restaurant

Sain

Restaurant Sain (Nantes)

© Sain

  • Date
  • share

Sain? It’s a bistro with a marbled facade, bare walls and Tolix chairs, where the Huitric brothers combined their two first names, Samuel (front of house) and Josselin (in the kitchen), which also happens to mean “healthy” in French. These two local kids – from a four-generation family of market farmers in Guérande – know all about locally-sourced eats: bread from Painbar, cheeses from La Laiterie Nantaise, fruit and vegetables from the family-run organic farm… The night we went, Josselin sent out a comforting country terrine with zucchini jam and pickled onions; followed by pearly hake, spelt wheat with cream of zucchini, beurre blanc sauce and raspberries; and an unexpected pavlova with strawberries and peas! In their épicerie section, you’ll find vegetables, eggs, canned goods, spices, coffees, teas, and a selection of natural wines. // Catherine Jamon 

FEELING THIRSTY? Around a hundred labels of 100% Loire living wines: a Muscadet from Éric Chevalier (€4 a glass), a sparkling Chenin from the Domaine Les Terres Blanches (€35 a bottle), Statera, a Loire Pinot noir from the Domaine de Bellevue (€80)… 
PRICE: Set menus €18-22 (lunch), à la carte €33-37 (dinner). 

Save this spot in the Fooding app, available on iOS! Download it now in the app store.

The new Le Fooding France Guide is available!

Inside the latest edition, discover our top 400 restaurants, bars, wine cellars, shops and hotels from all over France that’ll be the talk of the town in 2024. Anything else? Our 16-strong list of award winners you’ll not find anywhere else, and nine articles which shine a light on the taste of the times!

2021 Le Fooding guide frontcover
I WANT IT!
About

Le Fooding is a print and digital guide to all the restaurants, chefs, bars, stylish hotels and B&Bs that make up the “taste of the times,” plus an annual awards list for new establishments across France, a series of gastronomic events, a tool that allow you to make reservations at some fantastic bistros, and an agency specialized in event planning, content production and consulting… And after conquering France, Belgium is Le Fooding guide’s latest playground!

Fooding® is a registered trademark.