Lyon, France
  83. 83
    4.5 (1387) €€
    9 Rue des Trois-Maries, 69005 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (1240) €€
    49 Gd Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France
  85. 85
    4.5 (1110) €€
    6 Rue de la Charité, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (731) €€
    3 Quai Antoine Riboud, 69002 Lyon, France
  87. 87
    4.5 (710) €
    9 Rue du Bât d'Argent, 69001 Lyon, France
  88. 88
    4.5 (635) €€
    25 Quai Antoine Riboud, 69002 Lyon, France
  89. 89
    4.5 (455) €€
    27 Rue Cavenne, 69007 Lyon, France
  90. 90
    4.5 (440)
    5 Rue Pleney, 69001 Lyon, France
  91. 91
    4.5 (398)
    67 Rue de la Part-Dieu, 69003 Lyon, France
  92. 92
    4.5 (339)
    175 Rue Cuvier, 69006 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (303)
    7 Pl. Kléber, 69006 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (283)
    17 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (281)
    1 Pl. d'Albon, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (273)
    7 Pl. Edgar Quinet, 69006 Lyon, France
  97. 97
    4.5 (201)
    35 Rue de Marseille, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (67)
    20 Rue de l'Abbaye d'Ainay, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (13)
    2 Pl. Antonin Poncet, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.5 (8)
    5 Rue Professeur Grignard, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.4 (2579)
    21 Rue Alsace Lorraine, 69001 Lyon, France
  102. 102
    4.4 (2219) €€
    9 Rue de l'Ancienne Préfecture, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.4 (1392) €€
    8 Pl. du Griffon, 69001 Lyon, France
  104. 104
    4.4 (940) €€
    146 Cr Gambetta, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.4 (612)
    2 Pl. de l'Hôpital, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.4 (469) €€
    13 Rue du Griffon, 69001 Lyon, France
  107. 107
    4.4 (374) €
    70 Av. Félix Faure, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.4 (111)
    7 Rue Jean Fabre, 69002 Lyon, France
  109. 109
    4.4 (55)
    13 Cr Gambetta, 69003 Lyon, France
  110. 110
    4.4 (10)
    6 Pl. Camille Georges, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.3 (558) €€
    5 Rue Bellecordière, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.3 (173)
    1 Rue de l'Ancienne Préfecture, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.2 (378) €€
    44 Rue Franklin, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.2 (270) €€
    156 Rue Garibaldi, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.2 (249)
    45 Rue Vaubecour, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.1 (4517)
    6 Pl. des Cordeliers, 69002 Lyon, France
  117. 117
    4.1 (637) €€
    9 Rue de la République, 69001 Lyon, France
  118. 118
    4.1 (153)
    15 Pl. Jean Macé, 69007 Lyon, France
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    4.1 (145) €
    135 Av. Maréchal de Saxe, 69003 Lyon, France
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    4.1 (78) €
    95 Av. Jean Jaurès, 69190 Saint-Fons, France
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    4.1 (42)
    36 Rue Genton, 69008 Lyon, France
  122. 122
    4.0 (2338) €€
    3 Pl. Antonin Poncet, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.0 (424) €€
    28 Bd de la Croix-Rousse, 69001 Lyon, France
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    4.0 (226) €€
    85 Fnac de Bellecour, Rue de la République 2° étage, 69002 Lyon, France
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    4.0 (128) €€
    2 Rue Victor Hugo, 69002 Lyon, France
  126. 126
    3.9 (1051) €€
    112 Cours Charlemagne Pôle Loisirs - Cellule 18. 4, rue Paul Montrocet, 69002 Lyon, France
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    3.9 (683) €€
    10-12 Bd Marius Vivier Merle, 69003 Lyon, France
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    3.9 (646)
    21 Rue Thomassin, 69002 Lyon, France
  129. 129
    3.9 (110)
    58 Cr Lafayette, 69003 Lyon, France
  130. 130
    3.8 (956) €€
    6 Rue Saint-Etienne, 69005 Lyon, France
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    3.8 (428) €€
    2 Rue de la République, 69001 Lyon, France
  132. 132
    3.8 (185) €
    3 Rue Grenette, 69002 Lyon, France
  133. 133
    3.7 (2576) €€
    65 Rue de la République, 69002 Lyon, France
  134. 134
    3.7 (1729) €€
    2 Rue de la République, 69001 Lyon, France
  135. 135
    3.6 (101) €
    centre commerciale la pyramide, 2 Av. Vladimir Komarov, 69200 Vénissieux, France
  136. 136
    3.4 (16)
    34 Rue Quivogne, 69002 Lyon, France
  137. 137
    3.2 (65) €€
    3 Pl. Charles Hernu, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
  138. 138
    3.0 (1)
    41 Rue des Tables Claudiennes, 69001 Lyon, France
  139. 139
    2.2 (10) €€
    6 Rue Victor Hugo, 69002 Lyon, France

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Guide to Cafes in Lyon

Lyon's cafe culture is a highlight for digital nomads, freelancers, writers, and travelers who need a reliable spot to work, reflect, or simply enjoy a great coffee. The city's cafes range from specialty third-wave coffee shops with precision-brewed single origins to neighborhood spots with free WiFi, generous opening hours, and a welcoming attitude toward laptop workers.

Traveler Tips for Cafes in Lyon

  • WiFi etiquette: In popular Lyon cafes, it's courteous to buy something every couple of hours if you're working for extended periods. Most cafes appreciate the business.
  • Power outlets: Check whether your chosen cafe has accessible power outlets before settling in — this varies widely in Lyon.
  • Peak vs off-peak hours: Mornings (7–10am) and late afternoons (3–6pm) tend to be the best times to find good seating in busy Lyon cafes.
  • Specialty coffee scene: Lyon has several world-class specialty coffee roasters with cafes. Look for those using local or single-origin beans for the best cup.
  • Neighborhood gems: Some of the best cafes in Lyon are tucked away in residential neighborhoods, away from tourist zones. Explore beyond the center.

A cafe in Lyon is often where the best conversations happen. Solo travelers, writers, programmers, and entrepreneurs all share these spaces. Use Nomax to find other travelers who are also working from cafes in Lyon — you might find a coworking companion, share cafe recommendations, or discover a new favorite spot together.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best cafes in Lyon?

Lyon has 139+ cafes 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 cafes in Lyon on a map?

Use the interactive map on this page to see all cafes 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 cafes in Lyon?

Yes. Solo travelers in Lyon recommend arriving at cafes 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.

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