The Best Japanese Food in Lyon
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The best Japanese food in Lyon, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Takao Takano comes out on top.
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Au 14 Février and Fujiyama 55 hold the next two places.
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Rank 1. Takao Takano
Japanese
A Japanese-born chef who abandoned law school to cook is either a cliché or a great origin story, and in this case the food settles the question. Takao Takano is a two-Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant in Lyon's 6th, elegant and pared back, where the cooking pairs French classicism with a Japanese instinct for restraint. The menu moves through precise, quietly inventive dishes that manage to surprise without showing off.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 2. Au 14 Février
Japanese
A Kyoto-born chef cooking a surprise tasting menu inside one of the Renaissance mansions on Lyon's most cobbled, storied street: the setup alone earns a pause. Tsuyoshi Arai holds a Michelin star for food that moves between French technique and Japanese instinct, pulling on acidity and bitterness where another kitchen might reach for richness. The room is small, the service attentive, and the menu changes with the season.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 3. Fujiyama 55
Japanese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. Mertensia
Vegetarian Japanese
Pale wood, pastel walls, and actual tree branches are doing most of the interior decorating at this vegetarian restaurant in the 6th. The chef spent serious time in Nagano, and the menu leans into miso, kombu, and shiitake alongside European produce, with seafood adaptations available for the uncommitted. It reads quietly ambitious, the kind of place where the carrot has clearly been somewhere.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant