BrunchSunday British brunch€€€23 for the Sunday formulaErdreTue 10:00-17:00; Wed 09:30-18:00; Thu-Fri 09:30-17:30; Sat-Sun 10:00-18:30; closed MonBooking obligatory for Sunday brunch
Little Britain Café on Boulevard Auguste Peneau in Nantes serves a Sunday British brunch at €23, with unlimited coffee and a trio of puddings.
Order: The savoury plate of soft-boiled eggs, spinach on brioche and house beans
Tip: Service starts at 11:30 on Sunday and the tea comes from Un grain, Une Feuille; the room is small, so book several days out.
BrunchSunday bistro brunch€€€27GraslinMon-Fri 12:00-00:00; Sat 10:30-00:00; Sun 10:30-17:30Reservations taken online or by phone
Pilgrim brunches on Sunday from its corner of Place Graslin in Nantes, a €27 sitting in a bistro that cooks à la carte the rest of the week.
Order: The set Sunday brunch, which changes with the market
Tip: Brunch service restarts on 6 September after the summer break, so check before planning an August Sunday around it.
BrunchSet-formula brunch€€€25 for the full formulaÎle de NantesWed-Fri 09:00-15:00; Sat-Sun 10:30-15:00; closed Mon-TueBooking essential; the room is small and fills early
Brunch Brunch on Rue la Tour d'Auvergne in Nantes builds its whole week around one €25 formula: two drinks, a plat, a pastry and a house dessert.
Order: The formula of two drinks, a plat, a pastry and the dessert of the moment
Tip: Weekdays open at 09:00 and are much easier to get into than the 10:30 weekend sittings, which book out days ahead.
BrunchSaturday bakery brunch€À la carte, roughly €4 to €13Île de NantesTue-Sat 08:00-19:30; closed Sun-MonWalk-in only
Maison Arlot Cheng bakes on Rue La Noue Bras de Fer in Nantes and gives Saturday over to brunch, bakery plates, cakes and coffee at the counter.
Order: A baker's plate with one of the counter cakes
Tip: The Saturday service runs from 10:00 to 14:00 and it is a bakery queue, not a table booking; the adzuki pastry is worth the wait.
BrunchSaturday Brazilian brunch€€€25 for the Saturday setÎle de NantesTue-Wed 09:00-16:30; Thu-Fri 09:00-17:30; Sat 09:30-18:30; closed Sun-MonReservations recommended for the Saturday sitting
Bahia Café brings Brazilian cooking to Rue Louis Blanc in Nantes, and the Saturday brunch runs a tapioca course between the savoury and the sweet.
Order: The tapioca course that sits between the savoury and the sweet
Tip: Brunch is Saturday from 11:30 and Saturday only; the rest of the week the kitchen works feijoada and moqueca instead.
BrunchAustralian all-year brunch€€À la carteChamp-de-MarsMon-Fri 08:00-15:00; Sat-Sun 10:00-14:00Walk-in
Melbourne Coffee near the Cité des Congrès in Nantes keeps an Australian brunch card on all year, eggs Benedict and toasts from 10:00 to 14:30.
Order: Eggs Benedict off the year-round brunch card
Tip: It opens at 08:00 on weekdays for people working nearby, so a weekday brunch here is far calmer than the weekend one.