La Merenda Restaurant
Chef Driven Stripped Back Institution
La Merenda
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Two-Michelin-star chef Dominique Le Stanc's bare-essentials Niçoise counter
Lived-in, layered, market-led
Vieux Nice
A car-free tangle of ochre lanes where the market, the aperitif and Niçois home cooking all happen within a few steps.
The oldest quarter folds in on itself in a maze of ochre lanes too narrow for cars, where laundry still hangs between shuttered windows above shops selling olive oil, candied fruit and socca by the slice. Mornings belong to the Cours Saleya flower-and-produce market; by evening the same square turns into terraces where locals drink pastis before dinner. Eating here means trottoir tables, hand-written menus and Niçois cooking — pissaladière, daube, stockfish — rather than anything that needs translating. It is touristy in stretches but the side streets stay genuinely lived-in, and the late hours belong to the bars around Place Rossetti.
Highlights
Cours Saleya market mornings Socca eaten standing up Place Rossetti aperitif terraces Niçois dishes on hand-written menus Climb to the Colline du Château
24 places
6 Categories
Restaurant
11 places
Chez Acchiardo Restaurant
Institution Family Run Old School
Chez Acchiardo
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Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927
Le Bistrot d'Antoine Restaurant
Bistrot Convivial Market Driven
Le Bistrot d'Antoine
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Michelin Bib Gourmand bistrot on the prettiest lane in the old town
Olive & Artichaut Restaurant
Open Kitchen Market Driven Intimate
Olive & Artichaut
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Open-kitchen market bistro off Place Rossetti, Bib Gourmand
Le Comptoir du Marché Restaurant
Bistro Retro Market Driven
Le Comptoir du Marché
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Retro bistro de marché between Porte Fausse and the Palais de Justice
La Petite Maison Restaurant
See & Be Seen Institution Provençal
La Petite Maison
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Nicole Rubi's celebrated Provençal table by the Opéra
Le Bar des Oiseaux Restaurant
Local Favourite Homemade Pasta Characterful
Le Bar des Oiseaux
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Pop-art-walled old-town bistro the locals guard
La Rossettisserie Restaurant
Rotisserie Family Run Rustic
La Rossettisserie
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Family rotisserie of spit-roasted meats near Place Rossetti
Le Bistrot du Fromager Restaurant
Cheese Led Natural Wine Vaulted Cellar
Le Bistrot du Fromager
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Cheese, natural wine and fondue in a 16th-century vaulted cave
Peixes Restaurant
Raw Fish Ceviche Modern
Peixes
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Mediterranean-meets-South-America raw fish bar by the Opéra
Lavomatique Restaurant
Natural Wine Small Plates Open Kitchen
Lavomatique
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Brothers' laundromat-turned-natural-wine kitchen in the old town
Bar
4 places
La Cave de la Tour Bar
Wine Bar Family Run Local Growers
La Cave de la Tour
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Fourth-generation Niçoise wine bar, granito counter, since 1947
Les Distilleries Idéales Bar
Apéritif Belle Époque Lively
Les Distilleries Idéales
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1900s-decor corner brasserie-bar the old town drinks at
Barrique Bar
Natural Wine Biodynamic Tapas
Barrique
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Natural-wine cellar and bar in Vieux Nice
El Merkado Bar
Craft Cocktails Tapas Lively
El Merkado
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Craft cocktails in a former fishing cabana
Cafe
2 places
Shop
3 places
Cafés Indien Shop
Roaster Heritage Single Origin
Cafés Indien
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Nice's oldest coffee roaster, three generations since 1925
Maison Auer Shop
Heritage Chocolatier Candied Fruit
Maison Auer
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Belle-époque confiseur and chocolatier opposite the Opéra since 1820
Marché du Cours Saleya Shop
Market Produce Flowers
Marché du Cours Saleya
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The morning produce-and-flower market that feeds the old town
Gallery
2 places
Hotel
2 places
