The Espace Sarrazin hosts meetings, training sessions, seminars, conferences and exams for 8 to 150 people in a single modular room, with catering made on site. It stands at 8 rue Jean Sarrazin, in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, near the Maison de la Danse.
Seminars and company events
The venue is a bright, air-conditioned, soundproofed space that can be laid out to suit the format and the number of participants. The team adapts the configuration for a board meeting of a few people, a training day, a seminar, a conference or an exam session, and can help with layout, equipment, service, catering and decoration.
The equipment list covers a video projector and screen, wifi, a flipchart, a whiteboard, standing tables for receptions and a sound system. The site is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility.
The particular feature of the place is who runs it. The Espace Sarrazin is the catering and event workshop of ESAT La Courbaisse, a sheltered work establishment of Adapei 69, the Lyon association of parents and friends of people with intellectual disabilities. Cooks, kitchen assistants and service staff are workers with disabilities, supervised by food-trade professionals. For a company, the site explains that purchases from an ESAT can count toward its legal obligation to employ disabled workers (OETH) and can reduce its AGEFIPH contribution. The amount depends on the nature and volume of the order; ask the team for the figures your HR or purchasing department needs.
The commercial side is handled with OSEAT, the network of six ESATs and three adapted companies run by Adapei 69 in the Lyon metropolitan area and the Rhône.
Rooms and capacities
The venue presents one modular space, configured from 8 to 150 people. The site does not publish its area, the names of separate rooms or capacities by layout (theatre, classroom, U-shape or banquet). Ask the team which configuration fits your number before you book.
Catering
Food is the core business here. The kitchen prepares three main ranges for companies: meal trays from 10 people with starter, main course, cheese and dessert; buffets from 20 people, designed as complete meals and adjustable to needs and budget; and welcome coffees and snack breaks from 15 people. A gourmet break offer was added in December 2025. Standing cocktails are also on the menu.
All formulas are pork-free by default, with a wide vegetarian choice on buffets and trays. Vegan, gluten-free and other diets are studied case by case at the quote stage. Coffee, tea and juice are included in breaks; other drinks are added as options. The workshop states that it favors fresh and local produce. The same kitchen also delivers across Lyon and the metropolitan area, so a team can use it for an event held elsewhere.
Getting there
The Espace Sarrazin is reached by tram T2 (Bachut / Mairie du 8ème), T4 (Musée Urbain Tony Garnier) and T6 (Grange Rouge / Santy), and by buses 23, 296, 32, 34, 36 and 53. The site gives about 5 minutes to Lyon Part-Dieu station, 10 minutes to the Presqu'île and 15 minutes to Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport. By road, it is close to the A43 and the Laurent Bonnevay ring road, exit Lyon États-Unis. About a hundred parking spaces are available around the building.
