La Merenda is a niçoise restaurant in Vieux Nice, Nice.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: No telephone, cash only, two sittings, books in person at the door earlier the same day for the lunch service in Vieux Nice.
Tip: Arrive in person at 11:00 or 18:00 to write your name on the booking sheet for the same day's service.
Address: 4 Rue Raoul Bosio, 06300 Nice
Le Bar des Oiseaux is a niçoise room in Nice. Reserve dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The ravioli niçois and the daily fish are the house orders. 1 Toque 2026.
Why locals love it: Hidden in a Vieux Nice cobbled alley off Rue Saint Vincent, the pop-art-decorated room serves home-made ravioli and Nicoise plates at neighborhood prices.
Tip: Reserve dinner Tuesday to Saturday. The ravioli niçois and the daily fish are the house orders. 1 Toque 2026.
Cave de la Tour is bellet wine bar with the world petits farcis championship, four generations of gazan family running the vieux nice room since 1947.
Why locals love it: Bellet wine bar with the world petits farcis championship, four generations of Gazan family running the Vieux Nice room since 1947.
Tip: Champ runs every autumn at the granite counter; book a stool the same morning.
Chez Theresa in Nice: One of only three Nice addresses still firing socca in a 1867 wood burning oven, weekday morning stall on Cours Saleya.
Why locals love it: One of only three Nice addresses still firing socca in a 1867 wood burning oven, weekday morning stall on Cours Saleya.
Tip: Arrive at the Cours Saleya stall by 09:00; the kitchen runs the wood oven hot at 300C between 06:00 and 13:00.
Acchiardo is family nicois room on rue droite since the close of the first world war, four generations and a single lunch sitting under the family name.
Why locals love it: Family Nicois room on Rue Droite since the close of the First World War, four generations and a single lunch sitting under the family name.
Tip: Book by phone several days ahead for the lunch service; closed Saturday and Sunday.
Peixes in Nice: Armand Crespo's stand-up ceviche counter on Rue de l'Opera, no reservations and morning catch from the Cours Saleya fish market.
Why locals love it: Armand Crespo's stand-up ceviche counter on Rue de l'Opera, no reservations and morning catch from the Cours Saleya fish market.
Tip: Arrive by 12:30 or 19:30 to land a stool; tapas from €7 and mains at €25.
Le Lavomatique is a wine bar room in Nice. Open after dinner from 21:00; the natural list rotates every week and runs deep on small producers.
Why locals love it: The Loubert brothers' natural wine and tapas bar on Rue du Pont Vieux in Vieux Nice, a quiet alternative for a second drink off the busy Cours Saleya.
Tip: Open after dinner from 21:00; the natural list rotates every week and runs deep on small producers.
