L’Ovale

Excellent. Excellent food. We ordered foie gras, beef tartare and salade landaise. Everything was so amazing I think we made noises of delight the entire time. The foie gras came with jam and a fresh basket of warm bread. The beef tartare arrived with crispy potatoes and salad in delicious creamy dressing. The salad was tossed with the same dressing, bacon and pieces of duck. Pieces of toasted baguette with melted brie cheese lined the plate. The portions were more than enough for a dinner for two people. We may have licked the plate clean…

Yes to the meat board! They give you the whole log of meat to cut off whatever portions you want. I had the duck casserole dish and was very happy with it. Very traditional French food here. It is open late and we came here because no one else wanted to stay open late that night and closed earlier than their hours posted. I’m happy that I was able to come here and enjoy a good warm French meal with unlimited charcuterie! The staff here is very nice too.

Can’t beat this place for value. Good food, really good. I had steak. My wife had Coq Au Vin. Both were tasty and the portions are generous. Very reasonable prices. GREAT service. Friendly, helpful (got us on wifi) and attentive. Nice neighborhood brasserie. You really feel a warm welcome here even if you are not a local. No rushing. Hang out and watch soccer on their TV? No problem. Not a tourist place. I highly recommend this restaurant. Matthew was our waiter. He is both professional and warm. If you are lucky he will serve you on your visit to L’ Ovale.

Easily the most authentic and delicious French food in town and excellent service from Michael and amazingly well priced. My partner had duck castoulon and fois graie salad and it was the best ever. And my rump with bernaise sauce and veg and chat potatoes was perfectly cooked and the desserts were also as good. The local rose wine was a great choice from Michael as was his service and passion for the industry.
We travelled from Brisbane Australia and would make this a must for all visitors.
A food lovers delight in Nice! Merci.

Best meal I had in Nice. Portions for the set menu were massive and very delicious.
We had the pâté salad, beef tartare, foie gras, and duck stew. All very good and so was the Crème brûlée
If you want some good French cuisine while in Nice, check this out.

Probably the best lunch I had in Nice. 22 euro set lunch price for an appetizer, main course and dessert.
Went with foie gras for the appetizer. Served chilled, super fresh and with a slight bit of fat. Sauces include caramelized onions and a vinegar reduction. Really liked both, can’t decide which one I preferred. The onions were slightly more flavorful and will add more texture though. The vinegar will be on the lighter side, in comparison.
The cassoulet was definitely one of the best I’ve had. Chicken, sausages, fat, and beans. Meat was super tender, with the meat breaking off the bones with the slightest touch. Sausages were not salty at all. Most importantly, the beans soaked up all the fat and flavor. Mushy texture like soaked beans with a nice meaty taste, I usually dislike beans due to bean taste.
Opted for crème brûlée as dessert. Really standard, nothing outstanding, but portion size was huge. The one slight disappointment I had here was the totally subpar espresso. Really bitter.
Service was top notch here. Waiter went out of his way translating and explaining the entire menu. Attentive service and really friendly.

Surely 5-​star recommended for those who fancy good foie gras.
My wife and I were craving for foie gras to finish up our 3-​day Nice trip, and we heard from our hotel reception guy that this restaurant does good traditional French food. With absolutely no ideas of how local people define ‘traditional’ French food, we gave a try.
To be honest, the restaurant didn’t really stand out from outside and the menu looked rather ‘humble’. After consulting a young black-​haired waiter (he was very passionate and understood the menu very well), we chose their three-​course, 22 euro /​person.
Obviously their foie gras is a must to start with: we had foie-​gras frais maison (homemade foie gras) and salade sudOuest magret et foie gras (Southwestern style salad with foie gras). These two dishes were perfectly complementary to each other and the size of the first foie gras was stunningly massive. In addition we both loved the bread, which went very well with the foie gras + jam.
For mains, again the portion was really big. I had the 300g steak with pan-​seared slices of foie gras. There are several choices of sauce and of course I chose the foie gras sauce recommended by the guy. That was really tasty and big and I would never believe I was nearly unable to finish it (by the way that went perfect with the strong-​ish red wine he recommended). My wife had their traditional dish duck cassoulet with white beans which they are also proud of. It was the first time in my life to try this dish, and it tasted amazing. We both think the way they cooked those white beans with oil from the duck is really brilliant– as if giving new life to those plain beans.
Finally and needless to say the dessert was great (although their menu didn’t have dessert written and so I got all the info from the guy). As always, crème brûlée in this country never disappointed me. My wife had a chocolate-​cake-​in-​a-​jar, which they had considerately pre-​heated for us.
Overall, it was wonderful foie gras experience for our finish-​up dinner in Nice. Considering the potion, the service, the ‘French traditionality’ and of course the taste of foie gras it’s totally worth a go!

Went there with a group. Great service, excellent food (best cassoulet I ever had) and cheap and excellent wine. Rustic food at its best.

My first experience with Coq Au Vin did not disappoint. Came in here for dinner and arrived a bit early. The server allowed us to sit and drink some beer which was convenient as it was pretty cold outside. I kind of knew what I wanted before coming here. For the app we went with their Foie Gras which was pretty good. We then went with the Coq Au Vin, which was one of the best dishes I had on my trip. The noodles were cooked to perfection, the sauce was full of flavor and tasted like someone took some time preparing it and the meat was delicious. Thought it was a hearty and flavorful dish. Went with a chocolate cake for dessert that was served in a mason jar, and I actually didn’t really care for it. The service was great and the prices were reasonable.

Un bistrot de qualité. Ambiance brasserie conviviale. Les spécialités sont du sud-​ouest. (daube, cassoulet, magret, foie gras sur mesure…) mais aussi des plats méditerranéens: tartare, salade, risotto. Le petit plus la charcuterie est à volonté dans leur menu. 17 € 90 (entrée, plat, dessert)
J’y suis allée pour les fêtes et j’ai degusté un menu préparé par le chef à savoir en entrée: tartare de st jacques et ses agrumes, un civet de cerf et pommes de terres, un dessert à base de glacé et fruits.
Tout etait tres bien réalisé, le menu etait honnete (30 €).
Le service est agréable. Je le conseille aussi bien entre amis qu’en famille.
Le petit plus: foie gras maison, rapport qualité prix excellent !

My third time in Niece and the second time at L’Ovale. The menu is all about classic French cuisine in a very traditional way.
So you should come here when you expect heavy food presented in an old fashioned way. So much about the atmosphere at this place. The furniture must be at least 20 years and if you enjoy the old style you will like it.
The food is good — not great.
I would come here again– for the sake of the old times.

We had a great traditional French dinner, great salads, cassoulet, and duck confit. Even the house wine was good. Come here and avoid the crowds and the portions are generous.

Duck confit is my favourite French dish and I order it anytime it appears on a menu, no matter what. On our first night in Nice, I was craving something French and this little joint fit the bill.
First off, you’ll probably miss this restaurant if you’re not looking for it. It’s nondescript and slightly shabby. I’m glad to report though, the duck confit ROCKS. The skin was crispy and salty, the meat tender, and I love that it came with vegetables and not potatoes. It’s hard to get your veggie intake on vacation sometimes.
The house red was also great and worked well with the duck. The owner was so kind and her little puppy sat on a stool and watched us eat, which was beyond adorable! If you’re in Nice and want well-​made authentic French food, give this place a try.

Great food for a great price!
The restaurant doesn’t look very special from the outside or on the inside, but the kitchen sure delivered!
Ordered the charcuterie for starter and you get a massive amount of delicious selections of sausages that you simply can’t finish!
We then had the duck and the steak tartare for main — both were delicious and the big size of the portions was applicable also to the main dishes.
Over all a great place and I would not hesitate to go there again if visiting Nice again in the future!

Doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the food, based on what I ordered, is delicious. I tried the coq au vin (wine chicken) after seeing pictures on Unilocal.The taste matches the look: fantastic. It also smells very good as soon as they bring the plate to the table. I had a glass of red wine with it, but I don’t know what wine it was; I just asked for a glass, and it was better than the other wine I had in Nice, or France in general.

The area around Nice station has lots of Asian and kebab restaurants, but if you’re looking for traditional French food, this place is great. I ate here twice during Monaco GP weekend. Coq au Vin and Entrecôte de Veau were both excellent. Prix Fixe comes with salad and desert, 17 euro. Crème Caramel was amazing. Like lots of French places, doesn’t open till 7pm.

Un restaurant excellent. Pas du tout attrape touriste. Une cuisine originale et travaillée avec de bonq produits. Seul point négatif: la terrasse qui donne directement sur la route. Mais un personnel au petit soin. Vraiment sympa !

Excellent food in the south-​west France tradition.
Recommend making a reservation as this restaurant fills up fast around 2000 (8 pm).
The service was great –friendly with great recommendations.
The food was what we hoped for while visiting France — fresh, flavorful, perfectly cooked.

Je suis déjà allé dans ce restaurant plusieurs fois, et je me régale à chaque fois. Le rapport qualité prix est très bon, et les salariés agréables !

This is one of those places I never would have found without the help of Unilocal and I’m SO glad I did. From the outside it doesn’t look like much, but the food is absolutely delicious. One of the best meals I had while I was in France. The ambiance is very unassuming — nothing fancy, but feels authentic and definitely not presumptuous (this is France, so that can be hard to come by). I wouldn’t recommend this place if you’re looking for something with a view, but if you want delicious food, this is the place. One of the men I saw (maybe an owner?) was there with his cute little dog who was trotting from table to table, making friends. It seemed like a very friendly place that has plenty of loyal customers.
I got the duck cassoulet and devoured it. Nothing left but the bones. I would have gone back again, but they were closed the other nights I was there. Great spot!

A surprising find located a bit off the beaten path! L’Ovale was a great choice for lunch the other day.
We were warmly greeted at the door by our server who spoke very good English (so much better than my French!)‘so between the two of us– I was able to get exactly what I wanted to eat.
The menu is on a chalkboard that he brought over to my table. He then went through each offering explaining it to me and telling me I can have it without the sauce etc. I ended up ordering the steak and mashed potatoes.
The steak came out just a little more rare than I would have liked so if you go you may want to order if one level more cooked as medium rare was pretty rare. But the food was tasty, the house wine plentiful and it tuns out the server had just returned from Miami giving us something to talk about.
Lunch was reasonably priced and quick so I was in and out in no time! Know if you go that they stop serving food around 2:30.
A very good choice if you are looking for good food in the area.

Quand on sort on a plus faim ça c’est sur !!
Si vous avez une très grosse faim, allez y et goûter l’assiette de charcuterie, vous né regretterez pas c’est moi qui vous promet. Décor style bistro et rapport qualité prix très raisonnable à l’heure actuelle.

I’m not sure why, but all over France we were looking for that one mind blowing food experience to knock our socks off, and while most food places were good, very few were offered that unique dining experience. The type that you’d want to fly back for.
This restaurant was the most memorable for our trip to Nice.
We ordered one Proscitto appetizer (called jambon here), the Charcuterie board of cured meats and Foie Gras from our prefix menu selection.
When each of these items came out, our eyes and jaws opened wide in joyful disbelief.
It was like a small glimpse at what it must be like to sit at Thor’s table, in Asgaard, for lunch. Geeky reference, I know, but I always allude to his epic table flip in the movie that and/​or reference eating like a Viking or Thor.
Usual charcuterie boards have a few sample slices of a few selections.
Our board came out with multiple tangled links of cured Salami, pig head cheese (not cheese spread but more a gelatin like deli meat made from various parts of the head), 2 types of pâté, a cured sausage made from beef liver/​kidney and another liver like spread I couldn’t make out.
When we asked «umm do we eat all this?» our server mentioned to freely cut and eat what we want. What we don’t finish of the salami, they take back.
The prosciutto came out on a big plate with salad and balsamic reduction dressing.
The Foie gras, never been an obsession of mine, was quite the generous amount.
Oh and all served with a fresh baked baguette.
This by the way was before our main dinner.
Dinner was equally as incredible.
The duck confit is one of the best I’ve ever had!
I had the beef carpaccio with a pesto sauce over mixed greens and W. ordered the Cassoulet (duck, lamb, sausage) and it was the best I’ve ever had. They had this crisp crust over the entire dish that just gave the savory beans, the perfect amount of texture.
The servers were friendly, they play great music, their pricing is beyond fair and the food is really fantastic.
Oh and their expresso is nicely deep, rich and bold.

This unassuming local spot was one of our most memorable meals in Nice.
Nice, being so close to Italy, has a ton of Italian places and we ended up eating way more Italian here than anticipated. We wanted a French meal, and luckily L’Ovale was close to Star Hotel, where we stayed.
We ordered the duck cassoulet, fois gras, and salad with goat bacon. and gizzard. and when we saw another table with the Planche de Charcuterie, we added that to the order.
It was an enormous amount of food for 3 people, but amazing. The charcuterie came on a large wooden cutting board and was a ridiculous assortment of black sausage, terrine, and the like. The portion we ordered was for 2, but it could have fed the 3 of us.
The duck cassoulet was perfect. Very rich, with the white bean cooked in duck fat and chunks of duck meat all throughout the dish. We devoured it even after the charcuterie plate.
The salad was also amazing — that goat bacon was unbelievable and the gizzard was salty bites of goodness with each bite of salad. And of course you can’t go wrong with the house wines.
Highly recommended.

Je le conseille !
Lieu très sympa ! Pour un tarif bien modique, les produits sont de qualité et la quantité est de mise ! L’assiette de charcuterie en entrée m’a fait rêver en particulier ! Je le conseille à tous à 2 ou en groupe, pour passer une soirée à la bonne franquette (évitez les soirs de matchs de rugby pour info !)

Repas de qualité franchement moyenne. Service très lent. Tentative de me prélever 33EUR au lieu des 30EUR dus et facturés (heureusement je suis vigilant). Expérience globalement très décevante. Je né conseille pas cette adresse.

Restaurant pour les fans de charcuterie, de bon vin. Mais aussi soirée Rugby! Je recommande.

Un MUST !!
Restaurant excellent au niveau rapport qualite/​prix.
On parle ici de plats de tous les jours tres bien realises,
Ambiance sympathique et chaleureuse
Je recommande les yeux fermes

Excellente adresse!
Excellente adresse, très conviviale ! Les prix sont abordables et la nourriture très bonne. La plateau de charcuterie (inclu dans les menus) est sûrement le plat le plus connu: un Enorme plateau de charcuterie à partager (ou à manger seul !), vous pouvez tenter de le finir, vous avez peu de chances d’y arriver!!! Service sympa, à conseiller !

l’ovale! c’est «le» restaurant de quartier, l’ame la plus sympathique qu’il y est dans la rue pastorelli et oui!!! allez y nombreux

faites le détour !!
Si vous passez à Nice, si vous êtes un peu perdus, fuyez les restos à touristes du cours saleya! et cherchez des adresses où l’on peut manger correctement (ou même trés bien) pour un prix raisonnable… deux menus du soir à 17.50 (introuvables à 500 mètres dans le vieux Nice) et on vous offre une bouteille de vin… qui dit mieux? service trés sympa, cuisine simple et sans prétention mais trés bonne, un bistro de quartier à découvrir.

Simple et convivial
Ce n’est certes pas une grande maison: la déco est minimaliste mais les assiettes sont correctes. Testez la planche de charcutaille, l’intérêt pricipal de l’établissement. Un bon rapport qualité prix pour des repas de fête entre amis bien arrosés et sans chichis. Le service est correct !

Ce n’est plus ce que c’était!!!
Ai mangé un confit de canard à peine digne d’une cantine scolaire. Et encore!!!
Patates sautées??? Faudrait donner la recette au chef si ce qualificatif peut encore convenir à une personne qui cuisine si mal. Mon épouse a mangé un pavé de boeuf tout juste correct.
Passez votre chemin!!!

Le parfait déjeuner — qualite/​prix
Choissez un des plats du jour: toujours excellent. En hiver, le cassoulet (le vrai de Castelnaudary). L’accueil de charmant Monsieur Matthieu est chaleureux.

c’est trop bon et dans une ambiance hyper sympa. Un petit conseil, la salade périgourdine, au foie gras Hummmmm!
ou le plateau de charcuterie à volonté dans le menu très très abordable
j adore

Bistrot du centre de Nice, un endroit où on peut regarder les matchs tranquillement entre amis, ou les groupes sont acceptés, et où ce n’est guère cher.
Il né faut pas s’attendre à une qualité exceptionnelle mais ça reste très convenable.
Un petit hic l’assiette à charcuterie où tout le monde met la main à la patte ce qui n’est pas forcément terrible, mais bon dans un restaurant ce n’est pas ça le pire ! Puis il suffit d’enlever la peau des saucissons.
Le menu est à 16 euros de mémoiré.
Les serveurs sont très sympa, limoncello offert à notre dernière soirée.
Enfin c’est agréable, ça reste populaire avec des gens de toutes catégories d’age, c’est restaurant de quartier.

…un bistro
J’avais entendu parler de cet établissement par plusieurs personnes. Pas grand chose à dire, ici on est dans un bistro, si vous cherchez un restau un peu classe ou romantique, passez votre chemin. La charcuterie à volontiers sur plateau, l’idée et bonne mais l’hygièné n’y est pas, tout le monde y met sa patte. Une chose: les pommes de terre étaient délicieuses.

Merci de votre accueil
Et oui il y a encore quelques restaurant où l’accueil et la bonne nourriture vont ensemble. En vacances chez des amis ils nous ont fait connaître ce restaurant je le conseille fortement aux amateurs de bonnes chairs plateau de charcuterie à volonté confit de canard et nos amis on dégustés un très bon cassoulet mais notre estomac n’avait plus de place. Mais l’Ovale va nous revoir très bientôt.

Bravo L’Ovale
Il existe encore des restaurants où l’on trouve convivialité, saveur et fraicheur des produits à un tarif à la hauteur de toutes les bourses. Nous y avons dégusté un cassoulet digne de ce nom et des viandes de qualité exceptionnelle, «avis aux amateurs la côte de boeuf est royale». Les vins sont au top et le sourire de la patronne et du personnel vous font comprendre que vous êtes les bienvenus.

Avis aux groupes !
Un endroit convivial, sans prétention, qui accepte les grandes tables même si elles font un peu de bruit et où l’on peut bien se restaurer sans dépenser trop ou encore très bien manger en dépensant un peu plus. Je né suis pas fana de l’endroit pourtant à cause de son côté absence de déco, mais je dois admettre que plusieurs fois il nous a sauvé et permis d’éviter de terminer entre potes autour d’un hamburger.