40 mid-range places in Rennes, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Rennes, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Rennes food.
Pâtisserie Le Daniel ★ 4.7
Centre · 19 Rue Jules Simon, 35000 Rennes
Pâtisserie Le Daniel is the Meilleur Ouvrier de France house of Laurent Le Daniel in Rennes, running since 1998 with its flagship facing the Halles Centrales.
Tip: Order before 14:00 online and collect the next day; the Rue de la Monnaie boutique by the Lices is the quieter pick-up.
Pâtisserie 16h30 ★ 4.5
Thabor · 3 Rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes
Pâtisserie 16h30 is Marion Juhel's bakery and tea salon on Rue Hoche in Rennes, Gault&Millau's Grand Ouest pastry trophy winner in 2020, closed Mondays.
Tip: The kouign-amann is folded with Beurre de Madame from Pacé, churned from Froment du Léon milk; it sells out on weekend afternoons.
Bistrot Canaille ★ 4.4
Sainte-Anne · 20 Rue de Saint-Malo, 35000 Rennes
Bistrot Canaille on Rue de Saint-Malo in Rennes cooks a rotating seasonal carte, traditional bistro plates reworked with contemporary ideas, evenings only.
Jozy ★ 4.4
Saint-Georges · 42 Rue Vasselot, 35000 Rennes
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.
Bretone ★ 4.4
Colombier · 7 Rue Joseph Sauveur, 35000 Rennes
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.
Crêperie La Saint-Georges ★ 4.4
Centre · 11 Rue du Chapitre, 35000 Rennes
Crêperie La Saint-Georges on Rue du Chapitre in Rennes names its 35 galettes after famous Georges, a design-led room in the half-timbered old town.
Bistrot Canaille ★ 4.4
Sainte-Anne · 20 Rue de Saint-Malo, 35000 Rennes
Bistrot Canaille on Rue de Saint-Malo in Rennes cooks a rotating seasonal carte, traditional bistro plates reworked with contemporary ideas, evenings only.
Le Tire-Bouchon ★ 4.4
Centre · 2 Rue du Chapitre, 35000 Rennes
Le Tire-Bouchon has poured natural wine in old Rennes since 1993, a pioneering bistro at the corner of Rue du Chapitre with homemade market cooking.
Tip: The kitchen is a proper bistro, not a snack counter; book for dinner and let the counter pick your glass.
Jozy ★ 4.4
Saint-Georges · 42 Rue Vasselot, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: Sunday runs non-stop from noon, rare for Rennes; it is the natural-wine Sunday option in the city.
Coquille ★ 4.3
Les Lices · 16 Rue Nantaise, 35000 Rennes
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.
La Mirlitantouille ★ 4.3
Les Lices · 12 Rue Nantaise, 35000 Rennes
La Mirlitantouille on Rue Nantaise in Rennes runs light market lunches and classic bistro dinners, from steak tartare through to aged Breton ribeye.
Peska ★ 4.3
Sainte-Anne · 19 Rue Saint-Malo, 35000 Rennes
Peska is a Mediterranean-leaning fish bistro on Rue Saint-Malo in Rennes, Pauline Iafrate cooking sole meunière and marinated mackerel to order.
La Petite Ourse ★ 4.3
Colombier · 48 Boulevard de la Liberté, 35000 Rennes
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.
Estime ★ 4.3
Centre · 15 Rue du Chapitre, 35000 Rennes
Estime pairs siblings Maxime and Estelle Besnier on Rue du Chapitre in Rennes, a Michelin Bib Gourmand bistro with a €25 three-course lunch.
Yoko ★ 4.3
Colombier · 20 Boulevard de la Tour d'Auvergne, 35000 Rennes
Yoko is Julien Lemarié's Japanese small-plates room next to Ima in Rennes, donburi and okonomiyaki at lunch and a €55 blind tasting menu at night.
Breizh Café ★ 4.3
Sainte-Anne · 1 Place de la Trinité, 35000 Rennes
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.
Crêperie Sarrasin ★ 4.3
Centre · 17 Rue Jules Simon, 35000 Rennes
Crêperie Sarrasin faces the Halles Centrales in Rennes with galettes rolled from 100 percent IGP Breton buckwheat and largely organic French ingredients.
Mono ★ 4.3
Colombier · 34 Boulevard de la Liberté, 35000 Rennes
Mono bakes the Neapolitan pizza reference of Rennes on Boulevard de la Liberté, ultra-thin centres, puffed rims and Italian small-producer toppings.
Durand Chocolatier ★ 4.3
Centre · 5 Quai Chateaubriand, 35000 Rennes
Durand Chocolatier works from the Hôtel Barré on Quai Chateaubriand in Rennes, selling numbered chocolate squares and a folded, caramelised butter cake.
Tip: The gâteau Jégado is the house invention to carry home; the traditional butter cake is the sleeper buy.
Brasserie Skumenn ★ 4.3
Cesson-Sévigné · 8 Impasse des Charmilles, 35510 Cesson-Sévigné
Skumenn brews Rennes' best-known craft beers and pours them in its Cesson-Sévigné brewpub, a glass wall away from the tanks, with a factory shop attached.
Tip: The brewpub looks straight onto the production tanks; Friday runs non-stop from lunch and the shop fills growlers.
La Petite Ourse ★ 4.3
Colombier · 48 Boulevard de la Liberté, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: Weekday lunch only; reserve, the room is small and the daily menu is gone by 13:30.
Oh My Biche ★ 4.3
Colombier · 3 Rue du Puits Mauger, 35000 Rennes
Oh My Biche serves brunch plates across two Rennes rooms open every day, creamy scrambled eggs, pancakes and waffles, plus a Mail Mitterrand address.
Tip: No weekend reservations at either address; the hidden back terrace at Puits Mauger is the seat to hunt.
Le Nabuchodonosor ★ 4.2
Centre · 12 Rue Hoche, 35000 Rennes
Le Nabuchodonosor on Rue Hoche in Rennes runs breakfast to bistro dinner, Joris Lebigot cooking stuffed cabbage, mole mackerel and sweetbread vol-au-vent.
Pépin ★ 4.2
Saint-Germain · 3 Rue du Vau Saint-Germain, 35000 Rennes
Pépin is the Saint-Germain wine bistro of Rennes, Pierre Clolus and Lucas Parigot pouring natural and biodynamic bottles beside terroir plates.
Tip: Pâté and raisin is the house motto; order both and hand the rest of the night to the sommelier side of the room.
Bombance ★ 4.2
Centre · 23 Rue de la Chalotais, 35000 Rennes
Bombance stacks restaurant, wine bar and caviste into one room on Rue de la Chalotais in Rennes, sharing plates built around biodynamic and natural wines.
Benèze ★ 4.2
Les Lices · 20 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
Benèze faces the Marché des Lices in Rennes with French-technique tapas, Pierre Eon sending sharing plates like pork and lobster cannelloni until late.
Fezi ★ 4.2
Saint-Hélier · 42 Avenue Sergent Maginot, 35000 Rennes
Fezi is Cédric Bruneau's organic bistro on Avenue Sergent Maginot in Rennes, a locavore kitchen with sommelier William Nogris pouring natural bottles.
Le 2 Rue des Dames ★ 4.2
Centre · 2 Rue des Dames, 35000 Rennes
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.
Œuf, la Crêperie ★ 4.2
Sainte-Anne · 38 Rue de Saint-Malo, 35000 Rennes
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.
Crêperie du Pont-Levis ★ 4.2
Les Lices · 6 Rue des Portes Mordelaises, 35000 Rennes
Crêperie du Pont-Levis faces the 15th-century Portes Mordelaises in Rennes, IGP Breton buckwheat galettes at the oldest crêperie address in the city.
Maison Bouvier ★ 4.2
Centre · 3 Rue Toullier, 35000 Rennes
Maison Bouvier runs its pâtisserie and chocolaterie across Rennes, the Place Toussaints shop as flagship and a counter in the Hoche Visitation centre.
Tip: Monday afternoon and Sunday openings close in July and August; the Visitation branch keeps longer standard hours.
Bluebird Coffee Shop ★ 4.2
Gare · 16 Rue d'Isly, 35000 Rennes
Bluebird Coffee Shop mixes Japanese and Californian plates near the Rennes station, bagels, hot rolls and bentos in a plant-filled room open every day.
Tip: One of the few centre coffee shops open Sunday evening; the bento is the pre-train order.
Le Melody Nelson ★ 4.2
Centre · 4 Rue Saint-Thomas, 35000 Rennes
Le Melody Nelson mixes serious cocktails on Rue Saint-Thomas in Rennes, a rock-and-roll room pouring smoked Old Fashioneds until 03:00 Wednesday to Saturday.
Tip: This is the late, grown-up counterpoint to the rue de la Soif; the Old White Negroni is the second order.
Rezin ★ 4.2
Thabor · 115 Rue de Paris, 35000 Rennes
Rezin stocks about 250 living wines near the Thabor park in Rennes, a caviste and tasting bar that also shelves Breton craft beer and artisan cider.
Tip: Friday evening is the tasting window when bottles open at the bar; closed Wednesdays and Sundays.
Bombance ★ 4.2
Centre · 23 Rue de la Chalotais, 35000 Rennes
Bombance stacks restaurant, wine bar and caviste into one room on Rue de la Chalotais in Rennes, sharing plates built around biodynamic and natural wines.
Tip: The cave opens at 15:00 and the bar at 17:00; come early to pick a bottle off the wall before the room fills.
Pépin ★ 4.2
Saint-Germain · 3 Rue du Vau Saint-Germain, 35000 Rennes
Pépin is the Saint-Germain wine bistro of Rennes, Pierre Clolus and Lucas Parigot pouring natural and biodynamic bottles beside terroir plates.
Tip: Pâté and raisin is the house motto; order both and hand the rest of the night to the sommelier side of the room.
Benèze ★ 4.2
Les Lices · 20 Place des Lices, 35000 Rennes
Benèze faces the Marché des Lices in Rennes with French-technique tapas, Pierre Eon sending sharing plates like pork and lobster cannelloni until late.
Tip: Open on Sunday and Monday nights when most of Rennes' kitchens go dark, which makes it the safe late booking.
Le Melody Nelson ★ 4.2
Centre · 4 Rue Saint-Thomas, 35000 Rennes
Le Melody Nelson mixes serious cocktails on Rue Saint-Thomas in Rennes, a rock-and-roll room pouring smoked Old Fashioneds until 03:00 Wednesday to Saturday.
Tip: This is where the night ends when the kitchens are done; drinks only, so eat before you climb the stairs.
Fezi ★ 4.2
Saint-Hélier · 42 Avenue Sergent Maginot, 35000 Rennes
Fezi is Cédric Bruneau's organic bistro on Avenue Sergent Maginot in Rennes, a locavore kitchen with sommelier William Nogris pouring natural bottles.
Tip: The €19 to €22 weekday lunch is the soft entry; dinner steps up to a €40 menu with natural pairings.
Le 2 Rue des Dames ★ 4.2
Centre · 2 Rue des Dames, 35000 Rennes
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.
Tip: The €36 evening menu is rewritten for every single service; there is no repeat visit that tastes the same.