Le Maschou

Bar none, this is my favourite restaurant in Cannes. The ambiance is incredible and the small space feels welcoming. The service is impeccable and warm. The food is simple yet superb. Not inexpensive but the quality of the food and the experience are worth every euro. Cannot recommend highly enough. Essential to book ahead.

Excellent dining experience. Call ahead for reservations. It’s a cave-​like setting with packed tables where there is no menu, only the choice of your meat course. Our first course was the bagna calda (large basket of fresh vegetables and a hard boiled egg) with two tasty dressings to choose between. So we built our own salads. Second course was fresh, grilled lamb and chicken. Third was dessert — fresh peach salad and a fruit tart. Wines were excellent. I’d go there again!

This was our first time in the city and it was a great experience. We have stumbled on this place through Unilocal,and it was really a right choice. The staff were welcoming and helpful, the overall feel was cosy.
The food was served well prepared and presented, their 50 year tradition is still maintained by presenting a vegetable basket where «do-​it-​yourself» salad is made! I recommend the veal, and the baby chicken options. Also, the chocolate mousse was spectacular!

Just ate here with my wife. A very interesting experience to say the least. Some of the staff speak English, but mostly french and some Italian. The dinner is a set menu, you pick between lamb, beef, and chicken. We had beef and chicken and beef. They were both GREAT. I would probably give them 5 stars based off the dinner alone. Before that ever comes out you get fresh bread and butter and some kind of sour cream concoction that is pretty good. You can use it with the bread and with the potatoes that come with dinner later. The odd part is the salad. They bring out this enormous basket that takes up half the table, it is full of whole vegetables. They are quite fresh but. What am I supposed to do with this? It’s like a novelty sized salad. See the picture I’ve added. It seems like a joke. It just rubs me the wrong way as this is an expensive place and I have a higher expectation for everything. Beyond that the atmosphere is beautiful. The service is great, this place is small so make a reservation.

Restaurant Le Maschou is a unique experience not to be missed! On a recent vacation to Cannes, my parents and I stopped into Le Maschou on our last night, and it was certainly memorable. He had a reservation at 7:30, and we were the very first table to arrive. The inside is very, very small and quite dark (in a cozy way, of course!). The menu is prefix, and you have the option of chicken, steak, or lamb for your main course. The three of us choose different proteins so we could try everything. First they start you off with bread, butter, and fromage blac, then they bring out a tray of prociutto and melon. Next they brought out our «salad» which was really a GIANT basket of fresh vegetables to make your own salads. This basket was so huge, that it left my parents and I wondering if the waiter was joking with us when he set it down, or was coming back to prepare something tableside. But the whole basket was for us, and it was all very fresh and delicious! Next came our main courses, which were all simply grilled over their wood burning oven. Everything was absolutely delicious. To my surprise, my favorite was the chicken, which was a whole small hen. I usually don’t order chicken in restaurants, but this one was so juicy and well-​seasoned that I even liked it better than the steak and the lamb! Finally, when we were done with that, we had a choice of dessert. We shared the chocolate mousse, lemon tart, and crème caramel, which were all very good.
The portions here are absolutely huge, so make sure you come with an appetite! The service here is friendly, and they give each of the ladies a rose as they leave the restaurant, which was very charming.
Definitely worth visiting if you are in Cannes, but its a popular spot, so make a reservation beforehand!

This is the best restaurant in Cannes… and probably the surrounding area. It’s truly a one of a kind dining experience. Trust me, if you’re in Cannes, you’ve GOT to try and get a table. However, I stress «try.» This place rightfully books up quite fast. The restaurant is tiny & very popular. If you’re in town during the festival, and you didn’t make a reservation a month in advance… good luck getting in.
The menu is fixed. You start out with oven roasted bread & Prosciutto covered melon. Then, you get the most amazing basket of fresh veggies and 2 dips for their take on the salad. This basket alone makes the restaurant worth your time. If you’re not in awe of what is placed in front of you, you’re blind. Then, you have the choice of steak, whole chicken, or lamb for your main course. All of these are cooked over a tiny fire in the kitchen. Then, you have an assortment of desserts to top it all off.
Maschou is a hole in the wall. But the food is the among the most amazing you’ll ever have. It will be a meal you will remember for a long time.

This is the best restaurant in Cannes, in my experience. I come to Cannes two or three times a year for the exhibitions. This place is usually booked solid, and it is very tiny, so book early. It is truly outstanding: rustic French country fare, made in a wood burning oven. It is located on the main tourist street which is full of mediocre restaurants. This one is a gem.
Tip: if Maschou is overbooked, ask the waiter or maitre d’ to recommend another restaurant. They have steered me to four other very good places nearby.

when I do go, I’ve always enjoyed their steak dishes and veggie plate. One of my favorite spots.