Restaurants and cafés in the festival capital can be found at every turn: from prestigious venues like the Carlton Restaurant, which serves national and regional cuisine, to the more casual McDonald’s. To get an idea of the prices, check the boards displaying the daily dishes posted at the entrance.
Be sure to set aside some money to try the fish soup bouillabaisse. Nowhere else is this dish prepared the way it is in Provence. If your budget does not allow for dining in restaurants, head to the suburb of Cannes La Bocca, where you will find many shopping centers, and cook for yourself. For 15-20 EUR you can eat to your heart’s content.
To taste the renowned cuisine — bouillabaisse, Provençal-style mussels in pastry, and more — visitors recommend the Cannes restaurant Auberge Provençale. It is one of the oldest and finest restaurants in the city.
No less prestigious restaurants are those located in 5-star hotels: "La Palme d'Or, Fouquet's Cannes and others. But it is impossible to refer them to inexpensive restaurants in Cannes. The average check here (for a three-course lunch and half a bottle of wine) is more than 120 EUR. Dinner is even more expensive. It is served from 20:00, and in case of non-compliance with the dress code you may not be allowed to the tables.
If such sums seem exorbitant for you, visit moderately priced establishments (from 60 to 120 EUR for dinner) and taste sea bass with lemon/lime juice, cod with garlic sauce and vegetables, stuffed sardines, fish fillet in pepper, grilled anchovies, paella with clams.
It is equally delicious to dine in Cannes’ affordable restaurants and cafés. At La Toscana, Point de Rencontre, and about thirty other venues, the average bill is around 25–35 EUR per person.
Finding a reasonably priced restaurant in Cannes is not difficult. Walking along Rue d’Antibes to the west, toward the Old Town, the prices on the menu gradually decrease. If you head east, toward the prestigious district of La Californie, the prices, on the contrary, go up.
In addition, the city offers restaurants serving Armenian, American, Irish, and other cuisines.
