Wayne's ★ 4.0
Wayne's in Vieux Nice runs the city's most popular party pub with live bands every night from 22:00 and happy hour 16:00 to 20:00, the loudest room on Rue de la Prefecture.
Signature drink: Beer and shots
Food: Pub food
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Nice for grown-ups.
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Ma Nolan's ★ 4.0
Ma Nolan's on Rue Saint Francois de Paule in Vieux Nice runs the city's Irish pub with live bands every night from 22:00 and Sunday roast, the after-work room for the Cours Saleya crowd.
Signature drink: Guinness and Irish whiskey
Food: Pub food, fish and chips, Sunday roast
Moon Bar Aston ★ 4.3
Moon Bar Aston on the seventh floor of Hotel Aston La Scala runs the Nice rooftop with the city's most cited view, panoramic over Vieux Nice and Mont Boron with live music Fri-Sat nights.
Signature drink: Sunset cocktail
Food: Bar bites and tapas
Movida ★ 4.0
Movida on Quai des Etats Unis runs Nice's seafront tapas and cocktail bar with late close 02:00, the kind of room that bookends a Vieux Nice nightlife crawl with a sangria on the sea.
Signature drink: Sangria
Food: Tapas and pintxos
Cafe de Turin ★ 4.3
Cafe de Turin on Place Garibaldi has poured oysters and pastis on the arcaded Nice square since 1908, the classic aperitif spot with sidewalk seats for shellfish and shucked oysters.
Signature drink: Bellet white with oysters
Food: Shellfish and seafood platters
Felix Bar ★ 3.8
Felix Bar on Avenue Felix Faure runs the late evening side of the brasserie, kitchen and bar service to 01:30 every night a rare thing in Nice and the room for after-show drinks at Place Massena.
Signature drink: Pastis and apero
Food: Brasserie classics and bar bites
Le Bar des Oiseaux ★ 4.4
Le Bar des Oiseaux on Rue Saint Vincent in Vieux Nice runs a Decanter-listed natural wine room with thoughtfully curated French growers and Mediterranean small plates after sunset.
Signature drink: Natural wine by the glass
Food: Mediterranean small plates
Le Lavomatique ★ 4.3
Le Lavomatique on Rue du Pont Vieux is the Loubert brothers' natural wine and cocktail bar in Vieux Nice, a Mediterranean natural list paired with growers' Champagne and tapas plates.
Signature drink: Natural wine and Champagne
Food: Charcuterie and cheese
La Rotonde ★ 4.2
La Rotonde at Le Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais runs the carousel themed hotel bar of the Belle Epoque palace, the city's most photographed apero room under hand painted wooden horses.
Signature drink: Negresco cocktail
Food: Brasserie classics
Cave de la Tour ★ 4.5
Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour has poured Bellet and Provence wines since 1947, fourth generation Gazan family room and the world petits farcis championship every year in the heart of Vieux Nice.
Signature drink: Bellet white
Food: Petits farcis and Nicoise snacks
Le Plongeoir Lounge ★ 4.2
Le Plongeoir Lounge on Boulevard Franck Pilatte is the cocktail bar below the diving board restaurant at Cap de Nice, the cheaper way to drink with the bay light without booking a table upstairs.
Signature drink: Plongeoir sunset cocktail
Food: Bar bites and seafood