40 cheap eats places in Rennes, editor-picked. the best low-budget spots in Rennes: the places editors actually return to. All Rennes food.
Café Albertine ★ 4.4
Colombier · 10 Rue du Comte de Lanjuinais, 35000 Rennes
Café Albertine runs from breakfast to goûter on Rue du Comte de Lanjuinais in Rennes, a bright vegetarian kitchen of daily plates, bowls and generous cakes.
Tip: Saturday only and one sitting window, 11:30 to 13:30; the rest of the week the daily veggie lunch takes its place.
Bourbon d'Arsel ★ 4.4
Les Lices · 8 Rue de la Monnaie, 35000 Rennes
Bourbon d'Arsel has roasted specialty coffee in Rennes weekly since 2017, a Rue de la Monnaie roastery and coffee shop rated top of the city's coffee bars.
Tip: The slower, gentler roast profile is the house signature; ask which of the dozen origins was roasted that week.
Café 1802 ★ 4.3
Thabor · 34 Rue d'Antrain, 35700 Rennes
Café 1802 pairs Renaud's roasting with Fred's bar on Rue d'Antrain in Rennes, specialty beans roasted in Brittany and a daily vegan pastry on the counter.
Tip: Beans roasted for the bar are sold to take home; ask which single origin is on filter that week.
Café 1802 ★ 4.3
Thabor · 34 Rue d'Antrain, 35700 Rennes
Café 1802 roasts its own specialty lots for its Rue d'Antrain bar in Rennes, Renaud on the roaster and Fred on the machines, with beans bagged to take home.
Tip: Beans roasted for the bar are sold to take home; ask which single origin is on filter that week.
Boulangerie Hoche ★ 4.2
Thabor · 17 Rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes
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.
Grand Père Jules ★ 4.2
Centre · 28 Rue de Nemours, 35000 Rennes
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.
Pok ★ 4.2
Les Lices · 6 Rue de Montfort, 35000 Rennes
Pok is Victor Grousset's coffee shop on Rue de Montfort in Rennes, challah-bread sandwiches and flavoured lattes that earned it a Fooding 2026 listing.
Tip: The roast chicken sandwich on challah with pesto rosso sells out; before 13:00 is the safe window.
BioCrêp ★ 4.2
Centre · Halles Centrales, 34 Rue de Nemours, 35000 Rennes
BioCrêp griddles organic galette-saucisse inside the Halles Centrales of Rennes, €3.50 for the plain classic from carefully chosen artisan sausages.
Tip: Order it nature with onion confit at most; ketchup on a galette-saucisse is a local heresy.
BioCrêp ★ 4.2
Centre · Halles Centrales, 34 Rue de Nemours, 35000 Rennes
BioCrêp griddles organic galette-saucisse inside the Halles Centrales of Rennes, €3.50 for the plain classic from carefully chosen artisan sausages.
Tip: Order it nature with onion confit at most; ketchup on a galette-saucisse is a local heresy.
Chez P'tit Louis ★ 4.1
Sainte-Anne · 9 Rue Saint-Louis, 35000 Rennes
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.
Sabibi Pita ★ 4.1
Centre · 2 Rue Jules Simon, 35000 Rennes
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 Fournil des Halles ★ 4.1
Centre · 24 Rue de Nemours, 35000 Rennes
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.
Café Joyeux ★ 4.1
Saint-Georges · 14 Rue Vasselot, 35000 Rennes
Café Joyeux on Rue Vasselot is the Rennes branch of the solidarity chain born in the city in 2017, employing staff with disabilities behind homemade plates.
Tip: This is where the Joyeux story began before Paris and beyond; the coffee sold in bags funds the training programme.
Au Fin Café ★ 4.1
Centre · 1 Rue de Nemours, 35000 Rennes
Au Fin Café is the old-school roaster of Rennes, a family shop near the Halles grinding beans to order from Papua, Kenya, Peru and Colombia.
Tip: This is a shop rather than a coffee bar; come to buy beans ground to order, Dammann teas and Bonnat chocolate.
Sabibi Pita ★ 4.1
Centre · 2 Rue Jules Simon, 35000 Rennes
Sabibi Pita stuffs house-baked pitas with falafel, grilled halloumi and roast vegetables beside the Halles Centrales in Rennes, a 2023 street-food arrival.
Tip: The falafel pita with the full sauce line-up is the filling order; takeaway keeps it around a tenner.
Chez P'tit Louis ★ 4.1
Sainte-Anne · 9 Rue Saint-Louis, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: Evening plates run €6 to €15, so a dinner of two small plates undercuts most bistros in the old town.
La Rozell ★ 4.0
Centre · 14 Rue de Penhoët, 35000 Rennes
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.
Boulangerie Elluard ★ 4.0
Saint-Hélier · 10 Rue Saint-Hélier, 35000 Rennes
Boulangerie Elluard bakes with organic flour on Rue Saint-Hélier in Rennes, an artisan shop between the station and the Vilaine known for its kouign-amann.
Tip: On the walk from the station into town, this is the bread and pastry stop; mornings have the full range.
La Tête Enfarinée ★ 4.0
Centre · 3 Rue de Coëtquen, 35000 Rennes
La Tête Enfarinée is a small artisan bakery on Rue de Coëtquen in central Rennes, folding its kouign-amann in AOP French butter, open Sunday mornings.
Tip: One of the few centre bakeries open Sunday morning; time it with the Criée market across the block.
Maison Fontaine ★ 4.0
Sainte-Thérèse · 27 Boulevard Léon Bourgeois, 35200 Rennes
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.
Café Wunder ★ 4.0
Sainte-Anne · 50B Boulevard de Chézy, 35000 Rennes
Café Wunder sits under the Wunder offices near Place Sainte-Anne in Rennes, specialty coffee and homemade sweet and savoury plates in a coworking hybrid.
Tip: Weekdays only; it doubles as a workspace, so laptops are welcome as long as you keep ordering.
7 Grammes ★ 4.0
Thabor · 3 Rue Saint-Melaine, 35000 Rennes
7 Grammes pours coffee, teas and smoothies at the foot of Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, with homemade vegan lunch options in a minimalist room.
Tip: The Saint-Melaine strip stacks 7 Grammes, L'Enchanté and the crêperies in fifty metres; this is the coffee stop of the row.
La Grappe ★ 4.0
Les Lices · 8 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
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.
La Grappe ★ 4.0
Les Lices · 8 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
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.
Brasserie Sainte-Colombe ★ 4.0
Corps-Nuds · 22 Boulevard François Mitterrand, 35150 Corps-Nuds
Brasserie Sainte-Colombe has brewed south of Rennes since 1996 and now runs about twenty beers from Corps-Nuds, with Friday-afternoon direct sales.
Tip: Friday 14:00 to 20:30 is the only window to buy at the brewery; the Grand Cru and Triple are the cellar picks.
Le Lapin Noir ★ 4.0
Saint-Germain · 2 Rue du Vau Saint-Germain, 35000 Rennes
Le Lapin Noir flips fully plant-based burgers on Rue du Vau Saint-Germain in Rennes, falafel, tofu and seasonal-vegetable patties from €10.90 with fries.
Tip: The €10.90 house burger with chive yogurt and barbecue sauce is the order; Saturday runs non-stop service.
La Rozell ★ 4.0
Centre · 14 Rue de Penhoët, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: The rare crêperie serving between lunch and dinner and up to 22:30 seven days; no dead-hours gamble here.
Le Lapin Noir ★ 4.0
Saint-Germain · 2 Rue du Vau Saint-Germain, 35000 Rennes
Le Lapin Noir flips fully plant-based burgers on Rue du Vau Saint-Germain in Rennes, falafel, tofu and seasonal-vegetable patties from €10.90 with fries.
Tip: The €10.90 house burger with chive yogurt and barbecue sauce is the order; Saturday runs non-stop service.
La Rozell ★ 4.0
Centre · 14 Rue de Penhoët, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: A complète and a bolée of cider stays close to €10; the all-day service suits off-hours budgets.
Le Café des Champs Libres ★ 3.9
Colombier · 10 Cours des Alliés, 35000 Rennes
Le Café des Champs Libres sits inside Rennes' museum and library complex, seasonal plates and house pastries with late Thursday and Friday openings.
Tip: Library card not required; it is the calmest workspace-cafe in the city on a rainy afternoon.
L'Enchanté ★ 3.9
Thabor · 2 Rue Saint-Melaine, 35000 Rennes
L'Enchanté brews organic teas and plates fresh seasonal lunches at 2 Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, a tearoom with vegetarian and vegan options every day.
Tip: Between the Thabor park and Place Sainte-Anne, it is the tea counterpart to 7 Grammes' coffee next door.
Monsieur le Zinc ★ 3.9
Sainte-Anne · 11 Rue Saint-Michel, 35000 Rennes
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
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
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.
Brasserie de la Bizhhh ★ 3.9
Le Rheu · 54 Route Nationale, 35650 Le Rheu
Brasserie de la Bizhhh has brewed in Le Rheu on the west edge of Rennes since 2017, organic-ingredient blondes and porters plus Timut and masala one-offs.
Tip: Rennes bars including Les 400 Coups and Fougue keep the Bizhhh on tap if the ride out to Le Rheu is too far.
Le Plaisir du Breton ★ 3.9
Cleunay · Roazhon Park, Route de Lorient, 35000 Rennes
Le Plaisir du Breton is one of the named galette-saucisse stands working Roazhon Park in Rennes, rolling the grilled-sausage classic for the match-day crowd.
Tip: It is a roving stand, not a shop; find it outside Roazhon Park on Stade Rennais match days and around the markets.
Maison Delaunay ★ 3.9
Cleunay · Roazhon Park, Route de Lorient, 35000 Rennes
Maison Delaunay grills galette-saucisse at Roazhon Park in Rennes, a stand the stadium crowd queues at for the pre-match sausage in buckwheat.
Tip: Match days only around the stadium; on Saturday mornings the same ritual runs at the Marché des Lices stands.
Aux Caprices de Suzette ★ 3.9
Saint-Georges · 17 Rue Vasselot, 35000 Rennes
Aux Caprices de Suzette on Rue Vasselot in Rennes plates La Rennaise, a galette-saucisse with emmental, onions and old-style mustard, or hands it over to go.
Tip: La Rennaise runs €12.30 on the menu; take the plain galette-saucisse away if you want the street ritual rather than a plate.
Le P'tit Vélo ★ 3.9
Sainte-Anne · 8 Place Saint-Michel, 35000 Rennes
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: The last open door on the square most nights; Sunday it winds down at 22:30 like the rest of the city.
Pique-Prune Cleunay ★ 3.8
Cleunay · 132 Rue Eugène Pottier, 35000 Rennes
Pique-Prune Cleunay runs an organic vegetarian lunch buffet beside the Biocoop in west Rennes, starters and desserts by weight with daily vegan options.