Le Bistro des Enfants Nantais is a french bistro budget eat in Malakoff, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Plat du jour, House desserts
Tip: Dinner happens on Friday and Saturday only, and the kitchen stops at nine; weekday lunch is the service the regulars book.
Address: 4 Rue Desaix, 44000 Nantes
The €8 midday formule at Ker Breizh buys a savoury galette, a sweet crêpe and cider or coffee, on organic Breton flour and Vendée free-range eggs.
Signature: €8 lunch formule, Scallop galette, Salted butter caramel crêpe
Tip: Reserve even at lunch, the room is small and fills; the house cider is made for them near Quimper under the Grain de Pomme label.
A cooperative vegetarian canteen off the Cours des 50 Otages in Nantes, where the bowl of the day costs €12, the burger €10 and small plates from €3.
Signature: Bowl du moment, Burger du moment, Houmous
Tip: It runs suspended meals through the Le Carillon network, so you can prepay a plate for someone who needs one.
Lunch at this Beaulieu canteen on the Île de Nantes costs €11.50 for a starter, a main and a dessert, weekdays only and outside school holidays.
Signature: Three-course weekday lunch
Tip: It shuts for the summer and reopens on 1 September, so August visitors need another plan on the island.
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.
