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
Bistro brewpub€€Sainte-AnneKitchen lunch and dinner Tue-Sat; bar daily 11:00-01:00
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.
Signature: Bistro plates with house-brewed beer
Order: Whatever is on cask from the in-house brewhouse with the day's plate
Modern French€€€€ColombierLunch and dinner Tue-Fri, dinner only Sat, closed Sun-Mon
Racines is Virginie Giboire's Michelin-starred room in Rennes, a fish-led tasting-menu restaurant rebuilt in 2020 a few steps off Boulevard de la Liberté.
Signature: Line-caught fish tasting menus
Order: Whatever fish course anchors that week's menu
French-Japanese€€€€ColombierTue 19:30-21:00; Wed-Sat 12:15-13:45, 19:30-21:00
Ima is Julien Lemarié's Michelin-starred Rennes restaurant, holder of a Green Star too, pairing Breton produce with Japanese technique over three menus.
Signature: Interlude ten-course tasting menu
Order: The ten-course Interlude if you can give it the whole evening