Eat in Bouffay, Nantes

La Cachette

• ★ 4.1
• French bistro
• €

La Cachette hides on Rue du Refuge in Nantes with one daily fixed-price menu, half of it vegetarian or vegan, and a doggy bag for skipped courses.

L'Étal

• ★ 4.1
• Seafood
• €€

L'Étal doubles as fishmonger and fish bistro on Rue des Carmes in Nantes, where you pick your fish off the slab and the kitchen cooks it on the spot.

Sépia

• ★ 4.4
• Modern French
• €€€

Sépia on Quai de Turenne in Nantes is Top Chef alumna Lucie Berthier Gembara's room, tasting menus led by vegetables, organics and natural wine.

Le Loup, le Renard et la Galette

• ★ 4.5
• Crêperie
• €€

Readers of Big City Nantes voted this Bouffay crêperie the city favourite for 2025, galettes built on butternut cream, burrata or guacamole.

Crêperie Sainte-Croix

• ★ 4.3
• Crêperie
• €€

Trading since 1948 beside the Sainte-Croix belfry, this crêperie spreads over three floors and fills its galettes with scallops and smoked trout.

La Crêperie du Bouffay

• ★ 3.9
• Crêperie
• €

One of the older galette houses on the pedestrian lanes of Bouffay, generous plates of buckwheat with artisan ciders and a small street terrace.

Chez Mamie Nénette

• ★ 4.1
• Crêperie
• €€

Sixth in the 2025 Big City Nantes crêperie vote, Mamie Nénette drops the lace-curtain look and pushes galette fillings well past ham and egg.

La Cantine du Curé

• ★ 3.8
• Crêperie
• €

Named by Nantais voters among their favourite crêperies, this Sainte-Croix corner keeps the griddle on from eleven in the morning to eleven at night.

Le Bouchon

• ★ 4.2
• French bistro
• €€

Founded in 1986 in the historic centre of Nantes, Le Bouchon spreads several dining moods around a walled inner garden screened from the street.

La Reine Margot

• ★ 4.1
• French bistro
• €€

A long-standing table on Rue de la Juiverie in the old town, traditional French cooking in a narrow room that turns two short services a day.

Chez Maman

• ★ 4.0
• French bistro
• €€

Chez Maman plays the family-lunch songbook in the old town of Nantes, roast meats and hachis parmentier lightened a little, served every day.

Sen's

• ★ 4.2
• Vietnamese
• €€

Sen's works the Vietnamese canon from a small room off Rue Sainte-Croix, pho bo and bun cha Ha Noi alongside plates of assorted spring rolls.

Pizzéria Pinocchio

• ★ 4.1
• Pizzeria
• €€

Pinocchio has kept a steady following on Rue Saint-Léonard in Nantes, a straightforward pizzeria whose card stretches to strawberry and parmesan.

Voyage Voyage

• ★ 4.0
• French bistro
• €€

A bistro on Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville that runs later than most of Bouffay, lunch on three days and a kitchen open until two on Friday and Saturday.

Boëma Café

• ★ 4.2
• €€

Order Filter coffee from a Breton roastery

Boëma Café brews specialty coffee from a Breton roastery in a bright room off Rue des Halles in Nantes, brunch and focaccia lunches every service.

Curieux Coffeeshop

• ★ 4.2
• €

Order Espresso with plant milk

Curieux Coffeeshop keeps a fully plant-based counter behind its specialty coffee near Commerce in Nantes, sweet and savoury alike made without dairy.

Les Bien-aimé.e.s

• ★ 4.0
• €

Order Loose-leaf tea and citron de Corée

Les Bien-aimé.e.s is a café-librairie off Bouffay in Nantes, feminist and ecological writing downstairs and a quiet tea room on the floor above.

Saguaro Coffee

• ★ 4.2
• €

Order Iced ube latte

Saguaro Coffee picked up where Canyon closed a few doors away in Nantes, pouring cold brew, affogato and coloured lattes beside grilled cheese.

ArnO Boulangerie

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• €

Order Croissant

ArnO bakes organic breads and prize-winning croissants on Rue de Verdun in the old quarter of Nantes, with everything made on site each morning.

La Brûlerie

• ★ 4.4
• Coffee roaster
• €€

La Brûlerie roasts on Rue de la Marne in central Nantes, organic lots from Kenya, Honduras and Indonesia beside a wall of teas and brewing kit.

Prohibition

• ★ 3.9
• Late-night speakeasy bar
• €€

Drink Cocktails and a long beer board

Prohibition works a New York underground theme in a Bouffay cellar in Nantes, with cocktails and beer running to 03:30 and DJs playing from 23:00.

Le Sur Mesure

• ★ 4.5
• Craft beer bar
• €€

Drink 32 taps split across two floors

Le Sur Mesure runs 32 taps over two floors in the Bouffay quarter of Nantes, half the board downstairs and half upstairs, changing all the time.

Le Rabelais

• ★ 4.1
• Belgian beer pub
• €€

Drink 29 taps weighted to Belgian and Irish beer

Le Rabelais has poured Belgian and Irish beer on Rue du Bouffay in Nantes since 1991, with 29 taps and football on the screens most evenings of the week.

Atomic's Café

• ★ 3.8
• Bar with live music
• €€

Drink Cocktails and draught beer

Atomic's Café keeps a terrace on Cours Olivier de Clisson in Nantes, food through the day and live music or comedy most weeks into the night.

Le Montecito

• ★ 3.9
• LGBTQ+ bar
• €€

Drink House cocktails

Le Montecito is the gay bar of Nantes on Allée Duquesne, open six nights a week to 02:00 with regular themed evenings and bingo nights on the card.

Havana Café

• ★ 3.6
• Latin bar
• €€

Drink Rum-led Latin cocktails

Havana Café runs Latin nights on Rue de la Juiverie in the Bouffay quarter of Nantes, open every evening from 18:00 straight through until 04:00.

BAO DAO

• ★ 4.2
• Taiwanese
• €

Try Gua bao

BAO DAO on Rue de la Clavurerie in Nantes was the city's first fully Taiwanese counter, steaming gua bao and pulling bubble tea daily until 22:00.

Bàng Bàng Cuisine

• ★ 4.3
• Chinese
• €

Try Jiaozi dumplings and dan dan mian

Bàng Bàng Cuisine folds its jiaozi by hand on Rue de Briord in Nantes, with dan dan noodles and mapo tofu beside them, and half the card vegan.

Oléa

• ★ 4.0
• Lebanese
• €

Try Kaakeh sesame flatbreads

Oléa bakes kaakeh, the Lebanese sesame galette, on Rue de la Juiverie in Nantes, folding vegan and vegetarian versions around mezze fillings.

Le Comptoir Libanais

• ★ 4.0
• Lebanese
• €

Try Falafel sandwiches and mezze

Le Comptoir Libanais rolls €7.50 falafel sandwiches and mezze on Rue de la Clavurerie in Nantes, most of the card vegetarian and made in house.

Barapom Bouffay

• ★ 4.3
• French regional
• €

Try Breton galettes and crêpes

Barapom griddles Breton galettes and crêpes on Rue de la Juiverie in Nantes, with a galette du jour and a crêpe du jour chalked up beside the card.

Marché de la Petite Hollande

• ★ 4.4

Marché de la Petite Hollande spreads hundreds of traders across its Loire-side square each Saturday, the biggest open-air market Nantes runs.

Sapio Arts

• ★ 4.3

Sapio Arts runs its cooking school beside the restaurant on Rue de la Clavurerie in Nantes, from short pâtisserie slots to producer masterclasses.

Moloss

• ★ 4.1
• Sandwich
• €

Moloss builds proper casse-dalle sandwiches near Feydeau in Nantes at €9.50 apiece, or €11.50 to €15 once you add the sides that make it a full lunch.

Lotus Ravioli

• ★ 3.8
• Chinese
• €

A small Chinese ravioli counter off Place du Commerce in Nantes, where a plate of pork and lotus-root ravioli runs €7.90 and the soup bowls cost the same.

Glasgow Burgers

• ★ 3.9
• Burgers
• €

A burger counter tucked on Rue des Échevins behind the Bouffay lanes in Nantes, two tight services a day and a kitchen that shuts Sunday and Monday.

Royal Indien

• ★ 3.9
• Indian
• €

Royal Indien holds a narrow room on Rue Kervégan in the Feydeau quarter, tandoori grills and curries served six days a week at modest prices.

Asie Neptune

• ★ 3.7
• Vietnamese
• €

A plain Vietnamese and Thai canteen on Rue Bon Secours where the prawn and beef bo bun costs €13.50 and service starts at eleven in the morning.

Curry House

• ★ 3.9
• Late-night
• €€

Try Tandoor naans and freshly ground curries

Curry House has cooked north and south Indian food in the Bouffay quarter of Nantes since 2013, the kitchen holding on to 23:00 at weekends.

Le Petit Marais

• ★ 4.1
• €€

Le Petit Marais is a long-standing fixture of queer nightlife on the Île Feydeau in Nantes, DJ nights and drag under a lit ceiling.

Le Callaway

• ★ 3.8
• €

Le Callaway is a concert café on Rue de l'Émery in Nantes running live sets and DJ nights to 04:00, with a happy hour stretching past midnight.