Vegetarian tasting plate
طبق نباتي
Hommos, Moutabbal, Tabbouleh, falafel, spinach fatayer, vine leaves — the vegetal soul of Lebanese cuisine, all on one plate.
Our philosophy
A cuisine cooked
as if at home.
Authentic Lebanese cuisine, prepared day after day with the gestures learned back home.
Trained chef
Formally trained in Lebanese cuisine, the chef has been making the same gestures for fifteen years.
Daily produce
Chosen fresh, day by day. No stock, no shortcuts.
A family
One kitchen, a couple at the stove and in the dining room. Since 2010.
Like at home
The chef cooks as if cooking for his own. No detours.
Layali◆The Nights of Beirut
A family kitchen,
made with the heart.
Since 2010 · 38 rue du Dauphiné · Lyon 3
Worth knowing
Three dishes to begin with.
Chich Taouk
شيش طاووق
Chicken skewers marinated in yoghurt, lemon and herbs — grilled over charcoal, served with white garlic sauce and homemade fries.
Beef Chawarma
شاورما لحم
Thin slices of beef and lamb marinated in seven spices, slow-roasted on the spit, served in a sandwich or on a plate.
The menu
From Beirut
to your table.
Generous mezze, flame-grilled dishes, syrup-soaked pastries. The menu changes with the seasons and the daily catch.
Set menus
القوائم- Plate of the day — lunch set menu18 €
- Layali Beyrouth — lunch & dinner30 €
- The Royal Beyrouth — lunch & dinner35 €
Cold mezze
مقبلات باردة- Hommosحمص10 €
- Moutabbalمتبل10 €
- Tabboulehتبولة10 €
- Moujadaraمجدرة10 €
- Labnehلبنة10 €
- Warak Enabورق عنب10 €
- Monk's Salad15 €
- Fattoushفتوش18 €
Hot mezze
مقبلات ساخنة- Kebbe balls — 4 pcsكبة12 €
- Beef Samboussekسمبوسك لحم12 €
- Cheese Samboussekسمبوسك جبنة12 €
- Fatayerفطاير12 €
- Falafel — 4 pcsفلافل12 €
- Hommos Chawarma15 €
- Haloumi cheese15 €
Mains & grills
أطباق ومشاوي- Tasting plate24 €
- Vegetarian plate24 €
- Kafta — 2 skewersكفتة24 €
- Chich Taouk — 2 skewersشيش طاووق24 €
- Lamb skewersلحم خروف25 €
- Beef Chawarmaشاورما لحم25 €
- Mixed grill — 3 skewers27 €
Lebanese pastries
حلويات- Baklawa — by the pieceبقلاوة3 €
- Nammoura3 €
- Katayef3 €
- Mouhalabiehمهلبية8 €
- Assortment — 3 pcs8 €
View the full menuMezze to share, Lebanese wines and aperitifs on the full menu.
The experience
Like coming home.
At 38 rue du Dauphiné, you walk in as if returning home. A dining room that smells of olive oil and lemon, a kitchen where the chef's hands have traced the same gestures for fifteen years, dishes that look like postcards from Lebanon.
Layali means The Nights — and those nights, you don't need to board a plane to find them again.
The heritage
Fifteen years, two hands, one kitchen.
Layali opened its doors at 38 rue du Dauphiné in May 2010. A name chosen with care: Layali, in Arabic, means The Nights — those Beirut nights when you eat late, share for hours, tell stories between two mezze.
For fifteen years, the same kitchen, the same couple. The chef, formally trained in Lebanese cuisine, prepares every dish as if cooking for his own. His wife watches over the dining room, welcomes, advises, asks after the regulars. No rotating team, no menu adjusted to staff hours — just two people doing what they do best.
Ingredients are chosen day by day. The recipes haven't moved. It is the guests who have come from further and further away — first from the neighbourhood, then from Geneva, Paris, wherever word of mouth has travelled.
Every dish tells a story. And those stories aren't for sale.
Visiting Layali
Three ways
to spend a good evening.
Book a table
Online booking, from lunch to dinner. Groups up to 30 people on request, with an adapted menu.
Delivery & Click and Collect
Order online for delivery or pick up your meal at the time that suits you.
Find us
38 rue du Dauphiné, 69003 Lyon
Mon–Sat · 12–2 PM / 7–11 PM
Free street parking
Mercière car park, 5 min walk
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What our guests
have to say.
Fifteen years of welcoming Lyon and far beyond. A few words left by those who have taken a seat at our table.
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Life at Layali,
day after day.
Daily dishes, the chef's gestures, dining room moments, seasonal additions. What comes out of the kitchen also tells its story in images.
@layali_beyrouthQuick questions
Want to know before you come?
Do you offer vegetarian options?
Yes. The vegetarian tasting plate is one of our signatures, and most cold and hot mezze are vegetarian. Just ask at the table — we'll happily adapt.
Do you take groups?
Yes, up to 30 people by reservation, with an adapted menu. For groups, ask us for a quote — we build the menu with you.
Do you deliver?
Yes, via Uber Eats and Deliveroo in Lyon and surroundings. For takeaway without platform fees, you can also order in-store or by phone.
Is there parking?
Free street parking on rue du Dauphiné and nearby streets. For more peace of mind, the Mercière public car park is a 5-minute walk away.