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    Som Sanook

    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM

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    Le Mandarin

    Le Mandarin

    4.1(31 reviews)
    2.0 km
    €€

    I live in Nice, I'm Asian, I speak B1 level French but when I first started coming here, I spoke A1…read morelevel French. The owners are a couple. The wife speaks English. The husband has always spoken to me in French. Even if the restaurant is empty when you walk in, it doesn't mean the restaurant doesn't have reservations for later. Restaurants in Nice usually just do one seating per table. I always get the Crab Salad and Bo Bun. The Crab in the salad is REAL and not imitation. The dressing is a refreshing lemon dressing. I've had Pho here as well. I'm a regular here. I'm Japanese American and the owners are NOT racist.

    Came here on a quiet weeknight in November and the restaurant was completely empty except for 2…read moreguests at a table. Went in and the owner asked if we had reservations. We said no and he said we cannot dine without reservations. He said somethings in French we didn't understand and he didn't translate. I don't know what his business practice is, but to turn away walk ins when your restaurant is completely empty in low season and probably will not have any guests come that night is ridiculous to me. I have read reviews that said he's racist and turns away Asian non French speaking customers. Cannot verify that but that would be so sad because he's Asian too. How much self hate does he have? I feel sorry for him. Either way if you're Asian and get turned away, or if you're non Asian and was allowed to eat here without reservations let me know. I'm curious why he has a restaurant like this!

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    Le Mandarin - Empty place except for one table but still turned away

    Empty place except for one table but still turned away

    Le Mandarin - Pho, fried rice, duck and egg rolls

    Pho, fried rice, duck and egg rolls

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    Lao Vientiane - Citron givré

    Lao Vientiane

    3.6(16 reviews)
    1.9 km
    €€

    This review is strictly based upon our dining experiences (6 of us) at Lao Vientiane Restaurant…read more First of all...the name is deceiving to advertised as a Laotian restaurant. It IS NOT! It's a Vietnamese / something else and definitely NOT Lao or Thai. I asked our kind server if this was a Lao restaurant (hence the restaurant name) she looked at me like I was crazy for asking such question. Then she replied (No...its Vietnamese) The restaurant is very very very very small...if one blink, one will missed the restaurant. They have a total of 10 tables (2 people per table) and A server (ONE-server-probably the owner's daughter) was working the entire 10 tables. We were so hungry after traveling from Florence,Italy to Nice France on such a long drive. One would think the food would be outstanding considering how hungry we were. Oh la la...I have never had such awful Asian food in my life. The papaya salad had no flavor (it lacked all the ingredients of a tradition Lao or Thai papaya salad) the beef satay is beyond salty, the lemon grass beef smells like it was spoiled, the chicken curry is horrific and the pad Thai was made with fat noodle instead of the regular pho noodle. Speaking of pho, one of us ordered pho and she couldn't even stomach it. The flavor for all of our items were off and could NOT stomach the food. I am so sorry to give such a review...when it comes to food, we have high expectations and standards. we eat out around the would and love Asian food. What we had tonight was anything but. We will NOT be coming back to this restaurant.

    2nd time visits in 3 day Stick to the basic... order pho, fried rolls, buon chon .. you will be…read morehappy and satisfied. Main dishes tend to be salty but its okay to eat with rice and leave out the sauce. Location is few blocks away from the waterfront.

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    Poulet champignons noirs, riz gluant

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    Som Sanook - laotian - Updated May 2026

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