Les Folies d'Edmonde
Les Folies d’Edmonde, a cocktail bar in a vaulted cellar in Nice Old Town.
A medieval stone-walled cellar with 17th-century vaulting at 16 rue Benoît Bunico, in a small alley of Nice Old Town. Signature cocktails, proper mocktails and premium spirits meet a lively program and a welcoming room. Open every night since May 2022, with the calendar refreshed every two weeks.
A selection of signature cocktails — Edmonde, Marie-Madelaine, Rosie, Germaine — named after members of the founding family, alongside the classics you expect, a proper mocktail family built as real cocktails, and a selection of premium gins, whiskies and spirits.
Open-stage jam sessions, hosted karaoke, drag shows, flamenco, music trivia nights, DJ sets and live bands: the calendar is refreshed every two weeks — specific dates and times are listed on the Events page.
Our booking options
Small group
1–20 guests
Groups & Corporate
Up to 50 guests
See the schedule
Music, stage, surprises
88,000 cocktails prepared
Open since May 2022
17th-century vaulted cellar
Find your night out
Pick your entry point: the cocktail menu, the week's program (karaoke, jam, live, drag), the address in Nice Old Town, or a private-hire request.
Cocktail bar in Nice
At 16 rue Benoit Bunico, Les Folies d'Edmonde brings together house cocktails, trusted classics, French producers, and a lively vaulted-cellar setting, with themed nights and private hire.
Bar in Nice Old Town
Old Nice after dark is a maze of ochre alleyways, squares that come alive from aperitivo onwards, and a rare concentration of concept bars. Here's our local guide: where to grab a drink, what to eat, how to finish the night — written by the owners of Les Folies d'Edmonde, on rue Benoît Bunico since 2022.
Meet locals in Nice
You do not need to know anyone or arrive with a group. From 6pm, the team, neighbors and friends of Les Folies often start a game table to welcome curious travellers.
Live music bar in Nice
Les Folies d'Edmonde brings several music formats together inside the same 17th-century cellar at 16 rue Benoît Bunico in Nice Old Town. People come here as much for a well-run karaoke night as for a U.NICE.ON jam session, a one-off concert, a music trivia or a DJ set, with the stage, bar and audience kept close together.
Jam session in Nice
In Nice, a jam session is never just a concert. It is a stage that opens up, musicians answering each other, the audience close by, and sometimes a song changing direction halfway through. This guide keeps the useful jam calendar for Nice, with venue and organizer links to check before going out.
Music trivia in Nice
At Les Folies d'Edmonde, music trivia (the French "blind test") is a night that is as friendly as it is competitive: a DJ plays track after track and, as a team, you name the song or the artist. Tourists and regulars mix, the level rises fast, and every round you win earns your team shooters. It runs every week, on Monday or Tuesday night, in the vaulted cellar of Old Nice.
Best bars in Nice
This page is not trying to list every bar in Nice. It focuses on five addresses worth knowing if you mainly care about well-made cocktails, wine, beer, music or a clear night-out identity between Old Nice and the Port district.
Cocktail Bar French Riviera
Les Folies d'Edmonde is a Nice cocktail bar that opened in May 2022 at 16 rue Benoît Bunico — a ten-minute walk from the Promenade des Anglais and five from place Masséna. The menu runs to four house signatures (Edmonde, Marie-Madelaine, Rosie, Germaine), the classics you'd expect from a cocktail bar (French 75, Boulevardier, Espresso Martini) and a mocktail family built as real cocktails, not flavoured sodas.
Our story
Les Folies d'Edmonde opened in May 2022 at 16 rue Benoît Bunico, a small alley in Nice Old Town that corresponds to the former Giudaria — Nice's historical Jewish quarter, closed off by gates at night until the late 18th century. The cellar's stone walls are medieval; the vaulted ceiling was added later (17th century). One room, exposed stone, low ceiling. Since opening, the team has served more than 88,000 cocktails and hosted over 800 events.
Rue Benoît Bunico is a small alley in Nice Old Town corresponding to the former Giudaria, the Jewish quarter of Nice until the 18th century. The alignment of the street and the tall adjoining houses date from that period; the stone walls of the cellars themselves are medieval. The gates that used to close the street at night are gone; the arcades have remained.
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Book
For 1–20 guests, book a table for drinks, a birthday, or a night out in Nice Old Town.
Events
The program is refreshed every two weeks. Karaoke, live music, jam sessions, drag nights, and other lively formats return regularly in the cellar, with about one DJ night a month. Exact dates and timings are shown on each event listing.
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Come visit us in the heart of Old Nice
What guests say
Google rating: 4.9/5 from 500+ reviews (as of July 2026) — source: Google Business Profile.
I've traveled to nearly 25 countries, been in hundreds of bars. This may be the best bar I've ever been to in the world. The owners are incredibly kind, the service is great, the drinks are incredible, and the fun and vibe downstairs is just unmatched. Karaoke with people from all over the world is a fun experience I'll never forget!
So happy we stopped here during our bachelorette trip! The cocktails were unique and delicious, and the vibe was perfect. Highly recommend!
Genuinely nice owners and staff and truly great cocktails. I enjoyed what I drank here more than some of the top 100 bars in the world. Unpretentious and great energy.
J'ai fêté mon pot de départ aux Folies d'Edmonde, et cette soirée restera gravée comme un moment absolument inoubliable. Les cocktails étaient tout simplement délicieux, hyper originaux, préparés avec soin et créativité. On sent une vraie passion derrière le bar. Une véritable petite perle nichée dans le Vieux-Nice — à découvrir absolument.
In the press
Les Folies d'Edmonde rendent hommage par ce prénom à la grand-mère de Caroline et d'Aurélie […], sœurs à l'origine de cette adresse récente, chérie des jeunes artistes niçois.
Presque secret et discret sans pour autant être speakeasy, c'est dans une ruelle du Vieux-Nice que se situe ce charmant bar à cocktails tenu par deux sœurs passionnées et expertes en l'art de la mixologie.
Les Folies d'Edmonde offers refined yet unpretentious cocktails in the heart of the old town. […] The vaulted stone ceiling downstairs creates an intimate and cosy atmosphere.
Very nice staff here. They actually said that if we didn't like our choice of cocktail we didn't need to drink it and they would make another one for us.
Installée aux Folies d'Edmonde, la première édition de « Nissart'isans » a réuni adhérents de la JCE, artisans, partenaires et curieux […]. Les participants ont pris part à des ateliers d'initiation organisés par les équipes des Folies d'Edmonde.
Les Folies d'Edmonde et L'Omega Club à Nice accueillent chaque soir une clientèle avide de danse, de musique et de rencontres.
Also cited by 20 Minutes (2022, feature on Nice's drag scene — “one of the best scenes in France”), Nice-Presse (2023, top-10 Nice bars per customer reviews) and PocketTravelDeals (2025, one-day Nice itinerary).
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Practical info
Address
16 rue Benoît Bunico, 06300 Nice, France
Hours
Every day: 6:00 pm – 12:30 am
Payment methods
Apple Pay, Contactless Payment, Eurocard/Mastercard, Cash, Visa, American Express, Debit Card