Le Bardac' — Restaurant in Rennes

The only time you are ever likely to find yourself here is if you are staying at the excellent local camping municipal, Camping du Lac. This place is a five minute walk away, in the main square and next to the church. It has a great little terrace for watching what small part of the world there is that passes through St Aubin du Cormier.

It's nothing like the average French bar, but more an English pub but with French clients. It's run by volunteers as a community association, so opening times and service levels can be a bit hit and miss, but the atmosphere and the beer are great.

Beers are local brews with generally the choice of one blonde and one ambrée - something like a French version of a pale and a ruby ale. There's a third pump, but in eight years I've never seen it working.

Wines are not great (two of each colour ..normally from a box, and a non specific rosé). There are endless multicolored spirits and syrups that the French like to mix together to produce something undrinkable, but really it's just beer

No food is available, but the management (if that's not too grand a word) are happy for you to eat something from the boulangerie or the galette van with your beer.

As for entertainment, the bar specialises in user- generated content. There's a games afternoon, when everyone brings games, a cake afternoon...you get the idea. Best of all is guitar evening. The last time I was there, six guitarists were playing to a packed house (about another six people) when a woman walked into the bar with a sousaphone and joined in. There has to be a joke there somewhere.

English isn't widely spoken in this part of France (although inevitably the bar has a monthly English speaking "tea time") but most of the volunteers and clients - often the same people- speak some English. They're certainly very welcoming. Best of all, this bar has adopted English evening opening hours, so you can get a...

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