French bistro€€Les LicesTue-Sat 12:00-14:15, 19:00-22:30; Thu-Sat until 23:00
La Mirlitantouille on Rue Nantaise in Rennes runs light market lunches and classic bistro dinners, from steak tartare through to aged Breton ribeye.
Signature: Steak tartare, House-aged ribeye
Order: House-aged ribeye in the evening, when the carte turns classic bistro
Contemporary bistro€€CentreTue-Sat 08:30-23:00; kitchen 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:30
Le Nabuchodonosor on Rue Hoche in Rennes runs breakfast to bistro dinner, Joris Lebigot cooking stuffed cabbage, mole mackerel and sweetbread vol-au-vent.
Signature: Vol-au-vent with chicken and veal sweetbreads
Order: The vol-au-vent with chicken and veal sweetbreads
Seafood€€Sainte-AnneTue-Sat 19:00-22:30
Peska is a Mediterranean-leaning fish bistro on Rue Saint-Malo in Rennes, Pauline Iafrate cooking sole meunière and marinated mackerel to order.
Signature: Sole meunière, Marinated mackerel focaccia
Order: Sole meunière with fermented rhubarb and fish jus
Contemporary bistro€€Saint-GeorgesWed-Fri 17:00-23:30; Sat 12:00-23:30; Sun 12:00-21:30
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.
Signature: Barbecued Coucou de Rennes chicken
Order: Barbecued Coucou de Rennes chicken, the local heritage breed
French bistro€€Saint-GermainMon-Sat 12:00-14:30, 19:00-22:30
Pépin is the Saint-Germain wine bistro of Rennes, Pierre Clolus and Lucas Parigot pouring natural and biodynamic bottles beside terroir plates.
Signature: Pâté en croûte
Order: The pâté, the house calling card, with a natural glass
Tip: Pâté and raisin is the house motto; order both and hand the rest of the night to the sommelier side of the room.
Wine bistro€€CentreMon-Fri 17:00-00:00; Thu-Fri also 12:00-14:00
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.
Signature: Sharing plates with natural wine
Order: The €39 evening sharing sequence with a biodynamic bottle