Royal Indien is an indian budget eat in Bouffay, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: 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.
Address: 13 Rue Kervégan, 44000 Nantes
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.
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.
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.
