La Table du Balthazar

La Table de Balthazar is the hotel restaurant of the five‑star Balthazar Hotel & Spa in the historic centre of Rennes, offering refined contemporary dining beside a verdant patio. In 2021 the Guide Michelin awarded one Assiette and two Fourchettes. The restaurant emphasises local sourcing where indicated — meats of French origin and daily bread from local bakeries — can be privatized for events and features a cocktail‑led bar for guests and locals. The dining room offers a refined, natural and slightly magical décor; interiors include comfortable sofas, design armchairs, deep‑pile wool carpets, oak parquet and discreet lighting that create a modern, cosy atmosphere. The cuisine is modern French: a bistro offering at lunchtime and multi‑course tasting menus at dinner; dishes favour vegetables, employ precise techniques including low‑temperature cooking, and use spices inventively while remaining "simple but not simplisic". Chef Benjamin Jourdren returned to Rennes in 2018 after training at La Grée des Landes, a 100% organic hotel‑restaurant, and working in several starred houses; he leads the culinary direction and aims to surprise with straightforward, high‑quality products. Specialties include mackerel brûlé with mushroom consommé; smoked raw scallops with calamansi cream; white asparagus with rocket pesto and lard Colonnata; roasted monkfish (lotte rôti); matured beef with parsnip and anchovy butter; and a Caviar Osciètre de Neuvic tasting.