Chromosome is a french budget eat in Île De Nantes, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Three-course weekday lunch
Tip: It shuts for the summer and reopens on 1 September, so August visitors need another plan on the island.
Address: 6 Promenade Europa, 44000 Nantes
Moloss builds proper casse-dalle sandwiches near Feydeau in Nantes at €9.50 apiece, or €11.50 to €15 once you add the sides that make it a full lunch.
Signature: Casse-dalle sandwiches
Tip: Only Thursday and Friday get an evening service; the rest of the week the shutters come down at half two.
A banh mi counter on Rue Maréchal Joffre working straight through from noon to nine, filled baguettes to eat in or carry off with bubble tea.
Signature: Banh mi, Bubble tea
Tip: Continuous service means it covers the gap between two and seven when most Nantes kitchens are shut.
Greengrocer and weekday lunch counter in one, near the Talensac market, with a card that turns over weekly and a burger that never leaves it.
Signature: Weekly lunch card, Burger with house frites
Tip: Cooked lunches are weekday midday only; outside that the shop side sells produce, and the queue moves quickly before one o'clock.
A small Chinese ravioli counter off Place du Commerce in Nantes, where a plate of pork and lotus-root ravioli runs €7.90 and the soup bowls cost the same.
Signature: Pork and lotus-root ravioli, Ravioli in soup
Tip: It shuts Thursday and Sunday rather than Monday, which catches out anyone assuming a French rhythm here.
A burger counter tucked on Rue des Échevins behind the Bouffay lanes in Nantes, two tight services a day and a kitchen that shuts Sunday and Monday.
Signature: Burgers, House frites
Tip: Lunch runs only two hours, so arrive before one; the room seats very few and there is no terrace outside.
Liège waffles and a cheap midday formule beside the Tour de Bretagne, eat in or carry out, with Belgian frites and paninis on the same counter.
Signature: Liège waffles, Midday formule, Panini andalou
Tip: Service runs straight through to seven, which makes it one of the few afternoon options in this part of Nantes.
