Where to eat and drink in the Port
5 places in the Port, each one visited by the Timenjoy newsroom, and 1 events announced in the neighbourhood.
Around the Lympia basin, the terraces look straight out at the boats. The neighbourhood has changed faster than its reputation has.
Someone from the team has been to every place on this page. We do not reprint menus or press releases: we went, we paid, and we say what we thought.
Where to eat in the Port
Quilombo
A few metres from the Port of Nice, an Argentinian bistro rather than a counter. Empanadas come in pairs, including a hand-cut beef version that stands apart from the usual minced fillings. Save room for the parrilla grill.
4 Place Guynemer · 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
Where to drink in the Port
Les Œillets
Natural wine and a screen for the football was not an obvious combination, which is exactly what makes it interesting. On rue Ségurane, the screen comes out on the long terrace, with sharing plates and well-chosen bottles.
26 Rue Catherine Segurane · Where to drink
Goya
A tapas bar on the Port that built its reputation on match nights. Screens, tapas, glasses moving at a good pace and an atmosphere that lifts whenever the ball gets near the box. Good middle ground between pub and restaurant.
17bis Rue Lascaris · Where to drink
Where to get coffee in the Port
Pistache - Pâtisserie
A pastry shop by the Port of Nice where the classics are rebuilt around pistachio. What you find depends on the day's display: pistachio flan, a generously filled roll, or the pistachio and raspberry tart, the most balanced of the lot.
Where to get coffee
What is on in the Port
1 events are announced within 600 metres of Place Île de Beauté. The list is rebuilt every morning.
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