Bakery€Sainte-ThérèseMon-Tue 06:45-19:30; Thu-Fri 06:45-19:30; Sat 06:45-19:00; Sun 06:45-13:00Walk-in onlyLong-fermented sourdough, 90 percent organic flour
Maison Fontaine opened in November 2022 on Boulevard Léon Bourgeois in Rennes, Jean-Jacques and Anne Fontaine baking long-fermented sourdough breads.
Tip: Closed Wednesdays; Sunday morning is the neighbourhood queue for its viennoiserie in the Sainte-Thérèse quarter.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann
Bakery€€CentreMon-Sat 09:00-19:00Walk-in onlyFine pâtisserie and Breton specialities in salted butter
Pâtisserie Le Daniel is the Meilleur Ouvrier de France house of Laurent Le Daniel in Rennes, running since 1998 with its flagship facing the Halles Centrales.
Tip: Order before 14:00 online and collect the next day; the Rue de la Monnaie boutique by the Lices is the quieter pick-up.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann in salted Breton butter
Bakery€€ThaborTue-Thu 09:00-18:30; Fri-Sat 09:00-19:00; Sun 09:00-13:00, 15:00-18:30Walk-in onlyPâtisserie and tea salon from local, organic producers
Pâtisserie 16h30 is Marion Juhel's bakery and tea salon on Rue Hoche in Rennes, Gault&Millau's Grand Ouest pastry trophy winner in 2020, closed Mondays.
Tip: The kouign-amann is folded with Beurre de Madame from Pacé, churned from Froment du Léon milk; it sells out on weekend afternoons.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann in Froment du Léon butter from Pacé
Bakery€ThaborTue-Sat 07:00-19:30Walk-in onlyClassic boulangerie with Breton viennoiserie
Boulangerie Hoche bakes one of Rennes' benchmark kouign-amann at 17 Rue Hoche, and its pastry team has riffed the galette-saucisse into a tribute cake.
Tip: Rue Hoche holds this bakery, 16h30 and the Nabuchodonosor in one block; come hungry and compare kouign-amann.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann
Bakery€CentreTue-Sat 07:30-19:30Walk-in onlyAll-sourdough organic breads
Grand Père Jules bakes 100 percent house sourdough on Rue de Nemours in Rennes, pastry chef Estelle and baker Kevin carrying on from the Coupel family.
Tip: There is a second shop at 21 Rue Saint-Hélier if you are on the station side of town.
Worth the queue: Caramelised kouign-amann
Bakery€CentreMon-Sat 07:45-19:45Walk-in onlyBreton family baking across three generations
Le Fournil des Halles bakes a three-generation kouign-amann recipe near the Halles Centrales in Rennes, alongside far breton and buckwheat galettes.
Tip: Their kouign-amann is sold in packaging that keeps it three weeks, the one Breton pastry that survives a suitcase.
Worth the queue: Kouign-amann, plain or apple