RESTAURANTS · MENTON

Where to eat in Menton

Six places, from a traditional town-centre table to destination dining. Menton does not need an encyclopaedia, but it deserves more than four versions of the same meal.

MAMETAS SAYS

Choose the job of the meal first: town centre, terrace, pizza, wood fire or the big experience. The name comes second.

PRICE GUIDE

€ simple · €€ moderate by Riviera standards · €€€ expensive · €€€€ big night. Relative positioning.

The shortlist

3 rue de la Marne

L’Orangerie

€€ · Mediterranean / Japanese · town centre

Choose it for: serious cooking without entering big-night territory.

Local, seasonal produce with Mediterranean cooking and Japanese accents. The house menu was listed at €39 when checked.

But: understated setting. Fine. The plate does the work.

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14 avenue Boyer

Le Bistrot des Jardins

€€ · bistronomic · opposite Jardins Biovès

Choose it for: polished French cooking that fits easily into a central Menton day.

The restaurant works in a bistronomic register with quality produce and weekly suggestions. Lunch started at €34 when checked.

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3 rue Magenta

À l’Ombre du Clocher

€€ · traditional French · small square

Choose it for: seasonal, home-made cooking with a more local, traditional feel.

A small dining room and terrace on Place Loredan Larchey. Useful when you simply want lunch in Menton.

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Quai Gordon Bennett, Les Sablettes

La Pecoranegra

€€ · pizza · casual

Choose it for: serious pizza after the beach or old town.

Mauro Colagreco’s pizzeria works in a Neapolitan spirit right by Les Sablettes.

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80 bis boulevard de Garavan

Casa Fuego

€€€ · Argentinian grill · view

Choose it for: wood fire, asado and a view over Menton in a warm, sociable setting.

Mauro Colagreco’s Garavan table revolves around Argentinian grilling and wood-fire cooking.

But: less central. Go uphill because you chose it.

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30 avenue Aristide Briand

Mirazur

€€€€ · creative · destination dining

Choose it for: the big night. The actual one.

Mauro Colagreco’s cooking is closely tied to the gardens, the seasons and natural cycles.

But: budget and planning. This is not a table to squeeze between two sights.

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20-second decision: precise central cooking: L’Orangerie. Easy bistro: Bistrot des Jardins. Traditional without ceremony: À l’Ombre du Clocher. After the beach: Pecoranegra. Wood fire and view: Casa Fuego. Gastronomic experience: Mirazur.

THE NEXT DECISION

Return to the Menton guide to build the day around the old town, Les Sablettes and Garavan.