Locali in Nice

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

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

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

Four generations of Cuisine Nissarde on rue Droite since 1927