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Best service ever 5 stars .. excellent food … you feel like home ,, you never get enough of this place ????merci pour Emily

Une petite pépite dans le vieux Nice avec sa cuisine gastronomique délicieuse et inventive. Excellent rapport qualité prix. Y aller les yeux fermés.

We had high hopes for this restaurant given all the good reviews but unfortunately, the experience left us quite disappointed.
The atmosphere was indeed charming and felt authentic. However, the space was very cramped, which made it difficult to fully enjoy the meal.
One of us opted for the "Menu Bib Gourmand" on the waitress’s recommendation, but it turned out to be a major letdown. The dishes in the set menu felt like low-cost, watered-down versions of other items available à la carte. Thankfully, the other dishes we ordered (not part of the Bib Gourmand menu) were quite enjoyable.
Another downside was the understaffing. There seemed to be only one or two people juggling everything—from taking orders to serving food and even washing dishes in between. Unsurprisingly, this led to one of our orders being completely forgotten.
To top it off, the wine my husband had tasted off, though we didn’t suspect anything serious at the time. Unfortunately, he ended up sick the next day.

Great experience!

Was quite excited that I could get a table at this place after hearing many glowing recommendations. Place is quite small, trendy dining type thing, and they got a mention in a recent Michelin Guide

I ordered the 5 course taster because why not.

The issue: It seems I picked my day badly because it was the birthday of the chef'sother, or something like that. A big table had been booked with 4 children ages around 8 to 12, who were yelling, running around the place, and in general just causing a ruckus.

I don't believe these types of establishments should necessarily be kept child-free. Two other tables around me had children and there was no issue, but these ones were getting up every minute, running around the restaurant, yelling, getting in fights, etc. I spent about 3h in there and the ambience was reminiscent of a birthday party a chuck e cheese more than any sort of dining establishment you want to spend your time in. After an hour I wished I would have just ordered a single course so I could leave earlier. Since these were the chef's children, none of the staff seemed to intervene or tell them to just sit down and be a bit quieter.

Whole thing costed me around $100 euros with drinks. I don't go out in this sort of fancier establishment too much, and I was ready to splurge for my night in Nice. Felt completely ripped off. Whatever the quality of the food, the experience was just downright unpleasant.

I don't know how often this sort of stuff happens, maybe 99% of the time this is not an issue, but in my case my night was ruined and I felt like my $100-so euros was wasted

Would not recommend, I would have been better served by any one of the overpriced tourist traps on the waterfront