Le Canon - Nice

To set the scene, we stood at the door for minutes, waited for a drink for minutes, had starter and mains and the whole palaver took hours. The food is decent f... read more To set the scene, we stood at the door for minutes, waited for a drink for minutes, had starter and mains and the whole palaver took hours. The food is decent for the area of Nice its in, it does...smack of tourism at all really. The portions themselves are small and overpriced. guy front of house was in charge of (we estimate) about tables. The food has saved this review from Needless to say not a recommendation or a return from us.

In such a touristy place this restaurant really stands out as an original offering of carefully thought out, locally sourced region inspired food. Taking ideas... read more In such a touristy place this restaurant really stands out as an original offering of carefully thought out, locally sourced region inspired food. Taking ideas from different mediterranean regional traditions and using seasonal ingredients the food is just great and the welcome is very friendly....Also a great choice of wines and really personalised recommendations. Not cheap and not fast but a really great restaurant experience.

The Insidr Paris team highly recommended this hidden local gem, so I didn't mind having to wait 30 min for a lunch table. read more The Insidr Paris team highly recommended this hidden local gem, so I didn't mind having to wait 30 min for a lunch table.

Excellent gourmet French cuisine. The whole dining experience was marvelous. Everything we ordered was wicked good. read more Excellent gourmet French cuisine. The whole dining experience was marvelous. Everything we ordered was wicked good.

This is an extremely popular restaurant that is relatively expensive and that many people adore but I am not sure why. We have only been once and we were very w... read more This is an extremely popular restaurant that is relatively expensive and that many people adore but I am not sure why. We have only been once and we were very well looked after, particularly with regard to the choice of wine. However I could not...identify anything particularly special about the cooking. Although the menu exhaustively lists which suburb of Nice each ingredient hails from it is hard to understand the relevance as it doesn't make any significant difference to the end result. Where the cooking is simple as in some straightforward lamb the result is satisfactory. However, an extremely expensive St Pierre was disappointingly mistreated in its execution. For dessert the pavlova served was remarkably mundane. If the restaurant was less expensive we would be more impressed but from this visit we definitely prefer the local rivals .