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    Le Mayssa

    4.1 (23 reviews)
    PriceyFrench
    Closed 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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    LE MAYSSA ATMOSPHERE

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    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Cynthia J.

    This is a very nice restaurant by the waterfront in Nice, France. It is so beautiful to dine in the evening and see the water while looking at all the lights coming from the houses in the mountains. It's a very lovely sight! I took off one star because, just like the city's in Italy and Paris they are working with a skeletal crew who seemed a bit overwhelmed and overworked. Now my beautiful cousin's daughter is studying in Nice and we treated her to a nice meal! We started with some water when we sat down and they brought us some crackers. We ordered appetizers and then they brought some bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar which was cute. Nice has a lot of Italians living there and the influence is in the food. We started off with a salad and a pasta dish with creamy truffle sauce which was divine. For dinner my niece had a beautiful seared medium rare steak that she enjoyed. It came with mashed potatoes and a beef demi glace. I ordered the chicken with beautiful mashed potatoes and morel mushroom sauce. The foodie in me needs to expand my palate because I love mushrooms but those morels were off putting to me but the ratatouille served with it is delicious. My Mum and my sister had the salmon with rice and ratatouille. My sisters salmon was a perfect medium and my Mum's was well done. The salmon tasted very nice. For dessert they had profiteroles with ice cream and chocolate sauce. I've made so many of that corny dessert in Culinary Arts University I just let them enjoy it, lol. You couldn't pay me to eat it but they demolished thr dessert. I had a coke because I had a dry vacation. Not one drop of alcohol in any city in Europe.........in Europe!!! I'm glad I did though. My Mum and my niece had gingerale and my sister had a nice Prosecco. I would come here again and again. For sure!

    Truffle rigatoni. Pretty pretty good
    Emery W.

    Immaculate views at Le Mayssa. Sea breeze whispers in your ear and rustles your hair while you enjoy a rooftop cocktail overlooking the French Riviera coastline. What else can you ask for? Watermelon, feta, mint salad was a refreshing way to open the pallet. But at the same time, anyone can assemble this dish. Salmon entree = seriously tasty. Don't waste your time on the scallops if it's paired with mashed potatoes. Asian fusion salmon is better, as is the truffle rigatoni pasta. Mayssa incorporates fresh food with unreal views. Good cocktails are rare in France, too, so take advantage! Nothing wrong with espresso martinis, and the passion fruit tequila drink slapped.

    A lovely dessert with some ice creams and chocolate covering

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    Good fresh food, creative menu, pleasant and accommodating staff and the view overlooking the bay is a plus!

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    We started off with a salad and a pasta dish with creamy truffle sauce which was divine.

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    La Chèvre d'Or - Breakfast

    La Chèvre d'Or

    4.5(60 reviews)
    4.9 km
    €€€€

    I don't often eat gluten but gladly scarfed down four slices of olive bread…read more I dined at a table in the front row on a Wednesday evening. The view was obscured with fog, but the service was meticulous. The menus are digital, and specials are discussed in person. We had a lovely Italian server who was completely trilingual. An on-site sommelier helps with the drinks and appetizers, which are presented like finery. The dinner show begins with the entree. We ordered the seabass, which is carted in and deboned in the dining room. The mashed potato is an incredible side. As far as medieval dining goes, the gold goat takes the cake.

    The restaurants here are truly some of the most spectacular I've been too - partially because of…read morethe view but also the food and service is such high quality. We were lucky and got a table on a whim later Sunday evening. After being seated on the patio at high top table, we actually gasped seeing the view. It's UNREAL. For the entire dinner, it's almost distracting to just keep staring out at the mountains, water and yachts looming down below. Gorgeous. The service matches the hotels 5-star expectations. Super attentive, quick, and friendly. We had drinks to celebrate a proposal and they also brought out some on the house champagne. For dinner, we actually split the blue lobster pasta. It was more than plenty for 2 people. Absolutely delicious. They bring the lobster and pasta out to mix together in front of you and ugh I am still thinking about that dish to this day. Its a hike to get up to this point. Once you reach the gated area, no cars can reach the top. Well worth the challenge to get up and it's such a unique experience. The walk up is all along the hillside and through the little mountain shops. 100% felt like I was in a movie and would love to come back to stay at the hotel. I don't think they couldn't created a better experience here between the food, menu, view, and service... I wouldn't change a thing.

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    La Chèvre d'Or - Ordered a bottle of wine with complimentary nuts

    Ordered a bottle of wine with complimentary nuts

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    La Voile d'Or

    La Voile d'Or

    4.5(4 reviews)
    2.7 km

    If you visit no other hotel bar in the sleepy town of Nice...I urge you to make a point of visiting…read moreGustav at the bar in this lovely, one of a kind hotel with the best views imaginable. I've traveled the world over and have met many a barkeep. This refined gentleman makes the trip worthwhile as he oversees the bar area and pours a delicious drink- all the while making interesting and polite conversation with old world elegance. If you are looking for the slick modernism of a Four Seasons or a Mandarin Oriental, La Voile D'Or is not for you. But our older and charming room with views off the sea were just what made us very sorry to leave. Each day my wife and I tumbled out of bed and down to the stunning pool area where we were greeted by Muriel, Catharine and Isabel who reserved the best chaise lounges for us to gaze at the ocean, enjoy an impeccable lunch, and slip into the sea while ordering off of the refreshing cocktail menu. Such hospitality and service is a hallmark of this gorgeous jewel on the ocean and I hope I return at every opportunity. What a treat! Thank you to the gracious staff that made our trip so memorable each day. Absolutely the best!

    From the owner: Une maison prestigieuse Luxe discret et faste simple, c'est une belle villa ancienne de saint jean…read morecap ferrat qui abrite cette adresse gastronomique provençale. De la salle style florentin ou en terrasse, la vue panoramique sur le petit port est délicieuse, tout comme les spécialités de george pelissier.

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    Le Cosmo - Baked Camembert

    Le Cosmo

    3.8(37 reviews)
    0.1 km
    €€

    Good food and service!…read more Food: I had the Parma pizza 4/5 and profiterole 5/5. My sister had the carbonara and crème brûlée and she enjoyed both. Pricing/Value: mid range, what I expected for location. Large portions! We both had half of our main plate to take away. Service: our server was wonderful!!! He set us up at a table outside and noted that the table wobbled on the stone pavement so he brought and placed a piece of wine cork under the table leg to balance it! Later I t started raining and we were seated outside under an umbrella and he helped us move to a different table next to us that had better coverage. Accessibility: restaurant is up a half flight of stairs from the road by the water. There is indoor, more permanent sheltered porch seating, and outdoor seating with umbrellas. They had multiple languages available via QR code: off top I recall English and Italian but there was one or two more listed. Seats are comfortable, "directors chair" style. They all appeared to have arm rests - if you are plus size like me you may have some trouble getting in and out but once in the chair it is VERY comfortable. Bathrooms are unisex with 3 stalls, they are up a half flight of stairs in a loft dinning room. Ceiling in dinning area to pass through are LOW! I am 5'3" and I'd guess the ceiling was like 5'8" def - under 6 ft - so watch your head!

    The angnus steak was dry and not medium, even tho I ordered medium. Fries where over cooked and…read moredry. The service was ok but could've been faster and more polite.

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    Chez Palmyre - Cheese with Blueberry Compote

    Chez Palmyre

    4.6(89 reviews)
    2.8 km
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    This was our favorite meal of our trip to Nice!…read more Warning: Reservations are hard to come by we dropped by and only reservations available were for 9pm two nights later. We took it. The place is super relaxed. 5 maybe 6 tables which made the difficulty of reservations more understandable. Prix fix menu - 4 appetizers to choose from, 4 entrees and 4 desserts. We were there with somewhat of a limited diet, but the options were awesome. We got a cauliflower appetizer and an artichoke one. Both were excellent. We all had the cod for dinner also delicious - served in a bath of traditional fish soup and with potatoes. The dessert was also excellent - we got the goat cheese in olive oil and garlic, the cream cheese with blueberry compote, lemon cheesecake and cinnamon "tiramisu". Every bite was full of flavor and such cool takes on the food. Now the intangibles - we arrived for our 9pm reservation, restaurant closes at 9:30 and we probably didn't walk out until 11:15 and there was still another table of 8 people dining. The host/waiter, Sebastian, was awesome. So friendly and we at no point felt rushed. In fact the opposite. When our daughter was slow in finishing her meal he joked with her instead of hurrying us along. Once we finished our main dish, he casually brought us our dessert and because we didn't order his favorite (we didn't know) he brought us out an extra to enjoy. We felt a little bad so somewhat accelerated the dessert phase so we could square up and leave. Instead he was unhurried, he casually cleared our table and chatted with us for a bit. It took us another 15 minutes before we finally said could we get the bill. He brought it to us another 5-7 minutes later. We had a great experience and one of our best meals in France, if not the best.

    I really want to love this place: it has such an intimate feel and just screams Nice. But I've been…read morehere a few times and each time the food has been between OK and good, but nothing particularly memorable. With that said, at €20 this is excellent value for money. Overall, I'd say the food is a 3.5/5 but the value is 5/5. I'd recommended Chez Palmyre if you want a real Nice experience, especially on a budget. Be sure to make a reservation well in advance.

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    Chez Palmyre - Goat cheese soaked in garlic and olive oil

    Goat cheese soaked in garlic and olive oil

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    Le Mayssa - french - Updated July 2026

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