La Merenda Restaurant
Chef Driven Stripped Back Institution
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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
Le Bistrot d'Antoine Restaurant
Bistrot Convivial Market Driven
Michelin Bib Gourmand bistrot on the prettiest lane in the old town
Olive & Artichaut Restaurant
Open Kitchen Market Driven Intimate
Le Comptoir du Marché Restaurant
Bistro Retro Market Driven
Retro bistro de marché between Porte Fausse and the Palais de Justice
La Petite Maison Restaurant
See & Be Seen Institution Provençal
Le Bar des Oiseaux Restaurant
Local Favourite Homemade Pasta Characterful
La Rossettisserie Restaurant
Rotisserie Family Run Rustic
Le Bistrot du Fromager Restaurant
Cheese Led Natural Wine Vaulted Cellar
Cheese, natural wine and fondue in a 16th-century vaulted cave
Peixes Restaurant
Raw Fish Ceviche Modern
Lavomatique Restaurant
Natural Wine Small Plates Open Kitchen
Bar
4 places
La Cave de la Tour Bar
Wine Bar Family Run Local Growers
Les Distilleries Idéales Bar
Apéritif Belle Époque Lively
Barrique Bar
Natural Wine Biodynamic Tapas
El Merkado Bar
Craft Cocktails Tapas Lively
Cafe
2 places
Brume Coffee Cafe
Specialty Coffee Owner Run Cosy
Fenocchio Cafe
Glacier Institution Family Run
Shop
3 places
Cafés Indien Shop
Roaster Heritage Single Origin
Maison Auer Shop
Heritage Chocolatier Candied Fruit
Marché du Cours Saleya Shop
Market Produce Flowers
Gallery
2 places
Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur Gallery
Opera Classical Historic Monument
1885 Italian-style opera house at the gateway to the old town
Palais Lascaris Gallery
Museum Baroque Historic
Hotel
2 places
Hôtel La Pérouse Hotel
Boutique Cliffside Garden Pool
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Boutique hideaway built into the Castle Hill cliff with a rock-set pool
Hôtel du Couvent Hotel
Design Led Historic Spa
