The best modern restaurants in Nice
In the basement of the highly acclaimed Les Agitateurs, the new sister restaurant shows what casual fine dining can do. Dishes such as veal tartare with oysters, gua bao with poultry or pithiviers with foie gras combine French classics, playfulness and innovation.
Still quite young, this neo-brasserie in the Place du Pin district impresses with its highly aesthetic interior design, first-class drinks and creative adaptations of traditional French recipes such as boeuf Tokyo, tuna tataki and oeufs mayo with trout caviar.
For self-proclaimed hedonist Allan Lalevée, it's the element of surprise that counts. The tasting menu of the informal gourmet restaurant changes every 15 days - the dishes prepared from ultra-fresh produce remain a secret until the very end.
With two restaurants, one near the opera house and the other on Place du Pin, Lorenzo Pierre's kitchen brigade is bringing a breath of fresh air to the city's plates. The focus: everything from the sea - scallop ceviche, pulpo with coconut, sole tandoori style.
Country house style meets shabby chic in this charming restaurant near the Cours Saleya, which also has a small street terrace in summer. Head chef Aurélien Martin loves contrasts and serves flavours from all over the world in a blind tasting menu.
Bella Italia is close at hand - clearly noticeable in the form of homemade pasta in this restaurant run by a Roman woman on the old harbour. Everything else is also excellent, the ambience is relaxed and the wine list is considered one of the most exciting in the city.
Bistronomy at its best, which impresses with a warm atmosphere, a good pinch of nonchalance and unaffected feel-good dishes made from the freshest ingredients, such as crab cakes with sea urchin remoulade or gnocchi with Parmesan foam and black garlic.
Babel Babel is many things: a bar with good drinks and a small, fine natural wine list, an uncomplicated trendy restaurant, a great sundowner spot, a pleasant place with a promenade pole position ... or simply a relaxed place with good beats and a casual atmosphere.
Rather classic restaurant with uncomplicated, southern French-Mediterranean bistro cuisine and a pretty garden terrace near Avenue Jean Médecin. At lunchtime there is a reasonably priced menu, in the evening you can eat scallop crudo and grilled langoustine.
Opposite the town hall, in the newly renovated premises of this popular restaurant, you can enjoy uncomplicated bistronomic cuisine that skilfully oscillates between France and Italy: from cod with caponata to scallops with truffle vinaigrette.