This list is not exhaustive, as Nice cuisine is very rich and blends in with Provençal cuisine. We have selected the best dishes for you to discover.

Olives and olive oil from Nice

Nice is home to the Cailletier, a variety of olive known worldwide for its exceptional flavour. These olives are excellent on their own, as they are tender and have a highly developed flavour. They are also used to make a mild, creamy and very tasty oil, as well as olive paste.
You will find all these products on display at Nice's markets, in Provençal food shops and in restaurants, where olives are often served as an aperitif.

Socca

How can we talk about Nice cuisine without mentioning socca, a flatbread made from chickpea flour and olive oil and baked in the oven (a socca oven, of course!)? Delicious as an aperitif, just grab a slice in Old Nice, add salt and pepper, and enjoy it with friends over a good beer or a glass of Bellet wine.

Nice-style stuffed vegetables

Another Nice speciality is facis. There's something for everyone: courgette flowers (from Nice, of course), sardines, anchovies, tomatoes, cheese. Not everything is necessarily 100% traditional, but the spirit of farci is definitely there.
Don't hesitate to try several. Farcis are often eaten cold or warm, never hot.

Gnocchi

Potato gnocchi are small potato dumplings made with flour and egg, cooked in water and served with a drizzle of olive oil or a sauce of your choice (cream of porcini mushrooms, pistou, etc.). Don't leave the South of France without trying them, they're delicious.

Daube

Daube Niçoise is a beef and carrot stew that can be enjoyed on its own as a main course or as a sauce for ravioli or gnocchi.

Pan-bagnat

Pan-bagnat is a typical sandwich from the city of Nice, a kind of faluche (but the real pan-bagnat uses a specific recipe) with tuna or anchovies, raw vegetables and olive oil. Incidentally, pan-bagnat means "wet bread", implying olive oil.

Pissaladière

Let's just say it right away, this is a real treat. Made from bread dough, this tart should not be confused with pizza: it does not contain tomatoes. Instead, it is topped with "compoted" onions and anchovies and decorated with Niçoise olives. It can be found in almost all bakeries in Old Nice. An ideal quick lunch.

Salade Niçoise

The Niçoise salad needs no introduction. It can be found almost everywhere in France, even on the menus of Parisian brasseries, but in variations that have nothing to do with the original recipe. Ultimately, everyone has eaten a "salad" that is Niçoise in name only.
The real Niçoise salad contains spring onions, tomatoes, broad beans, celery, small purple artichokes, peppers, hard-boiled eggs, anchovies, olive oil and Nice olives.
Refreshing, it is an ideal starter for a meal under the midday sun.

Swiss chard pie

Swiss chard is a plant whose leaves are eaten cooked. Indescribable and truly unique, we highly recommend you try the Swiss chard pie, or Swiss chard tart, which you will only find here.

Hotels Nice: niceTrotter selection