Best Michelin-Starred Restaurants in Nantes
How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding Michelin stars, listed alphabetically.
Freia
1 Michelin star
Freia earned its first Michelin star in 2025, confirming what Nantes diners had already suspected: chef Philip Pretty's creative menu operates at the sharper end of the city's dining scene. Sitting at the €€€ tier on Boulevard de Berlin, the restaurant pairs a structured approach to modern French cooking with a wine program that earned White Star recognition from Star Wine List in consecutive years.
L'Atlantide 1874 - Maison Guého
1 Michelin star
Occupying a 19th-century mansion above the Loire with panoramic views of the Île de Nantes, L'Atlantide 1874 holds a Michelin star under Jean-Yves Guého, whose training at Alsace's Auberge de l'Ill and stints in New Orleans and Hong Kong inform a modern French menu where fish drives the agenda. The Loire wine list and guestrooms with river views complete a serious overnight proposition.
Le Manoir de la Régate
1 Michelin star
A nineteenth-century manor on the eastern bank of the Erdre river, Le Manoir de la Régate holds one Michelin star under chef Mathieu Pérou, whose cooking draws heavily from Loire region produce and a pronounced bias toward vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Front-of-house is led by his sister Anne-Charlotte, making this a family operation with clear professional discipline at both ends of the pass.
Les Cadets
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
At Les Cadets, brothers at the helm welcome you into a stylish, 1950s‑inspired setting where polished conviviality meets contemporary French craft. Chef Charles Bernabé, shaped by years alongside Christophe Hay and rooted in his Breton heritage and pied‑noir lineage, composes luminous plates from rigorously sourced market vegetables and pristine day-boat catch. Expect a culinary dialogue of clarity and depth—cockles from Morbihan lifted with tuberous parsley and black garlic, a blushing rack of veal with melting shallots, and a baked apple perfumed with sweet clover and cider sorbet—served with gracious ease and a rare lunchtime accessibility that belies the finesse. For the informed traveler, Les Cadets offers a quietly confident table where terroir, memory, and modern appetite converge.
LuluRouget
1 Michelin star
Michelin-starred LuluRouget showcases Chef Ludovic Pouzelgues' market-driven mastery in contemporary Nantes, where daily selections from Atlantic coast fish markets become inventive French cuisine just steps from the Machines de l'Île.
Omija
1 Michelin star
Omija sits on Rue Fouré with a creative surprise menu built around organic and traceable produce, from shrimp hauled off Oléron Island to line-caught pollack from Atlantic waters. Chef Romain Bonnet frames his cooking through the five flavours of the Korean omija berry, drawing confident acidic and spicy contrasts that have earned Michelin recognition. The room runs warm and informal, with service precise enough to match the kitchen's ambition.
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