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.
Address: 11 Rue du Pont Vieux, 06300 Nice
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.
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.
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.
