The best restaurants in Nantes

We recommend 5 of the best gourmet restaurants in Nantes ! Some have even been singled out by Les Tables de Nantes guide, for the quality and the origin of their produce, their chef’s culinary talent, their style as well as their wine list valuing the varieties of the Loire, of course! Here is our top selection:

1. La Raffinerie, delicious cuisine
2. LuluRouget, refined cuisine
3. Les Chants d’Avril gastro-pub
4. Restaurant du Pont, harmonious cuisine
5. Song Saveurs et Sens, asian cuisine

As its name suggests, la Raffinerie offers refined homemade fare that starts with fresh quality produce. This means that the choice is narrow, but the portions are generous, the cooking perfectly executed and the flavours preserved. The originality of the dishes is down to the extra touch of chef Nicolas Bourget, which reveals all the subtlety of the dish by combining local produce and spices discovered on his travels!

Some examples of dishes to whet your appetite: Croisic yellow pollock and Saint-Hillaire garden vegetables, Roast octopus, Chef’s terrine and jams, Chocolate fondant cake.

Do you like discovering new things? Then this restaurant is for you! Whether you are an adventurer or not, to each their own set menu: with your “eyes open” to know beforehand what you are about to eat or “eyes shut” for a surprise. And chef Ludovic Pouzelgues never misses an opportunity to surprise you: playing with different textures, unusual combinations, unexpected appetisers... Added to that are perfectly executed techniques and cooking as well as a selection of quality seasonal produce changing every day for optimal freshness. In short, bliss!

Some examples of dishes to whet your appetite: Crispy mackerel filet with sour aubergine slices, Grilled red mullet with cauliflower and hazelnut powder mousse, Half-salt monkfish slices with mint, Creamed anchovy with kabu turnips.  Grapefruit and ginger oyster sweets.

This pub offers quality gourmet food which is well prepared and cooked using fresh produce. There’s no fuss here, but flavourful dishes where the love of food and the respect of the products come through. A special mention for the mystery set menu and the personalised service that makes you feel special. Great value for money, in a friendly setting... We recommend it!

Some examples of dishes to whet your appetite: Carpaccio of foie gras, Creamy cider beetroot butterfly, Lightly fried Ancenis poultry over Noirmoutier new potatoes. Scallops cooked in the shell with parsnip mousse, herb vinaigrette and hazelnut oil. Skrei cod over market-fresh vegetable stir fry.

The restaurant du Pont offers simple and gourmet fare that respects and enhances the produce. There are several set menus to choose from including the “Gourmet”, “Flavours from near and far”, or even “Trilogy around ... “ They offer an assortment of dishes based around one product presented in different ways: langoustine, sea bass, beef or perhaps rabbit... And if you want to try the specialities of the Loire you will be won over, because frog’s legs, eels and zander with white butter are on offer too!

Some examples of dishes to whet your appetite: “The bunny boiler” “The beefcake” “Squeeze your lemon”.

Even if you must drive your elephant up to the top of rue Crébillon it’s worth the effort, as this enclave of “fusion food” with Asian flair is really creative. In this glamorous setting, visitors swoon over the Peking duck in glossy black soy sauce, the quartet of fish, prawns, marinated and grilled squid, the mango risotto (coconut rice pudding-style) and the fruit soup with spiced milk.

Some examples of dishes to whet your appetite: Sea bream ceviche with ginger, Fried salted king prawns, Ice cream tempura.