Restaurant terraces on rue Georges Clemenceau in Old Antibes at lunchtime

Antibes Guide

Eating Well in Old Antibes

Old Antibes eats seriously. Within its walls you will find everything from socca at the market to a Michelin-starred table, with a density of honest Provençal bistrots that most Riviera towns lost long ago. Rather than a fixed list — restaurants change — here is how to choose well.

How to choose

Favour the streets just off the obvious squares: rue de la Tourraque, the Safranier quarter, the lanes between Place Nationale and the ramparts. Look for short, seasonal menus written in French first, and book dinner in season — rooms are small.

At the top end, the old town holds Michelin-starred cooking built on Provençal roots; at the everyday end, the market stalls and their surrounding cafés make the best cheap lunch in town.

Our addresses in the old town

The tables we return to, from our own guest guide — French cooking first:

La Taille de Guêpe — 24 rue de Fersen · +33 4 93 74 03 58 — flower-strewn plates, a local favourite.

Le Comptoir de la Tourraque — 1 rue de la Tourraque · +33 4 93 95 24 86 — our street, our canteen.

La Petite Escale — 30 rue Fourmillière · +33 9 87 39 94 98.

La Guinguette — 5 rue Sade · +33 4 93 34 64 74.

Les Vieux Murs — 25 promenade Amiral de Grasse · +33 4 93 34 06 73 — on the ramparts, sea view.

Le Bistrot du Coin — 7 rue de la Pompe · +33 6 23 48 84 71 — Corsican cooking.

Da Cito — 23 Cours Masséna · +33 4 93 34 24 90 — Italian, on the market.

Mamalu — 11 Cours Masséna · +33 4 93 34 40 07 — Italian, generous, on the market square; the table our long-stay guests adopt as their canteen.

Mamo Michelangelo — 4 rue des Cordiers · +33 4 93 34 04 47 — the legendary Italian table of Antibes.

White parasols and dressed tables on a cliff terrace above the Mediterranean, near Antibes

For a grand occasion

Within thirty minutes, the coast’s gourmet landmarks: Louroc, the Michelin-starred table of the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, and Maison de Bacon on the Cap d’Antibes, La Passagère at the Hôtel Belles Rives in Juan-les-Pins (Fitzgerald’s old villa), Alain Llorca’s Michelin-starred dining room facing the hilltop village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, La Villa Archange in Le Cannet and La Flibuste in Villeneuve-Loubet. Book well ahead in season — we are happy to arrange it.

And some evenings, the best table in Antibes is your own terrace: market produce, a local rosé, and the ramparts turning gold.

Stay in the heart of it