Le Rabelais is a bar in Bouffay, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: No kitchen
Tip: Tripel Karmeliet and Kwak are both on draught; the room fills fast on match nights, so arrive before kick-off.
Address: 3 Rue du Bouffay, 44000 Nantes
Atomic's Café keeps a terrace on Cours Olivier de Clisson in Nantes, food through the day and live music or comedy most weeks into the night.
Signature drink: Cocktails and draught beer
Food: Food served through the day
Tip: It opens from noon, so it works as a daytime terrace as well as a late one; check what is programmed before you go.
Le Montecito is the gay bar of Nantes on Allée Duquesne, open six nights a week to 02:00 with regular themed evenings and bingo nights on the card.
Signature drink: House cocktails
Food: No kitchen
Tip: Monday is the one dark night; the room sits a short walk from Bouffay if you are moving between bars.
Délirium Café opened on Allée Baco in Nantes in 2010 and still holds 420 bottle references behind 20 taps, with staff happy to steer a choice.
Signature drink: 20 taps in front of 420 bottle references
Food: No kitchen
Tip: Tell the bar what you usually drink rather than reading the whole board; the bottle list changes faster than the taps.
Les Fleurs du Malt puts 30 taps on Allée Commandant Charcot in Nantes and runs table service, so nobody has to queue through the happy hour rush.
Signature drink: 30 taps with regular brewer takeovers
Food: Bistro lunches, charcuterie boards at night
Tip: Tap takeovers hand the whole board to one brewer; sofas and long shared tables make it a group room.
Bier Market is a shop and tasting bar out on Boulevard Général Pierre Koenig in Nantes, with eight taps standing in front of 1,200 bottle labels.
Signature drink: Eight taps in front of 1,200 bottles
Food: No kitchen
Tip: It closes far earlier than the centre-city bars, so treat it as an early stop or a bottle run home.
Le Chemin de Traverse is a small Nantes bar on Rue Bon Secours pouring craft draught from regional brewers in a deliberately low-key back room.
Signature drink: Rotating draught from local brewers
Food: No kitchen
Tip: It runs later than most of the west-side bars, to 02:00 six nights a week and midnight on Sunday.
Atomic's Café keeps a terrace on Cours Olivier de Clisson in Nantes, food through the day and live music or comedy most weeks into the night.
Signature drink: Cocktails and draught beer
Food: Food served through the day
Tip: It opens from noon, so it works as a daytime terrace as well as a late one; check what is programmed before you go.
Le Montecito is the gay bar of Nantes on Allée Duquesne, open six nights a week to 02:00 with regular themed evenings and bingo nights on the card.
Signature drink: House cocktails
Food: No kitchen
Tip: Monday is the one dark night; the room sits a short walk from Bouffay if you are moving between bars.
