Culina Hortus — Restaurant in Lyon

Let's just say it matched my expectations in all regards! The food was exceptional, the plating was beautiful and the service was differential. Our Indian family of vegetarians had never tried anything like this and it was a unique and memorable experience in multiple regards. We really enjoyed the food and how intricately things were prepared. The amount of care in the food really shines!

We had requested no eggs as part of our allergy restriction and it was a bit disappointing that the server was impatient at explaining how the food was going to be served due to this change. Until the food came for all the courses, we weren't even sure if my parents who had egg restriction will get an alternative course. Overall the service became smoother, but it really felt like we were bothering them by making that intial request. I loved the food but with such incidents, it slightly sours your experience and makes it less enjoyable. We are not from Lyon so we didn't know if we were being treated differently for not understanding the cultural etiquettes or simply that's...

I'm not sure we're to start, but it is definitely a recommended place to discover if you like vegetarian food. First the place. Beautiful with great attention to detail with a lot of wood and natural materials, fitting it perfectly with the food . You are in a "earthy" place, ready to eat sophisticated dishes from nature earth. The concept is based on a series of dishes, 7 at lunchtime, and 10 at supper time that you discover along the way. Every dish comes with a precise explanation from the waiter, whichever goes into the concept or the type of flavours that the chef was looking for. Without going into everything dish, we tried explosive mushroom cream, jerusalem artichokes, panne smoke salted butter, and many more savours new to us. Somme are more exotic or tastier than others, but no lack of new experiences. Also very accomodating with food restritions as I asked not to have any wine in my dishes and they just find good alternative solutions It's definitely something to try, enjoy, or...

We visited for lunch. The service was good, the tasting menu was also quite creative. Cannot say it was mind blowing, but good overall.

My biggest issue was that I got drenched in red wine from the neighbouring table. We had to change tables as the area was soaking wet. The staff put us on another table however, they did not offer any compensation. There was a dish on my table when this happened and unfortunatley I had to eat it cold and had some wine in it from the accident. The manager, Jeanne, provided me with her email address and told me if I need a witness statement I can email her. I emailed her but never heard back from her. My critique is that the tables are way too close to each other, its too claustrophobic. I can understand why such accidents happen. I was the unfortunate beneficiary of the wine dousing but regardless was not provided any compensation for the clothes or handbag from...