Sépia is a modern french fine-dining restaurant in Bouffay, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Seatings are short windows around 20:00; the kitchen handles vegan menus from starters through petits fours on request.
Address: 1 Bis Quai de Turenne, 44000 Nantes
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.