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Lyon · Part-Dieu & Préfecture

Cafés in Part-Dieu & Préfecture

Lyon's main station, the Halles Paul Bocuse and the Rhône quays of the 3rd, with coffee from 06:00.

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Part-Dieu is home to Lyon-Part-Dieu, the busiest station in France outside the Paris region, with 42.4 million passengers in 2024.1 It links to metro B, trams T1, T3 and T4, and the Rhônexpress to Saint-Exupéry airport.1 A rebuilding begun in 2018 has added the Galerie Béraudier hall in June 2024 and an underground interchange in April 2025.1

West of the station, the 3rd arrondissement runs down to the Rhône around the Préfecture, and Rue Paul Bert and Avenue Maréchal de Saxe have the longest runs of cafés. The Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse, the covered food market at 102 Cours Lafayette, has stood here since 1971 and took the chef's name in 2006; 56 traders work there.2

Local tip: For an early train, Blondie at 5 Place Charles Béraudier opens at 06:00 every day; the station's new Galerie Béraudier hall opened in June 2024.1

At a glance

57Cafés listed
20With opening hours
05:30Earliest opening
01:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Donnant, from 05:30 (Mon–Sat 05:30–20:30 · Sun 06:30–20:30).
  • Closes latest: Le Café du Rhône, until 01:00 (Tue–Fri 11:00–01:00 · Sat 08:00–01:00 · Sun 08:00–17:00).
  • Most listed streets: Rue Paul Bert (6), Av. Maréchal de Saxe (3), Cr Gambetta (2).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (25%), indoor seating (16%), smoke-free indoors (12%).

Brasserie Deruelle

  • 35 Boulevard Eugène Deruelle
  • Mon–Sat 07:00–19:30
  • +33 4 78 60 01 56
  • Outdoor seating
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Coffee chains in Part-Dieu & Préfecture

Coffee at the station from 06:00

Blondie, at 5 Place Charles Béraudier, opens every day at 06:00, and Arctic Juice & Café, by the station, opens at 06:30 on weekdays and 07:00 on Saturdays. Bar Le Roussillon Tabac also opens at 06:30 on weekdays.

Rakwé runs a moka-pot coffee cart at Part-Dieu, marked by a lime neon moka pot; in 2025 Sprudge called it the only specialty coffee business to win a cart in an SNCF station.6

Sãba and the specialty bars

Sãba, at 65 Rue de la Part-Dieu by Place Guichard, serves specialty coffee, tea, homemade pastries and daily dishes made from organic, local produce.5 The company began at Bellecour in 2017, opened this second café in 2019, and added a third in the hall of the Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc hospital on Quai Claude Bernard on 12 February 2026.5

Kalia Café, at 76 Rue Mazenod, is a specialty café and bakery with a terrace, open 07:30–17:30 on weekdays. Donnant, near the station, is another specialty address.

The Café du Rhône and the Préfecture side

On Quai Victor Augagneur, the Café du Rhône occupies a building from 1902.4 Its room has been a listed historic monument since 21 December 1984 for its woodwork and painted ceramic panels of Lyon and its surroundings: Île Barbe, the Passerelle Saint-Georges, the Chaponost aqueducts, the Pont de la Guillotière and the Parc de la Tête d'Or.3 It stays open until 01:00 Tuesday to Saturday.

Nearby, the Grand Café de la Préfecture at 8 Rue Servient has tables inside and out.

Avenue Maréchal de Saxe and late hours

Rue Paul Bert has the longest run. Miam café, at number 76, opens 08:00–18:00 Tuesday to Saturday and until 17:00 on Sundays, with Le Régent next door at 78; farther east, Festin at 232 does weekday takeaway, and Gianni's Caffe is at 237.

Avenue Maréchal de Saxe has a run of neighborhood cafés: Volver at 122, Casbah Cafe at 126, Café D'Oran at 128 and Café des Deux Frères at 134, with Gnome & Rhône and its terrace at 157.

For later hours, Patchwork Café on Cours Gambetta stays open until midnight Wednesday to Friday, and L'Epicerie de Ginette on Cours Albert Thomas opens 11:00–00:00 every day.

Sources

  1. Lyon-Part-Dieu station, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Halles de Lyon - Paul Bocuse, Ville de Lyon, accessed October 2026
  3. Café, 23 quai Augagneur (notice PA00117784), Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée (POP), accessed October 2026
  4. Café du Rhône : la brasserie historique de Lyon (15 June 2020), Le Bonbon Lyon, accessed October 2026
  5. Ce coffee-shop a ouvert ses portes au coeur d'un hôpital à Lyon et le concept cartonne (Antoine Lebrun, 20 May 2026), Le Bonbon Lyon, accessed October 2026
  6. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Lyon, France (Emily Sujka, 16 June 2025), Sprudge, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Part-Dieu & Préfecture cafés: questions

Where can you get coffee early at Lyon Part-Dieu station?

Blondie, at 5 Place Charles Béraudier, opens every day at 06:00. Arctic Juice & Café, by the station, opens at 06:30 on weekdays, as does Bar Le Roussillon Tabac. Rakwé also runs a specialty moka-pot coffee cart at Part-Dieu.

What is the Café du Rhône in Lyon?

A café on Quai Victor Augagneur in a building from 1902, whose room has been a listed historic monument since December 1984. Its woodwork and painted ceramic panels show views of Lyon and around, including Île Barbe, the Pont de la Guillotière and the Parc de la Tête d'Or. It stays open until 01:00 Tuesday to Saturday.

Where is Sãba coffee shop near Lyon Part-Dieu?

At 65 Rue de la Part-Dieu, by Place Guichard. It was Sãba's second café, opened in 2019 after the first at Bellecour in 2017, and serves specialty coffee with organic, local, homemade food. A third café opened in February 2026 in the hall of the Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc hospital.

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