Casual€CleunayMon-Sat 11:45-14:00
Pique-Prune Cleunay runs an organic vegetarian lunch buffet beside the Biocoop in west Rennes, starters and desserts by weight with daily vegan options.
Try: Organic vegetarian buffet by weight
Tip: The by-weight buffets around the €10.60 dish of the day keep a full organic lunch under €15.
Casual€CentreDaily 11:00-22:30
La Rozell serves galettes non-stop from 11:00 under the beams of a half-timbered house in Rennes, with a shaded sixty-table terrace on Rue de Penhoët.
Try: Galettes and sweet crêpes
Tip: A complète and a bolée of cider stays close to €10; the all-day service suits off-hours budgets.
Casual€€ThaborMon-Thu 12:00-15:00, 19:00-22:30; Fri 12:00-15:00, 19:00-23:00; Sat 12:00-23:00; Sun 12:00-22:30
La Crêperie du Thabor sits by the park gates on Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, galettes and sweet crêpes with a candy bar that keeps student budgets happy.
Try: Galettes and candy-bar crêpes
Tip: Pricing is pitched at the student quarter; a savoury galette and a candy-bar crêpe stays under €20.
Casual€Sainte-AnneMon-Fri 12:00-14:00 (not Wed), 19:00-23:00
Chez P'tit Louis hides behind a pale green facade on Rue Saint-Louis in Rennes, checked tablecloths and a €15 to €19 lunch from the Mirlitantouille team.
Try: Bistro set lunch
Tip: Evening plates run €6 to €15, so a dinner of two small plates undercuts most bistros in the old town.
Casual€CentreMon 12:00-22:00; Tue-Sun 12:00-23:00
Poutine Bros brought France its first poutinerie to Rue de Penhoët in Rennes, Quebec-style fries, curds and homemade sauce served late for the bar crowd.
Try: Classic and vegetarian poutines
Tip: Takeaway runs later than the dining room, and a classic poutine is the standard recovery meal two streets off rue de la Soif.
Casual€€Sainte-AnneTue-Sat 12:00-14:30, 19:00-23:00; Sun 11:30-15:00 brunch
Œuf runs a light-wood crêperie on Rue de Saint-Malo in Rennes, organic all-buckwheat galettes through the week and a Breton brunch on Sunday mornings.
Try: Organic buckwheat galettes
Tip: The €9.90 galette-saucisse with fries or salad is the cheapest sit-down reading of the city's street dish.