# Le Safari, Niçois Cooking on the Cours Saleya

Restaurant en Nice (Vieux Nice) · Nice

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-eat/le-safari · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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Niçois restaurant on the Cours Saleya since 1972, with a terrace over the flower market, wood-fired oven and continuous service every day.

A 1972 restaurant over the market
Le Safari occupies the corner at number 1 Cours Saleya, in the middle of the flower market. It opened in 1972 and is still a house of family and friends, as its own website says. Since 2013 it has had the Cuisine Nissarde label, which distinguishes restaurants that cook Nice's traditional recipes, and since 2012 the Maître Restaurateur title, which requires cooking in-house with fresh produce. In the morning it is a café terrace with the market all around; at lunchtime and in the evening, a restaurant.
Inside there is a dining room with paintings by artists and coloured jars; outside, well-laid tables on the promenade, a couple of steps from the Promenade des Anglais.
The menu
What the house champions is traditional Niçois cooking and the wood-fired oven, where they make the pizzas, the lamb and the rabbit. To try a bit of everything, order the Cascade Niçoise, a plate of several specialities: petits farcis (stuffed vegetables), peppers roasted in olive oil, truccha (the Niçois omelette), salt cod fritters, octopus and artichoke salad, rabbit porchetta. Then the Niçois daube, the house stew, with home-made ravioli, or fresh cod à la niçoise. They also have bagna cauda with raw vegetables and fresh pasta with pistou.
There are set menus at €35 (starter, main and dessert), €44 (with the Cascade Niçoise), €48 (with wine and coffee) and €60 (with the Cascade, wine, kir, water and coffee), as well as à la carte.
How to go and book
Open every day with continuous service, from 12:00 to midnight, which is handy if you get back late from an excursion. Booking is by phone only. Tram 1 stops at Cathédrale – Vieille Ville, five minutes' walk; if you go by car, there are underground car parks at the Cours Saleya, Corvesy, Sulzer and the Palais de Justice. They accept cards, including American Express, and cash.

Qué pedir: the Cascade Niçoise to try a bit of everything (farcis, poivrons, truccha, accras) and then the daube with home-made ravioli or the wood-fired lamb.

## Practical details

- Address: 1 cours Saleya, 06300 Niza
- Phone: +33 4 93 80 18 44
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun 12:00–23:59
- Continuous service from 12:00 to midnight; booking by phone only
- Cuisine: Niçois, French
- House specialities: Cascade niçoise, Petits farcis niçois, Niçois daube with home-made ravioli, Wood-fired lamb, Wood-fired pizza, Bagna cauda
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.restaurantsafari.fr/
- Coordenadas: 43.6956, 7.2751

## Cerca de aquí

- [Cours Saleya Flower Market, in Vieux Nice](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/things-to-do/cours-saleya-market), a 50 m
- [Hôtel Beau Rivage, between the Cours Saleya and the Sea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-stay/hotel-beau-rivage), a 172 m
- [Villa Saint-Exupéry Beach Hostel, a Hostel by Place Masséna](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-stay/villa-saint-exupery-beach), a 471 m
- [Nice Castle Hill: Park, Waterfall and Viewpoint over the Bay](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/things-to-do/castle-hill), a 479 m
- [Boat Trip from Nice Port to Villefranche Bay](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/things-to-do/boat-trip-to-villefranche-bay), a 919 m
- [Chez Pipo, Socca by the Port](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-eat/chez-pipo), a 963 m
- [Hôtel Windsor, the Artists' Hotel with a Tropical Garden](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-stay/hotel-windsor), a 1.2 km
- [Le Plongeoir, the Restaurant on a Rock at the Harbour Mouth](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice/where-to-eat/le-plongeoir), a 1.4 km

## Consejos

### Ask for the terrace at lunchtime
With the market set up all around is when you enjoy it most.

### The Cascade is for sharing
It is generous: between two, with an oven dish, you eat more than enough.

### Call ahead in season
They only take phone bookings, and in summer the terrace fills up.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### What are Le Safari's opening hours?
Every day from 12:00 to midnight, without closing in the afternoon.

### How do I book?
By phone only, on +33 4 93 80 18 44.

### How much does a meal cost?
There are set menus from €35 to €60, and you can order à la carte.

### Does it serve Niçois dishes?
It is its speciality: it has held the Cuisine Nissarde label since 2013.

Destino: [Nice](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/nice.md)