Comments and Advice from our Members:
We like le Michelangelo and Bastion in Antibes and le Tantra in Cannes. The Château de la Chèvre d’or in Eze must be nice as well. Baoli in Cannes. Everything about it is top notch. It is exceptionally beautiful and the food is divine! My mouth is watering just thinking about the truffle lobster risotto!
Le Cababon, Cap d’Ail, (ask for Thomas)
La Petite Maison, Nice
L’Auberge de Theo, Nice
African Queen, Beaulieu sur Mer
La Petit Maison in Nice.
Great Indian food – Hidden and Charming!
Derriere Le Cours Saleya
22 Rue de la Barillerie, Nice
In St. Paul de Vence, Colomb D’Or - best restaurant, reservation required valet parking
The colombe d’or is great we go there every easter sunday!
La Petite Maison is def the hottest spot in Nice, the owner’s name is Nicole, she’s a very special character, you’ll love or hate the place because of her…
Le Safari in Old Nice (Cours Saleya)
Sapore in Nice rue Bonaparte… simply delicious.
Gallerie des Arcades in Biot. One of the best kept secrets on the Cote D’Azur.
If you wanna a good adresses in the Luberon:
La Feniere Reine Sammut
Route de Cadenet, Lourmarin
Galerie des Arcades in Biot is a nice suggestion indeed. I have not been there for about 4 years.
Our current favourites:
Cafe Llorca at the Juana Hotel in Juans les Pins
Royal Beach in Antibes (new chef, great Italian food)
Le 541 at the l’abbaye in colles sur loup
…and for quick lunches in Sophia Antipolis go to La Provencal, the club house of the golf at St Philipe round-about, excellent lunch menues!
La Réserve in Beaulieu s/ Mer. Exquisite!
In contrast with La Reserve the Le Cink in Cannes is at the 3.14 hotel.
I would say “Little Paris” in Cannes, sooo good.
A good fish restaurant in Cap D’Ail is La Pinede, please make sure you sit outside and ask for the sun set view
10, Bd de la Mer, Cap d’Ail
Also try:
Paloma Beach in St.Jean Cap Ferrat (extremely relaxed as it is on the beach)
Hostellerie Jérôme at La Turbie;
La Réserve at Beaulieu sur Mer;
Mirazur at Menton;
Les Deux Frères at Roquebrune Cap-Martin;
La Chaumière at Eze Village (for meat);
Lou Cigalon at Valbonne;
Joy at Hyères (very original and delicious. great quality with a..Dutch Chef;
Chez Camille at Ramatuelle.
A small and cozy restaurant in Nice is Kei Passion.. A gem!!! The Japanese chef in this place cooks French food…but it is very colourful and therfore reminds you of asian food. The wine selection is also excellent
Kei’s Passion
22 ter rue de France – Place Croix de Marbre, Nice
Telephone: 04 93 82 26 06.
If you do decide to take a day trip to Italy, go in Sanremo to “da Vittorio”.
An instituition. Don’t be taken a back from the platic chairs…I have been going there fore over 15 years and I seriously think this is better than most Michelin Star Restaurants.
If you go…promise me to try the Antipasti ( Calamar grille and stuffered with courgette flower etc…)
Da Vittorio, Piazza Bresca,16 – 18038 Sanremo Italy
If you want a really hidden secret place – you might even have difficulty finding it – far from the madding crowd:
La Quinta – outside of Plan de la Tour in the back country of the Gulf of St. Tropez. An ideal place for a romantic lunch or dinner, where you are most unlikely to see anyone you know, in the village of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. It’s like eating in someone’s private home, where the cooking is excellent and surprisingly refined and the wine cellar too. Its closed on Wednesdays and Saturday lunch-time.
La Pinede in Cap d’Ail..definitely ..very romantic and great food..
La Reserve in Nice: Art Déco…great spot!
Do not miss the Bistrot du Port (at the Nice port / West side) for an honest cuisine provencal / nicoise, and La Ville de Siena in Le Vieux Nice for their fresh handmade ravioli (made in front of you in the open kitchen) with a daube provencale comme il faut…but theses are restaurants, which are not pretentious such as lot of those mentioned before. Just honest and good value for money and no chic bisoux people.
Le Vauban in the old part of Antibes is very, very good. It’s a small, cute little place with a very classy clientele. Stumbled upon it by accident last year and had a very excellent lunch.
A hidden gem in Vieil Antibes… Le Brulot.
The downstairs seating is the best.
They usually close for the month of August for vacation, so check before you go.
We forgot to mention: Avenue 31 in Monaco (Ave Princesse Grace). They have the rare and excellent oysters called Gillardeau (simply the most delicous), which are difficult to find, even in Paris – I’m afraid, here one may see some bisoux-bisoux people (but one can always wear sunglasses to keep low-key and avoid their view), but it is still less pretentious than most of Monaco’s restaurants (terrace).
One of the other exemptions is Quai des Artistes (terrace), which excells with a reliable and solid cuisine: Try the pastry-covered fish soup (accompanied by a rare Cassis blanc) and the excellent Souris d’agneau served on top of a delicious pommes purée.
Saintrop.com, a pure exctasy of Saint Tropez.
