Cucina Bella can be hired in full for cocktails, buffets, seated dinners and parties, and it has a separate meeting room for workshops and team events. It is an Italian restaurant and caterer at 91 Rue Smith in the Confluence district of Lyon. The official site gives the floor area of both spaces but no guest capacity, so numbers are agreed with the team when you ask for a quote.
Seminars and company events
The Salle Confluenza covers 95 m² and is offered for weekday use. It suits meetings, seminars, training sessions and workshops. It is air conditioned and fitted with a video projector, a sound system, a paperboard and Wi-Fi. The layout is modular, so the room can be arranged for the format you plan. A team-building option is built in: the restaurant lists Mölkky and a giant Connect 4 among the activities it can set up for a group, which helps when a meeting needs a lighter second half.
The restaurant and the Confluenza room can be used together. A business lunch for a small group, a cocktail reception after a workshop or a longer program from afternoon to evening can run across both spaces. The site also mentions afterwork gatherings as a format the team organizes.
Weddings and receptions
The request form lists weddings and family events among the occasions the team handles, next to birthdays, cocktail parties and end-of-year evenings. The full restaurant, 180 m², can be hired for cocktails, buffets, seated meals and private dinners. The site states that it is available in the evening, on weekends and on weekdays. Wedding-specific services are not described, so ask what is included before planning a full ceremony day.
Rooms and capacities
Restaurant: 180 m², full hire for cocktails, buffets, seated dinners and festive evenings.
Salle Confluenza: 95 m², for meetings, seminars, training, workshops and team activities, with projector, sound, paperboard and Wi-Fi.
The quote form groups guest numbers from 10 to 25 up to more than 120, which shows the range the team expects to price. No maximum is published, and each request receives a tailored quote.
Catering
Cucina Bella is a trattoria and a caterer. The kitchen cooks Italian dishes in-house, and the team says it comes from five-star hotel service. Cocktail buffets, seated meals and dinner receptions are the formats named for events. A separate catering service takes the same cooking to other locations, and a click-and-collect service handles take-away orders.
History and setting
The restaurant has been open since 2021 in the Confluence district of Lyon. Its regular opening hours are Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., so evening and weekend events are private hire outside the normal service.
Getting there
Tram lines T1 and T2 serve the restaurant. The underground car parks Marché Gare and Centre Commercial Confluence are a short walk away. The official site states that both spaces are fully accessible to people with reduced mobility.
