Our Take on Zitto Speakeasy
Zitto hides inside Gigi Tavola at 5 Quai des Deux Emmanuels, and you walk through the restaurant to reach a concealed door. The name means hush in Italian, and the whole act follows: 1920s Italian decor, exposed brick, velvet seats under a vaulted ceiling.
You come here for the most serious cocktail program at the port. One Google reviewer wrote that the drinks reminded them of excellent bars in London, and at 14 to 16 euro a glass they cost about half what the same level costs there.
Reading the Room
The Holy Banana studio designed the room around a Prohibition era Italy idea, and it lands without feeling like a costume. Brick, velvet, low light, and a bar you can actually talk across.
The Artful Epicure described near empty weeknights with the bartender's full attention, which is the version worth chasing. Saturdays run fuller and louder.
What to Order First
Who Shows Up, and When
Dates and cocktail obsessives, mostly, with dinner traffic from Gigi Tavola feeding the door after 9pm. The room stays intimate rather than social; you talk to your table, not the next one.
Go on a weeknight if you want the bartender's time, and book or arrive early Friday and Saturday. The drinks take minutes to build, so order two at once if the room is full.
The Pattern in the Reviews
- Best cocktails in Nice is the recurring Google review claim, with 231 of 248 reviews landing five stars.
- Expensive but very elaborate, per a 2026 reviewer; nobody disputes either half of that sentence.
- Finding the door is part of the fun; reviewers keep the secret and point you to the bar's Instagram for the clue.
Go If, Skip If
- 01A date that needs one impressive move after dinner at the port.
- 02Cocktail nerds who want the bartender's attention; weeknights deliver it.
- 03Skip it for a big group night out; the room is small, quiet by design, and wrong for a crowd.
Inside the Room
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