Chez Pipo

The food was delicious! I had pissaladière, socca, salad, and mini pan bagnat. Everything was good! It took a while to be seated and served but it was also reasonable considering the circumstances (COVID and the restaurant was busy)

The Quick: Great socca but frustrating experience. Insanely slow service, can't even pay when you want to leave, very small portion making it more expensive than everywhere else. No "to go" option and staff was a disaster.

The Details: Service in France s*cks, I get it... but this place takes the cake. If you can convince them to let you get socca to go and don't mind paying double the price do it! Not a huge price/- 6 euro for double portion as it's tiny, instead of 3 euro elsewhere. Socca is the easiest snack to eat while exploring Nice, here it's an hour  and a half ordeal, not worth it for me.

The Damage: 3euro for single portion but it's small so definitely get a double for ~ 6 euro

Our tour guide had recommended us to try socca, a pancake made with chickpeas that was a popular food item of Nice.  This restaurant had it on their menu and seemed to be the nearest from where we were so we chose this place.  The socca was crunchy and was good.  A bit bland aside from the chickpea taste, a flavor my companion wasn't all that into.

While everything on the menu seemed to be quite inexpensive, the portions are barely filling.

While in Nice a few weeks ago with the bf, we decided that we ought to try out some unique Nicoise dishes, and this place came up for us on Yelp. We decided to try it out and while there, we were alerted that the regular socca would be ready in about an hour's time. Since we were willing to try some of the other variants, there was no wait. I tried their pissaladiere and the bf got their simple socca with a mesclun salad on the side. We also got an order of their tomato and artichoke tartinade spreads.

Now, I guess the price points were an indicator of how small the portions would be, but the best way that I could describe the portion sizes here would be tapas-sized. We had finished our respective meals, but were still slightly hungry. Our food was fine, but our respective flatbreads, for lack of a better collective term, came out kind of lukewarm. I'm not sure if that's how socca or pissaladiere are normally served, but admittedly, it was not as appealing to our American palates.

If you didn't get a chance to actually go to this restaurant and wanted to try out some socca before heading back to your respective city/town, you could order at their NCE airport location, so there is that opportunity as well. I mean, for 3 Euros or even less, you should at least try some of this humble Nicoise dish.

Really cute place to sit outside during the day. We arrived 15 mins after it opened and had to wait extra (30 mins) for the socca because the chef was not in yet. Luckily other things on the menu were able to keep is appetizer in the meanwhile. The place definitely got crowded quick!
The socca and the pissaladiere is a must try.  The socca was crunchy and super savory I wish I had access to this to munch on weekly! We had the pepper and the cheese one - both great!

These are all small portions, so it means you can try more! Although you think it's super good deal when you first look at the menu, for a meal to fill your belly it ends up being similar to a regular main.

I think service can be more friendly but definitely efficient and acceptable.

Definitely recommend and a must try when in Nice.

4.5/5*

Out of every restaurant I tried on my trip to Nice, I'd say that Chez Pipo had the most authentic food. I had found it even before coming to the city and my host was in complete agreement that I should try it. The first sign of impending success was that the staff was extremely understanding of my hurry, as I had to get to the airport to leave for Germany in about three hours, and made it a point to serve us quickly without compromising on the food at all.

We were the first to arrive and thus ate the very first socca made for the day, and it was incredibly crunchy and fresh, like a perfect french fry, potato chip, or anything of the like. This is the sort of thing you could eat all day long and will forever be the standard by which socca is judged. And yet we also found the pissaladière very tender and not overly crispy or doughy, with a mild flavor from the onions and anchovies on top. The mystère for dessert was also incredibly well fashioned with crumbled pieces of hazelnut on top not once interfering with the texture of the frozen ice cream and pastry, or the meringue buried inside to represent the titular "mystery." It is one of the most unique and tasty desserts I've had in some time and I'd gladly order it again next time I visit Nice.

For that matter, everything at this place was perfect. It isn't fancy, it's basically a Niçoise tapas house that concentrates on a few classics and has perfected them, and that is why you come. This could not have been a better way to finish my trip to Nice, and to France in general.

I had no idea socca could be so good.

Chez Pipo was the only restaurant I wanted to go to in all of Nice. We ended up rushing and needing to take our socca to go, but we were kindly accommodated and within a few minutes, we had pipping hot socca in a to-go bag.

It was perfect. It was thin, crispy, salty, and so satisfying. I love that this regional delicacy is naturally vegan, and that I could participate by eating at the best socca joint in all of Nice.

Lots of restaurants were closed in January, but Chez Pipo was going strong. If you're in Nice, no matter what time of year, you have to visit!

Great restaurant with amazing cozy atmosphere and traditional local food. Perfect customer service and great recommendations from the menu. Absolutely must stop in Nice.

Very fun place. You can sit indoor our outdoor. If you sit inside you can watch the chef make socca. Great options for vegans - try the socca with tomato and artichoke or the plain socca. Busy place but great service and atmosphere.

My first and only socca experience in Nice, which is a popular dish in this particular city. The restaurant was small and had that older rustic vibe like most restaurants in Europe. We went with the black and green Tartidanes, which were good but a bit on the salty side. They are served with hard bread, crouton like. I think I would have preferred just regular style baguette bread. Apparently the socca takes some time to make as there was a 20 minute wait for the stuff. While waiting for the socca, one of the employees went on a French yelling rant that was rather dramatic. Even the other French patrons and employee's were a bit bothered by this guys child-like tantrum. He then went into the kitchen, throwing dishes and proceeded to yell. Kind of entertaining to say the least.

My socca finally came and I thought it was pretty good, like a savory crispy pancake. Also ordered their apple and spinach tart for dessert, which was interesting and tasty. I would definitely come back, if not for the socca, perhaps an angry outburst from an employee...