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Previous components to this trip:
JetQuay CIP Terminal
BA16 (A380) in Y+ Singapore – London (SIN-LHR)
Restaurant Review: Zedel
BA342 (A320) in C London – Nice (LHR-NCE)
Apartment Massena from Booking.com
During my recent trip to Vancouver, I wrote
restaurant reviews in one post. I intend to do something very similar here so hopefully you will find the summaries more useful than me writing individual postings on each restaurant.
I think broadly my experience of food in Nice was a good one. The normal way of doing things, I just wander around during the day. If there is a restaurant that looks interesting, I will look it up on TripAdvisor. If it has a 4* review, it generally go on my list of restaurants that I’m happy to go to.
A big note is that most restaurants did not take bookings. Initially I thought it was annoying because I needed a place to eat for New Year and didn’t want to end up with no where to eat. However, I needed have worried.
If you go early (i.e. 6pm) there was never any problem finding a table. Or if you are willing to wait, it is often not bad. There are also plenty of restaurants in Nice so don’t worry about not having anywhere to eat.
Asia Express
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What I’m not going to do is pretend that this is five star dining. Far from it. Cheap and cheerful. And it was open when I wanted to eat.
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La Favola
This was my final meal in Nice. And it comes highly recommended.
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When we arrived it was empty. I think I arrived at 6pm, but very shortly it started to fill up.
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Various anti pasti ready for serving
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Spaghetti aux Fruits de Mer (Seafood spaghetti )
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Pizza Capricciosa
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As we were leaving the cooks were just getting into the swing of things.
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This is definitely on my return list, when I come back to Nice.
La Pizza Cresci
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The restaurant was very empty, when I first walked by. My general rule is that the busier the restaurant, the better it must be. However, I tend to eat early – around 6-6.30pm and most locals tend to eat later (or maybe most people eat later!).
It is quite a big restaurant so it’s likely that there will be seats. And this is a pizzeria so the turnover is quite fast.
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The pizzas are actually served in halves not wholes. But the halves were sufficient enough for our party.
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Another place I would definitely return to.
Le Choucas
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This had a small entrance on the street front, but there was a nice area downstairs.
As with most restaurants in Nice, it was empty when I first arrived. However,when I left, the whole restaurant was full and there were several groups waiting to leave.
The first course was a seafood soup course. Served with a side of bread, grated cheese and some garlic mayonnaise.
It really doesn’t look that appealing I must confess. I really thought I had made a mistake, but wow it was absolutely delicious. I would only say that it is really really rich so if you don’t have a huge appetite, this may wipe you out for the rest of your meal.
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Not 100% certain what this was!
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Nice steak!
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Side of fries and vegetables. This was a bit of a disappointment. The chips were a bit soggy.
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La creme brulee!!!!! Need I say any more?!
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Restaurant Asiatique Volonte
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One day, on the way back from the station we saw this restaurant which had just opened for lunch so popped in. And it was a good decision.
For lunch it was only about €14.
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It was a normal buffet in many respects, but for the grill. You can select a whole series of raw foods and they will then grill it for you.
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Grilling all my seafood!!
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They all have a option to fry the food. But it’s not really that great. They added too much water so it didn’t end up tasting particularly good.
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They had a good mixture of Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine.
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There was some sushi, but I wouldn’t really describe this as Japanese as such.
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There was a huge cold seafood section.
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Deserts!!!!!!
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Ice cream!!!!!
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VIP’s Grill
This was New Year’s Eve dinner. Again, even going in at 7pm the place was almost empty.
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I think there were two tables occupied when we arrived.
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The only time I managed to have the traditional French dish of snails in garlic butter. Shame. I like this dish a lot!
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Pate with toast
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Cold shrimp salad
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If you don’t deal with bones very well, this is not a good one for you. Even if you are able to remove the meat carefully, you will end up with bones.
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This chicken dish was probably the best value of the dishes we had.
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This was probably the most disappointing dish. The piece of fish was sooo small!!!!
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Creme brulee. It wasn’t a patch on Le Choucas
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I’m sorry to disappoint all of you but yes, I also ate at McDonald’s. And yes… I loved it!!!
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