SALETTE

Rating: 12.5
Author: Gault&Millau

06300 NICE

12.5/20
Gourmet Restaurant

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6 PHOTOS

Cooking: French | Modern
Services: Pets allowed
Style: Bistro/Brasserie | With friends

Gault&Millau's review 2026

It's the kind of success story we'd like to see more of: two high school buddies with a shared vision decide, on the eve of their 30th birthday, to open their own restaurant. The result is Salette, where chef Émilien Catherinet and his front-of-house sidekick Léonard Hubert-Meynier have created a warm, sincere restaurant firmly rooted in home-style bistro cuisine, well executed and unpretentious, which naturally finds its place in the trendy landscape of the Port of Nice. Cauliflower velouté with old Rodez d'Aveyron or panisses (chef's panisses) with parmesan and butternut sauce rival in taste the porchetta of rabbit legs, the surprise of pig (a piece that butchers generally keep for themselves) braised in beer, or the very Brazilian picanha of Aubrac beef perfumed with its parsley in gremolata. French toast with salted butter caramel and competition chocolate mousse with caramelized pecans are also delicious. On Wednesdays, don't miss the blanquette de veau at €15.50. Finally, to quench your thirst, a small cellar of around thirty bottles at reasonable prices, and wines by the glass starting at €6, complete Salette's reputation as an address as gourmand as it is delightful.