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Near
the train station
La
Petite Biche, 9 rue d’Alsace Lorraine tel 0493873070.
Off beaten path for the tourist. Come on
Sundays for the traditional gigot d’agneau roti. A lot of Nicois do.
Ultra-classic food. Menus for 11 and 14 €.
Restaurant
Voyageur Nissart, 19 rue d’Alsace –Lorraine tel 0493821960.
Closed
second half of July and begin August.
Unpretentious place. This place is ideal to eat some authentic Nicois cuisine.
Two menus for 10.50 and 15 €. Specialties: osso bucco, raviolis nicois, soupe au pistou.
In
the old Nice
Restaurant
du Gesu,
1 place du Jesus tel 0493622646.
More old Nice image of the quarter and you die! Italian style ambience and
reception. Fresh pasta, many specialties and excellent pizza. Count about
18.50 to 21 €. Very convivial when it’s not too
crowded.
Café–restaurant
de la Bourse,
15 place Saint-Francois tel 0493623839.
Only open for dinner. Closed Sunday and Monday.
A place where a tourist would never think of entering. Only the locals know
about it and now…you too ;-) And if you speak a little French you can have a
good laugh here. Very correct menu for 18.50 € of home cuisine, Nice style and the
portions are big.
Nissa
La Bella, 6 rue Sainte-Reparate. Tel 0493621020.
Closed for lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday.
Another place with enormous portions. You must really like that. But the
original Nice cuisine is like that with its savors, its odors. The prices? About
11 € for a dish.
La
Cave, rue Francois Gallo tel 0493624846. Open
very night.
Excellent Provencal cuisine in this very special
place looking like a cozy candy box with a terrace. This
chef will go far if his neck doesn’t swell too much... ragout de fruits de mer,
raviolis de canard aux cepes, cassolette d’escargots aux delices des bois,
filet de rascasse a la crème aux poivrons, spaghetti aux petoncles, poelee de
ris de veau a l’ancienne. He will finish his seduction with a trat au chocolat-orange, ganache au chocolat, or a sublime tarte au
citron. Menus lunch in the week 12 €. And 23 € and 32.50 €.
La
Taca d’Oli,
35 rue Pairoliere.tel 0493807093. Closed Monday
This is another typical Nice place. Italian originated with two main local
specialties: bagna pan, a fondue with fish as rouget, daurade and anchovy as
base, and bagna cauda, a hot anchoiade where you dip small vegetables as
artichokes …Menus for 13.50 and 17.50 €.
Le
22 Septembre,
3 rue Centrale tel 0493808190. Closed for lunch, open
all evenings except Sunday.
A cozy dining room with mostly young people. Ambience assured here! Menus for
12.50 and 15.50 €. Tripes,
sardines farcies, saucisses aux haricots frais
Avoid the
restaurants on the cours Saleya. Tourist traps!! Maybe just the
Safari,
1 cours Saleya tel 0493801844
A big café
with outside tables on the flower market. Try the “bagna cauda” a hot
anchovy dip with raw vegetables. 14.50-29 €.
More
expensive, more chic
La
Merenda, 4 rue de la Terrasse
Since this place has a lot of success and it is
very small better pass by to reserve since there is no telephone. The cuisine is
excellent! Not a surprise since the chef worked at the Negresco. As the market
delivers he cooks, and authentic Nicois! But an ancient chef of the Negresco! Authentic
Nice cuisine, as the market delivers each day, salade de mesclun aux beignets de
camembert loup au basilic or emince de boeuf au poivre vert. etc… Freshness
and inventivity. About 25 € a la carte.
Les
Pecheurs, 18, quai des docks. Tel 0493895961. Closed
Wednesday and November.
Here
you come for the bouillabaisse, really delicious, and famous. 410
FF for two.
You
have also a menu for 24.50 € : risotto aux fleurs de courge, daurade entiere
rotie au four avec jus d’anchois aux zestes de citron, escalope de foie gras
au fruits rouges en aigre-doux et confiture d’oigon
La
Diva, 4 rue de l’Opera. Tel 0493859615.
Closed Monday.
Menus 95 FF lunch in the week), 21 and 25.50 €. Cozy place with good
quality/price average. Some
succulent specialties : picodon de courgettes au chevre et au basilic, fricassee
de scampis a la provencal, filet de daurade au sabayon d’agrumes, pot- au-feu
de poisson a la marseillaise.
Grand
Café de Turin, 5 Place Garibaldi. An institution of Nice. A
landmark. Oysters all day, freshness guaranteed! Count 14 to 25.50 € for a
panache de fruits de mer.
More chic
Don
Camillo,
rue des Ponchettes tel 0493856795.
A high
level cuisine in a large, beautiful dining room. Menu for 26.50 € for lunch and
dinner. Soupe
de poison de roche aux favouilles, grosse sole lignee, meuniere de turbot a la
crème de poivrons. A la carte is also very attractive
with very inventive desserts. Behind the cours Saleya not far from the sea.
La
Petite Maison,
11 rue Saint-Francois-de-Paule tel 0493925959/85.753
In the shadow of the
hotel de ville, a “wonderful “ house. The “Tout-Nice” comes here.
Petits
farcis, risotto de truffes et daurade en croute de sel. Quite
an atmosphere.
Not cheap. Prices
vary.
In
the new center
Antica
Firenze,
113 rue de France. Tel 0493443888.
Not an Italian as you
might think but a Calabrian! A huge difference! Paolo and Fabio prepare the pasta, gnocchi gorgonzola, fritto mist di
pesce like nobody. No pizzas, no folklore, no chi-chi. Menus 8.50, 12.50 and 15 €.
Le
Comptoir,
rue Saint-Francois de Paule tel 0493920880.
A
1930s style bar and restaurant, excellent for late-night dining. Menus up to 29 €.
Le
Rive Droite,
22, avenue St.Jean-Baptisite.tel 0493621672. Closed
Sunday.
In the more quiet area of the Art Museum, here is a place where you will be
received graciously in a modern and beautiful restaurant. The ambience and
cuisine are certainly worth the detour. Typical
Nice cuisine. All specialties are here :petits farcis, tourte de blette, daube a
l’ancienne, poivrons grilles au pissala, raviolis aux cepes, and a nice tarte
aux figues flambees as dessert. A classic ! Don’t
be avaricious this time and offer yourself a treat at this 29.25 € menu.
Lou Balico,
15 rue Biscarra tel 0493808011. Closed
Sunday noon in July and August
A gourmand address, rendezvous for the businessmen and politicians of Nice. Cuisine du terroir. Specialities . beignets de fleurs de courgettes, secca
d’Entrevaux au chevre chaud, Menu au “pistou” for 24.50 € or menu
degustation for 32.50 € with 6 plats
Very
very expensive
Le
Chantecler, Hotel Negresco, 37
promenade des Anglais tel 0493166400
Nice’s
finest restaurant. Elegant cuisine with a Mediterranean touch. Prices 70-111 €. A la carte
122 €.
A
little out of the center
Chez
Pipo, 13 rue Bavastro
tel 0493558882.
Open only for dinner
except the Mondays from January to May. Annual holidays from 15 to 25 March.
Looks inspired from the “Pain Quotidien”, Belgian invention! The dining room
is set with long wooden tables where everybody eats elbow to elbow. No class
differences here! The room is a bit dark, but everybody speaks with everybody.
Total fraternity. Bourgeois and women meet here to eat a bit dark dining room.
Eat here that typical Nice specialty: the socca. The owner and public rumor says
it’s the best of Nice. And we are not in Marseille! The pissaladiere and the
tourte aux blettes sucree is all what you will eat here except the socca. But it is worth coming. Located behind the port. . Everything is
2.25 € a
portion, count 7.60 € without the drinks.
L’Auberge
de Theo, 52, avenue
Cap-de-Croix in the quartier of Cimiez.tel 0493812619. Closed Monday and from
Aug 2 to Sept 10.
Closed on Monday. In
a charming patio, it’s Florence in Nice country and Italy in your plate. Plats
du jour for 9 € to 13.75 €, grillade au feu de bois, a lot of pizzas. Count
19.50-32.50 € a la carte. Menus for 15.50 and 26 €.
Le
Sextant, 60 boulevard Franck-Pilatte tel 0493558277.
Only
for lunch, every day. Bus 32, stop at “La Reserve”. Closed in January.
Magnificent view on
the sea from your table. The place is small and you have a menu for 13.80 € with
entrees how much you can eat, plat du jour, dessert, a pichet of wine. What can
you ask more? Maybe a little smile from the staff?
Auberge
du Bellet, St.Roman de Bellet tel 0493378384.
In Nice’s most
famous vineyard of the same name. Vintage wines and delicacies such as lobster
and pigeon and garlic stew. Menus: 33 and 46 €. A la carte 64.75 €.
You will find more
in the latest editions of the Gault-Millau France and the red Michelin Guide. If you can spend some more money try
them;-)
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