You are on a private peninsula on the Basse Corniche with nothing on foot. The beach club across the bay is a 29-minute walk, so every meal you do not eat here starts with a car or a taxi, and you should plan for that. Inside the grounds is a Michelin star, a poolside grill that runs from May to September and a bar; outside, within 13 minutes by road, are a beach club at the other end of the bay, the cove at Cap d'Ail, the port at Beaulieu and the village on the rock above you with two starred dining rooms and one cheap terrace.
The tables at this hotel that are a reason to come, and how hard they are to get.
Newly starred in 2026 under a chef who came from the Jules Verne in Paris, on a private peninsula between Nice and Monaco. On summer evenings dinner moves out to the terrace over the pool and the sea. Worth the drive from Monaco even if you are not staying.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks out
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Beach club with a Mediterranean kitchen · €€€
The restaurant in the same bay as the hotel, a beach club by day and a restaurant at night at the western end of Èze-Bord-de-Mer, with Patrick Degioanni in the kitchen and a Beefbar tie-in on the meat. Its own site gives the restaurant every day from noon to 22:00 and the beach from 10:00 to 18:00, with sunbeds at 50 euros a day, and a booked sunbed is only held until noon. Its own site talks of summer rather than a stated season, so check it is open, and it is 29 minutes on foot if you insist.
Reserve ahead28 Avenue de la Liberté, Èze-Bord-de-Mer
Private beach restaurant in a cove · €€€
The Mala cove at Cap d'Ail is the prettiest cove between the hotel and Monaco, pebbles and clear water, and Eden is the beach restaurant at the bottom of the staircase its own site describes. That site gives the season as mid-April to the end of September, the beach 10:00 to about 19:00, lunch from noon, mattresses from 50 euros in low season to 70 or 80 in high, and a 70 euro minimum spend a head at the table in high season. A lunch, not a dinner.
Reserve aheadAllée Mala, Cap-d'Ail
Riviera port institution since 1969 · €€€
On the harbour at Beaulieu, facing the yachts, since 1969: wood-fired pizza, salade niçoise with tuna belly, grilled fish, and a room that has seen everyone. Its own site gives every day from 12:00 to 23:00 with a rooftop cocktail lounge from 17:00 to 01:00, which makes it the answer when you want to eat late on a coast that closes early. Book for a harbourside table.
Reserve aheadPort de Plaisance, Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Village terrace at the top · €€
The cheap seat in Èze village, at the top of the climb, with a terrace over the old stone and the whole coast below. Homemade dishes, on its own description, at prices the village's two châteaux do not know. Its own site gives 09:00 to 17:00 with Wednesday and Saturday closed, though the page also carries an old closure notice, so this is lunch after the village and not dinner, and worth a call first.
Walk inÈze village, at the top of the climb
Château Eza, La Table Gastronomique
13 min by carOne-star dining room over the void · €€€€
One star in the 2026 guide under Justin Schmitt, at the top of the village with a terrace hung over the drop. The hotel's own page gives dinner from 19:30 to 21:30 with smart dress required, and a second Mediterranean room, L'Horizon, for lunch from 11:30 to 14:30 between 1 April and 31 October. The Michelin page says to book early for the terrace; it is right.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRue de la Pise, Èze village
Two-star table in the village · €€€€
Two stars in the 2026 guide under Tom Meyer, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, with Florent Margaillan on pastry and a cellar of 34,000 bottles. Its own site puts the tasting menus at 200 to 350 euros a head, recommends a jacket for men and asks you to avoid beachwear, and says to book two to four weeks ahead from May to September and a month ahead in July and August. The same house runs Les Remparts and the Café du Jardin for a lighter bill.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRue du Barri, Èze village
The hotel's own site does not say whether breakfast is included. The range it declared to the Nice tourist office for 2026 is for a Deluxe double with breakfast, and the same listing prices breakfast on its own at 65 euros, so check which rate you hold before you compare it with Monaco. The hotel's suite pages describe breakfast brought to the terraces. For breakfast out, the alternative is a car to Beaulieu or up to the village.
The view terraces along the climb through the village on the rock, which sell the panorama at château prices without the château kitchen. If you are paying for a view in Èze, pay for one of the two starred rooms, or eat at the cheap terrace at the top and take the view for free.
Ten hotels, each here for a different reason.
The hideawayCap Estel
Èze · From about €650
The all-rounderHôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo · From about €492
The iconHôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo · From about €600
The intimate oneHôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo · From about €400
The romantic oneMonte-Carlo Beach
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin · From about €400
The resortMonte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
Larvotto · From about €250
The smart moneyColumbus Hotel Monte-Carlo
Fontvieille · From about €180
The F1 oneFairmont Monte Carlo
Monte-Carlo · From about €250
The beach oneLe Méridien Beach Plaza
Larvotto · From about €220
The design oneThe Maybourne Riviera
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin · From about €700
Questions people ask
You are on a private peninsula on the Basse Corniche with nothing on foot. The beach club across the bay is a 29-minute walk, so every meal you do not eat here starts with a car or a taxi, and you should plan for that. Inside the grounds is a Michelin star, a poolside grill that runs from May to September and a bar; outside, within 13 minutes by road, are a beach club at the other end of the bay, the cove at Cap d'Ail, the port at Beaulieu and the village on the rock above you with two starred dining rooms and one cheap terrace. Anjuna Beach, 6 min by car. Eden Plage Mala, 9 min by car. African Queen, 11 min by car.
La Table du Cap Estel. Newly starred in 2026 under a chef who came from the Jules Verne in Paris, on a private peninsula between Nice and Monaco. On summer evenings dinner moves out to the terrace over the pool and the sea. Worth the drive from Monaco even if you are not staying.
Our verdict
The most private address between Monaco and Nice. If you want a hideaway more than a hotel, book it.
Last checked: September 2026
