Modern FrenchChef Jean-François Pantaleon€€€GraslinMon-Fri 12:15-13:30 and 19:30-21:30; closed Sat-Sun
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.
Modern FrenchChef Lucie Berthier Gembara€€€BouffayTue-Thu 12:30-13:30 and 20:00-20:30; Fri 12:30-13:30 and 20:00-21:30; Sat 20:00-21:30; closed Sun-Mon
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.
SeafoodChef Jérémy Guivarch€€€Hauts-PavésTue-Fri 12:00-13:45; Tue and Thu-Sat 19:45-21:15; closed Sun-Mon
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.
Modern FrenchChef Dominic Quirke€€€DecréTue 19:30-21:00; Wed-Sat 12:00-14:30 and 19:30-23:00; closed Sun-Mon
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.
VietnameseChef Nhung Phung€€€GraslinTue-Thu 12:00-14:00 and 19:30-22:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:30; closed Sun-Mon
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.
Modern French€€€ErdreWed-Sat 12:00-13:15 and 19:30-21:00; closed Sun-Tue
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.