La Gavotte is a crêperie restaurant in Graslin, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Buckwheat galettes, Sweet crêpes
Tip: Service windows are short and it shuts at nine, so treat it as an early dinner rather than a late one.
Address: 25 Rue Voltaire, 44000 Nantes
Open since 2024 on the gastronomic stretch of Rue Copernic, Melon works as bistro and wine cellar with over 200 grower bottles on the shelves.
Signature: Seasonal bistro plates
Tip: The room seats 32 with 20 more on the shaded terrace, and the cellar list is drinkable at retail plus corkage.
Founded in 1986 in the historic centre of Nantes, Le Bouchon spreads several dining moods around a walled inner garden screened from the street.
Signature: Seasonal bistro plates
Tip: There is no Saturday lunch service; ask for a table in the courtyard garden rather than the front room when the weather holds.
Open since 2024 on the gastronomic stretch of Rue Copernic, Melon works as bistro and wine cellar with over 200 grower bottles on the shelves.
Signature: Seasonal bistro plates
Tip: The room seats 32 with 20 more on the shaded terrace, and the cellar list is drinkable at retail plus corkage.
A long-standing table on Rue de la Juiverie in the old town, traditional French cooking in a narrow room that turns two short services a day.
Signature: Traditional French plates
Tip: Dinner starts at 19:15 and the kitchen closes at 22:00, so a late booking here means eight rather than nine o'clock.
Chez Maman plays the family-lunch songbook in the old town of Nantes, roast meats and hachis parmentier lightened a little, served every day.
Signature: Hachis parmentier, Sunday roast plates
Tip: Bookings are taken by telephone only, between 11:30 and 15:00 and again from 18:30; groups go through the contact address.
Macoha faces the Loire from the north quay of the Île de Nantes, a brasserie room that runs later on Friday and Saturday than most of the island.
Signature: Brasserie plates
Tip: It shuts Sunday and Monday, which catches out visitors doing the Machines de l'Île at the start of the week.
Elodie and Fabien cook a card that changes every week on the Quai de Malakoff, then flip the room into a living-wine bar with tapas after six.
Signature: Weekly lunch card, House tapas boards
Tip: Lunch runs €19 for a plate up to €25 for three courses; evening service is boards and glasses rather than a full menu.
