L'EssenCiel panoramic restaurant — Restaurant in Nice

Easy enough to find and nice rooftop but not great service or food. Ordered a wine spritz but was not told I would need to pay €5.50 for a bottle of lemonade. Had I known this I would’ve ordered a different drink. Waited 45 minutes for our food (we were told delay of 20 minutes when our order was taken). Asked for a jug of tap water for the table when seated but never received it. Asked for ketchup with the food, received a bowl with 20+ mayonnaise sachets and two ketchup sachets after our food was half eaten. The vegetarian burger was very strange, it came as a patty with cheese and cold cooked vegetables inside it. I have never had cold cooked broccoli, courgette, peppers or carrot inside a burger and I wouldn’t wish to have it again. The chicken burger was good however it came with two lettuce leaves instead of a bowl of coleslaw. Overall not a...

This place didn't live up to expectations. I was expecting a modern roof top, but this place is more like your grandmother's garden with a view of the city. The interior is outdated, as are the decorations. The food was on 3,5. Photos in Google do not meet the requirements of the menu. So if you want fish, you won't find it there. The pasta was overcooked and had almost no taste, only the parmesan saved, the burger was not bad, but not something super. All prices are around 25€ , but nearby you can find a restaurant with a Michelin star and there will be the same prices but the taste is much brighter. In a word, here is a simple meal that is clearly prepared by a novice chef. The audience is mostly from the hotel and aged. The service was warm and attentive. I liked the view...

Ended up here on a busy August night, when our party of nine had no reservation anywhere for dinner. After scolding us for trying to book such a large table last minute, they were able to accommodate us :)

Food was generally good - though the price does include the (fantastic) view of the city from the rooftop. Service was attentive - we were...