Café Bellecour
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Lyon · Presqu'île
Cafés in Presqu'île
Bellecour, the Cordeliers and Ainay: zinc-counter cafés, tea rooms and buvettes on the Saône.
Photo: Mihai Vlasceanu, Pexels License
The Presqu'île is the tongue of land between the Saône and the Rhône, which meet south of the historic center.8 At its middle lies Place Bellecour, 300 m long and 62,400 m² in all, with François-Frédéric Lemot's equestrian Louis XIV, installed in 1825; it is often called the largest pedestrian square in Europe.1
North of Bellecour, the streets around the Cordeliers and the Jacobins hold brasseries, chain coffee shops and a few specialty bars. South of it, toward Ainay, the cafés turn into tea rooms and pastry counters: Café Mademoiselle, Café bourbon, Casita Café and Little - Petits Gateaux sit within a short stretch of Rue des Remparts d'Ainay.
Local tip: Come early on a Sunday: the Quai Saint-Antoine market runs until 14:00 with its full 121 traders, and Bistrot de la passerelle is already serving at 06:30.7
At a glance
66Cafés listed
30With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: Bistrot de la passerelle, from 06:30 (Tue–Sun 06:30–19:00).
- Closes latest: La Chapelle Café, until 02:00 (Mon–Tue 17:00–02:00).
- Most listed streets: Rue de la Charité (7), Rue des Remparts d'Ainay (5), Rue Mercière (4).
- Most common features: outdoor seating (15%), partial wheelchair access (6%), smoke-free indoors (6%).
Café de la Cloche
- Partial wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
Café Le Simone
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Smoke-free indoors
Choc'Hotelo
Cosy Coffee
Dorner Frères
- Wheelchair access
Joyeux
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
Le Dandelion
- Brunch
Little - Petits Gateaux
Lumen
- Brunch
Menthe Poivrée
Mokxa
- Wheelchair access
- Specialty
Sisters Bakery
- Wheelchair access
- Bakery café
Slake
- Outdoor seating
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
- Specialty
Caffe Nobile
Fuwa x Fuwa
- Partial wheelchair access
Jasmin
Le P'tit Vert
Bistrot de la passerelle
Bistrot Le Charité
Buvette Saint Antoine
Café Ampère
Café Arsène
Café bourbon
Café Court
Café des Jacobins
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
Café du XXe siècle
- Partial wheelchair access
Café Hôtel Dieu
Café Lyonnais
Café Mademoiselle
Café Mercière
Café Thomas
Caffe Bobar
Casita Café - Concept Store
CHA YUAN
Durden Café
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Smoke-free indoors
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Coffee chains in Presqu'île
Chain
Starbucks
- 2 Rue Victor Hugo 69002 Lyon FranciaMon–Fri 07:30–19:30 · Sat–Sun 08:30–19:30
- 65 Rue De La RepubliqueMon–Fri 07:30–19:30 · Sat–Sun 08:00–20:00
Chain
Loutsa
- 1 Place d'AlbonMon–Fri 08:30–19:00 · Sat 10:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–17:30
Chain
Rakwé
- 11 Cour du Midi
- 33 Rue JarenteMon 08:30–18:00 · Tue 13:00–18:00 · Wed–Fri 08:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:30–17:30
Chain
Columbus Café & Co
- 85 Fnac de Bellecour, Rue de la République 2° étageMon–Sat 10:00–19:00
Chain
Cotti Coffee
Chain
Kaffee Berlin
Chain
The Coffee
- Presqu'îleMon–Fri 08:30–18:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:30
Chain
Second Cup
Zinc counters on Rue de la Charité
The Hôpital de la Charité was built beside Bellecour in 1617–1622 and demolished in 1934, all but its bell tower.1 Café de la Cloche, on Rue de la Charité, keeps a painting of the old hospital, signed Vincent Callo, at the back of the room, with aged paneling, banquettes and a zinc bar that look unchanged since the 1930s.2 Folliet coffee is served at the counter.2
It opens 07:00–21:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 on Saturdays, closes on Sundays, and holds café-debates on philosophy, literature and science, with Olympique Lyonnais matches on screen.3 Farther along the same street, Caffe Nobile opens at 07:30 and stays open until 23:00 Thursday to Saturday.
Specialty bars near the Jacobins
Slake, at 9 Rue de l'Ancienne Préfecture, was founded in 2015 by Robin Perraud, who had picked up the flat white habit in New Zealand; it pours espresso, piccolos and filter by V60, Chemex, AeroPress and Kalita.4 Its 2026 menu prices an espresso at €2, a flat white at €4.50 and a V60 at €5.5
Mokxa's café at 5 Rue Bellecordière opens Monday to Saturday, from 08:30 on weekdays. Cosy Coffee, at 7 Rue Victor Hugo, keeps 08:30–19:30 from Monday to Saturday.
Buvettes and the market on the Saône
On the Saône side, Quai Saint-Antoine has a food market every morning except Monday: 44 traders from 06:00 to 13:00 Tuesday to Thursday, and 121 from Friday to Sunday, until 13:30, or 14:00 on Sundays.7
The Buvette Saint-Antoine, an open-air bar on Quai des Célestins looking across to Fourvière, burned in the early hours of 11 May 2025 and reopened on 1 August that year.6 Buvette Bonaparte, a little upriver, also seats people outdoors. For coffee before the market, Bistrot de la passerelle opens at 06:30 Tuesday to Sunday, and Le P'tit Vert on Rue Ferrandière opens at 07:00 on weekdays.
Getting around the Presqu'île
Bellecour station, opened on line A in 1978 and enlarged in 1991 for line D, is the busiest on the Lyon metro.1 The center is flat and walkable: Café des Jacobins is on Place des Jacobins, Café du XXe siècle on Rue Grenette, and Rue Mercière and Rue Ferrandière are a few steps away.
Some cafés keep office hours. Café Le Simone on Rue Vaubecour opens weekdays only, 09:30–19:30, and Le Dandelion on Rue de Condé closes at 17:00 on weekdays and 16:00 on Saturdays.
Sources
- Place Bellecour, Wikipédia (French), accessed October 2026
- Lyon : Café de la Cloche (9 April 2026), Gilles Pudlowski, Les pieds dans le plat, accessed October 2026
- Café de la Cloche, Ville de Lyon, accessed October 2026
- The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Lyon, France (Emily Sujka, 16 June 2025), Sprudge, accessed October 2026
- Menu Jacobins, Slake Coffee House, accessed October 2026
- Lyon : cette célèbre buvette rouvre enfin après un incendie dévastateur (1 August 2025), LyonMag, accessed October 2026
- Marché alimentaire Saint-Antoine / Célestins, Ville de Lyon, accessed October 2026
- Lyon, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Presqu'île cafés: questions
Where can you drink coffee at a zinc counter on Lyon's Presqu'île?
Café de la Cloche on Rue de la Charité, near Bellecour, serves Folliet coffee at a zinc bar in a room that looks unchanged since the 1930s, with a painting of the old Charité hospital at the back. It opens 07:00–21:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 on Saturdays, and closes on Sundays.
How much does a coffee cost at Slake on Lyon's Presqu'île?
On Slake's 2026 menu, an espresso costs €2, a flat white €4.50 and a V60 filter €5. The coffee bar at 9 Rue de l'Ancienne Préfecture was founded in 2015 by Robin Perraud, who took his taste for flat whites from New Zealand.
When is the Quai Saint-Antoine market on Lyon's Presqu'île?
Every morning except Monday. From Tuesday to Thursday 44 traders set up from 06:00 to 13:00; from Friday to Sunday there are 121, until 13:30 on Friday and Saturday and 14:00 on Sunday. Bistrot de la passerelle nearby opens at 06:30 from Tuesday to Sunday.
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