Restaurant with terrace offering traditional dishes
Open to the soft port life of Nice, this restaurant has a pleasant terrace close to the boats, located opposite the castle hill. Inside, the bright and elegant setting offers several spaces between the arched walls. On the tablecloths and under the drop-shaped lights, you can enjoy traditional dishes such as beef cheek stew, short juice and homemade Nice ravioli or a few other dishes inspired by seafood products such as gambas flambéed with Cognac, homemade fish soup, croutons and rust, or smoked salmon like a maki, which highlight the local flavours and reputation of the place.
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1. If you can speak French, this can be a good restaurant for lunch or dinner.
2. If you want a glass of wine from the menu, ask to be served the wine straight from the bottle of the wine you ordered to make sure the wine you've been served is the one you ordered.
3. If you want water, ask for a free bottle of water, in France water is free in restaurants. If you want branded or sparkling water, remember that you will pay at least €7 per bottle.
4. If you want "Le plat du Jour" make sure beforehand by asking the waiter that there are still dishes left. I say this because we entered the restaurant at 1:15pm and were already seated, oh surprise! there is no "Plat du Jour" left and you have to go to the Carte which is more expensive.
Having said all that, I explain our experience at this Restaurant. We go to lunch at 1:15 pm and sit inside the premises. We ask for "Le plat du Jour" (Plate of the day) which is more economical, they tell us that there is none, which we thought was strange because of the time we entered the restaurant. We order dishes from the menu, they tell us if we want drinks, we say yes , water and a glass of white wine (8€/15cl) of a specific wine. They brought us the brand water bottle (€7) and we noticed that the rest of the tables had been brought a free bottle of water, we decided don't say anything to see how far they are able to deceive the tourist who doesn't know the language well. They bring the wine, in any restaurant with a bit of dignity, when you ask for a glass of a specific wine, they bring the bottle and in front of the they serve the wine to the client, not in this restaurant, they take the glass of wine from the kitchen already served without knowing what type of wine is in the glass, wrong. The food served is good but a bit sparse, very large plate and little food .
After all these problems, I tell the waiter that I don't plan to pay for the water, since the rest of the tables have been brought water for free, and to me, who doesn't know the language well and I'm a tourist, I can fool them, so I bring them a bottle of water from 7 €. I explain the problem with the wine glass, what I have explained before, I use Google Translate to make myself understand (up to 4 times I explain the problem with the wine) they did not show me the bottle or give me any explanation.
The manager of the restaurant and the waiter come and seeing that I had been tricked, they agree that I don't pay for the water.
Not only will I not return to the Restaurant, but things like this make you think not to return to Nice, white-glove thieves to tourists.
And the food, the atmosphere was awesome too????????????
Had a great time and good food at this restaurant
I recommend this place
Très bonne cuisine et service impeccable
Un bon moment de détente