Délice Végétal is a bakery in Graslin, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Pistachio rolls and hazelnut chocolate cakes go first, and several Nantes coffee shops buy their pastries from here.
Address: 65 Quai de la Fosse, 44000 Nantes
Vincent Guerlais keeps his Rue Franklin shop in Nantes stocked with chocolate work and a soft gâteau nantais finished under a white chocolate glaze.
Tip: The Franklin shop opens Sunday morning until 12:30, and the house also keeps a stall inside the Talensac market hall.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais
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
Maison Arlot Cheng bakes levain breads and pastries near Les Machines de l'Île in Nantes, its gâteau nantais soaked in rum under a crisp glaze.
Tip: The gâteau nantais sells at about €3.40 a slice; soups, focaccia and pies fill the same counter at lunchtime.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais
Esthète works seasonal fruit into precise entremets on Rue Mercœur in Nantes, with a chocolate counter, a tea salon and its own gâteau nantais.
Tip: The gâteau nantais runs about €3.40 for one and €19.80 for six shares; figs and elderflower drive the late summer card.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais
Vincent Guerlais keeps his Rue Franklin shop in Nantes stocked with chocolate work and a soft gâteau nantais finished under a white chocolate glaze.
Tip: The Franklin shop opens Sunday morning until 12:30, and the house also keeps a stall inside the Talensac market hall.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais
Délicatessaine bakes largely organic patisserie on the Île de Nantes with unrefined sugar throughout, daily vegan cakes and a calm tea salon.
Tip: Low-gluten petit épeautre flour runs through part of the range, and the gâteau nantais is glazed with rapadura sugar.
Worth the queue: Gâteau nantais with rapadura glaze
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
