Le Café du Marché is a french bistro budget eat in Champ De Mars, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Kig ha farz on Tuesday, Couscous on Wednesday, Tête de veau
Tip: Doors open at 07:20 for the market crowd; Thursday and Friday are the only evenings served, with tapas boards from 18:30.
Address: 2 Rue de Mayence, 44000 Nantes
On the leafy Place Canclaux west of the Nantes centre, this bistro runs without a break from eight in the morning to half past nine, weekdays only.
Signature: Plat du jour, Weekday lunch card
Tip: The kitchen serves between noon and half two; outside that it works as a café, and the last drink goes out at nine.
Royal Indien holds a narrow room on Rue Kervégan in the Feydeau quarter, tandoori grills and curries served six days a week at modest prices.
Signature: Tandoori grills, Curries, Naan
Tip: Both services run long, noon to half two and seven to half ten, so it covers late arrivals off the train.
A plain Vietnamese and Thai canteen on Rue Bon Secours where the prawn and beef bo bun costs €13.50 and service starts at eleven in the morning.
Signature: Bo bun with prawns and beef, Vietnamese and Thai plates
Tip: Friday and Saturday run to half eleven at night, unusually late for this stretch between Feydeau and Bouffay.
Beside the Machines de l'Île, dubble builds grain and pulse salad bowls, hot bowls and poke from €10, with house juices and weekday breakfast.
Signature: Salad bowls, Hot bowls, Poke bowls
Tip: Ordering ahead on the operator's site skips the midday queue, which builds fast with the island's office crowd.
Jérôme's bistro on Rue Desaix trades on the plat du jour, generous simmered family cooking at prices that keep the room full every weekday lunch.
Signature: 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.
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.
