Macoha is a french brasserie restaurant in Île De Nantes, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Brasserie plates
Tip: It shuts Sunday and Monday, which catches out visitors doing the Machines de l'Île at the start of the week.
Address: 8 Quai François Mitterrand, 44200 Nantes
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.
Casa Cruz cooks Portuguese street food on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes, chicken grilled to order with house frites and local baker's bread.
Signature: Grilled chicken, House frites, Fresh steak haché
Tip: It only opens Wednesday to Sunday and lunch is the busier service; takeaway orders go through the operator's own ordering page.
Sen's works the Vietnamese canon from a small room off Rue Sainte-Croix, pho bo and bun cha Ha Noi alongside plates of assorted spring rolls.
Signature: Pho bo, Bun cha Ha Noi, Assorted spring rolls
Tip: The kitchen runs a shorter summer timetable, so ring ahead in August; evening service ends at half nine sharp.
A few steps off Place du Commerce, Atlas serves home-style Moroccan cooking, a spread of couscous and tagines plus charcoal grills, halal and vegetarian.
Signature: Couscous, Tagines, Charcoal grills
Tip: It is one of the few kitchens in central Nantes open both services every day, including Sunday evening.
Chaiyo has held its corner of Rue Armand Brossard for years, cooking Thai and Lao dishes for a room that fills fast on Friday and Saturday nights.
Signature: Thai curries, Lao-influenced salads
Tip: Sunday is lunch only and Monday is closed; dinner service does not begin until half seven, later than most of the quarter.
Between the cathedral and Place Saint-Pierre, Nota Bene bakes a pizza pitched between Roman and Neapolitan on organic flour and natural leaven.
Signature: Pizza between Roman and Neapolitan, Truffle pasta, House tiramisu
Tip: It doubles as an Italian grocery, so the burrata and tartufo pizzas use the same stock sold over the counter.
