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.
Address: 12 Rue Chauvain, 06000 Nice
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.
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.
