16 upscale places in Nantes, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Nantes: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Nantes food.
Les Cadets ★ 4.6
Hauts-Pavés · 15 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes
Les Cadets in Nantes is the Bernabé brothers' Michelin-starred room on Rue des Hauts Pavés, an iodine-led lunch menu and carte blanche dinners.
Tip: Lunch runs €41 Tuesday to Friday; evenings are carte blanche in five or seven courses and need booking.
Omija ★ 4.6
Champ-de-Mars · 54 Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
Omija on Rue Fouré in Nantes is Romain Bonnet's Michelin-starred counter, blind menus crossing French technique with Korean and wider Asian flavours.
Tip: Tables cap at six guests and the menu is blind, so flag allergies when you book; there is no dinner on Wednesday.
Emporietto ★ 4.6
Hauts-Pavés · 27 Rue Adolphe Moitié, 44000 Nantes
Emporietto is the Italian osteria up a courtyard off Rue Adolphe Moitié in Nantes, seasonal pasta set against about 100 natural Italian wines.
Tip: Book for the evening; lunch is a shorter, cheaper card and the room is small enough that walk-ins rarely work.
Au Petit Raphaël ★ 4.5
Hauts-Pavés · 100 Rue des Hauts Pavés, 44000 Nantes
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.
Pickles ★ 4.5
Decré · 2 Rue du Marais, 44000 Nantes
Pickles has run gastronomic menus in Nantes since 2014, British chef Dominic Quirke rewriting the card every three weeks around local producers.
Tip: Menus change every three weeks and a vegetarian version exists at every course; Tuesday is dinner only.
Bairoz ★ 4.4
Champ-de-Mars · 40 Bis Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
Bairoz pairs Estelle Méheust's kitchen with Jérôme Berdelou's pastry on Rue Fouré in Nantes, market lunches then gastronomic menus at night.
Tip: Lunch menus run €21 to €26 against €52 and €64 dinners; the Loire-heavy wine list favours Nantes-region growers.
Roza ★ 4.4
Graslin · 3 Place de la Monnaie, 44000 Nantes
Roza faces the natural history museum in Nantes, Jean-François Pantaleon's gastronomic bistro, which held a Michelin star from 2021 to 2024.
Tip: Weekday-only service is unusual for the level; the €29 lunch is the smart way in and dinner menus run €40 to €45.
Sépia ★ 4.4
Bouffay · 1 Bis Quai de Turenne, 44000 Nantes
Sépia on Quai de Turenne in Nantes is Top Chef alumna Lucie Berthier Gembara's room, tasting menus led by vegetables, organics and natural wine.
Tip: Seatings are short windows around 20:00; the kitchen handles vegan menus from starters through petits fours on request.
Gwaien ★ 4.4
Hauts-Pavés · 63 Rue de Bel Air, 44000 Nantes
Gwaien, Breton for Audierne, is Jérémy Guivarch's seafood dining room in Nantes, where over 90 percent of the fish is landed by sustainable boats.
Tip: There is no dinner service on Wednesday; the name is the Breton word for the chef's home port of Audierne.
19:33 Cocktail Experience ★ 4.4
Graslin · 8 Rue Voltaire, 44000 Nantes
19:33 pours destination cocktails inside an Orient Express railway carriage a step off Place Graslin in Nantes, and rewrites the card twice a year.
Tip: Ask which destination the current card is built on; the mezcal and Calvados rounds have both had their turn.
Lamaccotte ★ 4.3
Decré · 7 Rue Saint-Denis, 44000 Nantes
Lamaccotte on Rue Saint-Denis in Nantes cooks seasonal, producer-led menus under Guillaume Maccotta, with Zoé Wastiaux now heading up the kitchen.
Tip: The room stays open right through August, rare in Nantes; Zoé Wastiaux has led the kitchen since March 2026.
Song, Saveurs et Sens ★ 4.2
Graslin · 5 Rue Santeuil, 44000 Nantes
Song, Saveurs et Sens near Place Graslin in Nantes plates Nhung Phung's Vietnamese and Thai-leaning cooking in a calm room off Rue Santeuil.
Tip: The house closes for the first three weeks of August; the chef also teaches Asian cooking classes on site.
L'Abélia ★ 4.2
Erdre · 125 Boulevard des Poilus, 44300 Nantes
L'Abélia seats its market-set menus in a 1900 mansion with a garden on Boulevard des Poilus in Nantes, dégustation dinners at unstarry prices.
Tip: The house closes for annual congés for about ten days in mid August; in fine weather ask for the garden terrace rather than the dining room.
Le Lion et l'Agneau ★ 4.1
Champ-de-Mars · 40 Rue Fouré, 44000 Nantes
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.
Emporietto ★ 4.1
Hauts-Pavés · 27 Rue Adolphe Moitié, 44000 Nantes
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.
O Deck ★ 4.0
Île de Nantes · 30 Quai Fernand Crouan, 44200 Nantes
O Deck brunches on a barge moored at Quai Fernand Crouan in Nantes, a Sunday buffet eaten behind glass with the Loire running past the window.
Tip: Ask for a table on the river side when booking; the glazed wall is the whole point of eating here rather than on shore.