Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Rennes actually eats.

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Bretone

Order The grilled Guémené andouille galette with caramelised onions

Bretone serves buckwheat galettes in the mosaic-tiled former home of the Odorico family in Rennes, a Fooding-listed crêperie with a pastel rooftop patio.

Breizh Café

Order A classic complète first, then one of the Japanese-leaning specials

Breizh Café brings its Cancale-born crêperie group to Place de la Trinité in Rennes, organic buckwheat galettes with the house's Japanese-influenced twists.

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Crêperie Sarrasin

Order A savoury galette in 100 percent IGP Breton buckwheat, naturally gluten free

Crêperie Sarrasin faces the Halles Centrales in Rennes with galettes rolled from 100 percent IGP Breton buckwheat and largely organic French ingredients.

La Gavotte

Order The Guémené andouille galette with apples, camembert and mustard ice cream

La Gavotte holds the crêperie corner of Rue Saint-Georges in Rennes, open seven days with an andouille, apple and camembert galette as its calling card.

Œuf, la Crêperie

Order The Galette Super Complète in organic 100 percent buckwheat

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.

La Rozell

Order A complète on the shaded terrace, one of the biggest in the old town

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.

Crêperie Ouzh Taol

Order The burger-galette, the house's cross of two comfort foods

Ouzh Taol, Breton for at the table, folds burger-galettes and classic buckwheat rounds in a small room on Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, best booked ahead.

La Crêperie du Thabor

Order A sweet crêpe built from the house candy bar, this room's party trick

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.

Crêperie du Pont-Levis

Order A 100 percent Breton IGP buckwheat galette facing the medieval gates

Crêperie du Pont-Levis faces the 15th-century Portes Mordelaises in Rennes, IGP Breton buckwheat galettes at the oldest crêperie address in the city.

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Sabibi Pita

  • ★ 4.1
  • Middle Eastern
  • €
  • Centre

Order The falafel pita, crisp outside and soft inside, with house sauces

Sabibi Pita stuffs house-baked pitas with falafel, grilled halloumi and roast vegetables beside the Halles Centrales in Rennes, a 2023 street-food arrival.

Le Gorille Bleu

Order A mixed sharing board late, when most Rennes kitchens have closed

Le Gorille Bleu keeps its bistro kitchen running to 23:30 beside the Saint-Pierre cathedral in Rennes, homemade plates and boards from local producers.

Pique-Prune Cleunay

Order The by-weight starter and dessert buffets around the day's tart

Pique-Prune Cleunay runs an organic vegetarian lunch buffet beside the Biocoop in west Rennes, starters and desserts by weight with daily vegan options.

Mono

Order A margherita first; the high-hydration dough is the whole point

Mono bakes the Neapolitan pizza reference of Rennes on Boulevard de la Liberté, ultra-thin centres, puffed rims and Italian small-producer toppings.

Ikimasho

Order A ramen and a side of gyoza under the Tokyo-alley lanterns

Ikimasho rebuilds a Tokyo alley on Rue Baudrairie in Rennes, ramen, donburi, gyoza and tempura served non-stop from morning to night, seven days.

Hanami Ramen

Order The house tonkotsu-style bowl; broths simmer long and it shows

Hanami Ramen simmers its broths under lanterns and Japanese masks beside the Halles Centrales in Rennes, chef Mitsuhashi's bowls made from local produce.

Miss Bao

  • ★ 3.9
  • Pan-Asian
  • €€
  • Gare

Order A round of steamed baos before your train; the station is across the square

Miss Bao steams its baos and gyozas on Place de la Gare in Rennes, a pan-Asian counter open every day of the week across the square from the station.

Le Fuji

Order The Japanese curry, the dish this bistro hangs its name on

Le Fuji runs a Japanese bistro on Rue Derval in Rennes, curry and teishoku set meals rather than conveyor sushi, served evenings through the week.

La Marmite du Saca Saca

  • ★ 4.1
  • Congolese
  • €€
  • Centre

Order Saka saka, the cassava-leaf stew the house is named after

La Marmite du Saca Saca cooks Congolese saka saka and moambe to order on Rue Derval in Rennes, a small evening room with cooking worth the unhurried pace.

Bistrot Canaille

Order The day's chalkboard main; the carte turns over with the season

Bistrot Canaille on Rue de Saint-Malo in Rennes cooks a rotating seasonal carte, traditional bistro plates reworked with contemporary ideas, noon and night.