Restaurant with rooms · Croix-Rousse, Lyon
People come for dinner.
Some stay the night.
Navette · one menu, five courses, €68 · Tuesday to Saturday
Navette, the restaurant
Thirty-eight covers. Most nights it's full.
One menu, five courses, €68. It changes every three weeks. No à la carte, except at the counter, for anyone who wants one plate and a glass.
Most people in the room aren't staying here. In Lyon a hotel restaurant is assumed to be for tourists. This one isn't. Book ahead, or eat at the counter.
- the menu, five courses
- €68
- the menu, five courses
- covers in the dining room
- 38
- covers in the dining room
- in the courtyard, May to September
- 16
- in the courtyard, May to September
The chef
“Lyon cooks better than anywhere in France and eats heavier than anywhere in France. Those are two different facts and people keep treating them as one.”
Camille Ferrand learned in the bouchons at sixteen, then spent six years in Copenhagen. She came back in 2022. The quenelle is still a quenelle. There is just less cream in it.
About CamilleThe rooms
Nineteen rooms upstairs, named for what the floors used to be.
The building was put up for looms, not for people. That's why the rooms are the way they are.
Fourth floor, under the roof · 7
Mansarde
Under the roof. Smaller, beamed, sloping ceilings. The cheapest, and the one we like best.
from €190 a night
Second and third floors · 9
Trame
The middle floors. Four-metre ceilings, tall shuttered windows, most of them over the rooftops.
from €260 a night
First floor · 2
Atelier
The old workshop floor. Double height, the full bank of original windows, north light all day.
from €380 a night
First floor, on the corner · 1
Grand Atelier
The corner workshop. Light from two sides, a freestanding bath under the window, its own way in from the traboule.
from €520 a night
The building, 1831
Four-metre ceilings, because a Jacquard loom is nearly that tall.
A silk workshop on rue Burdeau. Windows almost two metres tall, so the weavers could see the pattern. A traboule along the side, leading to the courtyard. None of it can be faked in a new build.
The Roof, the bar
Fourteen seats. No bookings.
Open from six. The Croix-Rousse sits above the city, and the view down over the two rivers is the best thing the building owns. First come, first seated.
Private hire
The dining room for forty. The whole building for a wedding.
The dining room takes 40 seated or 70 standing. The whole building, rooms included, usually goes Sunday to Tuesday. It's an enquiry, not a booking: we reply within two working days.
Do I need to stay here to eat here?
No. Most of the people in the room aren't staying. Navette is a restaurant open to the city, Tuesday to Saturday.
What if it's full?
Eat at the counter. Six seats, no bookings, with a short carte. Or go up to the Roof, which doesn't take bookings either.
Do you take children?
Not under 10. The dining room is small and the building carries sound. It's nothing against children; it's the building.
Is there a spa or a pool?
No. There is no spa, no gym and no pool. There is a restaurant, and it is the reason to come.
Is the hill steep?
Yes. Take metro line C to Croix-Paquet: it's the old funicular, and it does the climb for you. Then five minutes on foot.
Can I drive?
You can, but don't. No parking, narrow street. The public car park at Terreaux is at the foot of the hill. Most guests arrive by train.