Le Clin d'Œil

Rating: 12.5
Author: Gault&Millau

06000 NICE

12.5/20
Gourmet Restaurant

9 PHOTOS

Budget (€)

Indicative price per person (excl. drinks)

55 to 75

Gault&Millau's review 2025

Close to Masséna, a nod to the good life through sincere, gourmet cuisine highlighting Nice's terroir. Julien Rives, a skilful chef with excellent references (Belles Rives, Baumanière, La Réserve...) makes the most of seasonal, locally-sourced produce, in a well-designed setting with red brickwork on the walls and industrial-style furniture: cod ceviche, coconut lemongrass mango coriander (the fish a little masked by the coconut mousse), good hake plancha, pan-fried Jerusalem artichokes, turnips and parsnips, butter sauce, well-worked free-range poultry, supreme on the skin and thigh marinated in soy and honey then, cooked later in tempura, purple carrot purée, thyme jus, a real chef's dish. Simple, pleasing desserts (lemon buckwheat basil, chestnut hazelnut), a cellar of sure-fire names (Dagueneau, Pataille, Villa...).