French Bistro restaurants in Rennes
20 french bistro places in Rennes we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Rennes · French Bistro across every city.
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Bistrot Canaille
- ★ 4.4
- French bistro
- €€
- Sainte-Anne
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.
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Coquille
- ★ 4.3
- Locavore bistro
- €€
- Les Lices
Order The seasonal fish of the day from Breton ports
Coquille is Arnaud Guilloux's locavore bistro on Rue Nantaise in Rennes, generous seasonal cooking from Breton producers with a second room in Cesson-Sévigné.
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La Mirlitantouille
- ★ 4.3
- French bistro
- €€
- Les Lices
Order House-aged ribeye in the evening, when the carte turns classic bistro
La Mirlitantouille on Rue Nantaise in Rennes runs light market lunches and classic bistro dinners, from steak tartare through to aged Breton ribeye.
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Le Nabuchodonosor
- ★ 4.2
- Contemporary bistro
- €€
- Centre
Order The vol-au-vent with chicken and veal sweetbreads
Le Nabuchodonosor on Rue Hoche in Rennes runs breakfast to bistro dinner, Joris Lebigot cooking stuffed cabbage, mole mackerel and sweetbread vol-au-vent.
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Jozy
Order Barbecued Coucou de Rennes chicken, the local heritage breed
Jozy is a bistro and natural wine bar on Rue Vasselot in Rennes, chef Noé Viviès grilling Coucou de Rennes chicken behind a hundred-bottle cellar.
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Pépin
- ★ 4.2
- French bistro
- €€
- Saint-Germain
Order The pâté, the house calling card, with a natural glass
Pépin is the Saint-Germain wine bistro of Rennes, Pierre Clolus and Lucas Parigot pouring natural and biodynamic bottles beside terroir plates.
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Chez P'tit Louis
- ★ 4.1
- French bistro
- €
- Sainte-Anne
Order Valrhona chocolate marquise with salted caramel to finish
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.
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Cope
- ★ 4.3
- Contemporary bistro
- €€€
- Thabor
Cope is Clément Couture and David Pellerin's market-cooking room on Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, an Ima alumni kitchen in the old Bercail premises.
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Fezi
- ★ 4.2
- Locavore bistro
- €€
- Saint-Hélier
Fezi is Cédric Bruneau's organic bistro on Avenue Sergent Maginot in Rennes, a locavore kitchen with sommelier William Nogris pouring natural bottles.
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La Petite Ourse
- ★ 4.3
- Market bistro
- €€
- Colombier
La Petite Ourse is a lunch-only bistro on Boulevard de la Liberté in Rennes, a Bib Gourmand in the 2025 Michelin Guide for its organic three-course menus.
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Le 2 Rue des Dames
- ★ 4.2
- Market bistro
- €€
- Centre
Le 2 Rue des Dames seats diners in the old kitchen of a 17th-century Rennes mansion, the Moreau brothers writing one short locavore menu per service.
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Origines Bistro-Microbrasserie
- ★ 4.0
- Bistro brewpub
- €€
- Sainte-Anne
Order Whatever is on cask from the in-house brewhouse with the day's plate
Origines brews its own beer inside the old Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Rennes and serves committed bistro cooking beside the climbing hall, noon until midnight.
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Le Gorille Bleu
- ★ 4.0
- French bistro
- €€
- Centre
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.
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Bistrot Canaille
- ★ 4.4
- French bistro
- €€
- Sainte-Anne
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.
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Le Ciel de Rennes
- ★ 4.0
- Bistronomic
- €€
- Cleunay
Le Ciel de Rennes serves a daily bistronomic lunch around a glassed-in open kitchen on the second floor of the Centre Culinaire Contemporain in Rennes.
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La Petite Ourse
- ★ 4.3
- Market bistro
- €€
- Colombier
La Petite Ourse is a lunch-only bistro on Boulevard de la Liberté in Rennes, a Bib Gourmand in the 2025 Michelin Guide for its organic three-course menus.
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Fezi
- ★ 4.2
- Locavore bistro
- €€
- Saint-Hélier
Fezi is Cédric Bruneau's organic bistro on Avenue Sergent Maginot in Rennes, a locavore kitchen with sommelier William Nogris pouring natural bottles.
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Le 2 Rue des Dames
- ★ 4.2
- Market bistro
- €€
- Centre
Le 2 Rue des Dames seats diners in the old kitchen of a 17th-century Rennes mansion, the Moreau brothers writing one short locavore menu per service.
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Le Ciel de Rennes
- ★ 4.0
- Bistronomic
- €€
- Cleunay
Le Ciel de Rennes serves a daily bistronomic lunch around a glassed-in open kitchen on the second floor of the Centre Culinaire Contemporain in Rennes.
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Cope
- ★ 4.3
- Contemporary bistro
- €€€
- Thabor
Cope is Clément Couture and David Pellerin's market-cooking room on Rue Saint-Melaine in Rennes, an Ima alumni kitchen in the old Bercail premises.