The best seafood restaurants in Nice
Being by the sea does not guarantee good fish, and Nice proves it daily along its busiest streets. The reliable signals remain a visible shellfish counter and a daily delivery.
Five places that play fair, from the Port to the Old Town and out to CAP3000. Formats range from the classic seafood platter to small sharing plates.
The selection
La Cabane de l’Écailler
At the CORSO in CAP3000, seafood served in a more relaxed register than the classic seaside restaurant. Daily deliveries, a visible shellfish counter, and plates that lead on freshness rather than presentation.
Where to eat
Les Coquillages Bouchet
On the Port, a simple and unapologetic menu: platters, oysters, shellfish and crustaceans. No reinvention, no fusion, just produce. A neighbourhood address rather than a destination, and better for it.
Where to eat
Le Club Nautique de Nice
One of those places locals keep to themselves. A terrace built over the water, seafood plates and boats in the background. Fair warning: if you planned to go back to work afterwards, choose somewhere else.
50 Boulevard Franck Pilatte · Where to eat
La Cave de Peixes
On rue Catherine Ségurane, fish served against the grain of the traditional restaurant: sharing plates, seafood tapas and a cellar of over six hundred references that is not decorative. Book, the room is small.
8 Rue Catherine Ségurane · Where to eat
Le Fish Bar
Fish taken seriously, service not so much. In the Old Town, octopus, tuna and sea bream come as small sharing plates with no white tablecloths. The mood leans towards a long aperitivo rather than a formal dinner.
40 Rue Droite · Where to eat
Every place in this guide was filmed. Our visits on video and the new openings we test first are on Instagram.
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