Eat in Île de Nantes, Nantes

Lulu le Bistrot

• ★ 4.4
• €€

Lulu le Bistrot is Ludovic Pouzelgues's relaxed second room on the Île de Nantes, bistro classics and Vendée snails under six-metre ceilings.

Broussaille

• ★ 4.2
• Farm-to-table
• €€

Broussaille cooks locavore, vegetable-forward plates on the Île de Nantes, vegetables in from Ferme Petite Terre and bread from Arlot Cheng.

Bibou

• ★ 3.9
• €€

Bibou runs as bar and bistro together on Quai Hoche in Nantes, serving hearty plates from morning coffee through to a long weekday apéritif.

Magnum

• ★ 3.8
• €€

Magnum runs bistro classics, rotisserie meats and matchstick frites on the Île de Nantes, open from morning coffee through to the last digestif.

LuluRouget

• ★ 4.7
• 1 MICHELIN star
• Modern French
• €€€€

LuluRouget in Nantes is Ludovic Pouzelgues's Michelin-starred room on the Île de Nantes, running surprise menus built on La Turballe and Le Croisic fish.

Macoha

• ★ 4.0
• French brasserie
• €€

Macoha faces the Loire from the north quay of the Île de Nantes, a brasserie room that runs later on Friday and Saturday than most of the island.

Maison Arlot Cheng

• ★ 4.6
• Bakery
• €€

Order Gâteau nantais

Maison Arlot Cheng bakes levain breads and pastries near Les Machines de l'Île in Nantes, its gâteau nantais soaked in rum under a crisp glaze.

Délicatessaine

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• €€

Order Gâteau nantais with rapadura glaze

Délicatessaine bakes largely organic patisserie on the Île de Nantes with unrefined sugar throughout, daily vegan cakes and a calm tea salon.

Barnabé

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• €

Order Pain au levain

Barnabé bakes organic levain breads and low-sugar pastry on the Île de Nantes, one of four shops the house runs across the city, open every day.

TINTO

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• €€

TINTO pours its own roasts at a counter on Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc on the Île de Nantes, lots from Colombia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Brazil.

Distillerie Fizet

• ★ 4.4
• Coffee roaster
• €€

Distillerie Fizet roasts coffee beside its gin still on the Île de Nantes, a micro-distillery whose counter turns out pastries through the day.

Bras de Fer

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• €€

Bras de Fer fills a former gallery on Boulevard de la Prairie au Duc in Nantes with natural wine, exhibitions, concerts and a courtyard garden.

AERoFAB Taproom

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery taproom
• €€

Drink 23 taps of AERoFAB and guest beer

AERoFAB Taproom took over a Hangar à Bananes unit on Quai des Antilles in Nantes in April 2025, with 23 taps of house and guest beer facing the Loire.

Bubar

• ★ 4.2
• Brewpub
• €€

Drink Unfiltered house beers poured beside the tanks

Bubar brews on the Île de Nantes and pours the results at its bar on Rue Louis Blanc, unfiltered and unpasteurised, a few steps from the tanks.

Makoto

• ★ 4.2
• Japanese
• €€

Try Bento of rice, marinated egg, tsukemono and seasonal vegetables

Makoto boxes homemade bento on the Île de Nantes for €14.90, each holding rice, a marinated egg, tsukemono and the vegetables of the moment.

Mashup

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• €€

Mashup is the Île de Nantes brewpub of Tête Haute, with glass walls onto the tanks and a kitchen built around local, seasonal produce and world flavours.

Laiterie Nantaise

• ★ 4.3

Laiterie Nantaise teaches curd stretching in its Île de Nantes dairy, two hours in which each cook takes home jars of mozzarella and burrata.

Chromosome

• ★ 3.9
• French
• €

Lunch at this Beaulieu canteen on the Île de Nantes costs €11.50 for a starter, a main and a dessert, weekdays only and outside school holidays.

dubble

• ★ 3.7
• Poke
• €

Beside the Machines de l'Île, dubble builds grain and pulse salad bowls, hot bowls and poke from €10, with house juices and weekday breakfast.

Billie's

• ★ 4.4
• €€

Order Sticky toffee pudding, or the millionaire shortbread

Billie's is the Franco-British coffee shop on Quai François Mitterrand in Nantes, weekend brunch of English breakfast and sticky toffee pudding.

Brunch Brunch

• ★ 4.3
• €€

Order The formula of two drinks, a plat, a pastry and the dessert of the moment

Brunch Brunch on Rue la Tour d'Auvergne in Nantes builds its whole week around one €25 formula: two drinks, a plat, a pastry and a house dessert.

Bahia Café

• ★ 4.1
• €€

Order The tapioca course that sits between the savoury and the sweet

Bahia Café brings Brazilian cooking to Rue Louis Blanc in Nantes, and the Saturday brunch runs a tapioca course between the savoury and the sweet.

Le Zed République

• ★ 4.1
• €€

Order The mini-burgers, the house speciality carried over into brunch

Le Zed République on the Île de Nantes runs a €25 Sunday brunch, from viennoiseries and jam to charcuterie and mini-burgers, bread served à volonté.

O Deck

• ★ 4.0
• €€€

Order Whatever is on the seasonal buffet, including the vegan desserts

O Deck brunches on a barge moored at Quai Fernand Crouan in Nantes, a Sunday buffet eaten behind glass with the Loire running past the window.

Warehouse

• ★ 4.5
• €€

Warehouse is the big electronic room of Nantes at the Hangar à Bananes, three nights a week of techno, house and Latin programming until dawn.

Stereolux

• ★ 4.6
• €€

Stereolux runs two halls beside the Machines de l'Île in Nantes, a music and digital arts venue with programming across indie, electronic and experimental.

Le Ferrailleur

• ★ 4.4
• €€

Le Ferrailleur puts concerts on the Loire quays at the Hangar à Bananes in Nantes, then turns into a dance floor for its Nuits Blanches until 04:00.

La Guinguette du Belvédère

• ★ 4.2
• €€

La Guinguette du Belvédère sits on the roof of the Terrasses du Port in Nantes, an open-air bar looking straight down the Loire from the Île de Nantes.

La Calle

• ★ 3.9
• €

La Calle is the Latin bar of the Hangar à Bananes quays in Nantes, with live concerts and DJ sets over punch and sangria at happy hour prices.

Australian Café

• ★ 3.7
• €

Australian Café is the beer-led terrace bar of the Hangar à Bananes in Nantes, with live concerts and sport on the screens beside the Loire.