18 splurge places in Nice, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Nice. All Nice food.

Flaveur ★ 4.9

carre-d-or · 25 Rue Gubernatis, 06000 Nice

Flaveur in Nice's Carre d'Or holds two Michelin stars under brothers Mickael and Gael Tourteaux, the only two star room in the city and a contemporary.

Tip: Reservations 4 to 6 weeks ahead; closed Sunday and Monday. Two tasting menus only; no a la carte service.

Flaveur ★ 4.9

25 Rue Gubernatis, 06000 Nice

Flaveur in Nice's Carre d'Or holds two Michelin stars under the Tourteaux brothers, the only two star room in the city and a Riviera Caribbean tasting.

Le Chantecler ★ 4.7

promenade-des-anglais · 37 Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice

Le Chantecler at Hotel Le Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice holds one Michelin star under Virginie Basselot, Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2015.

Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. The Salon Royal is the summer room; book Louis XIV indoors in winter.

JAN ★ 4.7

port-lympia · 12 Rue Lascaris, 06300 Nice

JAN in Nice's Port district holds one Michelin star under South African chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, the first South African chef to earn the award.

Tip: MARIA, the cheese bar across the street, opened 2017 and serves 91 plates of cheese and homemade preserves.

Le Chantecler ★ 4.7

37 Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice

Le Chantecler at Hotel Le Negresco holds one Michelin star under Virginie Basselot, MOF 2015, in the Belle Epoque dining room on Nice's Promenade des Anglais.

JAN ★ 4.7

12 Rue Lascaris, 06300 Nice

JAN in Nice's Port district holds one Michelin star under Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen, the first South African chef to earn the award, in an intimate 20.

La Petite Maison ★ 4.6

carre-d-or · 11 Rue Saint Francois de Paule, 06300 Nice

La Petite Maison in Nice's Carre d'Or has cooked Nicole Rubi's Mediterranean room since 1999 on Rue Saint Francois de Paule, the home of the Nice school.

Tip: Book at least a week ahead for dinner; lunch tables are easier to land.

La Petite Maison ★ 4.6

11 Rue Saint Francois de Paule, 06300 Nice

La Petite Maison in Nice's Carre d'Or has cooked Nicole Rubi's Mediterranean room since 1999, the home of the Nice school of cooking now exported to London.

Pure et V par Maison Joia ★ 4.5

musiciens · 7 Rue du Lycee, 06000 Nice

Pure et V par Maison Joia in Nice's Musiciens quarter holds one Michelin star under chef Julien Pilati and Laetitia Pilati, the farm to table Riviera kitchen.

Tip: Closed Mon and Tue; dinner only Wed to Sat, plus Sun lunch and dinner. Reserve a week ahead.

L'Aromate ★ 4.5

carre-d-or · 2 Rue Gustave Deloye, 06000 Nice

L'Aromate in Nice's Carre d'Or near Place Massena holds one Michelin star under Mickael Gracieux and Elise Morselli Lourtet, the husband and wife room they.

Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday; book a window table for the Place Massena light at lunch.

Pure et V par Maison Joia ★ 4.5

7 Rue du Lycee, 06000 Nice

Pure et V par Maison Joia in Nice holds one Michelin star under chef Julien Pilati and Laetitia Pilati, the Riviera farm to table kitchen behind the Lycee.

L'Aromate ★ 4.5

2 Rue Gustave Deloye, 06000 Nice

L'Aromate in Nice's Carre d'Or near Place Massena holds one Michelin star under Mickael Gracieux and Elise Morselli Lourtet, the husband and wife room they.

Le Plongeoir ★ 4.4

mont-boron · 60 Boulevard Franck Pilatte, 06300 Nice

Le Plongeoir in Nice's Mont Boron sits on the helical diving board at Cap de Nice, the most photographed dining room in the city and a Mediterranean menu.

Tip: Book the sunset service for the bay light. The lounge bar below the restaurant is the cheaper way to sit on the rock.

Le Plongeoir ★ 4.4

60 Boulevard Franck Pilatte, 06300 Nice

Le Plongeoir in Mont Boron sits on the helical diving board at Cap de Nice, the city's most photographed dining room with a market driven Mediterranean menu.

Olive et Artichaut ★ 4.4

6 Rue Sainte Reparate, 06300 Nice

Olive et Artichaut in Vieux Nice holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand for a farm to table Nicoise kitchen, the chef from Nice working market vegetables.

Keisuke Matsushima ★ 4.3

carre-d-or · 22 ter Rue de France, 06000 Nice

Keisuke Matsushima on Nice's Rue de France runs Kei Matsushima's modern French Japanese kitchen, the room awarded a Michelin star in 2006 and known.

Tip: The room is small; the weekday lunch tasting at the counter is the value play.

Keisuke Matsushima ★ 4.3

22 ter Rue de France, 06000 Nice

Keisuke Matsushima on Rue de France in Nice runs Kei Matsushima's French Japanese kitchen, formerly Michelin-starred from 2006 to around 2016 and still.

L'Alchimie ★ 4.3

14 Rue Maccarani, 06000 Nice

L'Alchimie on Rue Maccarani in Nice's Carre d'Or holds the Michelin Bib Gourmand under Arnaud Collin, the modern bistro popular with city locals for sensibly.