Thirty-eight years
on rue Kervegan.
Le Cèdre is the first Lebanese restaurant to have opened in Nantes. A menu prepared entirely on site, generous and varied.
Four constants, since 1988.
1988
Year opened
1er
Lebanese in Nantes
100 %
Homemade
FR · EN · AR
Languages spoken on site
Before us, in Nantes, there was no Lebanese restaurant.
Le Cèdre opened on rue Kervegan in 1988. On the Île de Nantes, it was the first Lebanese restaurant. The house is today run by Chadi Ahmad.
For thirty-eight years, the menu has kept the same course: cold and hot mezzes, fire-grilled meats, syrup-glazed desserts. Everything is prepared on site. Nothing is outsourced.
Generous portions. Variety. And good value.
Everything is homemade, no shortcuts.
Hummus, tabbouleh, mutabbal, falafel, kebbé, sambousek, baklava, all prepared in our kitchen, with no industrial shortcuts. Takeaway and delivery through Uber Eats and Deliveroo rely on the same menu, with no compromise.
It's also why the house stays its size: growing bigger would mean industrialising. That's not the path we chose.
The tree at the centre of the flag.
The Lebanon cedar grows slowly and lasts a long time. A symbol of rootedness, patience and longevity, it sits at the centre of the Lebanese flag. It has given the house its name since 1988.
Thirty-eight years later, the name is still here. What surrounds it changes, bridges, terraces, the languages drifting past on rue Kervegan. The house, however, holds its place.
Le Cèdre, restaurant libanais à Nantes.
Le Cèdre est le restaurant libanais du 20 rue Kervegan, à Nantes, dans le quartier Bouffay. Ouvert en 1988, c’est le premier restaurant libanais de la ville. La maison est dirigée par Chadi Ahmad et sert une carte préparée à 100 % sur place : mezzés froids et chauds, grillades au feu, desserts au sirop et vins du Liban.
Le nom vient du cèdre du Liban, l’arbre qui figure au centre du drapeau libanais. Il désigne la même adresse depuis 1988.
- Cuisine
- Libanaise, faite maison
- Ouverture
- 1988
- Adresse
- 20 rue Kervegan, 44000 Nantes
- Quartier
- Bouffay, Île de Nantes
- Direction
- Chadi Ahmad
- Téléphone
- 02 40 20 15 61
Pour prolonger ce voyage, retrouvez sur notre blog de quoi tout savoir sur la cuisine libanaise, dont un guide dédié à la tradition du mezzé libanais. Restaurant pionnier, Le Cèdre, à Nantes depuis 1988 continue de faire vivre ces saveurs à travers ses plats emblématiques depuis 1988.