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.
Food program: Shellfish and seafood platters
Address: 5 Place Garibaldi, 06300 Nice
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 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 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 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 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 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
