The best bars and cafés Nîmes

The boss of Fine arts invariably wears bretelles, it is internationally known. So French, say the Japanese who take it in photo! The love of the Martinez (father, mother and son) that has been taking place for more than 50 years. All day, this is a small neighbourhood bar. The merchants of Escutcheon, the ladies who come to tea, the employees or students of the school, who are accustomed to making a stop there. You know, we rejoice in a frank good mood. The terrace is a haven of peace. Even in winter, we want to look at it and look at people. In front of the cathedral, part of the Airy Escutcheon where you feel really good.

The Hippopotamus chain was created in 1968 in France for large meat eaters. Here, the meat-lovers find something to eat in quantity. Often considered a bit expensive, the dishes satisfy predators who can choose between different French races (charolaise, aubrac, salers, blonde in Aquitaine) and various cuts for carpaccios, beef tartars, steaks, steak, tabs. Apart from this, the menu of menus in its main lines is as usual based around grilled and red meats. Atelier Burger offers bespoke burgers in which you choose everything from bread to meat. Côté Deco is like in all Hippopotamus: the walls of bricks, the sifted light, the red benches. For the récalcitrants of the vegetarian plates, salads, fish and a good pick. The Hippo Film formula offers a discount on a cinema place. Don't come too late, especially on Saturday evening, because there's soon encombrement due to proximity to the multiplex.

For once the Bureau is not moving backwards… Franck'has been managing the bar for four years. In this brasserie in the very beautiful décor, many atmospheres blend. Professional customers in the week and during the day, place of exit for a part of youth "in the evening, and family on weekends, there are for all ages. On the map, calf's paupiette in the county, beans and leeks, or grilled ham, rice and piperade. The office also has a wide selection of wines and a wide range of beers. A brasserie without prétention, frills and like you love them. Please do not confuse this place with the old "At the Office", which is now a concert pub called the "London Tavernel".

After wine bars, beer and mineral oysters, here comes the age of the oxygen bar, the latest avatar at the trendy cafés. So connected that obviously it likes many gay guys and their friends! In Nîmes, it was on the Esclafidous Square that this new trend blew the idea to Salim Watwat, the manager of the establishment. From the entrance, we discover the oxygen machines, the kinds of large central units equipped with a casque helmet… No, no, you're not intubé and you don't think one second to a hospital, which is complicated! For maximum efficiency, the session lasts 20 minutes, a moment of relaxation, where you can gently breathe fresh air from oil smell essential to assainissantes properties. Of course it does not replace a real air bowl but certainly boosts it! The O 2 LA is a bar-restaurant that benefits from the inventiveness of a chef who has worked at Alexandre (traditional traditional menu with fresh products). Another reason to go? The hotel was very close to the city Centre and the city centre. You breathe!

An urban planning project created a few years ago, Place Montcalm is a good fit for this neighborhood bar. Les Deux Mondes was able to install its large terrace on the central median and on both sides of the semi-pedestrian street. As soon as the weather is fine, the brasserie formula at lunchtime or the full salad plates attract a lot of people. Here, no fuss is made, it's a good, relaxed place to eat. The service is pleasant and warm; here you are not rushed to take your coffee and free the place, the key word is enjoy.

Le Barberousse is the night rendezvous for rum lovers. At this famous pirate ship's buccaneering port of call, you'll be able to enjoy some 50 different flavors served in shooters: pineapple, banana, coconut, strawberry, ginger, lychee, kiwi, blueberry, vanilla-cinnamon, fir or even licorice, by the glass or bottle, there's something for everyone until late at night. The bar also serves traditional planters, a speciality of the West Indies. An address to be frequented in moderation, but ideal for the first student parties.

Simon and Bastien Villaret, brothers and co-managers, opened this Italian craft Glacier at two steps from the Arena in May 2016. After a stay in Italy where they discovered Italian ice-creams, the two brothers decided to operate a professional conversion by opening a homemade glacier coffee. All Italian coffees are represented from Lavazza to cappuccino through the macchiato latte. The artisanale, artisanale, is made home for the feast of all, to be tasted in bags or sorbets. These are made with fresh seasonal fruits and all creams include whole milk, good fresh cream and 100% natural, gluten-free scents, please from Italy. A small Alpine landscape in the heart of the Roman "is not missing!

If the dry, gewürztraminer, viognier and other white grape varieties are not badly requested at the Halles Bar, the stall turned into a counter is not just a drink. The small coffee-growing cafés or snacks in the morning also accompany traders'discussions among themselves. At about 10 p. m. other clients start to arrive. The Bar des Halles welcomes both late risers, hikers or lovers of good love: Cold meats, cheeses, omelettes, often Taste Activists, are at the cutting. Oysters by six, when it's the season… The local people and branchitude like to see it before or after the races. Here, the issues of nîmois are rising and dismantle. A place, crowded on the weekend, which has been able to stay user friendly and participate in giving a real soul to the halls.

L'Instant T has found its style; the two managers had the idea of this tea room, tart shop, wine bar and also serves as a home-made beer cellar. Here, they militate for the 100% organic and they favor fair trade, proximity and the art of recovery. In the evening, it's rare to come here without something happening. It is really the moment of the alternative and musical meetings. There is something for everyone, from brewery beers to local wines and more than 400 references of craft beers from around the world stored in the store.

Like any good neighborhood bar, the Petit Moka opens early. All the morning people appreciate this first step around a pure arabica from the four corners of the world. In this bar, tea room-restaurant, more than 70 teas are offered, but also herbal teas and old fashioned chocolates. At noon, there are pancake/salad, salad/meal or even raclette formulas in winter. Special mention for the Wednesday tagine, the continuous service and the daily press and magazines at disposal. Beautiful terrace opening on the Place aux Herbes.

A family saga for over 60 years, the Pantel is the neighborhood bar that merged with the adjoining tobacco shop. You can meet the gotha of the city administration, lawyers, politicians, journalists or local personalities. They debate, they meet at the time of the small black or the breaks of work. But it is on Sundays or Fridays, market day on the boulevard, that Pantel takes all its dimension. Its terrace is a strategic point to see the tobacco customers who come to buy cigarettes and newspapers.

Superb setting that this large house with its garden in the house of Veterans and war victims. A few nights a year, especially during the férias, the Alhambra transforms into the nicest star of nîmoises wineries. You can come to a band to dance or simply take a quiet drink, because the vastness of the place always allows for a nice little corner to chat.

The Three Moors enjoy the festive bullfighting, the third half-time and the purpose of the festive games, and the Three Moors love the celebration. Eric Villefranque, the boss, was able to transform his bar-mezzanine. High ceilings and space, a beautiful counter adorned with ajuleros in the centre and conservation of the famous copper percolator, where smell coffee comes out. The Three Moors, new genus, retain the character of the lively and popular brewery while proving that it attracts young people. DJ's, karaoke or salseros atmospheres, punctual dates are announced on a common website for the Three Moors and the pizzeria El Campo. Normal, that is the same direction! On weekends, tapas is served at the counter.

Designed by a Parisian agency, which is also the home of the famous restaurant Petrus, the Café Square is an elegant, metallic and metallic atmosphere. Young Nîmois love to find it, despite the relative location of the places. Summer, everyone outside! The terrace is situated on the square between the Square house, the best preserved Gallo-Roman temple in the ancient world, and Carré d'Art, the daring cultural centre and media centre, with contemporary lines. A mineral place, summer heat, parasols are not too much and, even, not enough time for lunch. During the férias, difficult to cross this terrace, especially as the large concert scene often rises at the foot of the Roman monument. Not to mention the weekend DJ evenings. The prices of the drinks remain correct, as Café Carré is frequented by tourists, but also by the premises (coffee at 1,50 €, fruit juice or kir at 3 €).

Café Olive is the place to come for a drink, a cup of tea, lunch or dinner while listening to live music. A large beamed dining room, an equally spacious upstairs with soft armchairs and a terrace. At the entrance, the press and its fresh news accompany the morning coffee. Lunchtime: hearty, inventive salads, tartars, burgers, poultry kebabs, fish & chips, tapas, chocolate fondants and tiramisu. In the evening, the atmosphere turns festive once a month with musical entertainment. Don't miss it!

Located near the Kinepolis, this pub-restaurant remains open until 1 a. m. and serves as a table until p. m. The Irish Corner of Nîmes is behaving like a real Irish pub with inside, coated woodwork and thick carpet on the ground, beer and fish & chips - finally here we will say paved salmon with plancha and fries! Some nights, it's football or rugby, for the retransmission of memorable matches. Supporters come as a group in this pub to vibrate or cry together in unison of their team, eyes stretched on the giant screen. The rousse or brown beer flows. On weekends, free concert programming, especially pop-rock, is announced on the website. In short, something often happens at the Irish Corner.

Following the Suite's sequel, the new leadership of DU is determined to change the old image. Take the entire space of this great establishment, create event, animate techno house evenings, as in a real disco, not forgetting the restoration of midday and evening, this is the new challenge. Extensive program at the place of the place that deserves to be given prominence. Thursday evening evenings started. We saw famous djs from the players region, the Churascaia band, especially, show victims dancers and young people dancing. Not insignificant, the possibility of dinner before attacking the dancefloor, especially that the tapas card is tempting. In the evening, we choose à la carte: salads, grilled meat and fish, fresh pasta… whereas the lunch of the day at 9 € or the flat formula of day + dessert + dessert + coffee at 12 € are good bills. A good selection on the map of regional wines, the red wine of the Cevennes (organic Tornac wine growers) served as a pitcher or glass. Long life at KLS - not confused with the CKF of rue de l'Etoile!

Faced with the prohibitionist wave that smoking in a public place is not tolerated, except for exception, Abdel, the manager of this chicha bar (tobacco for traditional water pipe) persists in his idea of a convivial place where people come to pass as a bled. At the time we draw up these lines, a front adjustment is in progress, decoration, tile, while adding a new smoke extractor will enhance health safety. The smell of Moroccan teas or the scents left by the blue plume bring an exotic touch straight away. Even during the work, fans of flavoured tobacco from Dubai (apple, mint, white grapes, plum, lemon, apricot, pineapple) know how to find the way to the rear. Here, it's an intimate nightclub, with possibility of themed evenings (DJ, students…) Ryad, its oriental decor, its purple colors on the ceiling, blue night, it's kind of like an oasis on the National Street.

The Café de Paris has changed ownership and decoration several times, but the well calibrated formula for a young audience remains the same. Relatively quiet in week, the place turns on the weekend evenings in real disco with order services at the entrance. All of this festive public flow is far over the boulevard. The bar of the Café de Paris broadcasts a general music (rock, house, disco) and competition Victor Hugo in the level of attendance and decibels… which caused the wrath of the voisinnage. A district collective has even created to ask the prefecture what it considers to be repeated noise nuisance. Race results, compulsory closure of all bars at 1 am. A schedule restriction applicable to everyone - except some quieter bars that were able to get the 2 h derogation.

Long run by the father of a Nîmes bullfighter, this musical bar remains a must at the féria and a meeting place for the Nîmesafición . Bullfighting and Iberian racing fans will feel right at home here: they can follow the broadcasts on the Spanish channel. An outdoor slate also keeps toro bravo fans informed about local bullfighting events. However, the interior of Le 4, as it's known to its regulars, is rather small, so you're more likely to find yourself in the alley. You can also treat yourself to the aperitif platters.