ZUCCA Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Lyon

Stayed in Hotel for a week. ( See seperate review for hotel). Reviewing breakfast and had late lunch.

Late lunch- came in late on Sunday- nothing open. Asked to have take out. Was told take out was only Mon-Fri and they only had snacking menu available.

I asked can I eat in and it took a couple of tries for the person (hostess) to recognize that yes I would like to order some food.

Order took 25 mins to place as ignored multiple times by server. It took over an hour and a half for total service- was unnecessary.

None of items come with sides and for a snacking menu- the prices were astronomical and did not match the chalk board outside. On board was listed as 10 euros and was actual 15. No sides included with the burger

Ordered a burger. Was asked how I like it and said medium. The burger came out Blue and almost steak tartare bleeding on the plate. Bread bun was super dry and stale- kept on crumbling on the plate. As was fighting jet lag and not having a single thing to eat that day, didn't have the energy to argue. Ate burger, paid and left.

Breakfast- good selection but could be executed so much better. Chicken sausages under done inside, bacon barely cooked and scrambled eggs were also barely cooked. I kept skimming the top of the scrambled eggs so it would be at least partially cooked. Pancakes were a joke, this is Europe- I am not expecting any good pancakes. Crepes may be a better choice.

Service was varied. Monday and Friday was very unfriendly and felt I was watched how many times I was going back. Plates are super small and you will go back multiple times if you do not like your food touching each other.

Tues- Thursday different servers- service was so much better.

I didn't pay for breakfast as it was included with my Bonvoy status. If I did have to pay, I probably wouldn't be back after the first time.

There is potential to be great and there is...

We ate here because it was late and this was the only restaurant open in La Cite on Sunday night around 8 pm. My wife stated with Cesar salad and I had Caponata with prawns and a soft boiled egg, both were OK, but nothing exceptional. We followed with Ravioli Veau, (Ravioli stuffed with veal and meat sauce) and Sant Ambrogio (Veal alla Milanese with pasta). Unfortunately neither were up to the standards of a first class restaurant that this wants to be. My veal was overcooked and the veal was lost in the Milanese coating. Then to add insult to injury, two mice scurried across the floor less than 10 feet from our table and the only reaction from the waiter was to close the door to the outside patio so the mice could not come into the...

Overall a 3...breakfast is where it's at, but make sure you get there early. Later in the day the people are like pigeons and the kitchen can't keep up.

Dinner service is a different issue. I've found some of the staff to be rude and inattentive, not all but more than one. The food is okay but it is extremely overpriced. Can they only do a la carte? Why are there no formulas? Are they trying to get by on the unassuming foreigner? Also, the salt grinders never have any salt in them! The wine list, especially by the glass, leaves something to be desired...I just never have a good glass while I am there.

Overall, good in a pinch, but there are much better...