Delicious !: Business dinners can be a delight in France! Really :)

First and foremost we chose an excellent restaurant in the heart of Vieux Lyon.

The Chef is fantastic, and the staff is notably some of the friendliest, and most well trained in the art of serving... not only in serving, but in serving Anglophones...

they really make every attempt to work with you, and not make you feel foolish.

Which, LETS face it, is important...

as if you make me feel foolish, I don't care how good your food is, I won't come back...

it's not good business... Well These Folks KNOW good business...

From the Excellent Service, Professional layout, warm hospitality, and superb kitchen, we KNEW we could take my husbands co-workers here, and they would enjoy

an Excellent French meal...

above is a bottle of their house wine, we also had a bottle of Cave St. Charles which was Superb!

A view of the painted ceiling! Isn't it lovely.. We ate indoors as the night was rainy and cool.

One fantastic thing about the French

is they respect the appetite

even that of a child.

The child's meal is brought out with the appetizer

which is perfect for a couple reasons

a) it is difficult for children to wait through the many courses of the French dinner

b) children are hungry NOW and can get ... emotional... ruining the dining experience for others

c) children can tend to eat at a slow pace and they will not feel rushed in any way!

Bon Appetite les enfant!

Escargot!

it was delicious!

I am sorry I forgot to get a photo of the "Crazy Salad"

as they call it...

because ... I have had it before, and

well, was hungry and just started eating,

and then realized....

I forgot about YOU..

sorry...

This is my lovely steak and creme potato

this is my husbands steak

it is a different cut

and was cooked differently too,

he loved it!

one gentleman's fish and potato

a different fish and green beans

beautiful ambiance

chatting after the meal

plenty of chatting,

and even photo opportunities while we "digest"

before the next course...

Oh, how he is entertaining us all with his stories!

I must say the way the French lay out their meals really makes you feel at HOME in the restaurant... Not so rushed, not at all! The waiters and waitresses in the US really do make you feel rushed... "hurry up someone else wants your table"....

This is NOT the feeling here, Our waitstaff joined in many of the dialogs,

laughing and really making merry with us

teaching us French while we helped them with their English!

A wonderful dining experience

oh NO !