The 10 Best Restaurants in Antibes
From a Michelin-starred fig-tree courtyard to a bistro the size of a boat cabin.
Antibes eats better than almost anywhere on the Riviera — the old town's lanes hide serious kitchens at every price, and the Cap adds a couple of legends by the water.
This is our working shortlist: every table on it earns its place, whether that's with a tasting menu or a perfect €25 lunch.
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Le Figuier de Saint-Esprit
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€€€ · allow 2.5 hrs
The special-occasion booking — Provençal fine dining under an actual fig tree.
Chef Christian Morisset's Michelin-starred restaurant hides in the old town lanes, with a courtyard terrace shaded by the fig tree that gives it its name. Expect refined Provençal cooking — and book well ahead in summer.
🌿 Terrace outside📞 Book ahead❄️ Air-conditioned - 2
Restaurant de Bacon
🍽️ Restaurants · Cap d'Antibes · €€€€ · allow 2.5 hrs
The famous one: bouillabaisse with a view that has seduced the Riviera since 1948.
A Cap d'Antibes institution since 1948, famous for what many consider the finest bouillabaisse on the coast. The terrace looks straight across the bay to the old town — a long lunch here is a Riviera rite of passage.
🌊 Sea view🌿 Terrace outside📞 Book ahead - 3
Les Vieux Murs
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€€ · allow 2 hours
Built into the ramparts — the most romantic dining room in town.
Set into the 17th-century ramparts on the seafront promenade, Les Vieux Murs pairs classic Mediterranean cooking with one of the most romantic settings in town. Ask for a table by the arched windows over the water.
🌊 Sea view🌿 Terrace outside📞 Book ahead - 4
Mamo Michelangelo
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€€ · allow 2 hours
Truffled Italian comfort in a vaulted cellar, beloved of visiting film stars.
Mamo's vaulted dining room has fed half of Hollywood — the walls of photos prove it. Generous Italian cooking with a Provençal accent: burrata, truffled pasta and slow-cooked lamb shoulder are the orders.
🕯️ Cosy inside❄️ Air-conditioned📞 Book ahead - 5
L'Arazur
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€€ · allow 2 hours
The young chef's tasting menu that costs half what it should.
Creative, contemporary French cooking in an intimate old-town room — seasonal tasting menus that feel like fine dining without the starch. Great value for the level of cooking.
🕯️ Cosy inside📞 Book ahead❄️ Air-conditioned - 6
Le P'tit Cageot
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€ · allow 2 hours
Six tables, a chalkboard, and market cooking with real heart.
A handful of tables, a chalkboard menu that follows the market, and cooking that punches far above its price. One of those small old-town rooms you leave already planning a second visit.
🕯️ Cosy inside📞 Book ahead💛 Budget friendly - 7
La Taille de Guêpe
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€ · allow 1.5 hrs
Plates scattered with edible flowers — the prettiest lunch in the old town.
Antibes' prettiest plates: light, feminine cooking finished with edible flowers, in a soft-hued dining room in the old town. Lovely for a light lunch between the market and the Picasso museum.
🌿 Terrace outside🕯️ Cosy inside - 8
Nacional Beef Bar
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€€ · allow 2 hours
For steak night, with a people-watching terrace on Place Nationale.
The carnivore's pick: serious steaks, good cocktails and a buzzy terrace on the plane-tree-shaded Place Nationale. Handy when half the table wants meat and the other half wants people-watching.
🌿 Terrace outside❄️ Air-conditioned📞 Book ahead - 9
Le Vauban
🍽️ Restaurants · Port Vauban & the Ramparts · €€ · allow 2 hours
Classic French done properly, minutes from the port.
A reliable address for classic French cooking done properly — good fish, generous desserts and warm service, a short stroll from Port Vauban's quays.
❄️ Air-conditioned🕯️ Cosy inside - 10
Chez Helen
🍽️ Restaurants · Vieil Antibes (Old Town) · €€ · allow 1.5 hrs
The organic, veggie-friendly counterweight to all that bouillabaisse.
Organic, vegetarian-leaning cooking in the old town — fresh juices, colourful plates and proper desserts. A gentle antidote to one-too-many long Riviera lunches.
🌿 Terrace outside💛 Budget friendly🧒 Good with kids
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