Chop Chop is a cafe in Decré, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The upper floor is the quiet one and the wifi holds, which makes this one of the better rooms in Nantes for a working morning.
Address: 11 Rue Saint-Léonard, 44000 Nantes
Les Triplettes puts a pastry chef, a barista and a third friend in one Nantes room, patisserie counter in the morning and canteen at lunchtime.
Signature drink: Barista coffee with house patisserie
Tip: Lunch runs Tuesday to Friday from 12:00 to 14:30 and brunch fills Saturday from 10:30; the pastry counter is the reason to return.
Fricotte works as neighbourhood canteen, coffee shop and salon de thé on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, with pastries baked on site each morning.
Signature drink: Freshly roasted filter coffee
Tip: Dogs are welcome and the walls rotate work by Nantes artists; Friday closes early at 14:00, so plan that afternoon elsewhere.
Tumbleweed is the first fully vegan coffee shop in Nantes, a 1970s room on Rue Santeuil pouring plant-milk drinks with pastries from Délice Végétal.
Signature drink: Matcha latte with oat milk
Tip: Everything served is plant-based, and the pastries come in from the vegan bakery Délice Végétal on Quai de la Fosse.
Les Bien-aimé.e.s is a café-librairie off Bouffay in Nantes, feminist and ecological writing downstairs and a quiet tea room on the floor above.
Signature drink: Loose-leaf tea and citron de Corée
Tip: The upstairs room is the one to settle into; pastries come in from partner bakeries rather than being baked on site.
Café sur Cour hides a large courtyard terrace behind a Mellinet corner in Nantes, a daytime café that turns to tapas and concerts after work.
Signature drink: Coffee on the courtyard terrace
Tip: The terrace is set back from the street and stays sheltered; Thursday and Friday run late, with concerts in the back room.
Cime Café is the Rue Santeuil shop of the Nantes roastery of the same name, beans roasted weekly and poured as espresso, filter or sold by the bag.
Signature drink: Espresso from the house roastery
Tip: The chocolate babka and the tigré on the counter are the pairing to order, and the week's roast is sold in bags at the till.
