La Vigie Monte-Carlo — Restaurant in Nice

Zero stars. Hypocrites. I went with my wife to get a coffee dressed in shorts and t-shirts, they made us sit outside under the rain (and a leaking umbrella) and didn't let us sit inside in the nearly empty restaurant. The hostess was very disrespectful: we asked her for a table and as she was talking to us some other people came in dressed in fancy white shirts and shorts so she just went to them without looking back and seated them immediately. We were left at the entrance wondering if she's coming back or not.

After few minutes we found another person and we asked him to be seated and he gave us a table outside although it was raining. At this point we felt very disrespected twice but we took the table as we were very thirsty and tired and wanted a coffee. After 2 minutes the overhead umbrella started leaking water on us and we decided to leave. They still didn't let us sit inside...

Stay away! This used to be a wonderful place with good food, great service and fantastic scenery - especially for lunch. Now, they stopped serving lunch...???!!! The dinner is a joke - the Maitre D is running around with trays of dead fish that he is shoving in your face every chance he gets... duh, I know what a fish looks like!!! The chef must be a student (or a drunk Frenchman) - how else can he consistently overcook everything? All food is served in a big pile on the plate (farmer style) and is completely without finesse. All this abuse is wrapped in a pretentious obnoxious attitude of the staff and prices to match (but hey, we are almost in Monaco, so that is OK). The chef and the staff need to be replaced, management needs to wake up or be fired - how can they ruin such a great location? Until they change, this...

My husband and I had a wonderful evening and dinner thanks to the welcoming staff at La Vigie . They made what could have been an awful evening an amazing one . We had booked in advance a dinner at the Michelin Star restaurant next door Elsa .They stated that they had no reservation for us and offered us no help in getting a table. We walked next door and were welcomed and they even apologized which Elsa never did . All the staff from the moment we walked in was warm and friendly. I had the lobster pasta which was delicious . We enjoyed the same view of the harbor as we would have at the other restaurant. Don’t be wowed by the star next door . Come enjoy a delicious meal with a beautiful view and kind...