Best Michelin-Starred Restaurants in Nice
Our guide counts 9 Michelin-starred restaurants in Nice and 10 Michelin stars in total, both citywide. This list contains that set, and each restaurant holds a Michelin star. Flaveur, in Cœur de Nice, holds two Michelin stars. Le Chantecler, Racines - Bruno Cirino, L'Aromate and Pure & V are in Cœur de Nice. ONICE, JAN, Les Agitateurs and Épicentre are in Nice Historique.
Several rooms are sommelier-led. Two programmes are exceptional: Le Chantecler, which holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and Pure & V, where Vanessa Massé pairs natural wine with vegetable-forward cooking. JAN is a 20-seat counter in Nice Historique, and chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen serves a single set menu. Racines - Bruno Cirino serves vegetables and fruit from the chef's permaculture gardens and local producers.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding Michelin stars, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Épicentre
1 Michelin star
Épicentre holds a Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 and sits at the €€€ tier of Nice's modern cuisine scene, a step below the starred addresses on price and formality but clearly oriented toward technical seriousness. Located at 8 Rue Fodéré in the city's working-class Riquier quarter, it occupies a space where neighbourhood character and contemporary kitchen ambition sit in productive tension.
Flaveur
2 Michelin stars
Flaveur holds two Michelin stars and a sustained presence on La Liste and Opinionated About Dining, placing it among Nice's most serious creative kitchens. Brothers Mickaël and Gaël Tourteaux run both the kitchen and the front of house from a modest room on Rue Gubernatis, where local Provençal ingredients meet spices drawn from further afield. Service is precise, the format classical, and the cooking consistently committed to measured risk.
JAN
1 Michelin star
A 20-seat counter on Rue Lascaris brings South African culinary sensibility into sharp dialogue with Côte d'Azur tradition. Chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen serves a single set menu that moves through sweet-sour contrasts, smoke, acid, and spice, an approach that has earned Michelin recognition and made JAN one of Nice's most closely watched reservation windows.
L'Aromate
1 Michelin star
A Michelin-starred address near Place Masséna, L'Aromate serves modern Mediterranean cuisine from chef Mickaël Gracieux, whose résumé spans Oustau de Baumanière, Plaza Athénée, and Louis XV. The contemporary dining room pairs black, white, and gold interiors with an open kitchen, while the menu draws from local producers and Ligurian markets for ingredients such as San Remo prawns, local green crab, and Niçoise citrus.
Le Chantecler
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Inside the Negresco on Nice's Promenade des Anglais, Le Chantecler carries a Michelin star and a Meilleur Ouvrier de France distinction under chef Virginie Basselot. The kitchen works from a Mediterranean-seasonal framework, sourcing from local artisans to produce modern French cooking with clear Provençal reference points. Dinner runs Wednesday through Sunday, positioning it firmly within Nice's upper tier of fine dining.
Les Agitateurs
1 Michelin star
A Michelin-starred creative restaurant on Rue Bonaparte in Nice's left-bank quarter, Les Agitateurs has held one star continuously since 2024 under chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips. The cooking sits outside the Niçoise canon entirely, drawing a reservation-forward crowd willing to commit to a single tasting format at the upper end of the city's price tier.
ONICE
1 Michelin star
ONICE holds a Michelin star and a 2025 ranking among Europe's top 700 restaurants on Opinionated About Dining, placing it firmly within Nice's compact tier of serious modern kitchens. Chefs Florencia Montes and Lorenzo Ragni run the room at 5 Rue Antoine Gautier, where the cooking sits at the sharper end of the Riviera's contemporary dining scene. At €€€€, it competes on ambition rather than occasion-dining convention.
Pure & V
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Pure & V brings a Nordic-inflected neobistro sensibility to Nice's old town, where Finnish chef Pinja Paakkonen's vegetable-forward cooking meets sommelier Vanessa Massé's natural wine focus. The ground-floor dining room runs a produce-driven menu built around fermentation and careful sourcing; upstairs, Pure & Vins offers a simpler evening format. Ranked #549 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2024.
Racines - Bruno Cirino
1 Michelin star
At Racines, Bruno Cirino and José Vidal serve a single, bargain-priced set menu built entirely from local organic and sustainably grown vegetables and fruit. The small eatery on Rue Clément Roassal operates Tuesday through Saturday evenings only, with a kitchen garden philosophy that draws on the Mediterranean's core pantry: garlic, olive oil, basil, and produce harvested only at peak ripeness. Booking is recommended.
Planning Michelin-starred restaurants in Nice
- How many Michelin-starred restaurants does your guide count in Nice?
- Our guide counts 9 Michelin-starred restaurants in Nice and 10 Michelin stars in total, both citywide. This list contains that starred set. Flaveur, in Cœur de Nice, holds two Michelin stars. Every restaurant here is in Cœur de Nice or Nice Historique.
- Which restaurant on this list holds 2 Michelin stars?
- Flaveur, in Cœur de Nice, holds two Michelin stars. Brothers Mickaël and Gaël Tourteaux run the kitchen and the front of house. The format is a tasting menu of Provençal ingredients and spices from further afield. The wine list is extensive.
- Which starred restaurant holds a Wine Spectator award?
- Le Chantecler, in Cœur de Nice, inside Le Negresco. It holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence on an exceptional, sommelier-led list, and it holds one Michelin star. Chef Virginie Basselot, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, cooks from a Mediterranean seasonal framework. Formats include a tasting menu, à la carte and prix fixe.