Coffee shops and tea rooms Ille-Et-Vilaine

The kind of tea room you'd dream of after a ride in a blizzard, British to the bone! An atmosphere somewhere between kitsch and cocooning, underpinned by gold-flowered merry-go-round teapots, velvet armchairs, antique prints, a telephone booth and English pastries to die for! We recommend the Queen Victoria sponge cake and homemade lemonade combo, or the British pie like in the old English pubs. Sunday brunch is just as delicious.

With Cavoua, healthy cuisine and relaxation are at your fingertips. This charming place designed by Vincent and Mathieu offers delicious coffees, teas and detox juices as well as sweets for all meals of the day. Here, the decoration, a subtle mix of industrial and Scandinavian style, leads to quietness. The brunches are irresistible but so are the home-made dishes. The service is impeccable, the welcome warm and the products in season. The mascot Oréo, a boston terrier, is adorable and symbolizes the sweetness of life.

Bluebird Coffee takes us somewhere between California and Australia. The 4-metre high ceilings are filled with a myriad of rattan hanging baskets. With its small wooden table, side table and pastel banquette, this is a place to share good times at lunchtime, nibbling on grilled cheese, avocado toast or a bento. Stop in for a generous snack, including a delicious New York-style donut and a gingerbread latte. The many juices are made fresh with the finest ingredients. You can even come for breakfast: there's nothing like starting the day with a peanut butter bagel! The atmosphere is relaxed and cosmopolitan.

It's with a great deal of heart and dignity that you're served in this café unlike any other, since most of the staff are mentally or cognitively handicapped. The first solidarity café of its kind in Rennes, the place lives up to its name. The team welcomes us with a smile, and serves up some particularly tasty classics. With its bright yellow decor, reminiscent of a Brooklyn concept café, and its lively playlist, the place warms you up. You'll be given a plastic cube before you reach your table, so that your waiter can identify you in the room. We salute this deeply human initiative that makes you see life differently!

La Lichouille is a bar for chocolate lovers, to eat in or take away, which offers us a consumption experience around the chocolate bar... So when it comes to making a totally original creation, combining it with the cookie flavor, and crushing it inside a hot milk, the pleasure is intense. The meeting place for those who love four o'clock! La Lichouille also offers lunch formulas with sandwiches, salads, toasts or wraps as well as smoothies prepared on the spot in a wide choice of flavors that goes from orange to black radish, muffins or gourmet waffles... A nice and charming address.

"Home-made, local and friendly": the motto of the Quetzal Café is already making mouths water! And the promises are being kept by Emilie and Cathy at the helm of this address, which opened in 2020. In this warm setting of Formica tables and multicolored chairs, with its open kitchen, enjoy a generous poke bowl. Its composition evolves with the seasons. As soon as the sun comes back out, take advantage of the garden terrace for a moment of relaxation with tea and treats. Don't forget to book in advance, as this address quickly fills up.

FAV for Françoise, Annie and Véronique, three sisters who have in heart to propose a beautiful address with this coffee-shop. They are adorable! You can come and have breakfast in a cosy and family atmosphere. Among the cakes: gingerbread Marie, cheesecakes, scones, muffins and pastries. As for hot drinks, there is something for everyone: Barista coffee, cappuccino, americano, filter coffee, latte art, tea, milkshake, smoothies or hot chocolates. At lunchtime, salads, sandwiches, bagels, boxes, buddha bowls and small dishes are delicious!

There's one patisserie where snack time rings particularly true. 4:30 pm: we enter, attracted by the cookies, cakes and honey gingerbread from Rennes in the window. Inside, we can sit down to enjoy them with a tea from Tea & Ty and a coffee from Felix. Among the pastries that follow the seasons, Saint-Honoré, Zonka, Moulins and Duarn' are divinely structured and balanced (some gluten-free). Marion also offers cocktails with infused plants. Here, the question of the ecological footprint is inseparable from pastry-making. We also offer a reusable bento bag for transporting your cakes.

Cousins Catherine and Pascale have been running Thé au Fourneau - also known as TaF - since 1987. This charming address, with its cake moulds on the walls and colorful lanterns, is located in the old town of Rennes, in a nook that opens onto the Portes mordelaises, the last vestige of the city's medieval walls. Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the city, Thé au Fourneau offers a break in a cozy, peaceful setting. So secluded, in fact, that the pace is quite different, and we recommend you be patient with the serving time... Then all you have to do is choose from a fine selection of teas and mouth-watering home-made pastries. We love that British touch: scones, carott cakes, tarts... Everything is delicious.From 12pm to 3pm, you can also enjoy savoury tarts, salads and tartines. Recipes change regularly.

Les Clandestines is the place to bring your best friend, grandmother or toddler. Why should you? Because, at once off-center and lively, deeply authentic, this 70's coffee shop does things right. Manuela and Gaëlle serve small dishes, bagels, soups, cookies, muffins and cheesecakes. Trained in one of the best bakeries in Rennes, they are determined to serve good local produce, often organic, at low prices. The menu changes weekly, with winter offerings including veggie fajitas with roasted vegetables and pumpkin velouté. A boutique offers Skumenn beers, tea from Tea & Ty and products by local designers.

Fancy a real coffee? At Café 1802 (the year the first coffee machine was created), it's a barista (Fred) who serves you! He knows coffee inside out, and knows how to prepare it, decorate it (the latte art is amazing!) and serve it at just the right temperature. Espresso routinely dethrones all other tastings, but here we learn that you can enjoy your coffee as mild as an infusion, making it aromatic and bitter-free (the secret of the Chemex), or strong and cold (thanks to the cold drip extraction method lasting 7 to 8 hours). A dozen coffees have been selected from small producers from Guatemala to Ethiopia, via Burundi and Colombia, and Renaud roasts them on site every week! At lunchtime, you can enjoy a cookie, a hazelnut banana bread or a slice of toast. The place, a touch retro, is calm and perfect for work or a break with friends.

Ideal after a surfing session or a good swim, the little Saint-Lu is located close to the sailing school, the mini-golf and the main beach of Saint-Lunaire. This small restaurant and tea room has a small terrace in the shade, with a view of the sea! The pleasant dishes are home-made and you can enjoy a simple cuisine that hits the spot with vegetarian or not bagels, pasta, woks. Everything is home cooked with fresh products and with heart and serenity. In addition, you will also meet some local figures.

Former basketball player Guillaume Mérie has moved into an atypical location. After two years of renovation, he has opened his coffee shop in the Embas tower! This coffee and patisserie enthusiast focuses on organic, ultra-short circuits and homemade products. This particularly cosy space, with its old stone walls and exposed beams, is the perfect place to enjoy a gourmet coffee, a pastry, a hot dog or even a raclette bowl, a creation for the end of 2023! Upstairs, the tower offers equally seductive rooms of over 30 m².

Mokka is located on Rennes' busiest pedestrian thoroughfare. So it's only natural to stop in for a good coffee to go. Theiced coffee or the tchaï tea latte sprinkled with cinnamon are among the editor's favorites. Savoury snacks (especially the Vietnamese and Andalusian sandwiches) and sweet snacks (cookies, muffins, cheesecakes, etc.) are also delicious. We did a little digging: everything is homemade and the products are carefully selected. You can also stock up on ground coffee or beans roasted by Cafés Breizhiliens. Take a look at the collection of bamboo takeaway mugs! Pretty and eco-friendly. A second address is located opposite Les Halles Centrales.

Laetitia Boutémy warmly welcomes you in this charming tea room located in the main street of Dol. Everything is good in this shop and you will come for good occasions: tea time, lunch, birthday party or break after the market. At 5pm, you will enjoy a delicious piece of cake with a good cup of tea, homemade hot chocolate or coffee roasted in Dol. On the menu, soups, smoothies, fruit mixes, toasts, pasta, potées, milkshakes and other delights prepared with fresh and local products.

In a brand new boutique, the coffee-shop and artisan roaster welcomes us to discover exceptional coffees. Unlike traditional methods, Bourbon d'Arsel uses slow roasting to reveal subtle aromas. The team takes meticulous care over the provenance of its coffees, choosing producers with the utmost care. You can enjoy a specialty coffee for breakfast or afternoon tea, accompanied by pastries such as financier, moelleux au chocolat, tarte au citron meringuée... Bourbon d'Arsel has its own roasting workshop just outside the town center. And don't forget your takeaway coffee packs.

Welcome to L'Audace for a gourmet break in an atmosphere of softness and elegance! Comfortably seated in one of L'Audace's armchairs, enjoy a decor that blends the old and the new, all with a sober touch. As for beverages, teas, coffees from Brûlerie du Castel in Domloup and chocolates await you, accompanied by cookies, muffins and homemade pastries. At aperitif time, wines and planks take over! You can also brunch every first Sunday of the month around the buffet of delicious local produce. Not to be missed!

A breeze from Asia blows across the rue Baudrairie, in the heart of Rennes. It's here that this Japanese café with an innovative concept has taken up residence: a matcha bar to discover or rediscover this green tea powder in all its forms. Known for its antioxidant virtues, matcha can sometimes be off-putting because of its bitterness. The variety selected here is one of the least bitter. But above all, the team redoubles its ingenuity to make people appreciate this Japanese specialty, served in drinks with fruit, in pastries... The chocolate fondant with matcha ganache is a delight. Lunchtime menus also include bentos and Japanese sandwiches.