Plekken in Nice

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

A 1952 family Niçois institution at the top of Fabron hill

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

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

Early-20th-century seafood institution on Malausséna

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

Pop-art-walled old-town bistro the locals guard

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

Nice's first izakaya, natural wine and small plates

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

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

The Onice chefs' generous Italian trattoria on rue Lascaris