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Restaurants in Menton
A mere mile from the Italian border, Menton does pizza and pasta with aplomb. For more exotic fare laced with Menton lemons and offerings from the Ligurian fishing fleet, sail in to one of the eateries below.
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A Braijade Meridiounale
Not only is A Braijade situated on rue Longue, the atmospheric Old Town street that once connected Provence with Rome. It also serves the most wow-factor cuisine in the area. Dishes are mostly based around a brochette vertical flambée—or flaming vertical kebab. Sample skewers of…$$Around Town - Italian
Al Vecchio Forno
As authentic as a Neapolitan scooter, this established eatery serves Menton’s Italian neighbors from just across the border. If the dress and dialect of its patrons shouts “Godfather,” the pizza is just as genuine. Seasonal artichokes and funghi come from Italy, as does the…$Around Town - Italian
La Cirke
For a combined package of value, taste, and service La Cirke beats all-comers. Chef-owners Agostino and Eva welcome guests to this sunny corner emplacement above Menton Port. Their set menus, with aperitif included, are to die for. Read smoked swordfish, bouillabaisse Mentonnaise,…$$Around Town - Mediterranean
La Pergola
Open since 1902, it’s doubtful as to whether La Pergola has changed its menu over the last century. And that’s no bad thing. Vast platters of fritto misto seafood, grilled fish, salt-baked sea bream, and paella de la mer are heaved from the kitchen to the sand-in-the-toes tables.…$$Around Town - Mediterranean
La Rotonde
La Rotonde is a seaside restaurant par excellence. Franco-Italian chef Sandro dishes up simple Italian starters (buffalo mozzarella with pesto) and mains (linguine with calamari) on the sunniest boardwalk in all of France. The restaurant also scoops up Menton’s social media prize:…$Around Town - Italian/Seafood
Le Galion
A guaranteed winner of a seafood restaurant that has hooked the same, mostly Italian, clientele for five decades. Dishes are served inside what looks like a historic galleon, decorated like the 1930s Moulin Rouge. Many ingredients come from the markets just across the Italian border.…$$Menton Port - Modern Mediterranean
Restaurant Mirazur
The awards have rolled in for Mirazur’s Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco, not least of all the number 1 spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and three stars in the Michelin Guide. The watchword on Colagreco’s fixed-price menus is élan, not experimentation. This is sleepy Menton…$$$Around Town
