Find your perfect Nice restaurant, shortlisted by our local experts
There's a wide range of restaurants in Nice to suit all tastes, and budgets.
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This old timer has been open for over a century and serves some of Nice's finest seafood dishes.
Le Grand Café de Turin has a great, more formal, brasserie atmosphere whereas Le Turin is a more relaxed affair with plenty of fresh platters. They also have a takeaway service so you can enjoy their offerings from the comfort of your apartment.
Open daily from 08:00-22:00.
The restaurant is nestled deep in the courtyard of an old building. Enjoy the terrace and its green patio and colourful flowers. Inside, two rooms offer a refined and warm décor with multiple candles.
A perfect intimate atmosphere for family reunions, parties with friends or even business meetings. When the famous pedestrian zone is in full swing, the terrace of this restaurant invites you to a friendly and warm terrace that represents a real little corner of paradise sheltered from the hustle and bustle of the pedestrian street. Open daily for lunch 12:00 to 14:30, and dinner 19:00 to 23:00.
The restaurant welcomes you in a friendly and warm atmosphere offering a refined and delicate cuisine.
A menu of fresh, seasonal French products is offered as well as a tasting menu with truffle, the restaurant's speciality.
Open from Tuesday to Friday (12:00-14:00) and evening (19:30-22:00, 23:00 on Fridays) and Saturday evenings only from 19:00 to 23:00.
One of the oldest private beaches in Nice, and one of the cheapest, this is a family beach with friendly staff and a traditional restaurant.
A modern beach club with a long history, it has been situated on the Promenade des Anglais since 1889. It sits directly in front of the building that is the 'Opera de Nice', the Opera House.
They are open daily from 09:00 until 20:00 and from June through the summer months they open until midnight on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
This family restaurant has been a firm favourite for a long time for its good but simple Provençal cuisine and rustic atmosphere.
They have all the classics on the menu including fish soup and Salad Niçoise and the wine list is exceptional value. It's popular with the locals, which is always a good sign.
Traditional yet modern this French restaurant prides itself on good, friendly service and delicious fresh cuisine.
In the kitchen, Cyril Billa has spent 15 years alongside Christian Plumail as head Chef. Come awaken your Senses in an original and friendly setting.
Open from 12:00 to 14:30 and again from 19:00 to 22:30 Monday to Saturday and from 12:00-16:00 on Sunday.
A converted garage in the Old Port area of Nice brings a friendly atmosphere and hip vibe to the bar and restaurant scene of Nice.
Serving Italian style food made from fresh Nice produce this restaurant offers a varied menu for meat eaters, seafood lovers and vegetarians. The staff are lively, efficient and attentive making it quite a different French dining experience.
The decor of antiques, hand made items plus the mismatch furniture and table settings gives a fun and shabby chic feel that makes the restaurant instantly feel like home. Comfortable, friendly and with a lively atmosphere this restaurant certainly is a good place for a big night out or a casual drink on a sunny evening.
A beautiful beach located at the eastern end of the Promenade des Anglais and giving wonderful views across the wide sweeping Baie des Anges.
Castel, is primarily one of the most beautiful private beaches of Nice. But it is also a restaurant that offers the opportunity to have lunch or dinner at the sound of waves.
Located at the foot of Rauba Capeu, establishment dominates the Promenade des Anglais and opens on the Bay of Angels to Antibes. At night, the view is simply exceptional, and you can enjoy a good Provencal cuisine. It has a busy vibrant atmosphere with cool beach furniture and a jet-setting cosmopolitan crowd.
See more information in our Guide to the Best Beach Clubs!
This private beach club is where style meets luxury and offers a wonderful family-friendly experience.
It's a prestigious spot on the Baie des Anges with a solarium and a good seaside restaurant. Food service is also available on the beach at your sunlounger.
They have a children's sea water swimming pool and a swimming instructor for making those important first few strokes. Private cabanas are also available and there hot showers inside and cold showers outside.
They are open from late February right the way through until late November. The restaurant is open 12:00-16:30.
Yanis and Aurélie run this gastronomic delight which specialises in excellent fish dishes influenced by the flavours of the Mediterranean, Indochina and the Indian Ocean.
Rich and creative dishes make this a fantastic place for dinner. They have a lovely terrace on the waterside.
Open from Wednesday to Friday for lunch (12:00 -15:00) and (12:00-15:30) on Saturday and Sunday.
Open Wednesday to Sunday for dinner (19:00 - 23:00).
Modern French food with a touch of South African heritage. From childhood Jan used to spend most of his time in the garden and kitchen and has replaced this with the markets of France. With his new restaurant in the old Port of Nice he is not only out to set the trends but to combine local with a stylish and attentive atmosphere.
Relaxed lunches with whatever is found at the market ends up on the menu with interesting daily changing fresh pressed juices like spicy carrot and golden beet to rhubarb and ginger with orange and apricot and rose.
Dinners are a slightly more formal affair with elegant white table cloths and soft vocal jazz in the background. Degustation menu can be broken down to your liking or enjoyed as a journey of culinary creativity. Local dishes with a new interpretation like lobster and algae tartare with shellfish consommé, Socca sandwich with smoked mozzarella or home-made ravioli served with a scoop of creamy powerful eppoisse finished off with leek ashes, to a delicious pumpkin and chocolate tart with cognac and popcorn ice-cream.
A fine partnership between “happening” and classic.
Open for dinner Tuesday to Saturday 19:00-22:00, and for lunch Friday and Saturday between 12:00-14:00.
Located on Place Saint François, famous for its fish market, this restaurant follows the tradition of Parisian brasseries, offering a typical French menu.
Enjoy tea with lemon and basil macarons in the afternoon in one of their two light and airy dining rooms or on their terrace. For lunch and dinner, their menu changes throughout the year, featuring mainly Niçoise and Corsican specialities with lots of fish and seafood.
Open every day from 12:00 to 14:30 for lunch, and dinner from 19:00 to 23:00.
Of the restaurants down by the old port, Le Bistrot du Port is the pick of the bunch.
It’s a brightly coloured bistro where you can enjoy very good French food and wine at reasonable prices while looking at the super yachts clustered in the docks.
Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, open 12:00-13:45 and 19:30-21:45 Thursday - Monday.
As one of the highest restaurants on La Promenade des Anglais they have spectacular views over the city of Nice and the Mediterranean coastline.
There is a pool up there and lounges and deckchairs among the elegant wood and white décor. If you can drag your eyes away from the view of the sea and the palm lined promenade below, then you will find your plates full of elegant and creative Mediterranean cuisine. Lots of fresh fish and great produce, beautifully prepared, and there’s also gluten free options on the menu.
Lounge open from 10:00-17:30, lunch served between 12:00-15:30.
Situated on the Quay Courbet in Villefranche-sur-Mer, just in front of one of the most beautiful bays in the world, the restaurant La Fille du Pêcheur is managed by Krystel Roux, a true fisherman's daughter!
At dawn the traditional fishing boats bring back the daily catches from the bay and the surrounding coastal waters. Taken straight to the restaurant, they are turned into wonderful fish specialities in the restaurant.
The restaurant is open from Sunday to Thursday from 09:00 to 18:00 & from 09:00 to 22:00 on Friday & Saturday.
New premises in 2018 have become the lair of Chef Mickaël Gracieux.
Now given free rein to his creativity and his extensive experience in culinary art he offers a creative, innovative and tasty French cuisine from the best fresh produce. Awarded a Michelin star in 2010 after only 2 years of work in his new venture this is a place not to be missed if you are a 'foodie'!
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 19:30 until 22:30.