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Vegan Restaurants in Lyon

Plan a vegan meal in Lyon around seasonal dining at Like An Elephant, vegan courses at Les Mauvaises Herbes, a tasting menu at Trèfle or breakfast and brunch at ZEITGEIST Café. These four profiles bring together exact addresses, current menu links and service details, with the optional cheese course at Les Mauvaises Herbes clearly distinguished.

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Like An Elephant

Croix-Rousse slopes — Lyon 1 · Restaurant

A fully vegan restaurant on the Croix-Rousse slopes, with separate seasonal lunch and dinner menus and explicitly plant-based cheeses.

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Les Mauvaises Herbes

Jardin des Plantes — Lyon 1 · Restaurant

Seasonal vegan plates within a vegetarian restaurant, with an optional cheese course that needs a separate vegan check.

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Trèfle

Ainay — Lyon 2 · Restaurant

A fully plant-based tasting-menu restaurant in Ainay, offering four courses at lunch and seven at dinner.

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ZEITGEIST Café

Rue des Augustins — Lyon 1 · Café

A fully vegan café for breakfast plates, sweet dishes and weekend brunch, with food hours separate from café opening.

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Lyon food guide

Choose a seasonal dinner, a tasting menu or a vegan café

The selection includes three fully plant-based venues and one vegetarian restaurant with vegan dishes. Choose a café plate, restaurant lunch or tasting-menu occasion, then match the day and service to your plans.

ZEITGEIST Café

Breakfast or weekend brunch

ZEITGEIST is the morning-food option. Its November menu separates weekday breakfast dishes, later savoury dishes and a weekend brunch served 10:00–14:00.

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Like An Elephant

A seasonal vegan restaurant meal

Choose the current lunch or dinner format at Like An Elephant. The entire menu includes plant-based courses, and the optional cheese board is explicitly vegan.

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Trèfle

A tasting-menu occasion

Give Trèfle’s four-course lunch or seven-course dinner time in your itinerary. Confirm your arrival time and the current French menu when reserving.

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Areas and addresses

Find the right address for your Lyon visit

Croix-Rousse slopes

Like An Elephant is at 11 montée Saint-Sébastien in Lyon 1. Keep the street address with your reservation, especially when combining dinner with plans elsewhere in the city.

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Jardin des Plantes and Augustins

Les Mauvaises Herbes is at 3 rue du Jardin des Plantes. ZEITGEIST is a separate café address at 12 rue des Augustins; choose between a restaurant sitting and daytime café food.

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Ainay in Lyon 2

Trèfle is at 25 rue Franklin in Ainay. Reserve the intended lunch or dinner service and allow for the full sequence of courses.

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Breakfast and café planning

Plan a morning meal around the right menu

Weekday café food

ZEITGEIST’s November menu lists breakfast dishes from 09:00 and a later savoury selection from 11:30. The listed food service ends at 14:00, before the café closes.

Weekend brunch

The café’s November brunch runs 10:00–14:00 and combines savoury and sweet choices with drinks. Check the current menu and reservation link for your visit.

Before you go

Three practical checks

1. Choose the full meal format

Compare a café plate, a changing set lunch and a longer tasting menu. Trèfle serves four courses at lunch and seven at dinner; check the expected duration when booking.

2. Check optional courses

Les Mauvaises Herbes advertises vegan plates but does not identify its optional cheese course as plant-based. Ask for the complete meal and extras to be vegan. Like An Elephant labels its cheeses explicitly.

3. Use the current source and service

Trèfle’s French and English menus show different seasons, and café food can finish before closing time. Open the linked menu and confirm the chosen sitting directly.

Questions answered

Lyon vegan food FAQ

01Are all four Lyon venues fully vegan?

Like An Elephant, Trèfle and ZEITGEIST describe fully plant-based food. Les Mauvaises Herbes is labelled vegetarian with vegan dishes because its optional cheese course is not identified as plant-based.

02Where can I have a vegan breakfast or brunch?

ZEITGEIST Café is the breakfast and brunch option in this selection. Its reviewed November menu separates weekday breakfast from the weekend brunch served 10:00–14:00.

03Can I add a cheese course without asking?

Check the individual venue. Like An Elephant explicitly offers plant-based cheeses. Les Mauvaises Herbes lists a three-cheese supplement without that qualification, so confirm or omit it.

04Which Trèfle menu should I use?

The French page currently shows Autumn 2026; the English translation still shows Winter 2026. Follow the French reference and confirm the courses, format and price for your reservation.

05Do opening hours guarantee that every dish is available?

No. ZEITGEIST lists separate start times and a 14:00 food cutoff. Restaurants also have lunch and dinner formats, while a tasting restaurant’s short arrival window does not describe the meal’s duration.

06What do the map markers show?

The map includes four sourced named venue locations. They identify the premises rather than surveyed entrances. Use each written street address and check the intended service before travelling.

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