Mekane in Nice

Meilleur Apprenti de France cooking, brunch to dinner by the port

Natural-wine cellar and bar in Vieux Nice

A 1987 family neighbourhood brasserie in the western Magnan district

The cult Nice-born cycling brand's flagship café and concept store

Specialty coffee and brunch near the old town

All-day natural-wine bistro and specialty café on rue Bonaparte

Nice's oldest coffee roaster, three generations since 1925

Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927

A 1952 family Niçois institution at the top of Fabron hill

Handmade pasta and pizza by two well-travelled chefs

Design-led all-day brunch and coffee a step from Place Garibaldi

Industrial-chic Place du Pin institution, café by day, bar by night

Market-driven slate cooking between the Matisse and Chagall museums

Niçois-Sicilian family trattoria, heart of la Libé

Bakery, tearoom and brunch institution since 2012

Craft cocktails in a former fishing cabana

Natural-wine cave à manger in a psychedelic port hideaway

Specialty coffee and Japanese pastry on Dubouchage

A hidden tearoom and Italian table beneath the Régina palace

Long-running Lebanese kitchen off Place Masséna

Fourth-generation Niçoise wine bar, granito counter, since 1947

Early-20th-century seafood institution on Malausséna

Family rotisserie of spit-roasted meats near Place Rossetti

Chef-owner Alexandre Belais's Mediterranean reference on the port

Pop-art-walled old-town bistro the locals guard

Michelin Bib Gourmand bistrot on the prettiest lane in the old town

Convivial seasonal bistro in the Carabacel grid

Market-driven bistro by Nicolas Mendjisky, opposite the hall

Cheese, natural wine and fondue in a 16th-century vaulted cave

Retro bistro de marché between Porte Fausse and the Palais de Justice

Three-generation Niçoise pâtissier-chocolatier on rue Bonaparte

Natural wine, farmhouse cheese and 150 board games

Three generations of true Niçoise home cooking since 1979

Nice's first izakaya, natural wine and small plates

Open-kitchen market bistro off Place Rossetti, Bib Gourmand

1885 Italian-style opera house at the gateway to the old town

Mediterranean-meets-South-America raw fish bar by the Opéra

Specialty coffee inside a dried-flower atelier

The Onice chefs' generous Italian trattoria on rue Lascaris