The best French cuisine restaurants Alpes-Maritimes

In the heart of the Croisette, with its prestigious setting generously open to the bay of Cannes and recently renovated, La Mandala welcomes you all year round. The restaurant area is protected by a heated velum in winter and air-conditioned in summer with misters. The fresh and inventive cuisine is signed by the chef Jean-Pierre Caula. On the menu: XXL salads, grilled whole fish, beautiful meats, tempura and pasta will make up your dishes. Receptions can be organized.

Rainbow flags, curly and gay personnel: the private beach and the restaurant of Du, close to the beach of the Carlton, attract full boys. Cécile leads the team and welcomes you with a smile in a very chic atmosphere. The restaurant is hosted by Chef Antoine Regnault, who manie méditerrannéennes flavours. For those who want to sunbathe on the sun loungers, the rental costs € 25 to € 10 depending on the season. In the sun, with a cocktail, with Wi-Fi access, we understand why this place is one of the favourites of gay Cannes.

A stone's throw from Le Suquet and Forville Market, Sylvie has opened her soup temple: hot or cold (gazpachos), made with fresh market produce, to be enjoyed on the spot or at home. Traditional soup with onion, split peas or even tartiflette... This small, friendly and colourful restaurant also offers a simple and healthy cuisine at low prices: pies, omelettes, quiches, salads... The welcome is very warm, the menu varied and healthy, we love it.

The Aside offers tasty, tasty and creative cuisine. In the program of this beautiful address: bar net and its morels morels juice, fish plancha, duck magret, érable and maple syrup, veal coast and dried tomatoes accompanied by roasted pignons and risotto thyme juice, cod dos, dry fruit crust and its exotic grout… Delicious and original cuisine, just cooking, copious plates and a very pleasant atmosphere. What to spend an excellent time.

A good thing about this grill is its situation: It is located in a quiet setting near a creek, but all in the city centre. It guarantees fast service, by qualified staff and knows the bottom of the tasty and inventive cuisine that the chef proposes. Meat to dessert, the meal is imposing, creative and especially delicious.

In front of Cannes train station, in a pedestrian street, this brasserie restaurant with a cosy décor dedicated to the world of music (guitars, photos of groups and singers in the walls…) offers a full and varied brasserie. Côté déco, the color touch is given by the red benches stretching along the wall in front of square tables and chairs. The caramel colour wood warms the places where a large bar parallel to the tables creates a friendly proximity. On the plate, traditional French dishes, in sauce or cherry, perpetuate the bistro spirit and various suggestions, pasta, risottos, moulds, tartars, fresh fish, display on slate.

As its name suggests, this establishment, which was once the village's bakery, is now a grocery bistro. People come to eat simple but well made dishes, and buy if necessary the basic products of the regional cuisine. It is a friendly place in the centre of the village, with a very pleasant atmosphere and a very small terrace.

This pizzeria is located in the heart of Grasse. Here, traditional dishes are exclusively prepared with fresh products. You have the choice among a generous selection of starters, revisited salads, such as warm goat cheese with cherries and cherry tomatoes, among others, or also pasta, meat and fish. But the real asset of this establishment is undoubtedly its pizzas (a total of fifteen) that you enjoy on site or to take away. The finesse of the dough, the delicious taste, the live preparation in the room in front of you, will seduce more than one. On the dessert side, opt for originality, for example, the chaplain pancake, served with vanilla ice ball and chocolate coulis. What a pleasure!

Facing the harbor with a direct view of the castle of Mandelieu-La Napoule, this restaurant offers traditional French cuisine with Provençal accents dedicated to sea food. The room has a view on the sea, is bright with green touches. A true witness of the past, the large wooden reception desk adds a friendly, elegant and classic touch. Here, sea products are sublimated: Lobster salad, crab tartar, risotto and lobster tail, lobster gratin, trilogy of sea fish and half lobster… Also dishes for meat lovers: Rossini tournedos, saddle of lamb and flageolet beans, chicken supreme with mushrooms… Your can end your meal with great classics such as baba au rhum, creme brulee, home made frozen nougat.

Perched on the Saint-Michel hill, this former hunters' refuge remains one of the most typical addresses in the area. A family kitchen with a wood fire offers beautiful pieces of meat, generously garnished pizzas, a selection of pasta, a gratin dauphinois famous all the way to Italy, a breathtaking view and a totally unusual setting. As soon as the weather is fine, we take advantage of the beautiful terrace or the petanque ground to relax at the sound of cicadas. A favourite is guaranteed!

At 1,330 m, you expect to nourish yourself with regional and mountain cuisine, homemade with fresh products. Examples: rabbit with local mushrooms, stews, ravioli and sheep's feet stewed with sheep tripe (pieds et paquets), a local speciality.