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
Brasserie€€€GareMon-Fri 12:00-14:00, 19:00-23:00
Le Galopin has run its seafood brasserie on Avenue Jean Janvier in Rennes since 1965, Cancale oysters and whole lobster a short walk from the station.
Signature: Cancale oysters, Whole lobster with fries
Order: Six Cancale oysters, then the 600g lobster with house fries
Japanese€€ColombierWed-Sat 12:00-13:30, 19:00-22:00
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.
Signature: Donburi, Okonomiyaki
Order: The donburi in the weekday lunch formule, or the €55 blind tasting at night
Congolese€€CentreTue-Sat 19:30-23:30
La Marmite du Saca Saca cooks Congolese saka saka and moambe to order on Rue Derval in Rennes, a small evening room with cooking worth the unhurried pace.
Signature: Saka saka, Moambe chicken
Order: Saka saka, the cassava-leaf stew the house is named after