Le Caveau 30

Situated in the center of the city, a little behind the Palais des Festivals.
Ambience is warm and friendly. They have a patio and indoor seating on the ground floor, and a small charming balcony with 4 or 5 tables on the first floor — that’s my favorite place, to observe beautiful and charming Cannes enjoying lovely dinner. We go there every time we’re in town; I’d say have been there more than 10 times for sure.
There is a raw «bar» and oysters menu, but of course, we are in France! Differently composed seafood plates, and other seafood a la carte, like my personal favorite rose shrimps, bulots (sea snails) or torteau (French crab).
For appetizers try: artichokes carpaccio, raw salmon marinated, chopped raw crab and salmon tartare, mussels cooked different ways, escargot, scampi, sardines, lobster salad — all those are exquisite and flavorous.
As for your entrée: Poached or grilled Turbot, Hollandaise souse — my personal precious dish. I love Turbot and if I’m in France I’m ordering it all the time. Also they have John Dory, Sole, Salmon, Sea Bass, Lobster Thermidor and other assortment. Paellas: marinara or valenciana (for two minimum), and bouillabaisse too.
As for meat: roasted duck filet, veal kidneys, beef filet prepared differently, veal escalope, lamb chops. I would highly recommend beef filet Rossini style with duck liver and steak tartar of course.
Desserts in abundance: tart of the day, red fruit macaron, warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, lemon pie with merengue, sorbet and raspberry sauce, prunes in a red wine which I love a lot, l’ile flottante, iced nougat and other ice cream specialties.
They offer multiple variations of menu as well, where you can choose of few options they give. The price is more than fare: 27 – 38 Euros.
Despite the fact that the wine list here fits in 2 pages, the selection is quite good and the prices are more than reasonable. A separate section of Provence wines. But particularly demanding guests will be able to find such creations as Puligny-​Montrachet, Vosnes Romanee, Bordeaux Grand Cru Classe and Champagne Cristal.
Service is typical French: sometimes you have to wait for menus, sometimes they can forget to bring you something of your ordered. But cut them some slack, we’re in France. And compared to some other places — this is averagely great service.
So, think of it: delicious and lush food, sumptuous rich wine, nice and more or less attentive waiters and check for about 200 Euros for two, including dessert, after dinner drinks and coffee. More than acceptable, isn’t it?! No Michelin stars, no performance, but gastronomic though, really high quality and just delectable. A place definetely to return to.

My favorite spot for seafood. Get the Paella… Sit upstairs.

The seafoood is amazing! We had oysters and salmon. The dessert was even better. Great atmosphere and friendly waiters. They were very patient with us since we didn’t understand some of the menu.

So, this place was recommended by family who had good experiences here before and typically eat very well, so I was definitely going to follow the recommendation. We booked a table last Tuesday night for 9:30. We’re seated almost immediately on arrival although the place was busy. The service was just atrocious. Mr Grumpy, who was «looking after» us, was dead slow and almost rude. We selected from the Prix Fixe and had wine, but the only time anyone showed any interest (other than the initial welcome), was when they asked us to move to accommodate some people who were meant to be joining a larger group who turned up, as we were ordering deserts. Of course there was no way we were moving, mid desert.
Really one of the most unpleasant experiences I have ever had in a restaurant and the food was only average, but that was streets ahead of the service.

Ooof sadly I have to edit my review. We ate 3 times and unfortunately it got worse each time. Second time we did a repeat of the first time which was fish of the day which was sea bass and veggies but was not as good as the fist time.
Last time we decided to go big and we ordered the more expensive menu but it was not worth it. The fois gras was bland and not great the entrecôte was awful and looked like a withered steak and the dessert a terrine nougat with ice cream that was inedible.
Maybe the individual plates are the best option but difficult with the language barrier and impossible for them to explain how things are prepared.

You got to have the tarte citron! It is great!

This is a wonderful restaurant and a very good bargain for Cannes. The best food is definitely seafood, and the best deal is the Euro 25.90 «menu» (set meal) consisting of a starter, main course and dessert. The dishes are classic French sea food and the portions are large (too large for me). I had moules for a starter, a huge plate of fairly small but very fresh and delicious mussels. My main course was burride, a seafood stew of fish, shrimp, potatoes and mussels. My dessert, a charlotte of raspberry. Everything was perfectly prepared, very fresh etc. Everyone at the table had the same reaction to their meals.
Service was good though business-​like. A price of 26 for a meal like this is unheard of in Cannes, which is a very expensive place. Be sure to reserve ahead since they get more business than they can handle. See Trip Advisor for a lot more reviews. Not all are good, but I disagree with the authors of the negative reviews. (E.g. service is much more cold and business-​like in France than in the U.S. but usually more efficient. Don’t expect hovering waiters. The waiters know the food and can explain it very well tough some may not be that strong in English.) It was busy when we were there, but who knows whether things go crazy in August.

I went to a few dinners that a program I was with paid for. I give it a 5 star rating because I didn’t see the bill and because the food was fantastic! I had les ravioles au pistou as an appetizer and I got pretty full before I even got the main course. Thankfully I made it to my ice cream dessert, but I think it was because the food was so good.
The service was also really great. Even though we were a group of forty, they served us all fairly quickly and it was nice to chat between courses.
It is a pretty pricey place, but if you decided to treat yourself for a night, I would consider this restaurant.

Restaurant ist sehr zu empfehlen. Akzeptable Preise für die Lage. Menü ab 24 Euro. Ist für jeden was in der menükarte egal ob Meeresfrüchte, raviol Au pistou, Fisch oder pave de boeuf.

Dieses Restaurant — in einer Strasse gespickt mit reinen Touriadressen — ist eine löbliche Ausnahme davon. Es ist gut, professionell und hinreißend schön. Art Deco Einrichtung, ein professioneller Service, der angemessen freundlich für den Trubel ist und im Eingangsbereich türmen sich die Austern und anderes Meeregetier. Hier kann man es auch beruhigt essen, denn der Durchsatz ist immens — sprich: sie sind frisch. Aber auch für Nicht Meeresfrüchte Esser hat die Speisekarte (das Menu du Patron für 36 EUR) genug zu bieten. Eine gute Soupe de Poisson, gute Enten oder Rindgerichte und schöné Nachspeisen. Nur für Vegetarier findet sich auf Anhieb nichts — es sei denn sie essen nur Desserts.
Alles in Allem: Sehr zu empfehlen und ein Muss bei jedem Besuch!