Central Restaurants 
IX Nove can be found just off the Croisette - turn left a block after the Carlton if walking east -opposite the entrance to the Miramar. This is a real innovation for Cannes - a modern restaurant that combines the best of Florence's cuisine with medite
rranean ingredients plus a hint of Asian flavours. Heaven! Chef Rino Collazzo (left) has created an original fusion menu. Director "LouLou" runs a tight ship and the service is first class, relaxed and unobstrusive. The IX is the symbol for success and happiness, perfectly describing the experience.
It is open for lunch and dinner Monday-Friday and is open for Saturday dinner, closed Sundays. Besides a la carte, there is a daily changing two course lunch for 15 euros and a three course menu for 29 euros available for lunch and dinner(till 10pm). Wines start from 20 euros.
The restaurant is available for group bookings.
SeaSens, the restaurant of the Five Hotel & Spa, is on the top floor. Having eaten there we can highly recommend the food, the staff and the location. Set lunch meals from 39
€, a la carte about 45
€ and dinner 100
€. 22 rue Bivouac-Napoleon. The food crosses continents, with strong Asian overtones.
see website
You could be forgiven for walking past this entrance and be unaware that it is
L'Affable Restaurant. 
Once through the doors you are welcomed into a smart, modern but comfortable 60 seater restaurant. Regulars know it well and come here to enjoy excellently cooked and well presented lunch or dinner. A three course lunch costs 24€ or 20€ for two courses. Souffles are the restaurant's signature dish, both savoury and sweet. There is also a 38€ menu and à la carte with lobster, fillet of beef or rack of lamb.
Waiters and waitresses and the well dressed Laura Laugier in charge are charm personified - a worthwhile experience.
5 rue La Fontaine (turn right off rue d'Antibes, going east, after Darty). O4 93 68 02 09 Good idea to book.
Brad Pitt and his wife dined here during the film festival.
Email: laffable@wanadoo.fr
See www.restaurant-laffable.fr
In and around
Place Commandant François Lamy, off rue d'Antibes, there are a number of good restaurants where you can eat inside or out. Chic Italian restaurant
Il Viaggio (see left) at 11 rue d'Oran has tables actually on the square - antipasto at 15
€, linguine alle vongole 18€, calamara al salmuriglio 19€ and filetto di manzo al chimichurri 26€. See dictionary.
Tel: 04 93 99 48 52.
At La Brouette de Grande-mère, (see right) at 9A rue d'Oran, there is a fixed price menu which consists of an aperitif, a sausage of mountain (terrine actually), dill marinated salmon with a glass of iced vodka, a choice of main courses - beef, lamb, rabbit or fish - and a dessert together with a half bottle of Provence wine per person, for 35€. Telephone: 04 93 39 12 10 
Next door at 9 rue d'Oran, brasserie, Legend Cafe
is a great place for breakfast, mid morning coffee (only 1€),
lunch - plat du jour 11.50€ - and a VIP three course dinner for 26€.
They specialse in Belgian Beer.
It is very popular with the locals. Call 04 93 99 07 10.