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Best Restaurants for Brunch in Nice (2026)
Weekend brunch · Nice · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published April 11, 2024 · Updated June 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Nice does brunch in the narrow lanes of the old town, where a sister-run kitchen plates a gourmet spread near Cours Saleya and an organic bakery proofs its own bread a few streets over. The Riviera light helps. These six, ranked, are where to spend a weekend morning in the city, from a crepe on Place Grimaldi to avocado toast in a refined Vieux Nice alley.
1.Cafe Marche
The sisters' gourmet old-town room; come to Rue Barillerie for a market-driven brunch near Cours Saleya.
Sisters Emilie and Maud run Cafe Marche at 2 Rue Barillerie in Vieux Nice, in a quiet alley near the Holy Trinity chapel just off the Cours Saleya market. They build the brunch from market produce bought that morning, with American-style pastries, eggs and burgers, and a sofa-and-lounge corner; plates run roughly 12 to 20 euros.
It opens Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed Wednesday and Saturday, so check the day before you go. The fresh-from-the-market angle sets it apart from the crepe cafes. Come for a gourmet old-town brunch a step from the flower market and claim a seat in the lounge corner.
2.Maranna
The polished Vieux Nice brunch; come to Rue Benoit Bunico for pancakes, avocado toast and French toast in a styled room.
Maranna sits at 31 Rue Benoit Bunico in the middle of Vieux Nice, a refined, carefully decorated room dedicated to brunch. Sweet and savoury pancakes, avocado toast, eggs, bacon and French toast lead a menu with gluten-free options, plates generally 11 to 19 euros, in a setting more designed than the rustic old-town norm.
The styling and the dedicated brunch focus make it a weekend draw, so it fills on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It takes walk-ins; come early or expect a short wait. This is the polished end of Vieux Nice brunch, a good choice when you want the plate and the room to both look the part.
3.Mama Baker
The organic bakery brunch; come to Rue de Lepante for leavened bread, artisan pastries and a proper coffee.
Mama Baker works from 13 Rue de Lepante in the city centre, an atelier of leavened bread and artisanal pastries that brings the craft back to the baking. The sourdough, the viennoiserie and the bakes anchor a brunch built on its own bread, with plates and pastry spreads generally 8 to 16 euros and gluten-free options.
The bread is the reason to come: a bakery-led brunch rather than an egg-and-pancake one. It runs on walk-ins, busiest on weekend mornings. Come for an organic, bread-forward brunch and a coffee just off Avenue Jean Medecin, an easy stop between the station and the old town.
4.La Voix de son Maitre
The Place Grimaldi creperie; come for buckwheat galettes, Nutella crepes and a cider cocktail in a vintage room.
La Voix de son Maitre holds a corner at 3 Place Grimaldi, a long-running creperie with a vintage-leaning room and an easygoing feel. The savoury buckwheat galettes and the Nutella and waffle plates are the orders, alongside cider cocktails and panini, with most dishes 9 to 16 euros.
It is the brunch for the morning you want crepes rather than eggs, a Breton-style spread in the centre of Nice. It takes walk-ins and the Place Grimaldi setting makes for easy people-watching. Come for a relaxed galette-and-cider brunch and pair a savoury galette with a sweet crepe to finish.
5.Emilie's Cookies
The American-style old-town coffee shop; come for pancakes, bagels and cookies in a Vieux Nice mainstay since 2007.
Emilie's Cookies launched in Nice in January 2007 and added a larger Vieux Nice boutique around 2010, an American-style coffee shop and brunch room a few hundred metres from the original. Pancakes, bagels, brownies, eggs and the namesake cookies fill the menu, with brunch plates generally 9 to 17 euros.
It is the old-town stop for a US-style breakfast, sweets included, and a long-standing fixture rather than a newcomer. Walk-ins are the norm, busier on weekends. Come for an American brunch in the middle of Vieux Nice and finish with a cookie for the walk down to the Promenade des Anglais.
6.Marinette Kitchen
The alleyway brunch platter spot; come to Vieux Nice for viennoiserie, charcuterie and avocado toast in a small room.
Marinette Kitchen tucks into a small alleyway in Vieux Nice, a cafe known for a generous brunch platter. Viennoiserie, a hard-boiled egg, cheese, charcuterie, avocado toast and a fruit salad come together on one spread, with brunch plates and platters generally 12 to 20 euros.
The all-in-one platter is the format, a French take on brunch rather than a stack of pancakes. The room is small, so weekend mornings fill quickly and a walk-in early is the safe move. Come for a classic Niçois brunch platter and a coffee in one of the old town's quieter lanes, away from the main market crush.
Not for everyone
Famous, but not actually brunch
Le Plongeoir. The restaurant perched on a rock over the sea east of the port is one of the Riviera's most striking rooms, but it runs lunch and dinner rather than a weekend brunch. Go for a long lunch with the view instead.
Le Bistrot du Port. The bright seafood bistro on Quai Lunel is a fine lunch by the superyachts, but it is a fish-and-wine room rather than a brunch spot. Save it for a midday plate of the day's catch.
La Petite Maison. The famed Niçoise institution near the old town is a destination lunch and dinner, not a brunch service. It belongs on a different list, for a long Provençal midday meal rather than a Saturday morning.
How to brunch well in Nice
Nice's brunch clusters in two pockets: the lanes of Vieux Nice around Cours Saleya, where Cafe Marche, Maranna, Emilie's Cookies and Marinette sit within a few minutes' walk, and the city centre near Avenue Jean Medecin, where Mama Baker bakes and La Voix de son Maitre holds Place Grimaldi. None is far from the others.
Check opening days before you go, because several old-town rooms close midweek or on Saturdays, Cafe Marche among them. The rooms are small and walk-in, so come before the late-morning rush, especially on a sunny weekend. For more of the city, see our Nice anniversary ranking and the Nice view dining ranking.
Frequently asked
Where is the best brunch in Nice?
Vieux Nice holds most of it. Cafe Marche on Rue Barillerie, run by sisters Emilie and Maud, builds a gourmet brunch from the Cours Saleya market, and Maranna on Rue Benoit Bunico runs a polished, dedicated brunch room. Mama Baker near Avenue Jean Medecin covers the bakery-led brunch in the city centre.
Where is the best brunch in Vieux Nice?
Cafe Marche near the Cours Saleya market is the gourmet pick, with Maranna for a more designed room, Emilie's Cookies for American-style pancakes and bagels, and Marinette Kitchen for a classic French brunch platter. All four sit within a few minutes' walk in the old town's lanes.
Do you need a reservation for brunch in Nice?
Most Nice brunch rooms are small and run on walk-ins rather than reservations, so the move is to arrive early on a weekend. Cafe Marche, Maranna, Mama Baker, Emilie's Cookies and Marinette all fill during the late-morning rush, and several close midweek or on Saturday, so check the opening days first.
What is a good French brunch in Nice?
Marinette Kitchen in Vieux Nice serves a classic brunch platter of viennoiserie, egg, cheese, charcuterie, avocado toast and fruit, and La Voix de son Maitre on Place Grimaldi runs buckwheat galettes, crepes and cider cocktails. Both lean French rather than the American pancake-and-bagel format.
Where can I find an organic brunch in Nice?
Mama Baker on Rue de Lepante is an organic atelier of leavened bread and artisanal pastries, with a bread-forward brunch and gluten-free options near Avenue Jean Medecin. Several old-town rooms, including Maranna, also flag gluten-free dishes on their brunch menus.
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