16 restaurants in Nantes, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Nantes.
La Cigale ★ 4.6
Graslin · 4 Place Graslin, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Daily 07:30-00:30
La Cigale has faced the opera on Place Graslin in Nantes since 1895, an Art Nouveau brasserie of tiles and gilt classed a historic monument in 1964.
Tip: Open from breakfast to past midnight daily; the tiled front room built by Émile Libaudière is the one to sit in, not the annexe.
Au Petit Raphaël ★ 4.5
Hauts-Pavés · 100 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Tue 12:00-14:30; Wed-Fri 12:00-14:30 and 19:45-22:30; closed Sat-Sun
Au Petit Raphaël is a couple-run bistro on Rue des Hauts Pavés in Nantes, careful cooking on regional produce at €27 for three courses at lunch.
Tip: Dinner happens only from Wednesday to Friday and runs €36 to €43; the Monday and Tuesday lunch is the cheaper entry point.
La Mandale ★ 4.4
Talensac · 32 Rue Léon Jamin, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Daily 12:00-15:00, 19:30-23:00
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.
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.
SAIN ★ 4.3
Decré · 93 Rue Maréchal Joffre, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon 12:00-14:00; Tue-Thu 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:00; Fri 12:00-14:00; closed Sat-Sun
SAIN is the café, canteen and grocery of brothers Samuel and Josselin in Nantes, cooking from their family's organic market garden in Guérande.
Tip: The grocery shelves sell the farm's vegetables, eggs and preserves to take home; natural wines pour by the glass.
Balthazar ★ 4.3
Graslin · 6 Rue Santeuil, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:30 and 19:30-22:30; Sat 12:00-23:30; closed Sun
Balthazar is a bistro in the Graslin quarter of Nantes serving aged meats, kidney sautés and saucisse au Muscadet against a Loire-leaning cellar.
Tip: Fish comes straight from the local ports rather than the wholesale market; Saturday runs continuous service all day.
Sauge ★ 4.3
Malakoff · 70 Rue Desaix, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri lunch service; Thu-Fri dinner service
Sauge rewrites its whole card every week on Rue Desaix in Nantes, pairing local produce with the flavours its chef picked up while travelling.
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.
L'Éphémère ★ 4.2
Decré · 81 Rue Maréchal Joffre, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00-14:15 and 19:30-22:30; Sun 12:00-15:15
L'Éphémère runs organic, zero-waste bistronomy on Rue Maréchal Joffre in Nantes, a chef, pastry chef and mixologist trio behind the €25 menus.
Tip: The three-course menu costs the same €25 at lunch and dinner, unusual for the level; cocktails are taken as seriously as the food.
Broussaille ★ 4.2
Île de Nantes · 8 Rue Magdeleine, 44200 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Tue 12:00-14:00; Wed-Fri 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-23:00; closed Sat-Sun
Broussaille cooks locavore, vegetable-forward plates on the Île de Nantes, vegetables in from Ferme Petite Terre and bread from Arlot Cheng.
Tip: The vegetarian lunch pairing runs €18 for two courses; vegan menus are handled if you flag it when booking.
Sølheim ★ 4.2
Olivettes · 1 Rue Baron, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:00 and 17:30-00:00
Sølheim brings a Nordic bistro to the Olivettes quarter of Nantes, with house gravlax and smoked fish poured alongside living wines in a pale-wood room.
Tip: Evenings run on sapas, the house's shared plates; the room trades Monday to Friday only, with the kitchen back on at 17:30.
Soba et Sarrasin ★ 4.2
Zola · 4 Rue de la Ville en Bois, 44100 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 11:30-19:00; closed Sat-Sun
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.
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.
Le Lion et l'Agneau ★ 4.1
Champ-de-Mars · 40 Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-13:30 and 19:30-21:30; closed Sat-Sun
Le Lion et l'Agneau on Rue Fouré in Nantes cooks southwest-leaning bistro food, rotisserie birds and gravlax among it, against a broad and fair cellar.
Tip: The €43 menu is where the kitchen shows best; weekday-only hours make it a working-lunch favourite, so book.
La Cachette ★ 4.1
Bouffay · 2 Rue du Refuge, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Wed 12:00-14:00; Thu-Fri 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-21:00; closed Sat-Sun
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.
Tip: The full formula costs about €22 whatever you choose; the tiny room fills on word of mouth, reserve.
Emporietto ★ 4.1
Hauts-Pavés · 27 Rue Adolphe Moitié, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon 12:00-15:00 and 19:30-22:00; Tue-Fri 12:00-15:00 and 19:30-23:00; closed Sat-Sun
Emporietto crosses bistronomy with Italy on Rue Adolphe Moitié in Nantes, artisan Italian goods set against produce from farms around the city.
Tip: The evening menu runs €45 for three courses while lunch starts at €24; the room closes for the whole weekend.
Agapè ★ 4.0
Graslin · 6 Rue Racine, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:30; Sat 19:00-22:30; closed Sun
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.
Tip: The kitchen is certified organic across food and drink, and Saturday is dinner only, with no lunch service and no Sunday opening.
Bibou ★ 3.9
Île de Nantes · 4 Quai Hoche, 44200 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri from 08:00 through to the end of apéritif service; closed Sat-Sun
Bibou runs as bar and bistro together on Quai Hoche in Nantes, serving hearty plates from morning coffee through to a long weekday apéritif.
Tip: It opens at 08:00 for coffee and keeps going until the apéro crowd thins, but the doors stay shut all weekend.
Magnum ★ 3.8
Île de Nantes · 48 Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc, 44200 Nantes
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-01:00; closed Sat-Sun
Magnum runs bistro classics, rotisserie meats and matchstick frites on the Île de Nantes, open from morning coffee through to the last digestif.
Tip: One long weekday service from 10:00 to 01:00 means you can eat at any hour, but it is shut on Saturday and Sunday.