Hummus
Chickpea purée.
8,00 €
Lebanese restaurant · Nantes
Lebanese restaurant in Nantes Le Cèdre
Mezze, homemade grills and Lebanese wines, steps from Bouffay. A fully homemade cuisine since 1988.
Our address
Le Cèdre in the heart of Nantes since 1988
Located at 20 rue Kervegan, in the Bouffay district, Le Cèdre is the first Lebanese restaurant in Nantes. Opened in 1988, it has welcomed locals and visitors for nearly forty years around a fully homemade cuisine: cold and hot mezze, homemade grills, syrup-soaked desserts and a selection of Lebanese wines.
At lunchtime, the house serves a midday lunch set that is quick and affordable, designed for neighbourhood regulars as much as for people working in the nearby offices who want a generous lunch break without giving up on homemade food.
Le Cèdre also delivers within Nantes for those who prefer to eat Lebanese at home: delivery covers inner-city Nantes via Uber Eats and Deliveroo, and our Lebanese catering in Nantes brings Le Cèdre's table to your events. For table bookings, the Zenchef system confirms your seat in real time, directly online.
Finally, the restaurant provides Lebanese catering in Nantes for your private and professional events: weddings, seminars, family meals. As a restaurant for groups in Nantes, Le Cèdre draws up every service on quotation, according to your programme and the number of guests. Avant de réserver, parcourez les photos du restaurant Le Cèdre pour vous projeter dans notre cadre.
Le Cèdre at a glance
The first Lebanese table in Nantes
1988
Opened on rue Kervegan, the first Lebanese restaurant in Nantes
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Homemade menu: mezze, grills, desserts
Lebanon
A selection of Lebanese wines to discover
Our cuisine
A homemade Lebanese cuisine in Nantes
Cold and hot mezze, homemade grills and syrup-soaked desserts: everything is made in house, every day, in our dining room on rue Kervegan.
- Cold and hot mezze
- Grills marinated and cooked on site
- Syrup-soaked Lebanese desserts
- Selected Lebanese wines
The menu at a glance
Our must-try dishes
A Lebanese restaurant in Nantes, Le Cèdre serves an entirely homemade menu. Here are some of the dishes our guests order most often, from cold mezzes to desserts. To taste a little of everything, our mezze sets are shared between two, four or five people, and a vegetarian mezze selection is also available.
Cold mezzes
Mutabbal
Smoked aubergine dip.
8,00 €
Hot mezzes
Falafel
Chickpea balls deep-fried with spices.
8,00 €
Kibbeh
Meat shell stuffed with onion and minced meat.
9,00 €
Grills
Shish Taouk
Chicken breast skewers marinated in mild spices.
17,50 €
Kafta
Minced meat, parsley, onions, spices.
17,50 €
Desserts
Baklava
Filo pastry with pistachios.
5,50 €
Muhalabia
Lebanese milk cream with honey.
5,00 €
Prices shown are those of the current menu at the restaurant.
Your first Lebanese table
What to order when you are discovering Lebanese food
Stepping into a Lebanese restaurant for the first time? A meal at Le Cèdre follows a simple order inherited from the Lebanese table: first a series of shared mezze, then a grill, and finally a syrup-soaked sweet.
Start with mezze, in the middle of the table
Mezze are not individual starters: they are small dishes set in the centre of the table, from which everyone helps themselves. For a first meal, the simplest rule is to pick several of them, mixing cold and hot ones, and to share them between two or four people.
Hummus, mutabbal, labneh: knowing the classics
Hummus is a chickpea purée. Mutabbal is a smoked aubergine dip, made from grilled aubergine, also known as baba ghanoush. Labneh is a strained yoghurt cheese, seasoned with herbs. As for tabbouleh, it is a salad of cracked wheat, tomatoes, onions, parsley, lemon and olive oil.
Carry on with a grill
Next comes the grill, marinated and cooked on site: chicken breast skewers with mild spices (shish taouk), lamb leg skewers (shish kebab), kafta of minced meat with parsley and onions, or shawarma. This is the dish that extends the meal once the mezze have been shared.
Finish with syrup
The meal ends with a homemade pastry: muhalabia, the Lebanese milk cream with honey, baklava filo pastry with pistachios, or asabe with cashew nuts. To go with it, if you wish, a glass of Lebanese wine.
And how do you recognise a good Lebanese restaurant?
The most reliable marker remains homemade food. A menu that genuinely separates cold mezze from hot mezze, grills marinated and cooked on site, pastries made in the kitchen rather than bought in: these are the details that make the difference. At Le Cèdre, everything is prepared on site, every day, since 1988.
Want to go into detail? Browse our mezze, our grills and our desserts before booking your table.
Catering & events
Lebanese catering for your events in Nantes
Weddings, seminars or family meals: Le Cèdre puts together a Lebanese buffet on quotation, with the same homemade cuisine served at the restaurant. Vous organisez un événement ? Le Cèdre est aussi votre restaurant pour groupe à Nantes.
Why Le Cèdre
Why choose Le Cèdre, the Lebanese restaurant in Nantes
Opened on rue Kervegan in 1988, Le Cèdre is the first Lebanese restaurant in Nantes. Since then, the house has stood for one simple idea: a generous, fully homemade Lebanese cuisine prepared on site every day. Cold and hot mezze, homemade grills and syrup-soaked desserts make up a menu faithful to the flavours of Lebanon. It is this consistency, year after year, that has made Le Cèdre a landmark address for lovers of Lebanese food in Nantes.
Choosing Le Cèdre means sitting down in a warm dining room in the heart of Nantes and rediscovering the sharing spirit of the Lebanese table. People come as a couple, with family or among friends to graze on a variety of mezze, carry on the meal around a grill and finish with a syrup-soaked sweet. To go with it, the menu offers a selection of Lebanese wines. Whether you are discovering Lebanese cuisine or already know it well, you are welcomed with the same care.
In the heart of Nantes
Rue Kervegan, on the Île de Nantes since 1988
Le Cèdre is located at 20 rue Kervegan, on the Île de Nantes, a few steps from the Bouffay district. This central Nantes location makes it an easy-to-reach meeting point for a Lebanese lunch or dinner. The restaurant welcomes you Monday to Thursday from 12pm to 2pm and from 7pm to 10pm, then Friday and Saturday until 11pm in the evening.
More than thirty years after it opened, the house keeps Lebanese cuisine alive in this historic corner of Nantes. For those who prefer to stay home, Le Cèdre also offers takeaway and delivery within Nantes via Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
Situé au centre-ville de Nantes, dans le quartier Bouffay et sur l’Île de Nantes, Le Cèdre, premier restaurant libanais de Nantes depuis 1988, vous accueille également pour commander à emporter ou profiter de la livraison dans Nantes. Aux beaux jours, vous pouvez aussi vous installer en terrasse, le temps d’un repas au grand air.
The Lebanese table
Lebanese cuisine, a tradition of sharing
Lebanese cuisine is built on sharing: a succession of mezze set in the centre of the table, fragrant grills and delicate desserts. At Le Cèdre, this tradition takes shape in cold and hot mezze, meats marinated and grilled on site and syrup-soaked pastries made in house. To learn more about this Mediterranean gastronomy, discover Lebanese cuisine and its heritage of sharing.
Nos recettes et traditions
La cuisine libanaise expliquée
Avant de réserver votre table, prenez le temps de découvrir les plats que nous servons. Sur notre blog, nous détaillons les grandes spécialités de notre carte : apprenez à reconnaître ce qu’est un mezze, parcourez les mezzes incontournables et la différence entre mezzes chauds et froids.
Envie de retrouver nos saveurs chez vous ? Suivez notre recette du taboulé libanais, découvrez les secrets du kebbé et terminez par le baklava, grand classique des desserts libanais. Puis venez les déguster préparés maison dans notre restaurant, au cœur de Nantes.
Frequently asked questions
Lebanese restaurant in Nantes: your questions
Where is the Le Cèdre Lebanese restaurant in Nantes?
Le Cèdre welcomes you at 20 rue Kervegan, 44000 Nantes, on the Île de Nantes, close to the Bouffay district and the city centre.
Is Le Cèdre the first Lebanese restaurant in Nantes?
Yes. Opened on rue Kervegan in 1988, Le Cèdre is the first Lebanese table in Nantes and has since served a 100% homemade cuisine.
Which Lebanese dishes does Le Cèdre serve?
The menu brings together cold and hot mezze, homemade grills and syrup-soaked desserts, all homemade, with a selection of Lebanese wines.
Can you order Lebanese food for takeaway or delivery in Nantes?
Yes. Le Cèdre offers takeaway and delivery within Nantes via Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
How do I book a table at Le Cèdre?
Booking is done online in real time via Zenchef or by phone on 02 40 20 15 61. The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday, lunch and dinner.
Does Le Cèdre offer Lebanese catering?
Yes. Le Cèdre provides catering and events on quotation for weddings, seminars and family meals, with the same homemade cuisine.
What should you order in a Lebanese restaurant on your first visit?
The simplest approach is to start with several mezze shared in the centre of the table, mixing cold ones (hummus, mutabbal, tabbouleh, labneh) and hot ones (falafel, rakakat, kibbeh), then to carry on with a grill such as shish taouk or kafta, and to finish with a syrup-soaked dessert. At Le Cèdre, mezze sets for two, four or five people let you taste that assortment without choosing dish by dish.
What is the difference between hummus, mutabbal and baba ghanoush?
Hummus is a chickpea purée. Mutabbal is a smoked aubergine dip made from grilled aubergine: this is the mezze also known as baba ghanoush. Both are served cold, set in the centre of the table and shared between guests.
How do you recognise a good Lebanese restaurant?
Look first at homemade food: mezze prepared on site every day, grills marinated and cooked in the kitchen, homemade pastries. A menu that clearly separates cold mezze from hot mezze and offers Lebanese wines is a good sign. Le Cèdre has applied that standard since 1988, at 20 rue Kervegan in Nantes.
Book
Book your table at Le Cèdre
Le Cèdre welcomes you at lunch and dinner, Monday to Saturday, at 20 rue Kervegan in Nantes.
A Lebanese restaurant in Nantes since 1988, Le Cèdre serves a fully homemade Lebanese cuisine at 20 rue Kervegan: cold and hot mezze, homemade grills, syrup-soaked desserts and Lebanese wines. As the city's first Lebanese table, the house welcomes individuals and families at lunch and dinner, Monday to Saturday, and provides catering on quotation for weddings, seminars and family meals. Takeaway and delivery via Uber Eats and Deliveroo, or on site after booking online: the Le Cèdre Lebanese restaurant looks forward to seeing you in the heart of Nantes.