La Cachette is a french bistro restaurant in Bouffay, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Daily fixed menu
Tip: The full formula costs about €22 whatever you choose; the tiny room fills on word of mouth, reserve.
Address: 2 Rue du Refuge, 44000 Nantes
L'Étal doubles as fishmonger and fish bistro on Rue des Carmes in Nantes, where you pick your fish off the slab and the kitchen cooks it on the spot.
Signature: Fish and chips, Sole meunière, Seafood platters
Tip: The concept arrived from Lorient in summer 2025; go at fishmonger hours for the widest choice on the slab.
P'tite Pomme, Ruddy Maisonneuve's room near the Cité des Congrès in Nantes, took a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 Michelin Guide for its market menus.
Signature: Market menus
Tip: Ask for the back room over the green patio; Juliette Jovelin's list rewards trusting her on Muscadet and Bourgueil.
L'Étal doubles as fishmonger and fish bistro on Rue des Carmes in Nantes, where you pick your fish off the slab and the kitchen cooks it on the spot.
Signature: Fish and chips, Sole meunière, Seafood platters
Tip: The concept arrived from Lorient in summer 2025; go at fishmonger hours for the widest choice on the slab.
La Mandale works a creative bistronomic card on Rue Léon Jamin in Nantes, Loire and Breton produce given texture and an Asian edge by a small open kitchen.
Signature: Creative bistronomic plates, Loire and Breton produce
Tip: Service runs 12:00 to 15:00 and again from 19:30, so a late lunch is easier to walk into than an early dinner.
Sauge rewrites its whole card every week on Rue Desaix in Nantes, pairing local produce with the flavours its chef picked up while travelling.
Signature: Weekly market menu, Vegetable-led plates
Tip: The three-course lunch runs €25 and evening service happens only on Thursday and Friday, so check the week's posted menu before you go.
Soba et Sarrasin puts buckwheat to Japanese use by Place Canclaux in Nantes, with soba bowls, onigiri and mochi and the whole card gluten free.
Signature: Soba noodles, Onigiri, Mochi
Tip: Everything on the menu is gluten free and there is a Japanese grocery counter at the back for fresh soba and condiments to take away.
AGAPè bakes organic sourdough pizza a step from Place Graslin in Nantes, sourcing most of what goes on top from farms inside its own bioregion.
Signature: Sourdough pizza, Organic Italian plates
Tip: The kitchen is certified organic across food and drink, and Saturday is dinner only, with no lunch service and no Sunday opening.
