Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Nice.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Nice, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Wayne's on Rue de la Prefecture runs Vieux Nice's busiest party pub with live rock and pop bands every night from 22:00, the basement stage and dancing on tables a city of Nice institution.
Tip: Happy hour 16:00 to 20:00 is the cheapest entry; live bands start at 20:00 with the late set after 22:00.
Movida on Quai des Etats Unis runs the Nice seafront Latin dance bar and tapas room, sangria pours and reggaeton sets through to 02:00 along the Vieux Nice seafront promenade.
Tip: Open 02:00 every day; the front terrace is the dining and dancing room on warm nights.
Ma Nolan's on Rue Saint Francois de Paule runs Vieux Nice's Irish dance pub with live bands every night from 22:00, the late stage the Cours Saleya area's anchor for live music to 02:00.
Tip: Live bands every night from 22:00; sport screens on through the early evening before the band set.
Felix on Avenue Felix Faure runs Carre d'Or weekend DJ sets after the brasserie kitchen closes, the Place Massena room with continuous service to 01:30 and a DJ behind the bar on Fri-Sat.
Tip: Friday and Saturday after 22:00 is when the DJ takes over the front bar; the side rooms quieter for dinner.
Wayne's on Rue de la Prefecture in Vieux Nice runs live bands every night, the early set 20:00 acoustic and the late set 22:00 the downstairs main stage with house bands and UK invitations.
Tip: The downstairs stage is the louder room; the early set upstairs is the quieter way to drink with music.
Ma Nolan's on Rue Saint Francois de Paule runs the Vieux Nice Irish pub stage with live bands every night from 22:00, Irish folk, rock and indie acts in a packed front room until 02:00.
Tip: Live bands every night from 22:00; the kitchen runs late until midnight on weekends if you want food with the music.
Moon Bar at Hotel Aston La Scala on Avenue Felix Faure runs live music nights Friday and Saturday from 19:00 on the seventh floor rooftop, panoramic view of Vieux Nice across the city.
Tip: Friday and Saturday evenings feature live concerts; bring a layer once the mistral picks up at the rooftop.
Moon Bar at Hotel Aston La Scala runs the city's most cited rooftop terrace on the seventh floor of Avenue Felix Faure, panoramic view of Vieux Nice and Mont Boron with a swimming pool and palm trees.
Tip: Live concerts every weekend Friday and Saturday; afternoon visit for the swimming pool and solarium access.
Le Plongeoir Lounge on Boulevard Franck Pilatte runs the cocktail bar below the helical diving board restaurant at Cap de Nice, sunset DJ sets above the rocks of the Baie des Anges.
Tip: Sunset is the canonical service; the lounge bar is the cheaper alternative to a restaurant table upstairs.
La Rotonde at Le Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais runs the Belle Epoque carousel bar of the historic palace hotel, the hand painted wooden horses overhead and a hotel pianist in the evenings.
Tip: The hotel pianist runs through the apero service; book a table for dinner to extend the evening.
Le Lavomatique on Rue du Pont Vieux in Vieux Nice is the Loubert brothers' late natural wine bar, a quiet speakeasy-style alternative to the loud Cours Saleya rooms with growers' Champagne and snacks.
Tip: The natural list rotates every week; the speakeasy mood holds quietly until last orders.
Cave de la Tour on Rue de la Tour runs the Gazan family wine bar in Vieux Nice since 1947, a quieter speakeasy-style late afternoon and evening room with the granite counter and Bellet pours.
Tip: The granite counter is the bar; the back room is quieter still for a Bellet white as the city closes.
Smarties on Rue Defly is the canonical Nice gay bar and dance club in the Carre d'Or, the late opening room on the city's small but established LGBTQ nightlife circuit with pop and dance DJ sets.
Tip: Open Wednesday to Sunday from 22:00 to 04:00; the dance floor peaks after 01:00 on weekends.
Le Glam on Rue Eugene Emmanuel is the Nice late night gay club in the Carre d'Or, the room with the city's most consistent drag programming and house DJ sets through to 05:00 on weekends.
Tip: Open only Friday and Saturday from 23:30 to 05:00; the drag programming runs special nights advertised on Instagram.
Le Trap on Rue Chauvain is the daily Nice LGBTQ neighbourhood bar in the Carre d'Or, the early-opening room with karaoke programming and pop DJ sets across a long evening to 02:30.
Tip: Open daily from 18:00; karaoke night runs Tuesday and the cabaret evenings rotate Wednesday and Thursday.
Le Bar des Oiseaux on Rue Saint Vincent is the Vieux Nice listening bar with a Decanter-listed natural wine room and jazz programming, the quietest natural wine room in the old town.
Tip: Music programming runs Wed-Sat from 20:00; the natural wine list rotates every week.
Les Sens on Rue Pairoliere in Vieux Nice runs a quiet listening room with independent natural producers and a careful music programming, a Falstaff-listed Nice natural wine address.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; the music programming runs from 19:30 on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Wayne's on Rue de la Prefecture in Vieux Nice runs Nice's loudest party pub to 02:00, dancing on tables after 22:00 and the city's most reliable late dive bar across every night of the week.
Tip: Loud, packed, dancing on tables from 22:30; the kind of room you stop at as part of a longer crawl.
Movida on Quai des Etats Unis runs the Nice seafront late dive bar with sangria pours and tapas late, Latin sets through to 02:00 along the Vieux Nice promenade between Cours Saleya and the sea.
Tip: Open 02:00 every day; the terrace runs as the dancing room on warm summer nights along the Quai.
Ma Nolan's on Rue Saint Francois de Paule runs Vieux Nice's Irish dive pub with live bands every night to 02:00, the late stage for the Cours Saleya crowd after the restaurants close their kitchens.
Tip: Live bands every night from 22:00; the kitchen runs late until midnight on weekends if you need food.