Στέκια in Nice

Restored belle-époque hotel with the SEEN rooftop over the bay

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

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

Nice's oldest coffee roaster, three generations since 1925

A 1952 family Niçois institution at the top of Fabron hill

Socca pilgrimage near the port since 1923

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

Sélim M'Nasri's spice-route one-star table behind Port Lympia

Natural-wine cave à manger in a psychedelic port hideaway

The 1966 Place Rossetti glacier with 90-plus flavours

Two-Michelin-star travel cuisine by the Tourteaux brothers

Contemporary art anchor of the Libération quarter

17th-century convent reborn as a Riviera sanctuary

Boutique hideaway built into the Castle Hill cliff with a rock-set pool

A 25-key Belle Époque boutique hotel on the Cimiez hill

Belle Époque artist-rooms hotel with a jungle garden

Aurèle Gasperoni's solo tasting kitchen in the Petit Marais

Jan Hendrik's South-African-French single menu, one Michelin star

Specialty coffee and Japanese pastry on Dubouchage

Japanese chef's long-running French table

A hidden tearoom and Italian table beneath the Régina palace

Michelin-listed modern Riviera cuisine near Masséna

Long-running Lebanese kitchen off Place Masséna

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

Early-20th-century seafood institution on Malausséna

Locals' bakery for croissants and flans

Nicole Rubi's celebrated Provençal table by the Opéra

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

Brothers' laundromat-turned-natural-wine kitchen 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

Chef-owner José Orsini's 25-year bistronomic seafood room on Quai Lunel

100% local lunch room for true Niçois home cooking

Hyper-local cooking and a cult natural-wine cellar near the Negresco

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

The pink-domed 1913 belle-époque palace, still independently owned

Three-generation Niçoise pâtissier-chocolatier on rue Bonaparte

Mediterranean dining on a rock-pillar former diving platform

One-star creativity from chef Samuel Victori

Natural wine, farmhouse cheese and 150 board games

1900s-decor corner brasserie-bar the old town drinks at

1921 covered market hall: cheese, charcuterie, butchers, catch

Refined Franco-Japanese cooking by two sisters

Nice's first izakaya, natural wine and small plates

Belle-époque confiseur and chocolatier opposite the Opéra since 1820

Nice's 1934 roaster's bar behind the Gare du Sud

Tokyo-style tavern by France's sushi champion

Italo-Argentine couple's one-star room in the antiques quarter

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

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

South African chef Jan Hendrik's intimate one-star room on the old port

The Onice chefs' generous Italian trattoria on rue Lascaris

Nice's antiques village: 36 dealers and art galleries by the port

Peruvian-Mediterranean cocina near the port