CuisineWine bar
Price€€
NeighborhoodThabor
HoursMon 15:30-19:00; Tue, Thu 10:00-13:30, 15:30-19:00; Fri 10:00-13:30, 15:30-20:00; Sat 10:00-19:00
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Food program: Fine grocery boards, Breton beers and ciders

Tip: Friday evening is the tasting window when bottles open at the bar; closed Wednesdays and Sundays.

Location

Address: 115 Rue de Paris, 35000 Rennes

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La Cave du Sommelier ★ 4.1

Wine bar€€ThaborShop Tue-Sat 10:00-19:30; tasting cellar Thu-Sat 17:30-21:30

La Cave du Sommelier has advised Rennes drinkers on Rue Hoche since 1994, with an underground tasting cellar of boards, tapas and biodynamic glasses.

Signature pour: A cellar-tasting glass chosen by the sommelier-owner

Wine focus: French classics plus natural and biodynamic growers

Food: Cheese, charcuterie and vegetarian tapas in the cellar

Tip: The cellar bar only runs Thursday to Saturday evenings; the street-level shop keeps full caviste hours.

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La Grappe ★ 4.0

Wine barLes LicesTue-Fri 17:00-01:00; Sat 08:00-14:00, 17:00-01:00

La Grappe pours glasses from €3 on Place des Lices in Rennes, a small wine bar with charcuterie boards that opens Saturday morning for the market crowd.

Signature pour: A cheap, honest glass on the market square

Wine focus: Approachable list with glasses from €3

Food: Charcuterie and cheese boards

Tip: Saturday morning it opens at 08:00 with the Marché des Lices; a white here is the market-lap tradition.

La Cave du Sommelier ★ 4.1

Wine bar€€ThaborShop Tue-Sat 10:00-19:30; tasting cellar Thu-Sat 17:30-21:30

La Cave du Sommelier has advised Rennes drinkers on Rue Hoche since 1994, with an underground tasting cellar of boards, tapas and biodynamic glasses.

Signature pour: A cellar-tasting glass chosen by the sommelier-owner

Wine focus: French classics plus natural and biodynamic growers

Food: Cheese, charcuterie and vegetarian tapas in the cellar

Tip: The cellar bar only runs Thursday to Saturday evenings; the street-level shop keeps full caviste hours.

Bombance ★ 4.2

Wine bar€€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 pour: A biodynamic bottle from the caviste wall

Wine focus: Biodynamic and natural wines, drink in or take away

Food: Sharing plates, €25 midday and €39 evening sequences

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

Wine bar€€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 pour: A grower bottle to go with the pâté

Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic growers

Food: Terroir bistro plates, pâté en croûte the calling card

Tip: Pâté and raisin is the house motto; order both and hand the rest of the night to the sommelier side of the room.

Jozy ★ 4.4

Wine bar€€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 pour: Lucy Rosedale's natural pick of the week

Wine focus: Around 100 natural references

Food: Noé Viviès' full bistro kitchen behind the bar

Tip: Sunday runs non-stop from noon, rare for Rennes; it is the natural-wine Sunday option in the city.

Le Tire-Bouchon ★ 4.4

Wine bar€€CentreMon-Wed 12:00-14:00, 19:00-22:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-14:00, 19:00-23:00

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.

Signature pour: A natural glass chosen at the counter from the week's open bottles

Wine focus: Natural wines, pioneering in Rennes since 1993

Food: Homemade market bistro cooking

Tip: The kitchen is a proper bistro, not a snack counter; book for dinner and let the counter pick your glass.

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