Ratatouille is the Nicois stewed summer vegetables dish, aubergine, courgette, tomato, red pepper, onion and garlic cooked separately and combined in olive oil with basil and thyme.
Ratatouille comes from the Nicois rata, a stew, and originated as a Provencal summer market dish that uses the canonical six vegetables. The Cuisine Nissarde label specifies separate cooking of each vegetable before combining, so each retains texture rather than collapsing into a mush. The dish appears across the canonical Cuisine Nissarde rooms in Vieux Nice.
4 editor picks for Ratatouille in Nice, ranked by editorial score. All Nice signature dishes · Ratatouille across every city.
La Merenda ★ 4.7
vieux-nice · 4 Rue Raoul Bosio, 06300 Nice
La Merenda in Vieux Nice runs Dominique Le Stanc's bench seat Nissard kitchen on Rue Raoul Bosio, the chef who walked away from a Michelin star at the Negresco to cook the city's grandmother dishes.
Acchiardo ★ 4.5
vieux-nice · 38 Rue Droite, 06300 Nice
Acchiardo on Rue Droite in Vieux Nice has cooked the family Nicoise canon since the close of the First World War, four generations under the Acchiardo name and a single sitting at lunch.
Lou Balico ★ 4.3
carre-d-or · 20 Avenue Saint Jean Baptiste, 06000 Nice
Lou Balico on Avenue Saint Jean Baptiste has cooked the Nicois family canon since 1979, the Cuisine Nissarde label across stockfish, homemade ravioli, ratatouille, stuffed courgette flowers and the sweet chard tart.
Le Safari ★ 4.2
vieux-nice · 1 Cours Saleya, 06300 Nice
Le Safari on Cours Saleya in Vieux Nice has cooked the canonical Nicois lunch since 1972, the Cuisine Nissarde labelled trattoria with terrace tables across from the flower market.