Astral

Rating: 14.5
Author: Gault&Millau

14 Rue Royale, 69001 Lyon, France

14.5/20
Chef's Restaurant

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Location: Lyon
Chef: Ronan Lavillaugouet
Cooking: French | Gastronomic
Style: Elegant, Romantic

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

39 to 120

Gault&Millau's review 2026

14,5/20

Chef's Restaurant

Right in the center of Lyon, on Rue Royale, chef Ronan Lavillaugouet offers majestic traditional dishes with a touch of originality. Scallops in two ways: snacked and generously covered with truffle, and carpaccio under a hearty cushion of black radish. Three ways of squab, with superb presentation and deep flavors. We wish this starter had been available as an à la carte dish, so much did we enjoy it. Beef Wellington benefits from a superb vegetable sauce, as does red mullet drizzled with a gourmet Choron sauce. These powerful yet controlled sauces bring out the best in carefully selected products. Dessert rounds off this high-flying meal with a bang: the chef takes us on a journey into the depths of winter, with the crackling under our teeth of a chocolate tuile that reproduces in the mouth the muffled sound of footsteps in the snow, a financier and a comforting hazelnut praline, all lightly twisted with white fir. Warm, professional service and a fine wine list make it clear that this restaurant is clearly in the big league.