House signature
Sourdough
A 24-hour wild-fermented country loaf with a crackly crust and an open, custardy crumb. Made with stone-milled organic flour.
Baked fresh in Lyon
Slow dough,
Slow dough,
warm mornings.
Aurora Test Bakery is a small artisan bakery in the heart of Lyon, baking sourdough, all-butter croissants and pain au chocolat by hand — every morning, from scratch.
Our story
A small bakery with a slow way of working.
Every loaf at Aurora starts with a 24-hour wild ferment and ends on your breakfast table. We mill organic flour, tend a stone-decked oven, and bake in small batches so each boule, croissant and pain au chocolat gets the attention it deserves. No shortcuts, no preservatives — just honest bread, made by hand, the way it’s been done in Lyon for generations.
Signature bakes
Three things we make
very well.
All-butter
Croissant
Pure butter, 72 slow folds, and a morning bake. Flaky on the outside, tender and honeycomb-soft inside.
Morning favourite
Pain au Chocolat
Two batons of dark chocolate tucked into laminated dough, baked until the chocolate is just molten at the centre.
Opening hours
Come by when the oven’s warm.
We open early so you can start the day with something good. Breads come out of the oven all morning — the best selection is before 10am.
- Tuesday – Friday 7:00 – 19:00
- Saturday 7:00 – 18:00
- Sunday 8:00 – 13:00
- Monday Closed
Visit us
We’d love to see you.
Stop by the bakery on Rue des Boulangers, give us a call to reserve a special order, or send a quick message — we usually reply within the day.
Aurora Test Bakery
- Address
- 12 Rue des Boulangers
69001 Lyon, France - Phone
- +33 4 78 00 00 00
- Métro
- Hôtel de Ville — 5 min walk