40 mid-range places in Nantes, editor-picked. The comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Nantes, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Nantes food.

Food tour in Nantes

The Muscadet Experience: a fun sensory tour and tasting in Nantes

★ 4.7 (21)2 hoursfrom €35

Book now

The mid-range list

40 places

Book food experiences in Nantes

See all 119 food experiences in Nantes

Esthète

Order Gâteau nantais

Esthète works seasonal fruit into precise entremets on Rue Mercœur in Nantes, with a chocolate counter, a tea salon and its own gâteau nantais.

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.

Where to stay in Nantes

A sample of Nantes hotels from our booking partner, who list 125 here. Live prices and availability open on their site.

Kyriad Direct Nantes La Beaujeoire With a stay at Kyriad Direct Nantes La Beaujeoire in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be steps from Loire Valley ... Check dates Quick Palace Nantes La Beaujoire With a stay at Quick Palace Nantes La Beaujoire in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be steps from Loire Valley an... Check dates Hôtel Le Petit Duquesne With a stay at Htel Le Petit Duquesne in Nantes (Nantes Centre), you'll be steps from Loire Valley and 5 mi... Check dates Sure Hotel by Best Western Nantes Beaujoire With a stay at Sure Hotel by Best Western Nantes Beaujoire in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be steps from Loir... Check dates Cerise Nantes La Beaujoire With a stay at Cerise Nantes La Beaujoire in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be steps from Loire Valley and 10 m... Check dates Appart'City Nantes Viarme A stay at Appart'City Nantes Viarme places you in the heart of Nantes, steps from Loire Valley and 11 minut... Check dates Hotel Campanile Nantes Centre - Saint Jacques A stay at Hotel Campanile Nantes Centre - Saint Jacques places you in the heart of Nantes, within a 5-minut... Check dates Hôtel Chateaubriand A stay at Htel Chateaubriand places you in the heart of Nantes, steps from Loire Valley and 7 minutes by fo... Check dates Hôtel Le Cambronne A stay at Htel Le Cambronne places you in the heart of Nantes, steps from Loire Valley and Cours Cambronne.... Check dates Zenitude Hôtel-Résidences Nantes - La Beaujoire With a stay at Zenitude Htel-Résidences Nantes - La Beaujoire in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be a 1-minute ... Check dates ibis Nantes Centre Tour Bretagne A stay at ibis Nantes Centre Tour Bretagne places you in the heart of Nantes, steps from Loire Valley and 7... Check dates Zenitude Hôtel-Résidences Nantes Métropole With a stay at Zenitude Htel-Résidences Nantes Métropole in Nantes (Beaujoire), you'll be steps from Loir... Check dates

Also compare: Zen Hotels in Nantes from USD 50/night · Holidu in Nantes from USD 52/night · LateRooms in Nantes

Stays are listed by our booking partners, not editor picks. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.

Kombu

Try Toasted premium sandwiches

Kombu on Rue Léon Jamin in Nantes toasts €11 sandwiches from local producers at lunch, then turns to shared plates and natural wine at night.

Mugen Ramen

Order Tonkotsu shoyu, its pork and seafood broth simmered twelve hours

Mugen Ramen on Rue Fénelon in Nantes pulls its house noodles through a pork and seafood broth simmered twelve hours, behind burnt wood panels.

Vincent Guerlais

Order Gâteau nantais

Vincent Guerlais keeps his Rue Franklin shop in Nantes stocked with chocolate work and a soft gâteau nantais finished under a white chocolate glaze.

Café Machin

  • ★ 4.4
  • Coffee roaster
  • €€
  • Doulon

Café Machin roasts on Route de Sainte-Luce in east Nantes, equatorial origins sold to the city's coffee shops and shipped to home subscribers.

La Brûlerie

  • ★ 4.4
  • Coffee roaster
  • €€
  • Bouffay

La Brûlerie roasts on Rue de la Marne in central Nantes, organic lots from Kenya, Honduras and Indonesia beside a wall of teas and brewing kit.

Kultivar Café

Kultivar buys green coffee direct and roasts it on Rue Sylvain Pâris in Nantes, washed, natural and anaerobic lots from Ethiopia and Colombia.

Obbo

Obbo is pastry chef Antoine Gaudin's cave à manger on Allée des Tanneurs in Nantes, around 100 French domaines with the Pays Nantais at its core.

Melon

Melon takes its name from Melon de Bourgogne and backs it with more than 200 organic references on Rue Copernic in Nantes, poured by its sommelier.

Marguerite

Order The chocolate and hazelnut babka

Marguerite is chef Marguerite Parent's canteen across the street from her own Nantes bakery, marble floors and lunch plates that sell out fast.

Couleur Chocolat

Order A box of ganaches and mendiants

Couleur Chocolat works in small batches on Rue Général Buat in Nantes, ganaches, pralines and mendiants beside pistachio and mango-passion sorbets.

Handy

Order Eggs and pancakes, with the Anatae matcha alongside

Handy runs an all-day brunch card on Rue Voltaire in Nantes, eggs, pancakes and roasted vegetables with matcha from Anatae poured alongside.

Billie's

Order Sticky toffee pudding, or the millionaire shortbread

Billie's is the Franco-British coffee shop on Quai François Mitterrand in Nantes, weekend brunch of English breakfast and sticky toffee pudding.

Little Britain Café

Order The savoury plate of soft-boiled eggs, spinach on brioche and house beans

Little Britain Café on Boulevard Auguste Peneau in Nantes serves a Sunday British brunch at €23, with unlimited coffee and a trio of puddings.

Nota Bene

Between the cathedral and Place Saint-Pierre, Nota Bene bakes a pizza pitched between Roman and Neapolitan on organic flour and natural leaven.

Other price guides in Nantes