Tasting menus, Michelin stars and the chefs redefining Nantes.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Nantes.
LuluRouget in Nantes is Ludovic Pouzelgues's Michelin-starred room on the Île de Nantes, running surprise menus built on La Turballe and Le Croisic fish.
Tip: Menus are trust-the-chef only, in three to seven courses; the 2026 guide renewed the star, so book well ahead.
Le Manoir de la Régate sits on the Erdre in north Nantes, where Mathieu Pérou holds a Michelin star and green star for menus rooted in river and garden.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday but the house opens for lunch on public holidays; ask for the Erdre-facing windows.
Les Cadets in Nantes is the Bernabé brothers' Michelin-starred room on Rue des Hauts Pavés, an iodine-led lunch menu and carte blanche dinners.
Tip: Lunch runs €41 Tuesday to Friday; evenings are carte blanche in five or seven courses and need booking.
L'Atlantide 1874 Maison Guého overlooks the Loire from Chantenay in Nantes, Jean-Yves Guého's Michelin-starred house for fish and Loire wines.
Tip: The house closes for annual summer congés for roughly the first three weeks of August; ask for a terrace table, where the view runs out over the river mouth.
Freia cooks in a rooftop greenhouse above the Malakoff car park in Nantes, where Sarah Mainguy earned a Michelin star for plant-led, Nordic-edged menus.
Tip: Annual closure runs 1 to 15 January; climb the outside staircase and follow the lights, or take the lift to the sixth floor.
Omija on Rue Fouré in Nantes is Romain Bonnet's Michelin-starred counter, blind menus crossing French technique with Korean and wider Asian flavours.
Tip: Tables cap at six guests and the menu is blind, so flag allergies when you book; there is no dinner on Wednesday.
Roza faces the natural history museum in Nantes, Jean-François Pantaleon's gastronomic bistro, which held a Michelin star from 2021 to 2024.
Tip: Weekday-only service is unusual for the level; the €29 lunch is the smart way in and dinner menus run €40 to €45.
Sépia on Quai de Turenne in Nantes is Top Chef alumna Lucie Berthier Gembara's room, tasting menus led by vegetables, organics and natural wine.
Tip: Seatings are short windows around 20:00; the kitchen handles vegan menus from starters through petits fours on request.
Gwaien, Breton for Audierne, is Jérémy Guivarch's seafood dining room in Nantes, where over 90 percent of the fish is landed by sustainable boats.
Tip: There is no dinner service on Wednesday; the name is the Breton word for the chef's home port of Audierne.
Pickles has run gastronomic menus in Nantes since 2014, British chef Dominic Quirke rewriting the card every three weeks around local producers.
Tip: Menus change every three weeks and a vegetarian version exists at every course; Tuesday is dinner only.
Song, Saveurs et Sens near Place Graslin in Nantes plates Nhung Phung's Vietnamese and Thai-leaning cooking in a calm room off Rue Santeuil.
Tip: The house closes for the first three weeks of August; the chef also teaches Asian cooking classes on site.
L'Abélia seats its market-set menus in a 1900 mansion with a garden on Boulevard des Poilus in Nantes, dégustation dinners at unstarry prices.
Tip: The house closes for annual congés for about ten days in mid August; in fine weather ask for the garden terrace rather than the dining room.
Lamaccotte on Rue Saint-Denis in Nantes cooks seasonal, producer-led menus under Guillaume Maccotta, with Zoé Wastiaux now heading up the kitchen.
Tip: The room stays open right through August, rare in Nantes; Zoé Wastiaux has led the kitchen since March 2026.
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.
Tip: Dinner happens only on Thursday and Friday; lunch menus start at €20, dinner runs €38 to €48.
Editor picks in Nantes include LuluRouget, Le Manoir de la Régate, Les Cadets, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.