BrunchAll-week à la carte brunch€€CentreMon-Fri 12:00-14:30; Sat-Sun 11:30-15:00Walk-ins usual on weekdays
BDS runs brunch every day of the week on Quai Lamennais in Rennes, homemade à la carte plates rather than a buffet, from 12:00 and 11:30 at weekends.
Order: The homemade à la carte plates rather than a fixed formule
Tip: One of the few Rennes brunches you can eat on a Tuesday; weekends switch to the 11:30 to 15:00 service window.
BrunchAll-week coffee-shop brunch€€ColombierMon-Fri 08:00-18:00; Sat 10:00-18:00; Sun 10:00-16:00Walk-in only at weekends
Oh My Biche serves brunch plates across two Rennes rooms open every day, creamy scrambled eggs, pancakes and waffles, plus a Mail Mitterrand address.
Order: Scrambled eggs, pancakes and the house granola
Tip: No weekend reservations at either address; the hidden back terrace at Puits Mauger is the seat to hunt.
BrunchBreton crêperie brunch€€Sainte-AnneTue-Sat 12:00-14:30, 19:00-23:00; Sun 11:30-15:00 brunchTwo Sunday sittings, 11:45 and 13:45
Œuf turns its organic buckwheat crêperie on Rue de Saint-Malo in Rennes into a Breton brunch every Sunday, €24 with a crêpe cake that changes weekly.
Order: The all-buckwheat Breton brunch with the weekly crêpe cake
Tip: Sunday runs in two sittings at 11:45 and 13:45 at €24 a head; book, it is the city's only galette-first brunch.
BrunchAll-in weekend formule€€CentreBrunch Sat-Sun 11:30-14:00Reservations advised
Le Klub lays out a €23 all-inclusive brunch on Quai Émile Zola in Rennes both weekend days, sweet and savoury plates over the Vilaine embankment.
Order: The €23 all-in sweet and savoury formule
Tip: Both Saturday and Sunday run the formule, rarer than it sounds in Rennes; the quay tables go first.
BrunchFrench buffet brunch€€GareBrunch Sun 11:30-14:00Reservations advised
L'Arrivée runs a €28 French-style Sunday buffet brunch behind the Rennes station on Boulevard de Beaumont, homemade sweet and savoury in one pass.
Order: The €28 homemade French buffet
Tip: Five minutes from the station's south exit, it is the brunch to book before a Sunday afternoon train.
BrunchCompose-your-own seasonal brunch€€Bourg-l'ÉvêqueBrunch Sat-Sun middayReservations advised
Les Grands Gamins runs terrace brunches on the Mail François Mitterrand in Rennes, a seasonal compose-your-own plate from €21.50 both weekend days.
Order: The compose-your-own plate, €21.50 to €26.50
Tip: The plane-tree terrace on the mail is the point; book outside or come early on sunny Sundays.