Maison Grand Large can host a seminar for up to 120 people seated or 200 in conference format, a company party, a team-building day or a wedding of up to 650 guests when all spaces are combined. It is a family-run restaurant and event venue facing the Grand Large lake in Décines-Charpieu, about 15 minutes by car from Lyon, with its own kitchen and event team.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells study days, private conferences, project launches, strategy meetings, training sessions, team building, team meals, product launches and networking cocktails. The main room seats up to 120 and can be set for a conference of up to 200. Layouts include U-shape, theater, workshop islands, classroom and a round table for a small committee.
The rooms are soundproofed and air-conditioned, with a JBL professional sound system, moving-head lighting and a video projector. Outdoor spaces serve for workshops and breaks, and a day can move from a conference set-up to workshops and end with a cocktail. Nicolas, in charge of the dining room and events, is your contact.
Weddings and receptions
Five spaces are offered for weddings, indoors and outdoors, for 20 to 650 guests, with catering by the house. The terrace under the plane trees, facing the lake, takes a dinner or a reception, a pergola suits the wine of honor, and the covered garden area takes large parties. Services include a secure play area for children, table football, giant wooden games, mölkky, pétanque, table tennis, darts, a photo booth, braziers, a lounge area, a DJ, a host or a mentalist.
The venue also hosts birthdays, christenings, family parties, retirement parties and private evenings.
Rooms and capacities
The intimate indoor room takes 70 to 80 people. The main reception room seats up to 120. The panoramic terrace takes up to 180 guests; the wedding page gives 250 places for the large terrace. The covered Garden Party area, with pétanque courts, takes up to 350. All spaces together take up to 650. The site has eight pétanque courts, and all spaces are on one level with access for guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
Catering is done in-house. Chef Maria Gharbi, a graduate of the Institut Paul Bocuse, cooks three specialties: Syrian, Italian and traditional French, homemade from short supply chains. For a seminar, the house serves a welcome breakfast with artisanal Alain Milliat juices and pastries, coffee breaks, seated lunches, buffets and closing cocktails. Theme meals include braziers, giant paella and spit-roast pig. The restaurant also makes 45 flavors of artisanal ice cream.
History and setting
The house began as a 1940s riverside dance hall and has been run by the Gharbi family since 1997. The mother, from Aleppo, has handed over to her son and two daughters: Maria in the kitchen, Eugénie on the accounts and Nicolas in the dining room and events. The setting is green and quiet, facing the lake, away from homes, near the Anneau Bleu park, a kayak rental center and the Groupama Stadium.
Getting there
The address is 60 rue Francisco Ferrer, 69150 Décines-Charpieu. The venue sits at exit 6 of the Rocade Est ring road, about 20 minutes by tram from Lyon Part-Dieu station and about 10 minutes from Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport. More than 100 parking spaces are available nearby. There are no bedrooms on site.
