Le Cochon qui Boit

Le Cochon Qui Boit, at 23 rue Royale in Lyon’s 1st arrondissement, offers modern, today’s cuisine alongside a carefully curated list of natural, characterful wines. Chef Nicolas leads a kitchen of daily-changing dishes that reflect seasonality and honest flavours; vegetables arrive from two local organic market gardeners and meats are purchased as whole carcasses directly from well-regarded breeders. Tristan, long a member of the team, selects wines from here and elsewhere with a focus on free and living wines. The house holds a Bib Gourmand distinction from the Michelin Guide, and reservations and requests are handled by phone or email to preserve a human approach to service. The dining room is warm and convivial, unpretentious and welcoming, and guests may choose tables or the counter (comptoir) for convivial tasting and wine-focused experiences. The cuisine is contemporary and modern, changing day to day and emphasising honest, seasonal ingredients, and menus pair straightforward, flavour-driven dishes with a strong wine-by-the-glass, natural-wine philosophy. Specialties include petites bêtes à cornes des monts du Lyonnais with beetroot and arugula; pâté croûte of vegetables with garlic mayo; Jerusalem artichokes with lard cream and hedgehog mushrooms; Mangalitza pork from Isère with salsify and spinach; roasted Limagne duck magret with thigh sausage and fennel; and roasted cauliflower with mushroom purée and cancoillotte.