21 french bistro places in Nantes we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nantes | French Bistro across every city.
Lulu le Bistrot ★ 4.4
Île de Nantes · 6 Mail du Front Populaire, 44200 Nantes
Lulu le Bistrot is Ludovic Pouzelgues's relaxed second room on the Île de Nantes, bistro classics and Vendée snails under six-metre ceilings.
Le Petit Boucot ★ 4.3
Graslin · 3 Rue Lekain, 44000 Nantes
Le Petit Boucot seats just 24 covers in the Graslin quarter of Nantes, working a weekly-changing card of creative plates built on seasonal produce.
L'Éphémère ★ 4.2
Decré · 81 Rue Maréchal Joffre, 44000 Nantes
L'Éphémère runs organic, zero-waste bistronomy on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes, a chef, pastry chef and mixologist trio behind the €25 menus.
Le Reflet ★ 4.4
Decré · 4 Rue des Trois Croissants, 44000 Nantes
Le Reflet, founded by Flore Lelièvre in 2016 in Nantes, staffs half its bistro team with people with Down syndrome, Luna Vicariot leading the kitchen.
Balthazar ★ 4.3
Graslin · 6 Rue Santeuil, 44000 Nantes
Balthazar is a bistro in the Graslin quarter of Nantes serving aged meats, kidney sautés and saucisse au Muscadet against a Loire-leaning cellar.
Le Lion et l'Agneau ★ 4.1
Champ-de-Mars · 40 Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
Le Lion et l'Agneau on Rue Fouré in Nantes cooks southwest-leaning bistro food, rotisserie birds and gravlax among it, against a broad and fair cellar.
La Cachette ★ 4.1
Bouffay · 2 Rue du Refuge, 44000 Nantes
La Cachette hides on Rue du Refuge in Nantes with one daily fixed-price menu, half of it vegetarian or vegan, and a doggy bag for skipped courses.
Bibou ★ 3.9
Île de Nantes · 4 Quai Hoche, 44200 Nantes
Bibou runs as bar and bistro together on Quai Hoche in Nantes, serving hearty plates from morning coffee through to a long weekday apéritif.
Magnum ★ 3.8
Île de Nantes · 48 Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc, 44200 Nantes
Magnum runs bistro classics, rotisserie meats and matchstick frites on the Île de Nantes, open from morning coffee through to the last digestif.
Au Petit Raphaël ★ 4.5
Hauts-Pavés · 100 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes
Au Petit Raphaël is a couple-run bistro on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, careful cooking on regional produce at €27 for three courses at lunch.
Le Bouchon ★ 4.2
Bouffay · 7 Rue Bossuet, 44000 Nantes
Founded in 1986 in the historic centre of Nantes, Le Bouchon spreads several dining moods around a walled inner garden screened from the street.
Bistro Melon ★ 4.2
Graslin · 6 Rue Copernic, 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.
La Reine Margot ★ 4.1
Bouffay · 8 Rue de la Juiverie, 44000 Nantes
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.
Chez Maman ★ 4.0
Bouffay · 2 Rue de la Juiverie, 44000 Nantes
Chez Maman plays the family-lunch songbook in the old town of Nantes, roast meats and hachis parmentier lightened a little, served every day.
Kessecet ★ 4.1
Malakoff · 40 Quai de Malakoff, 44000 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.
Chez ta mère ★ 3.9
Decré · 4 Rue des Deux Ponts, 44000 Nantes
An all-day room near the Tour de Bretagne that opens at eight in the morning and keeps going past midnight, French comfort cooking throughout.
Voyage Voyage ★ 4.0
Bouffay · 5 Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, 44000 Nantes
A bistro on Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville that runs later than most of Bouffay, lunch on three days and a kitchen open until two on Friday and Saturday.
Les Chants d'Avril ★ 4.4
Champ-de-Mars · 2 Rue Laënnec, 44000 Nantes
Les Chants d'Avril is a 1950s corner bistro by Champ de Mars in Nantes, Christophe François's mystery menus set against Véronique's Loire cellar.
Le Café du Marché ★ 4.0
Champ-de-Mars · 2 Rue de Mayence, 44000 Nantes
A worker's table since Pierre and Marie Le Nay took it over in 1946, on a weekly rota: kig ha farz Tuesday, couscous Wednesday, then tête de veau.
Le Canclaux ★ 3.8
Zola · 7 Place Canclaux, 44100 Nantes
On the leafy Place Canclaux west of the Nantes centre, this bistro runs without a break from eight in the morning to half past nine, weekdays only.
Le Bistro des Enfants Nantais ★ 4.0
Malakoff · 4 Rue Desaix, 44000 Nantes
Jérôme's bistro on Rue Desaix trades on the plat du jour, generous simmered family cooking at prices that keep the room full every weekday lunch.