Cocktail bars in Nantes

18 cocktail bar places in Nantes we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nantes · Cocktail Bar across every city.

  • 19:33 Cocktail Experience

    Drink Destination cocktails rewritten every six months

    19:33 pours destination cocktails inside an Orient Express railway carriage a step off Place Graslin in Nantes, and rewrites the card twice a year.

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  • Le Labo

    Drink Tasting rums from Martinique to Mauritius

    Le Labo serves rum and creative cocktails out of beakers and test tubes on Rue Léon Blum, holding the deepest tasting-rum shelf in central Nantes.

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  • Le Maestro

    Drink Mojitos from €3.90 in raspberry, strawberry, mango and virgin

    Le Maestro is the cheap mojito counter of Nantes on Allée des Tanneurs, pouring raspberry, strawberry, mango and virgin versions with pints alongside.

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  • Prohibition

    Drink Cocktails and a long beer board

    Prohibition works a New York underground theme in a Bouffay cellar in Nantes, with cocktails and beer running to 03:30 and DJs playing from 23:00.

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  • La Maison Café

    Drink Cocktails and beer at student prices

    La Maison Café is laid out as a 1970s flat on Rue Lebrun in Nantes, six rooms from kitchen to attic with beer and cocktails at student prices.

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  • Le Sur Mesure

    Drink 32 taps split across two floors

    Le Sur Mesure runs 32 taps over two floors in the Bouffay quarter of Nantes, half the board downstairs and half upstairs, changing all the time.

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  • Le Rabelais

    Drink 29 taps weighted to Belgian and Irish beer

    Le Rabelais has poured Belgian and Irish beer on Rue du Bouffay in Nantes since 1991, with 29 taps and football on the screens most evenings of the week.

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  • Délirium Café

    Drink 20 taps in front of 420 bottle references

    Délirium Café opened on Allée Baco in Nantes in 2010 and still holds 420 bottle references behind 20 taps, with staff happy to steer a choice.

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  • Les Fleurs du Malt

    Drink 30 taps with regular brewer takeovers

    Les Fleurs du Malt puts 30 taps on Allée Commandant Charcot in Nantes and runs table service, so nobody has to queue through the happy hour rush.

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  • Bier Market

    Drink Eight taps in front of 1,200 bottles

    Bier Market is a shop and tasting bar out on Boulevard Général Pierre Koenig in Nantes, with eight taps standing in front of 1,200 bottle labels.

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  • Le Chemin de Traverse

    Drink Rotating draught from local brewers

    Le Chemin de Traverse is a small Nantes bar on Rue Bon Secours pouring craft draught from regional brewers in a deliberately low-key back room.

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  • Atomic's Café

    Drink Cocktails and draught beer

    Atomic's Café keeps a terrace on Cours Olivier de Clisson in Nantes, food through the day and live music or comedy most weeks into the night.

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  • Le Montecito

    Drink House cocktails

    Le Montecito is the gay bar of Nantes on Allée Duquesne, open six nights a week to 02:00 with regular themed evenings and bingo nights on the card.

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  • Barberousse

    Drink Shooters and planteurs

    Barberousse trades in shooters and planteurs on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes and stays open until 04:00 on six nights out of the seven each week.

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  • Havana Café

    Drink Rum-led Latin cocktails

    Havana Café runs Latin nights on Rue de la Juiverie in the Bouffay quarter of Nantes, open every evening from 18:00 straight through until 04:00.

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  • Le Bar du Lieu Unique

    Drink Drinks under the LU biscuit tower

    The bar of the Lieu Unique occupies the old LU biscuit factory in Nantes, drinking under the restored tower with concerts running through the week.

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  • AERoFAB Taproom

    Drink 23 taps of AERoFAB and guest beer

    AERoFAB Taproom took over a Hangar à Bananes unit on Quai des Antilles in Nantes in April 2025, with 23 taps of house and guest beer facing the Loire.

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  • Bubar

    Drink Unfiltered house beers poured beside the tanks

    Bubar brews on the Île de Nantes and pours the results at its bar on Rue Louis Blanc, unfiltered and unpasteurised, a few steps from the tanks.

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