Here are three more of our favorites restaurants in Nice.
Along the far side of the port away from downtown, there are about a dozen primarily seafood restaurants lined along the quai. One of our favorites for good, fresh seafood is La Barque Bleu. It calls itself an Italian and pizza restaurant, but we always go for the fresh fish. It is a comfortable place with a nice outdoor area along the harbor. They show you your fish before it is cooked and they serve it fileted with, usually, just some lemon and a few vegetables. It’s a nice place to sit and watch boats motoring in and out of the harbor. La Barque Bleu is located at 7 quai des Deux Emmanuuels (+33 4 93 55 39 74). It’s the best fresh fish along the port.
In the heart of the old town is a very nice Italian restaurant, La Griglia. It’s a small narrow place so it is easy to miss. It is family run and has excellent fresh pasta and grilles meats and fish. We’ve eaten here two or three times and it is always pretty empty, which is difficult to understand given the excellent Italian food served here. Last time we were there, I had the baked whole daurade fish, which was served whole on a plate. But it was very easy to filet. The pasta with seafood is also delicious. If you linger, they may offer you a little lemoncello! La Griglia is located at 33 rue Pairoliere (+33 9 82 57 38 83).
Our arrival to Nice each year, is usually in the evening, so our first meal is traditionally at La Pizza Cresci along the pedestrian area just west of Place Massena. It may not be the best pizza you’ve ever had, but it’s a fun place to hang out. It’s always crowded. In fact it can hard to get a table at peak eating times. But you can’t wrong with the Pizza Margherita (tomato and basil) or the Pizza Aubergines (eggplant slices) and a bottle of the house red. La Pizza Cesci is at 34 rue Massena (+33 4 93 87 70 29, www.crescere.fr) .
