Délicatessaine is a bakery in Île De Nantes, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Low-gluten petit épeautre flour runs through part of the range, and the gâteau nantais is glazed with rapadura sugar.
Address: 2 Rue Sourdéac, 44200 Nantes
Debotté folds chocolate, viennoiserie and a salon de thé into its Rue Crébillon shop in Nantes, with mascarons nantais among the house sweets.
Tip: This is the branch with the tea salon attached, and one of the few Nantes counters open on Sunday morning and again at teatime.
Worth the queue: Mascarons nantais
La Petite Boulangerie was founded by a Meilleur Ouvrier de France baker and works organic grains at Place Saint-Félix in Nantes, café tables included.
Tip: It closes on Wednesday, opens at 06:45 the rest of the week and keeps a tea salon beside the bread counter.
Worth the queue: Pain bio au levain
Pains, Beurre et Chocolat bakes organic levain loaves and AOP butter viennoiserie near the Saint-Félix canal in Nantes, and it trades on weekdays only.
Tip: The gâteau nantais here is heavy on rum and needs ordering ahead; the shop shuts entirely at the weekend.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais to order
ArnO bakes organic breads and prize-winning croissants on Rue de Verdun in the old quarter of Nantes, with everything made on site each morning.
Tip: It stands a minute from the château, which makes it the practical breakfast stop before the ramparts open to visitors.
Worth the queue: Croissant
Oldü bakes at Pont du Cens on the northern edge of Nantes, a quarter boulangerie whose gâteau nantais keeps the rum discreet and the crumb moist.
Tip: The gâteau nantais is among the cheaper ones in the city at about €2.90, with four, six and eight share formats to order.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais
Rosemary is the pastry salon two sisters run on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, classics rebuilt with herbs and spices and cut back on sugar.
Tip: Weekend brunch runs about €28 a head and needs booking; the gâteau nantais carries a rosemary note that is theirs alone.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais scented with rosemary
