A curated set of standout tables and local favorites.
Local favorites & classics
La Petite Maison. Vieux Nice (near Cours Saleya) · Provençal French — A Nice institution beloved by politicians, celebrities, and discerning locals since 1990. The kitchen turns out generous Provençal sharing plates…
Pink Mamma. 20bis Rue de Douai · 4.7★ (51,994 reviews)
Bocca Mar. 15 Prom. des Anglais · 4.6★ (7,731 reviews)
Napoleon House. 500 Chartres St · 4.6★ (7,633 reviews)
Bocca Nissa. 3 Rue Saint-François de Paule · 4.5★ (5,993 reviews)
Le Panier. 5 Rue Barillerie · 4.8★ (3,177 reviews)
Anaheim White House. 887 S Anaheim Blvd · 4.8★ (2,583 reviews)
Cafés, bakeries & casual
Chez Thérésa. Vieux Nice / Cours Saleya · Niçoise Street Food — The city's most beloved socca stand since 1925, with a wood-fired oven dating to 1867. Paper-thin chickpea pancakes arrive blistered and piping hot,…
Coffee shop - La Brioche Chaude - CAFÉ. 50 Av. Jean Médecin · 4.8★ (2,251 reviews)
EDMOND Café CONGRÈS (breakfast | brunch | cakes). 11 bis Rue du Congrès · 4.6★ (2,714 reviews)
Marinette. 16 Rue Colonna d'Istria · 4.5★ (3,011 reviews)
Le Kawa - Brunch & Coffee Shop Nice. 23 Rue de Belgique · 4.6★ (2,466 reviews)
Bakery By Michel Fiori. 19 Bd Raimbaldi · 4.6★ (1,457 reviews)
HUG Café Nice. 2 Rue de Suisse · 4.6★ (1,387 reviews)
Flaveur. City Centre (near Place Masséna) · French Contemporary — Nice's only two-Michelin-star restaurant, run by brothers Gaël and Mickaël Tourteaux. Bold global spices meet hyper-local Mediterranean…
Le Chantecler. Promenade des Anglais (Hotel Negresco) · French Haute Cuisine — One Michelin star inside Nice's grande dame hotel. MOF chef Virginie Basselot crafts precise seasonal menus sourced from local…
La Merenda. Vieux Nice (Old Town) · Niçoise Traditional — A 20-seat institution run by former Michelin-starred chef Dominique Le Stanc, who quit haute cuisine to cook honest Niçoise food — socca, daube,…
Le Canon. Carré d'Or (City Centre) · French Bistro / Natural Wine — Opened in 2014 by Corsican chef Sébastien Perinetti, Le Canon put Nice on the natural-wine map with hundreds of artisanal bottles — Jura…
Restaurant JAN. Old Port (Port Lympia) · South African–French Fusion — An intimate 20-seat restaurant where chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen — the first South African chef to earn a Michelin star — presents a…
Onice. Old Port district · French-Italian Fusion — Michelin-starred (2024) and helmed by chefs trained under triple-star chef Colagreco at Mirazur in Menton. The tasting menu blends the precision of…
Epicentre. Old Port (Port Lympia) · French Fine Dining — Chef Selim M'Nasri earned a Michelin star in its very first year (2025). The spice-forward tasting menus — from a 7-course at €99 to a Grand Menu Chef's…
Les Sens. 37 Rue Pastorelli · 4.7★ (1,811 reviews)