Contemporary bistro€€€ThaborWed-Sat 12:00-14:00, dinner from 19:00
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.
Signature: Tomato water granita, Fermented-fruit tasting plates
Order: The five-course €55 menu at dinner, or the €21 formule at lunch
Locavore bistro€€Saint-HélierTue 12:00-13:30; Wed-Fri 12:00-13:30, 19:30-21:30; Sat 19:30-21:30
Fezi is Cédric Bruneau's organic bistro on Avenue Sergent Maginot in Rennes, a locavore kitchen with sommelier William Nogris pouring natural bottles.
Signature: Hake in squid-ink tempura
Order: Hake in squid-ink tempura with braised leeks
Market bistro€€ColombierMon-Fri 12:00-14:00
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.
Signature: Daily meat, fish and vegetarian mains
Order: The €28 three-course lunch; the carte changes daily
Modern French€€CentreTue-Sat 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00
Estime pairs siblings Maxime and Estelle Besnier on Rue du Chapitre in Rennes, a Michelin Bib Gourmand bistro with a €25 three-course lunch.
Signature: Hake with potatoes, chorizo and samphire
Order: Hake with potatoes, chorizo and samphire when it runs
Market bistro€€CentreMon-Fri 12:00-14:00, 19:00-23:30
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.
Signature: Single evening menu of the day
Order: The €36 single evening menu, rewritten for every service
Breton brasserie€€€GareDaily 07:00-22:00; lunch 11:30-14:30, dinner 19:00-22:00
Le Paris-Brest puts Christian Le Squer's Breton brasserie inside Rennes station's departures hall, pâté en croûte to a reworked paris-brest, open every day.
Signature: Paris-brest contemporain, Pâté en croûte with foie gras
Order: The contemporary paris-brest, the dessert the room is named for