Everyone who has ever reviewed this place for Yelp has given the place five stars…read more I am giving the place five stars. Do you see a trend here? * * * Like an Elephant is an insanely good vegan restaurant. There are vegan cartoons all over the restaurant. The print is fine so it takes some examination to see them all and get all the jokes. The place is very small making this a tough reservation to get. The menu is even smaller. Three choices of entree. Three choices of main course - one of which is always a vegan burger. Two choices of dessert. You frankly won't need anything else in this world. * * * A staple of Jewish vegetable cooking is a tsimmes. This is a stewed dish with carrots, apricots and lots of other orange fruits and vegetables. Like an Elephant turns this concept into a soup. Carrot veloute with apricots and subtle spices. Never have I been so in love with a carrot. Although frankly, the apricots were doing a whole lot of the talking. * * * My lovely wife had the mushroom risotto with lemon. She was head over heels in love. I had the vegan burger of the day. The burger was insanely good. Zucchini has never been put to better use. But the strange magic of the dish was their alternative to French Fries. These were plain ordinary potato wedges sauteed in olive oil, and vegan butter The same "home fries" concept you would get at an Alabama diner. But when the olive oil is really really good, and the vegan butter is better than butter from a cow ... And the potatoes have lots and lots and lots of olive oil and vegan butter ... Now you are looking at pure and unadulterated decadence. Veggie burger plates are usually just okay. This was the veggie burger and fries of midnight dreams. * * * Desserts were variations on a theme of panna cotta. It however was not the spartan desserts of good-for-you vegetables-are-for-suffering pious-vegan restaurants. These were sensuous and pleasant. But I was like a man who had found true love-making happiness And was out-like-a-light in a deep post-romantic slumber. The dessert was there, but I barely remember it * * * Magical Burger Magical Fries Magical Burger Magical Fries. And every single one of them was a healthy vegetable.

This is probably the best vegan food I have ever had! Amazing price for multiple courses and a…read morecreative menu. The kitchen was quick and the service was excellent. Definitely make a reservation and be sure to try this restaurant out.

We had a delicious raw lasagna for lunch, very well priced. We also took some brioche to go for our…read morebreakfast. Cute little place which got crowded for lunch--the wraps and bowls were already sold Out when we arrived so be sure to get there early. A short walk from the resistance museum if you're visiting. Recommend for a healthy and delicious lunch.

When your S.O. is vegan, and you're in Lyon, things could get rough. Agains The Grain to the…read morerescue. Food was great! I ordered soup, wrap & banana bread. Soup was gazpacho - tomato and cucumber. The toddler loved the banana bread. SO ordered the salad and it proved worthy and she's a hard one to please. Loved the fact that they had non-dairy based milk for my mocaccino. Service was excellent! So friendly. Highly recommend putting a book mark on this one.

Yum! I finally got to try Soline with a friend! I had a bouillabaisse with fennel and carrots,…read moreserved with rice and a side salad. A real side salad with multiple vegetables! And for dessert I had a piece of pear & almond tart - vegan and gluten free. It was all very good. My friend had a chickpea tajine that was a little spicy and served with couscous. I only had a taste but it certainly left me wanting more. I really like that this place exists and is so close to my house. I do wish they were open for evenings and weekends though. (They do serve dinner Monday - Friday but it's by reservation only.)

I'm torn between three and four stars here... Soline kinda deserves four stars just for being a…read morevegetarian restaurant in Lyon! The food is nice and it's organic, the service is friendly. It's more of a cafeteria than a restaurant but that's ok. But the food is after all just nice and nothing one couldn't make at home. It might deserve four stars for veggie-deprived France but for more vegetarian-friendly countries (i.e. anywhere but France) it's a bit disappointing, it misses the twist and some innovation. The prices range from around ten Euros for a big salad to nineteen for a set menu that includes starter, main and dessert, which I find a bit steep for what you get. So like my star dilemma, not sure if I'll go back despite everything that it has going for it.

I loved the Hank Burger in Paris, and this one was just as good. The vegan burgers are filling,…read moretasty, and reasonably priced at 8,50€. I like also that making a choice is simple--there were 5 options for sauce/topping combos. I really liked the mustard and alfalfa combo I got. The staff is also friendly, and service is quick. I would only recommend using less packaging for dining in--all our burgers were wrapped in paper when they could've easily been put on a plate. If you're looking for a quick vegan bite in Lyon city center, I highly recommend this spot!

From the owner: Hank Burger Paris Lyon 1, restaurant de burger vegan situé 5 rue Pizay vous offre de délicieux…read moreburgers vegan, nuggets et milkshakes vegan. Equipé du wifi gratuit et situé non loin de la station Hôtel de Ville, Hank Burger dispose d'un service de livraison de burgers vegan via les plateformes Eatic, Ubereats et Deliveroo et d'une salle de restauration pour manger sur place ou à emporter. Possibilité de choisir entre le petit et le grand menu, meilleur avec le steak Beyond Meat. Une option presque sans gluten est disponible pour les intolérants.

I was in Lyon for the day had looked up a few vegan restaurants but didn't make reservations as i…read moredidn't know what time we would be ready to eat. Live and learn, when you are on a super restrictive diet reservations are a must...went walking up the cathedral back down and then back up the hill to find a place to eat. Our first choice was full so we ended up eating here, which is rated top 10 restaurant in Lyon. By the time we got there it was 20:00 ish (15km of walking uphill later) we were jet lagged, tired and starved! The food was delicious but you can't be starving or in a rush...the portions are on the smaller side of things especially if it's your only meal of the day. I would recommend it but next time I'll make reservations for my number one choice i didn't get the chance to try.

The Vegetarian Food We've Had in France!…read more Well, we've only found one other place that was exclusively vegetarian. Nonetheless, the food was excellent! It looks like the menu changes regularly, so I'm not sure how helpful this will be. We each had the Minestrone soup, which was fabulous! It was a different take on what we expected, but we enjoyed it anyway! For plats we had the Buckwheat Gallette and the Assiette Gourmande. What that really means (in American food terms) is that the Gallette is kind of a savory thick patty made of vegetables and buckwheat on a bed of red cabbage and spinach in a savory asian influenced sauce. The gourmet plate was a large salad with various raw vegetables and sprouts under a delicious dressing (not too heavy); in the corner there was marinaded tofu dice and a side of french quinoa with a savory broth. Everything was very original and tasty! The clientele appeared to be mostly french hippies! The dining area is middle sized, probably seats a total of 30. Don't forget they are only do dinner on Friday and Saturday nights.

The good: Vegan (!!)…read moreTasty Spicy Cheap The bad: Service Cold burger bun Small portions Detailed version: I ordered the burger menu, which comes with a cigkofte portion as a burger, plus a side (like a little fried potato thing), and a drink (I got a bottled water. I should have tried something interesting. Next time.) The burger bun was cold, so that was weird. But the food in between the buns was tasty: cigkofte, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and flat leaf parsley. The guy asked if I wanted it spicy and I said "very spicy" so I was pleasantly surprised that there was a little kick to it. The little fried potato thing was tasty too. I would have eaten more of those. To clarify: it wasn't a fried potato. It was a potato & spice mixture inside a crispy, fried shell. Yum. There were two guys working there. One was helpful but he had a headphone in his ear the entire time I was there, which seemed a little rude. He did explain some things to me in broken English, which was helpful. The other guy barely looked at or spoke to me at all, except to take my money. Neither of them smiled the whole time. It was not the most pleasant experience. I guess when you're eating a 4 euro meal in Lyon, this is the kind of service you can expect. In short, I would probably eat there again, but I would order "to go" next time so I wouldn't have to sit in their tiny eating area watching terrible music videos on their loud TV. Also I would probably try something that wasn't the burger, like the sandwich or the actual funny shaped cigkofte portions. Possibly a review update will be impending.

We loved this place! It was our first find in Lyon, which was good since we were hungry travellers…read more A delicious spot, fully plant-based. Varied menu, complete with starters, entrees and desserts. I hadn't had cheesecake since becoming fully vegan and WOW it was really good. Arpitha helped us understand the menu concept and along with her boss, also provided a list of vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants around Lyon. Above and beyond service, delicious food, wonderful plant-based options. Definitely recommend!!

Great vegan options. I had to walk up a hill but it was totally worth it. Their carrots were the…read morecolor of salmon so I confirmed that everything was vegan and it was. Nice, homey art on the walls inside and outside. Recommended.

I found this while searching for a restaurant with good vegetarian options in the Croix Rousse…read moreneighborhood of Lyon. We were very pleased with the atmosphere and the food! We couldn't read anything on the menu (which was a chalkboard that they brought around) but an English speaking waitress talked us through it. I had what she called "the menu where you don't choose anything" which was a selection of all the vegetarian options they had that day (eight in total including Soup, Quiche, Couscous, a number of salads, hummus, cheese and others) and a dessert sampler plate of the four desserts that day. My meat-eating companion asked the waitress to bring him her favorite things had an appetizer of cheese toast with caramelized onion and herb spread and a roast chicken in sauce with rice for the entree. We both thoroughly enjoyed our meals. One note, my companion did not order a dessert and, therefore, did not get the menu/deal, so his food ended up being about 8 euros more than it would have been had he gotten the dessert. So be careful to order one of the actual menu options, not just a la carte. (This is good advice in France generally as everywhere has the "Menu" multicourse option that gets you the best price).