5 restaurants in Nantes, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. 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.
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.
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.
Brasserie Félix ★ 4.1
Champ-de-Mars · 1 Rue Lefèvre-Utile, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Tue-Sat 10:00-14:00 and 19:00-22:00; Sun 10:00-14:00
Brasserie Félix sits over the Saint-Félix canal by the Lieu Unique in Nantes, brasserie classics under the eye of starred chef Jean-Yves Guého.
Tip: The canal-side terrace is the seat in summer; on show nights at the Cité des Congrès dinner shifts earlier, around 18:15.
L'Étal ★ 4.1
Bouffay · 18 Rue des Carmes, 44000 Nantes
Hours: Tue-Sat 09:30-14:00 and 16:30-22:00; Sun 10:00-14:00; closed Mon
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.
Tip: The concept arrived from Lorient in summer 2025; go at fishmonger hours for the widest choice on the slab.