Technically, Kei's Passion is no more and was re-opened as Keisuke Matsushima in 2006. Keisuke,…read moreCave de l'Origine around the corner and La Merenda are my Nice triumvirate. Flaveur would be on that list too, except that it frequently takes too much advance planning to get a table there.
Except for one occasion (among many, many visits) where the lamb was just not up to snuff, Keisuke's is very consistent. The foie gras and the millefeuille de boeuf are regular favorites. Service has always been excellent.
Keisuke seems to be a staging area for local restauranteurs, having brought up the brothers Tourteaux at Flaveur and most recently, Laurent Inoué and Tsumoru Takano at Les Deux Canailles.