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

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

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

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

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

Long-running Lebanese kitchen off Place Masséna

Locals' bakery for croissants and flans

Nice's temple of natural wine since 1998

Nicole Rubi's celebrated Provençal table by the Opéra

Family rotisserie of spit-roasted meats near Place Rossetti

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

David Vaqué's market bistronomie, trained under Guérard

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

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

Mediterranean dining on a rock-pillar former diving platform

Market-driven cooking in a book-and-bric-à-brac salon

One-star creativity from chef Samuel Victori

Three generations of true Niçoise home cooking since 1979

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

Julien Pilati's seasonal, organic kitchen in the former Pure & V

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

Matisse's life-spanning collection in a 17th-century Cimiez villa

Chagall's Biblical Message cycle in its purpose-built Cimiez home

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

Peruvian-Mediterranean cocina near the port

Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927

Two-Michelin-star chef Dominique Le Stanc's bare-essentials Niçoise counter

100% local lunch room for true Niçois home cooking

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

The morning produce-and-flower market that feeds the old town

Tokyo-style tavern by France's sushi champion

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