These are the restaurants in French Riviera that the major lists rate, plus the local institutions the press keeps returning to, on one map. Filter by list, tap a pin for the details, and follow the links on each card to the award or article behind it.
Key takeaways
- Strongest list standing: Mirazur, Flaveur and La Villa Archange.
- 14 places: 7 with MICHELIN stars, 5 Bib Gourmand, 2 from other guides.
- Every award and article is linked on its card, so you can check it yourself before booking.
Places are ordered by list standing, then press coverage. This is not a ranking of our own. Last checked October 26, 2026.
Screenshot of mirazur.fr Mirazur
$$$$Menton · Creative Mediterranean
Mauro Colagreco's restaurant on the Italian border looks over the Mediterranean. Its menus follow the lunar calendar, with themes such as flowers, fruit, leaves and roots.
30 avenue Aristide-Briand, 06500 Menton
Screenshot of restaurant-flaveur.com Flaveur
$$$$Nice · Creative French
Brothers Gaël and Mickaël Tourteaux, who both trained at the Negresco, run Flaveur. It earned a first MICHELIN star in 2011 and a second in 2018.
25 rue Gubernatis, 06000 Nice
Screenshot of bruno-oger.com Le Cannet (Cannes) · Modern French
Breton-born Bruno Oger cooks in an 18th-century Provençal villa in the hills above Cannes, with seafood from Brittany and the Riviera.
Rue de l'Ouest, 06110 Le Cannet
Screenshot of janonline.com JAN
$$$$Nice · South African creative
A 20-seat restaurant near the port where South African chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen serves a single set menu drawing on South African flavours.
12 rue Lascaris, 06300 Nice
Screenshot of laromate.fr L'Aromate
$$$$Nice · Modern Mediterranean
Chef Mickaël Gracieux, formerly of Oustau de Baumanière and the Louis XV, cooks with Nice and Mediterranean produce near Place Masséna.
2 rue Gustave-Deloye, 06000 Nice
Screenshot of lapalmedor-restaurant.fr La Palme d'Or
$$$$Cannes · Modern Provençal
The Hôtel Martinez restaurant on the Croisette, themed around cinema by Jean Imbert, with chef Christophe Nannoni cooking sea and Provence dishes.
Hôtel Martinez, 73 boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes
Screenshot of lenegresco.com Le Chantecler
$$$$Nice · Modern French
The fine-dining room of the Negresco hotel on the Promenade des Anglais, led by Virginie Basselot, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, with produce from local suppliers.
Le Negresco, 37 promenade des Anglais, 06000 NiceLa Chèvre d'Or
Èze
La Liste places it in its Top 1000 restaurants worldwide, with a score of 91.
Rue du Barri, Èze, 06360 ÈzeLe Cap au Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
La Liste places it in its Top 1000 restaurants worldwide, with a score of 88.5.
71 Bd du Général de Gaulle, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 06230 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Screenshot of lamerenda.net Nice · Niçoise
Dominique Le Stanc cooks Niçois classics such as pissaladière and stockfish in a tiny room near Cours Saleya. There is no phone, and it takes cash only.
Covered by The Guardian and Time Out
4 rue Raoul-Bosio, 06000 NiceAux Bons Enfants
$$Cannes · Provençal
A family restaurant opened in 1935, now in its fourth generation, cooking Provençal dishes with produce from the nearby Forville market. It takes cash only.
80 rue Meynadier, 06400 Cannes
Screenshot of chezdavia.com Nice · Niçoise
A family restaurant open since 1953 where chef Pierre Altobelli has cooked Niçois recipes since 2016, in a vintage bistro setting.
11 bis rue Grimaldi, 06000 Nice
Screenshot of orangeriementon.fr Menton · Mediterranean-Japanese
A Japanese chef who was sous-chef to Bruno Cirino puts a Japanese twist on Mediterranean produce in central Menton.
3 rue de la Marne, 06500 Menton
Screenshot of oliveartichaut.com Nice · Niçoise
A Nice-born chef returned home to cook local produce from the sea and the mountains in Vieux Nice.
6 rue Sainte-Réparate, 06300 Nice
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A place gets in one of two ways. It holds an award in a 2024, 2025 or 2026 edition of a recognised list, or it is a local institution that at least two established outlets have covered. We do not rank, and nothing here is paid for. The order on the page follows list standing first, then press coverage. The full method is in the note at the end.
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Methodology
How we did this comparison
This guide aggregates; it does not rank. A restaurant in French Riviera is included if it holds a place on a recognised list in a 2024, 2025 or 2026 edition (MICHELIN Guide France 2026, La Liste Top 1000 Restaurants 2026 and La Liste 2026), linked to the list publisher's own page, or if it is a local institution covered by at least two established outlets, each linked on its card. A single blog post or a review-site rating is not enough.
Places are ordered by list standing (MICHELIN stars, 50 Best, Tabelog Gold and Black Pearl three diamonds first, then other awards and Bib Gourmand), then by how much press they have. Summaries paraphrase the cited sources. Map positions come from OpenStreetMap. Price bands run from $ (casual) to $$$$ (tasting-menu fine dining) and are our reading of each place's menus and sources; places without one had no price source.
Every entry was checked against its sources on 26 October 2026. Lists change every year and restaurants close, so check opening days and book directly before you travel.
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Last updated: October 26, 2026