Le San Juan - Nice

Right around the corner from the port, with a view of the light house at the entrance to the Nice harbour, this non stop service restaurant is a great place for a morning coffee and croissant or a nice linch or dinner. Michael and his staff of waiters are friendly and there to serve you some very nice food.

We was walking around in the area and just dropped in to Le San Juan for a late lunch. The sun was shinning, the waiter was funny and the food was good.So I can recommend the restaurant - good not great and the price is ok.

We walked the prominade and ended up here on the recommendation of our hotel. My wife has always loved the Salad Nicoise and makes it at home often. She said this is the best and she will try to recreate it at home. We were here at 1 pm and it was not too busy and the service was great. It was good to have a beer after a long walk, too.

She still is not talking to me for taking her to such a awful place. The smokers are so inconsiderate, and chain smoke even while you are eating. The fillet of fish was awful and the steak tough, then they tried to charge us full price for not having the special as we did not want it the desert, so it had it, or some of it. It is in prime location, but bad food and a questionable service.

This place is right next to the port and happened to be right next to where we were staying so it was the first place we ate at in France. We were seated quickly and the waiter was friendly enough. I ate Gnocchi which was lovely but pricey. In short I would summarise our experience here a pleasant but pricey, which could be said about many places on the Riviera.