9 bars in Rennes, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Rennes.
Le Melody Nelson ★ 4.2
Centre · 4 Rue Saint-Thomas, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Wed-Sat 19:00-03:00
Le Melody Nelson mixes serious cocktails on Rue Saint-Thomas in Rennes, a rock-and-roll room pouring smoked Old Fashioneds until 03:00 Wednesday to Saturday.
Tip: This is the late, grown-up counterpoint to the rue de la Soif; the Old White Negroni is the second order.
Bouchon ★ 4.1
Centre · 1 Rue de Montfort, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Tue-Sat 11:00-01:00
Bouchon is the Tire-Bouchon team's neighbourhood bar round the corner in Rennes, sharing plates, cocktails and well-filled glasses from 11:00 to 01:00.
Tip: When the mothership bistro is full, this is the same DNA without a reservation; it runs all afternoon too.
Les Innocents ★ 4.0
Les Lices · 16 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Mon 12:00-23:00; Tue-Fri 09:00-01:00; Sat 06:00-01:00; Sun 15:00-23:00
Les Innocents mixes house cocktails on Place des Lices in Rennes, a warm little room that opens at 06:00 on Saturdays for the market traders.
Tip: Saturday's 06:00 opening is a market-day tradition; watch the Lices wake up over the first coffee or the last cocktail.
La Grappe ★ 4.0
Les Lices · 8 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Tue-Fri 17:00-01:00; Sat 08:00-14:00, 17:00-01:00
La Grappe pours glasses from €3 on Place des Lices in Rennes, a small wine bar with charcuterie boards that opens Saturday morning for the market crowd.
Tip: Saturday morning it opens at 08:00 with the Marché des Lices; a white here is the market-lap tradition.
Monsieur le Zinc ★ 3.9
Sainte-Anne · 11 Rue Saint-Michel, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Mon-Fri 14:30-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:00
Monsieur le Zinc runs a two-floor self-service beer wall in a half-timbered house on Rue Saint-Michel, the rue de la Soif of Rennes, pints from €4.
Tip: You pour your own from the tap wall with a card; Thursday night is the big student session on this street.
Oan's Pub ★ 3.9
Centre · 1 Rue Georges Dottin, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Mon-Fri 17:00-01:00; Sat 12:00-01:00
Oan's Pub spreads two terraces below the cathedral quarter of Rennes, €5 pints, Breton beers on tap and bar pizzas that made a local top-12 list.
Tip: The two terraces are the draw on summer evenings; the pizza list is better than a pub needs it to be.
Le P'tit Vélo ★ 3.9
Sainte-Anne · 8 Place Saint-Michel, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Mon-Tue 15:00-01:00; Wed 15:00-02:30; Thu-Sat 15:00-03:00; Sun 15:00-22:30
Le P'tit Vélo has poured for generations of Rennes students on Place Saint-Michel, two rooms running funk-disco and rock with cocktails until 03:00.
Tip: It runs later than almost anything else on the square; the back room is the rock one.
Le Combi Bar ★ 3.9
Gare · 55 Rue Legraverend, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Tue-Fri 12:00-01:00; Sat 17:00-01:00
Le Combi Bar shakes fresh-fruit cocktails of the day near the Rennes station, an electro-leaning room where the Pimousse and Fresh Time rotate cheaply.
Tip: The daily cocktail board is the value play; Saturday it opens for the evening only.
Sunset Café ★ 3.6
Sainte-Anne · 22 Rue Saint-Michel, 35000 Rennes
Hours: Mon-Sat 15:00-01:00
Sunset Café anchors the top of Rue Saint-Michel in Rennes with cheap pints, a 17:00 to 21:00 happy hour and a small dance floor at weekends.
Tip: One of the longest happy hours on the street; come before 21:00 and move down the row afterwards.