22 cafe places in Nantes we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nantes | Cafe across every city.

Café Penché ★ 4.3

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Graslin · 17 Rue des Vieilles Douves, 44000 Nantes

Café Penché pours specialty coffee next to a vintage clothes shop off Place Royale in Nantes, with V60, Chemex and Aeropress brews and cakes made in house.

L'Artichaut ★ 4.4

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Decré · 8 Rue du Marais, 44000 Nantes

L'Artichaut gathers a coffee shop, a seasonal canteen and an urban art gallery into one room on Rue du Marais in Nantes, lunch served at midday.

Boëma Café ★ 4.2

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Bouffay · 3 Rue des Halles, 44000 Nantes

Boëma Café brews specialty coffee from a Breton roastery in a bright room off Rue des Halles in Nantes, brunch and focaccia lunches every service.

Horizon Café ★ 4.4

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Talensac · 38 Rue Léon Jamin, 44000 Nantes

Horizon Café works as coffee shop and bean cellar on Rue Léon Jamin in Nantes, about thirty specialty references rotating through the brew bar.

Madeleine Café ★ 4.4

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Champ-de-Mars · 7 Rue Pélisson, 44000 Nantes

Madeleine Café pours European specialty coffee in a converted warehouse in Nantes, pastries from Maison Arlot Cheng and art on the tall walls.

Tokki ★ 4.2

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Decré · 18 Rue Armand Brossard, 44000 Nantes

Tokki was the first Korean coffee shop in Nantes, pouring Cime beans beside yuja tea, red bean lattes, croffles and bowls of shaved ice bingsu.

Izi Café Jazz ★ 4.1

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Graslin · 19 Rue Voltaire, 44000 Nantes

Izi Café Jazz sells specialty coffee and jazz vinyl from one counter on Rue Voltaire in Nantes, a spare room of wood and metal built around records.

Alaïa Café ★ 4.3

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Decré · 4 Rue de Budapest, 44000 Nantes

Alaïa Café pairs a specialty coffee bar with a low-waste boutique on Rue de Budapest in Nantes, lunch and Saturday brunch from local producers.

Curieux Coffeeshop ★ 4.2

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Bouffay · 3 Allée Jean Bart, 44000 Nantes

Curieux Coffeeshop keeps a fully plant-based counter behind its specialty coffee near Commerce in Nantes, sweet and savoury alike made without dairy.

GLAZ ★ 4.3

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Talensac · 10 Rue Cacault, 44000 Nantes

GLAZ takes its name from the Breton word for blue-green, pouring Cime coffee with a daily three-dish lunch and Sunday brunch near Tour Bretagne.

Chop Chop ★ 4.2

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Decré · 11 Rue Saint-Léonard, 44000 Nantes

Chop Chop runs a two-floor coffee shop and canteen on Rue Saint-Léonard in Nantes, cooking from raw produce with locally roasted coffee at the bar.

Les Triplettes ★ 4.4

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Champ-de-Mars · 4 Bis Rue Émile Masson, 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.

Fricotte ★ 4.1

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Hauts-Pavés · 34 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes

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.

Tumbleweed ★ 4.1

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Graslin · 6 Rue Santeuil, 44000 Nantes

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.

Les Bien-aimé.e.s ★ 4.0

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Bouffay · 2 Rue de la Paix, 44000 Nantes

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.

Café sur Cour ★ 4.0

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Zola · 9 Place Louis Daubenton, 44100 Nantes

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.

Cime Café ★ 4.5

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Graslin · 4 Rue Santeuil, 44000 Nantes

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.

Chez les Crèmes ★ 4.0

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Decré · 1 Rue du Cheval Blanc, 44000 Nantes

Chez les Crèmes is the canteen and coffee shop that Anaïs and Hélène opened near Bouffay in Nantes in 2024, everything on the counter made in house.

Bam Bam Café ★ 4.0

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Hauts-Pavés · 25 Rue Adolphe Moitié, 44000 Nantes

Bam Bam Café is a neighbourhood coffee shop and canteen on Rue Adolphe Moitié in Nantes, a seasonal card with vegan pastries beside the espresso.

Saguaro Coffee ★ 4.2

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Bouffay · 4 Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, 44000 Nantes

Saguaro Coffee picked up where Canyon closed a few doors away in Nantes, pouring cold brew, affogato and coloured lattes beside grilled cheese.

Café Bouture ★ 4.0

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Decré · 90 Rue Maréchal Joffre, 44000 Nantes

Café Bouture on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes runs a café inside a plant shop, comfort food at lunch and every plant in the room up for sale.

Cime Torréfacteur ★ 3.9

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Hauts-Pavés · 20 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes

Cime roasts specialty coffee on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes every Monday and Thursday, single-origin lots scored before they reach the shelf.