Utopia Vegan & Italian restaurant — Restaurant in Nice

Exceptional Italian/Vegan Resteraunt

Booked a table for myself in a group of 8 (only 2 of us being vegan).

Seating was nice and spacious and could have fit up to 10 of us.

The menu had quite a large variety of options Including Pizzas, pastas and burgers as well as more unique dishes which seemed to change seasonally.

Between a friend and my Girlfriend and I we shared the Gnocchi, Pasta carbonara and aubergine pizza with ricotta stuffed cheese (unfortunately forgot to take a photo).

Starting with the Carbonara it was possibly the best pasta I’ve been served in a Resteraunt. Bite was perfect, great amount of sauce with a lovely consistency and the tofu was lovely and firm giving a meaty texture to the dish.

Secondly the pizza had a lovely dough and really nice cheeses with my best part of the meal being dipping the ricotta stuffed crusts into some garlic and chilli oil. My only criticism of the pizza is the main cheese was described as a mozzarella where we all agreed it tasted more similar to a cream cheese.

Finally the Gnocchi. It was cooked well and had a lovely tomatoey sauce however generally I found it the most forgettable dish.

Myself and my friend also had corn fritters for a starter which were not what we expected as there was nothing frittery about them but it was a lovely dish nonetheless. We also shared a peanut butter and vanilla cheesecake which was lovely, light and also a reasonable enough portion to share for 2 people.

Finally the wine we ordered (Italian red option) was a lovely accompaniment to the meal.

Overall Utopia was well regarded amongst our group as one of if not the best Resteraunt we went to during our week long trip in Nice and is definitely worth a visit whether you are vegan or not.

I’d recommend to book in advance as our initial day we wanted to go was fully booked.

The only area of improvement I would suggest is the attentiveness of waiters as it did take a while to initially order and there was a point that a friend was waiting quite a while to be able to order a 2nd drink but even in spite of this Utopia definitely...

We went to Utopia a few years ago for my birthday. We travelled to Nice to go there especially as we live in another city.

It’s hard being vegetarian in France so we are always pleased to find interesting and innovative vegetarian and vegan food. Utopia was a charming, small and cosy restaurant in one of the side streets in Nice. The food was delicious and gourmet so we didn’t mind paying the expensive prices.

So when we were looking for a special place to go for a special occasion, we thought we would go back to Utopia. What a disappointment!

Firstly, the restaurant had moved. Instead of being small and cosy with a lovely ambiance for a special occasion, it was now large with bright lights and more like a fast food restaurant than a upmarket restaurant. The menu has also changed. It was now predominately serving vegan pizzas. The other choices were pasta and risotto which you can get in any restaurant so not at all special. But for us, most surprisingly was the inclusion of fake meat in many of their their meals - fake chicken, fake bacon and fake sausages. Not exactly interesting and creative.

We got the risotto and the gnocchis. The portions were large but stodgy. It didn’t come with anything else- no vegetables or salad. So just a large bowl of each. The taste was ok but nothing special.

We ordered dessert which was better than the main course.

And although we ordered wine and beer, they charged us for tap water!

So all in all, though we had a nice time, this is not a restaurant we would return to or recommend unfortunately…

Koko Green in Nice is much better if you are looking for...

NOT ALLERGY FRIENDLY!!! We were super excited to dine here for my boyfriend's birthday but unfortunately the experience ended with an allergic reaction and very poor service. Before ordering we informed the waiter of his severe nut allergy and the waiter told us there were definitely no nuts in the dish we ordered and he was also going to check with the chefs. We ordered the gnocchi, and within 2 bites my boyfriend started to have an allergic reaction, had to take numerous antihistamines and almost had to use his epi-pen. We again asked the waiter about the dish and he seemed extremely annoyed we were asking again and told us there was definitely no nuts. When I came to pay, I informed another waitress about the incident, who was really disappointed in how it had been handled, and informed us that they had been told by our waiter no 'whole nuts' in the food, and she was sure there was almonds in everything!!! She offered to remove one of our drinks from the bill, but I requested that my boyfriend's gnocchi was removed as it was 18 euros and he couldn't eat any of it. She was talking to her manager about it and the manager was very rude and arguing that this wasn't possible and that there was no nuts in the food, and refused to remove it from the bill. We are certain there must have been nuts in the food to cause such a quick allergic reaction. We were really disappointed to pay over 60 euros for terrible service and mediocre food, much of which we couldn't even eat! Really would not recommend, especially if you have any kind of allergy or dietary...