Cadet

Between the Villa Majorelle and the Musée de l'École de Nancy, this restaurant is housed in a hundred-year-old former hairdressing salon. In a Scandinavian-style interior, brightened up by crates of vegetables, a few trendy cookery books and a vintage Faema coffee machine behind the counter, chef Theo Mareschal (previously encountered at La Maison dans le Parc in Nancy and Kontrast in Oslo) sticks to the brief and cooks up appealing contemporary cuisine that's simple and accessible, a case in point being the veal, mushrooms and baby potatoes or the surprising dessert of vanilla ice cream with squid ink, as black as a painting by Pierre Soulages!