# What things cost on the menu in Lyon

Middle prices from 379 restaurant and cafe menus in Lyon, as the places' own websites showed them on 19 October 2026, beside 12 other cities.

| Item | Lyon | Across the cities |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | €2.00 (88 menus; half €1.89 to €2.32) | €1.55 to €3.30 in 13 cities |
| Cappuccino | €4.00 (49 menus; half €3.60 to €4.20) | €2.50 to €5.00 in 11 cities |
| Beer, per 0.5 l | €7.58 (122 menus; half €6.82 to €8.90) | €4.80 to €8.33 in 12 cities |
| Beer, as served | €4.50 (143 menus; half €3.90 to €5.00) | sizes differ |
| Wine, per ⅛ l | €4.57 (62 menus; half €4.00 to €5.21) | €4.06 to €5.36 in 7 cities |
| Glass of wine, as served | €4.50 (90 menus; half €4.00 to €5.88) | sizes differ |
| Margherita | €12.00 (35 menus; half €10.00 to €13.00) | €8.00 to €12.50 in 10 cities |
| Burger | €16.00 (31 menus; half €13.25 to €18.20) | €9.00 to €18.00 in 11 cities |
| Main course | €16.50 (232 menus; half €13.50 to €20.00) | €15.90 to €25.50 in 13 cities |
| Lunch, one course | €15.00 (73 menus; half €13.50 to €18.00) | €10.50 to €18.00 in 7 cities |
| Lunch, two courses | €19.50 (54 menus; half €16.92 to €23.75) | €11.80 to €19.90 in 3 cities |
| Cola, 33 cl | €3.50 (107 menus; half €2.88 to €4.00) | €2.50 to €4.50 in 9 cities |
| Still water, 50 cl | €3.30 (65 menus; half €2.50 to €3.90) | €2.63 to €4.00 in 6 cities |

## Each item, from the lowest middle price to the highest

City, middle price (the middle half of the menus, the number of menus); Lyon in bold. Beer and wine per half litre and per eighth of a litre.

- Espresso: Lisbon €1.55 (€1.34 to €2.00, 44), **Lyon €2.00 (€1.89 to €2.32, 88)**, Madrid €2.00 (€1.90 to €2.40, 53), Milan €2.00 (€1.50 to €2.00, 72), Berlin €2.50 (€2.30 to €2.90, 326), Paris €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 305), Munich €2.60 (€2.40 to €2.90, 141), Cologne €2.75 (€2.50 to €2.90, 88), Hamburg €2.80 (€2.50 to €3.00, 182), Brussels €3.00 (€2.80 to €3.50, 125), Vienna €3.10 (€2.80 to €3.40, 248), Antwerp €3.20 (€3.00 to €3.50, 63), Amsterdam €3.30 (€3.00 to €3.50, 83)
- Cappuccino: Milan €2.50 (€1.80 to €3.00, 42), Cologne €3.70 (€3.50 to €3.90, 81), Berlin €3.80 (€3.50 to €4.00, 305), Hamburg €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.20, 178), Munich €3.90 (€3.70 to €4.13, 128), Amsterdam €3.95 (€3.60 to €4.50, 77), Antwerp €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.50, 64), Brussels €4.00 (€3.70 to €4.50, 109), **Lyon €4.00 (€3.60 to €4.20, 49)**, Vienna €4.50 (€4.10 to €4.90, 200), Paris €5.00 (€4.50 to €6.00, 199)
- Beer, per 0.5 l: Munich €4.80 (€4.50 to €5.50, 165), Lisbon €5.30 (€4.08 to €6.25, 39), Cologne €5.50 (€4.95 to €6.06, 123), Berlin €5.83 (€4.52 to €6.67, 368), Hamburg €6.06 (€5.00 to €6.90, 193), Vienna €6.08 (€4.90 to €7.32, 310), Antwerp €6.40 (€5.27 to €7.18, 32), Brussels €6.82 (€6.00 to €7.58, 93), Amsterdam €7.00 (€5.80 to €8.00, 39), Milan €7.54 (€6.06 to €9.09, 40), **Lyon €7.58 (€6.82 to €8.90, 122)**, Paris €8.33 (€6.82 to €10.00, 408)
- Wine, per ⅛ l: Berlin €4.06 (€3.44 to €4.79, 266), Hamburg €4.17 (€3.44 to €5.03, 139), Vienna €4.20 (€2.93 to €5.00, 238), Cologne €4.22 (€3.53 to €4.94, 86), **Lyon €4.57 (€4.00 to €5.21, 62)**, Munich €4.88 (€3.53 to €5.63, 122), Paris €5.36 (€4.29 to €6.65, 247)
- Margherita: Milan €8.00 (€7.00 to €9.00, 52), Cologne €9.25 (€7.60 to €10.90, 70), Berlin €9.90 (€8.90 to €11.00, 231), Munich €10.90 (€9.90 to €11.90, 107), Vienna €10.90 (€9.90 to €12.00, 108), Hamburg €11.00 (€9.50 to €12.65, 105), Brussels €11.50 (€10.00 to €12.97, 67), **Lyon €12.00 (€10.00 to €13.00, 35)**, Amsterdam €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.73, 47), Paris €12.50 (€11.00 to €13.98, 110)
- Burger: Berlin €9.00 (€7.50 to €12.90, 132), Cologne €11.90 (€8.90 to €16.58, 58), Vienna €12.90 (€10.91 to €16.40, 126), Hamburg €13.90 (€9.90 to €16.90, 105), Madrid €14.00 (€12.90 to €15.00, 58), Munich €14.90 (€10.99 to €17.50, 67), Amsterdam €15.25 (€9.37 to €18.96, 80), Antwerp €15.95 (€5.45 to €22.50, 37), **Lyon €16.00 (€13.25 to €18.20, 31)**, Brussels €16.99 (€9.00 to €19.98, 86), Paris €18.00 (€15.00 to €20.00, 180)
- Main course: Berlin €15.90 (€12.90 to €21.04, 926), Vienna €16.30 (€13.50 to €19.90, 570), **Lyon €16.50 (€13.50 to €20.00, 232)**, Lisbon €16.70 (€14.00 to €21.50, 149), Cologne €17.60 (€13.00 to €22.56, 280), Munich €17.90 (€14.50 to €22.50, 447), Madrid €18.48 (€15.00 to €23.56, 252), Paris €18.80 (€15.00 to €24.00, 897), Hamburg €19.00 (€14.70 to €24.20, 477), Milan €20.00 (€15.25 to €25.00, 174), Amsterdam €21.00 (€16.71 to €25.00, 320), Brussels €21.00 (€16.83 to €27.98, 343), Antwerp €25.50 (€19.38 to €31.60, 168)
- Lunch, one course: Berlin €10.50 (€8.95 to €13.20, 67), Hamburg €11.50 (€8.90 to €12.90, 49), Munich €11.90 (€9.90 to €15.45, 59), Vienna €11.90 (€10.90 to €14.00, 78), **Lyon €15.00 (€13.50 to €18.00, 73)**, Paris €15.00 (€12.90 to €18.00, 148), Brussels €18.00 (€15.00 to €22.50, 49)
- Lunch, two courses: Vienna €11.80 (€10.50 to €13.65, 43), **Lyon €19.50 (€16.92 to €23.75, 54)**, Paris €19.90 (€16.00 to €25.00, 218)
- Cola, 33 cl: Brussels €2.50 (€2.30 to €3.00, 48), Amsterdam €3.00 (€2.75 to €3.25, 35), Berlin €3.20 (€2.66 to €3.65, 127), Cologne €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 48), Hamburg €3.50 (€2.90 to €3.90, 79), **Lyon €3.50 (€2.88 to €4.00, 107)**, Munich €3.90 (€3.50 to €4.05, 75), Vienna €4.00 (€3.50 to €4.50, 239), Paris €4.50 (€3.50 to €5.20, 322)
- Still water, 50 cl: Berlin €2.63 (€2.05 to €3.00, 66), Vienna €2.85 (€2.50 to €3.19, 50), **Lyon €3.30 (€2.50 to €3.90, 65)**, Brussels €3.50 (€2.50 to €4.85, 76), Munich €3.80 (€2.90 to €4.10, 37), Paris €4.00 (€3.00 to €4.90, 237)

## About these numbers

These are the prices printed on menus that restaurants and cafes publish on their own websites. Places with a menu online lean newer and more central than the average, so a neighbourhood café can be cheaper. A menu online can also be older than the one on the table. Sizes differ by country, so compare beer and wine on the per-litre rows; the cola and the water count only at one size, and a lunch offer by its number of courses. Each price was found on the page it came from, and a city's figure needs 30 menus. Not every city was asked for every item yet.

Every city: https://directindex.org/stats/prices
Cite: What things cost on the menu in 13 cities (The Direct Index, 20 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/prices).
Data: https://directindex.org/stats/prices.csv · Licence: ODbL