The addresses I give my own passengers: the distinguished tables, the institutions, the real local cooking, the sights, the beaches and the nights out. Each one with its phone number, its website and directions.
Nothing here was chosen on the strength of online ratings. Three families only: the 2026 Michelin Guide, the institutions that passengers ask for by name, and the City of Nice's official "Cuisine Nissarde" label — awarded since 1998 to kitchens that keep to the traditional recipes, ingredients and proportions.
Eight starred tables in Nice this year, one of them newly awarded.
No star, no label, but everyone in Nice knows them. These are the addresses a passenger names unprompted, and the ones you have to book.
The City of Nice label, 2025 edition. These are the houses that serve the real socca, daube, stuffed vegetables, stockfish and Swiss chard pie — not the tourist menu of the Cours Saleya.
For the visitor who wants to try socca without sitting down to a meal.
🚕 I drive you there — and I come back for you after the meal.
+33 6 58 27 93 12Listed from the unmissable to the barely known. The last ones are the places a local driver knows and a printed guidebook leaves out.
🚕 I drive you there. The back country, the hilltop villages, the coast: book ahead and I go anywhere.
+33 6 58 27 93 12All of them along the Promenade des Anglais or at the foot of Castle Hill. The prices shown are for a sunbed with a parasol for the day, in high season — they give you the order of magnitude, to be confirmed on the spot.
🚕 I drive you there. Drop-off at the beach door, pick-up whenever you like, no parking to hunt for.
+33 6 58 27 93 12The city museums of Nice share a single pass valid across several of them. The Chagall and the Matisse are national museums, with their own separate tickets.
🚕 I drive you there. Cimiez, the harbour, the centre: a taxi saves you the day.
+33 6 58 27 93 12Same rule as for the restaurants: institutions and the upper end. I have deliberately left out the student clubs and the tourist bars — that is not the crowd that takes a taxi home.
Listed from the smartest to the most emblematic. The dress code matters: several of them turn away trainers and tracksuits at the door.
A smart evening without the nightclub — usually what business travellers and couples are after.
🚕 I bring you back. The clubs close between 5 and 6 in the morning — call before you go out and I'll note the time of your return.
+33 6 58 27 93 12