Maison Arlot Cheng is a brunch brunch spot in Île De Nantes, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must 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.
Address: 36 Rue La Noue Bras de Fer, 44200 Nantes
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.
Le Zed République on the Île de Nantes runs a €25 Sunday brunch, from viennoiseries and jam to charcuterie and mini-burgers, bread served à volonté.
Order: The mini-burgers, the house speciality carried over into brunch
Tip: The sitting is a tight two and a half hours from 11:30, so arrive at the start rather than drifting in at midday.
O Deck brunches on a barge moored at Quai Fernand Crouan in Nantes, a Sunday buffet eaten behind glass with the Loire running past the window.
Order: Whatever is on the seasonal buffet, including the vegan desserts
Tip: Ask for a table on the river side when booking; the glazed wall is the whole point of eating here rather than on shore.
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.
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.
GLAZ on Rue Cacault in Nantes gives its Sunday over to a €25 brunch, brioche perdue and tartines from a café that bakes everything in house.
Order: Brioche perdue, in whichever version is on that week
Tip: The formula covers drinks, a viennoiserie, tartines, an egg and a plat; Thursday to Saturday it reverts to a straight café.
Mimosa on Rue Fénelon in Nantes cooks homemade brunch plates from seasonal, local produce every day of the week, pancakes and salmon leading.
Order: Pancakes, or the salmon plate off the seasonal card
Tip: Weekends run three hours longer than weekdays, to 18:00, which makes it one of the few late-afternoon brunch rooms in the centre.
Le Zed République on the Île de Nantes runs a €25 Sunday brunch, from viennoiseries and jam to charcuterie and mini-burgers, bread served à volonté.
Order: The mini-burgers, the house speciality carried over into brunch
Tip: The sitting is a tight two and a half hours from 11:30, so arrive at the start rather than drifting in at midday.
O Deck brunches on a barge moored at Quai Fernand Crouan in Nantes, a Sunday buffet eaten behind glass with the Loire running past the window.
Order: Whatever is on the seasonal buffet, including the vegan desserts
Tip: Ask for a table on the river side when booking; the glazed wall is the whole point of eating here rather than on shore.
