Places to eat in Cannes

I love discovering new places that make a good impression and a desire to return.

New Italian restaurant in a modern chic design, everything is thought out for comfort and convenience.

Favorite Dish: Good and friendly service (you are welcome and can be seen)
All very tasty appetizers, fresh mozzarella and tomatoes (taste and quality!) Pasta hands made with sauce garganelo (best of !!!), sea bass in salt!
At the moment in Cannes, there is no such a second restaurant!
Price is not too high, and justified.
Strongly recommended for those who want to pass a pleasant evening and without bad surprises...

Whenever I go to Cannes, I usually have lunch, but I've been usually disappointed with the quality of the food. Well, I think I found the right place to come next time and it's called "Le Bistrot Gourmand". It's a very charming restaurant near the "Forville" market. I was surprise that we were their very first customers of the day.
They propose 4 options: entree + main course = 17€, main course + dessert = 16€, entree + main course + dessert = 19€ or entree + main course + dessert from their menu card = 29€.
My friend and I had the 17€ option. We chose "Beignets de fleurs de courgettes à la ricotta et basilic" (battered and deep fried zucchini flowers filled with "ricotta" and basil) served with a sauce (which reminds me the one you eat with spring rolls, but a little bit spicy) which was divine (the zucchini flowers not the sauce), then as main course, we chose "Entrecôte poêlée et pommes allumettes maison". Nothing extraordinary, just a steak served with homemade fries and sauce tartare.
We skipped the dessert since there was nothing interesting. Still, I would definitely come back.

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Just new with fresh ideas for Italian kitchen. Very interesting food, Chef will be particularly attentive to ingredients and coking. Pasta very good. Meat T-bone, so tasty and right preparation. Wines good choose! Service friendly, good hospitality. Interiors is fashion, modern and romantic

Favorite Dish: T-bone "Florentina"

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It is delightful combination of rustic and Breton decor, a family style crêperie. They provide the set menus at lunch around EUR4.75, EUR7 and EUR8.50. For single order, the savoury galettes around EUR5-8.

Favorite Dish: My personal taste is sweet galette with a little taste of sweet kirsch to balance the cooked caramel fruit. It's good to taste galettes with a bottle of cidre!!

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Hidden between Port Canto and Palm Beach, l'Ecrin is another elegant option for dining on the beach. It is both a private beach during the day and a restaurant/bar open for lunch and dinner, and was designed by Miguel Cancio-Martin, the same architect who designed Man Ray, Buddha Bar and Barfly in Paris. It is located at the small stretch of beach between Palm Beach and la Croisette and tends to attract an exclusive (and good looking!) crowd. Not many who visit Cannes know about it due to its inaccessibility; the beach and restaurant can only be reached through Port Canto (you actually have to enter the port area to reach the entrance). The well executed menu offers a mix of typical French bistro and Italian dishes, but is on the expensive side.

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Located on the narrow, uphill, pedestrianised street, rue Saint-Antoine, le Maschou is a unique restaurant in Cannes. It is set in a tiny cavernous dining room, dimly lit with burning candles, that tends to get packed every night. The menu is simple... or rather it hardly exists. One is afforded a choice of two appetisers (ham with melon, or bresaola with melon) accompanied by delicious grilled bread and followed by a big basket of tasty fresh vegetables. The main course offers three options: grilled whole chicken, seasoned lamb chops, or steak. If you still have room after this big feast, then definitely try one of their tempting desserts.

I never quite understood the relevance of this restaurant's name to its menu nor the quality of its food. Various translations which I heard ranged from references to so-so weather, to some of the good, some of the bad (which apparently was its original 15th Century connotation), or to some of this, some of that. I tend to think that the latter is most appropriate because the menu was almost larger than the restaurant, ranging from a minty couscous to beef steak, tuna steak, and duck. In this area, if you are going to try the wine, you may want to lean toward the local rose.

Favorite Dish: My choice for lunch turned out to be a very good one, but just as I did not understand the essential meaning of the restaurant name, I also did not understand the name of the dish which I so enjoyed. It was a very unusual veal stew, because in addition to the vegetables which we Americans tend to expect in our stews (such as potatoes and carrots), it also contained pears and I am told that it can also contain other fruits. Again, like the restaurant, its name was the most confusing aspect. It was called "cocotte," which may mean chicken as it is a diminutive of "coq," the French word for rooster or cock or it may mean prostitute, perhaps related to the English word coquette, but neither of those seems to relate in any way to "veal stew." Finally, it could relate to an upscale brand of cookware but I asked and the cook on duty had never heard of Cocotte sookware. Anyway, it was a delightful stew with large, yet tender and well cooked veal chunks, vegetables, pears, and a spectacularly seasoned light gravy.

Owned by a lovely Italian lady, Volupté advertises itself as a teahouse. Although it does serve a large variety of gourmet teas, the place is more of a café offering wide range of other drinks, including hot chocolate, coffee and wine, as well as delicious light lunches. Volupté is located on rue Hoche, a small street parallel to la rue d'Antibes in the centre of Cannes. Through an expansion, Volupté is split between two spaces located across from each other, both with ample outdoor seating.