Le Canon
Hyper-local cooking and a cult natural-wine cellar near the Negresco
The compact luxury-shopping grid behind the Promenade, home to the fashion houses, jewellers and grandest hotels.
The Golden Square is the small grid of streets behind the Promenade — Rue Paradis, Rue de Suède, Avenue de Verdun — where the international fashion houses, jewellers and the city's grandest hotels are concentrated. It is unashamedly the luxury-shopping core, polished and quiet by Nice standards, with discreet hotel bars and a few serious restaurants rather than street life. Come for the windows, a well-made cocktail or a special-occasion dinner; this is not where you go for character or a bargain. The sea is a minute's walk away, which is much of the point.
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Hyper-local cooking and a cult natural-wine cellar near the Negresco
Market-driven cooking in a book-and-bric-à-brac salon
David Vaqué's market bistronomie, trained under Guérard
Julien Pilati's seasonal, organic kitchen in the former Pure & V
Tokyo-style tavern by France's sushi champion
Refined Franco-Japanese cooking by two sisters
Japanese chef's long-running French table
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