There is more to eating in Cannes than the palace hotels. Around Forville, market cooking and Provençal recipes shape the meal. The lanes of Le Suquet bring together wine-led restaurants and grills, while the centre offers small plates, bistros and seasonal menus. On the Croisette, hotel dining adds another setting to the choice.

This first selection covers 17 establishments within Cannes itself. It draws on official websites, menus, restaurant guides and tourism offices. It is neither an exhaustive ranking nor a record of meals tested by the guide. Each profile explains the cooking style, why the address may suit your plans and the practical details to check.

Forville and Le Suquet

For lunch near the market, compare Le Bistrot Gourmand’s set menus with the Provençal cooking at Aux Bons Enfants. Astoux et Brun offers a walk-in seafood meal. Le Pompon suits an evening of small plates, while Table 22 par Noël Mantel and Le Maschou take the choice into the lanes of Le Suquet.

Central Cannes, from bistros to lively dinners

La Table du Chef builds the evening around a surprise menu; L’Affable and L’Éponyme work within a French repertoire. UVA puts wine first, while Sens operates with chefs in residence. BOBO Bistro and Le grain de sel… offer broader menus. For a lively dinner, La Môme is the rue Florian restaurant, separate from its beach venue.

The Croisette and Petit Juas

La Palme d’Or at the Martinez is the Michelin-starred fine-dining option in this selection. Riviera at the Carlton offers Mediterranean brasserie cooking and a terrace. Away from the waterfront, Côté Jardin by Steve Moracchini adds a garden setting in Petit Juas.

Plan your reservation

Lunch menus may exclude public holidays or congress periods, notably at Le Bistrot Gourmand and Riviera. Astoux et Brun does not take bookings. La Palme d’Or announces closure from 1 to 26 November 2026 inclusive and from 1 January to 1 March 2027 inclusive. La Table du Chef posts holiday notices for 2 and 3 November; confirm reopening directly. Prices and hours in the profiles are dated checks and may change.

The 17 restaurants

• Le Bistrot Gourmand — Mediterranean market cooking near Forville, with clearly priced lunch menus and seasonal fish dishes.
• Aux Bons Enfants — A family-run Provençal restaurant on rue Meynadier, drawing on Forville produce and four generations of cooking.
• Astoux et Brun — A longstanding seafood brasserie near the Old Port, with walk-in service and separate hours for shellfish and cooked dishes.
• Le Pompon — Small seasonal plates and a wine-led meal on rue Émile Négrin, between rue Meynadier and rue Félix Faure.
• Table 22 par Noël Mantel — Provençal cooking and a substantial wine focus in Le Suquet, from the family restaurant founded by Noël Mantel.
• La Table du Chef — A four-course surprise menu near rue d’Antibes, for diners happy to let the kitchen decide the progression.
• L’Affable — A central French bistro led by Didier Chouteau, with seasonal cooking and a Grand Marnier soufflé highlighted by Michelin.
• BOBO Bistro — A broad Italian and Mediterranean menu near the Croisette, with pizza, pasta, fish and meat dishes.
• UVA — A restaurant and wine bar whose seasonal Mediterranean cooking is designed around the cellar.
• Le grain de sel… — A restaurant and lounge bar on rue Hoche, mixing Mediterranean dishes, French classics and Asian influences.
• Le Maschou — Wood-fired meat and fish in Le Suquet, with a rustic dining-room identity and a separate bar offering.
• La Môme Cannes — An evening Mediterranean restaurant on rue Florian, with sharing dishes and a deliberately festive identity.
• La Palme d’Or — The Martinez’s Michelin-starred dining room puts Mediterranean fish at the centre of a cinematic Croisette setting.
• Riviera — Carlton Cannes — The Carlton’s Mediterranean brasserie pairs a Croisette terrace with an open kitchen and date-dependent weekday lunch menus.
• Côté Jardin by Steve Moracchini — A seasonal Mediterranean bistro in Petit Juas, with a garden terrace and pastry expertise from Steve Moracchini.
• L’Éponyme — Market-led French and Mediterranean cooking in central Cannes, with several lunch formats and both indoor and terrace seating.
• Sens — Chef residencies and living wines: this rue d’Oran restaurant changes its cooking with the talents taking over the kitchen.

BRA Score — aggregated online reviews

The BRA Score — aggregated online reviews summarises public reviews; it does not represent a guide visit or an award. BRA-1.0 weights Google at 50%, TheFork at 30% and Tripadvisor at 20%, converts ratings to 10 and renormalises across eligible sources. At least two platforms with 30 reviews each and 100 combined reviews are required. Missing or conflicting figures are not replaced with zero. No BRA Score is calculated for this selection until these conditions are verified.

Last checked: 2 November 2026.

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