Le Trap ★ 3.8
€€carre-d-orDaily 18:00-02:30
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 ★ 4.3
€€vieux-niceTue-Sat 12:00-13:45 and 19:15-21:45
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 ★ 4.3
€€vieux-niceTue-Sat 17:30-00:00
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 ★ 3.9
€vieux-niceBands nightly 20:00 and 22:00
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 ★ 3.9
€€vieux-niceDaily 10:00-02:00
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 ★ 4.0
€€vieux-niceBands nightly from 22:00
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.