Le Lion et l'Agneau is a french bistro restaurant in Champ De Mars, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Rotisserie chicken with truffle butter, Fish gravlax
Tip: The €43 menu is where the kitchen shows best; weekday-only hours make it a working-lunch favourite, so book.
Address: 40 Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
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.
La Cachette hides on Rue du Refuge in Nantes with one daily fixed-price menu, half of it vegetarian or vegan, and a doggy bag for skipped courses.
Signature: Daily fixed menu
Tip: The full formula costs about €22 whatever you choose; the tiny room fills on word of mouth, reserve.
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.
