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Michelin Star Restaurants in Nice — 5 of Our Favourites

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.

Find loads of top tips and local insights in our Nice Where to Eat Guide.

Le Chantecler interior

1. Le Chantecler Restaurant

Location
Nice

In a Regency-style dining room decorated with magnificent 18th century woodwork, Jean-Denis Rieubland proposes two menus, "Découverte" and "Chantecler".

The restaurant in the Hotel Le Negresco has won a Michelin star for its fine dining and superb desserts.

Open from Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only (19:00 to 22:00).

La Reserve de Beaulieu Hotel, Beaulieu-sur-Mer hotel restaurant

2. Restaurant des Rois, Beaulieu Sur Mer

Location
Cap Ferrat

The jewel in the crown of La Réserve de Beaulieu hotel is this gastronomic restaurant which has one Michelin star.

Chef Olivier Samson carries one Michelin star and serves a refined cuisine. The restaurant itself has a period setting with large bay windows overlooking the sea.

The restaurant is open daily throughout the majority of the year, from just before Christmas, up until early October.

Flaveur Restaurant, Nice Centre interior

3. Flaveur Restaurant, Nice Centre

Location
Nice

Embark on a journey of the senses, a gourmet odyssey between Mediterranean flavours and delights of the world.

The Flaveur restaurant in Nice invites you to discover a "cuisine d'émotion" served in a friendly atmosphere. Open from Tuesday to Friday for lunch from 12:00 to 14:00 and from Tuesday to Saturday for dinner from 19:30 to 22:00.

L'Aromate, Nice style of cuisine

4. L'Aromate Restaurant

Location
Nice

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.

Jan Restaurant, Nice restaurant terrasse

5. Jan Restaurant

Location
Nice

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.