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Best Restaurants Open Late in Nice 2026
Open Late · Nice · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published March 15, 2024 · Updated June 15, 2026
Six Nice kitchens still take a food order after eleven, and that is the number worth knowing, because most of the city stops well before. The seafront tourist rooms and the celebrated Old Town tables close by 22:00 or 23:00, leaving a short, specific late map: a continuous-service brasserie by Place Massena, a couple of pizzerias, an Old Town fondue cellar and a weekend southwestern room. These keep a kitchen running, not just a bar, past eleven and several past midnight. They are ranked here by how late they actually cook, how good the food is, and what you pay, with the value plays flagged plainly against the rooms where you pay mostly for the address.
1.Le Felix
Nice's most reliable late kitchen plates pizza and seafood to 1:30am seven nights at fair prices; for late value, book it.
Le Felix runs continuous service on Avenue Felix Faure, a few steps from Place Massena, with a kitchen that does not break and keeps plating to around 1:30am seven nights a week. It is a proper Nicois brasserie with a cocktail bar attached, the wood-fired pizzas at €11 to €19 and the seafood platters the things to order, and mains sitting €19 to €31. For genuine late food in central Nice this is the most reliable room on the page, open when almost everything else has closed. The value is in the hours and the location rather than bargain prices, and it earns a booking on a busy night.
Book busy nights; continuous service to ~1:30am.
2.Taverne Massena (Maison Cresci)
The rue Massena brasserie cooks pizza and grills to 1am daily for around 35 euros; for a late group dinner, pile in.
Taverne Massena, the Maison Cresci brasserie on the pedestrian rue Massena, runs continuous service to 1am every day of the week. It is a big, busy tourist-quarter room, which is exactly what keeps the kitchen open late, with homemade pizzas, grilled meats and Nicois plates landing around €30 to €40 a head. The cooking is solid rather than special, but the late hours and the central location are the point, and groups are easy to seat well past midnight. For a late group dinner near Place Massena, pile in.
Walk in; kitchen to 1am every day.
3.La Villa Massenet
A 14-euro plat du jour runs to midnight near the Promenade; for the best late value in Nice, reserve a table.
La Villa Massenet on rue Massenet, a short walk from the Promenade des Anglais, runs continuous service from breakfast to midnight daily, which makes it the best late-night value in the city. The plat du jour at €14 is the order, a market-led French bistro plate well below what the seafront tourist rooms charge for the same thing. Evening mains run higher but the kitchen stays honest, and the room is calm late when the centre is loud. For the cheapest decent late dinner in Nice, reserve a table.
Reserve; plat du jour 14 euros to midnight.
4.Pizzeria des Arcades
The Chebil family's port pizzeria serves spaghetti aux moules to midnight at low prices; for a cheap late bite, walk in.
Pizzeria des Arcades sits under the arcades on Place de l'Ile de Beaute at the port, run by the Chebil family for more than thirty years, with the kitchen serving to midnight. The spaghetti aux moules is the house dish and the thin-crust pizzas are reliable, with most plates landing €12 to €20. It is a local port institution rather than a tourist trap, which is why it is still cooking late and still cheap. For a cheap late bite by the water, walk in.
Walk in; pizzeria serves to midnight.
5.La Cave du Fromager
Old Town fondue runs to 12:30am at 70 euros a head; for a late cheese feast worth the spend, head here.
La Cave du Fromager, a stone cheese cellar on rue Benoit Bunico in the Old Town, serves dinner only from 7pm to 12:30am and closes on Thursdays. Everything is cheese, the fondue the order, with charcuterie and wine pushing a full meal to around €70 to €80 a head. It is the priciest late table here, but it is also the most distinctive, and the kitchen genuinely runs past midnight rather than just the bar. For a late cheese feast worth the spend, head here.
Book ahead; closed Thursdays, to 12:30am.
6.J.M.J Brasserie l'Ovale
Cassoulet at 16.90 euros runs to 1:30am on weekends only; for a late Friday southwestern dinner, drop by.
J.M.J Brasserie l'Ovale on rue Pastorelli is a South-West France specialist, and on Friday and Saturday only it runs from 6:30pm to 1:30am, the latest kitchen in this guide on a weekend. The cassoulet at €16.90 is the order, alongside magret and foie gras, with the southwestern plates strong value for the hours. Midweek it closes at 22:30, so this is a weekend pick only, and worth knowing when the centre has shut. For a late Friday dinner with rugby on the screen, drop by.
Weekends only; kitchen to 1:30am Fri and Sat.
Not for a late dinner
Right city, wrong hour
Le Safari. Le Safari on Cours Saleya has been a Nicois institution since 1972, chef Jean-Luc Allain cooking the classics with mains at €29 to €40, but the kitchen closes at 23:00 rather than past it. It sits right on the line, which makes it an early-dinner destination rather than a late table. Book it for nine o'clock and keep this list for afterwards.
Chez Acchiardo. Chez Acchiardo, the beloved family Nicois on rue Droite since 1927, is one of the Old Town's great meals and fair value at around €50, but it closes at 22:00 and shuts at weekends and through August. It is lunch and early-dinner only, the opposite of a late table. Plan it well ahead and eat elsewhere when you want to eat late.
Booking a late table in Nice
The rule in Nice is to ignore the door time and ask when the kitchen takes its last order, because the seafront and Old Town rooms mostly stop by 22:00 or 23:00. For genuine late food head to Le Felix or Taverne Massena near Place Massena, both running continuous service past midnight, or to the port for the Arcades pizzeria. La Cave du Fromager keeps a real kitchen to 12:30am but closes on Thursdays, so check the day before you walk over.
If you want the cheapest decent late plate, La Villa Massenet near the Promenade runs a 14-euro plat du jour to midnight, well below the seafront mark-up. L'Ovale is a weekend-only late table, so save it for Friday or Saturday. Most of these rooms take walk-ins late, but a booking helps on a busy summer night, and the high-season hours run later than winter, so confirm the last order when you sit.
Frequently asked
Which Nice restaurant has the latest kitchen?
Le Felix on Avenue Felix Faure, just off Place Massena, runs continuous service to around 1:30am seven nights a week, the most reliable late kitchen in the city. Taverne Massena on rue Massena matches it to 1am daily, and on weekends J.M.J l'Ovale runs to 1:30am. For a guaranteed plate after midnight any night of the week, Le Felix is the safe choice.
Do Nice kitchens close early?
Mostly yes. The seafront tourist rooms and the celebrated Old Town tables, Chez Acchiardo and Le Safari included, stop cooking by 22:00 or 23:00. Genuine late food in Nice runs through a small set of brasseries and pizzerias near Place Massena and the port, which is why this list is built around the rooms that keep a kitchen going past eleven rather than a bar.
Where can I eat late in Nice on a budget?
La Villa Massenet near the Promenade is the best value, with a plat du jour at 14 euros to midnight. The Pizzeria des Arcades at the port serves pizza and spaghetti aux moules to midnight at 12 to 20 euros a plate, and J.M.J l'Ovale runs cassoulet at 16.90 euros on weekends. All three beat the seafront tourist rooms on value.
What is the best late dinner in Nice?
For a full late dinner, Le Felix is the most reliable, a proper Nicois brasserie cooking pizza and seafood to 1:30am near Place Massena. For something more distinctive, La Cave du Fromager in the Old Town serves fondue to 12:30am at around 70 euros a head. Taverne Massena is the easy choice for groups, open to 1am daily.
Can I walk in for a late table in Nice?
Often, yes. Le Felix, Taverne Massena, the Arcades pizzeria and La Villa Massenet take late walk-ins as a matter of course. La Cave du Fromager is smaller, so book ahead and remember it closes Thursdays, and L'Ovale is weekend-only. In high season the rooms fill, so a booking helps after eleven, and you should always confirm the kitchen's last order when you arrive.
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