The Old Town's Anglo institution on Rue de la Préfecture, where a live band plays every night and the tables stop being furniture somewhere around 11pm.
Wayne's Bar holds the corner at 15 Rue de la Préfecture and has anchored Vieux Nice's anglophone nightlife for decades. Riviera Bar Crawl Tours files it as the traditional Anglo Saxon bar of the Old Town, which undersells how much fun that formula still is.
You come for a band every single night and a room that gives itself permission to dance on the furniture. Nearly 4,000 Google reviews hold it at 4.4, which for a party bar of this volume is a serious number.
The front terrace works like any Old Town cafe; the back room is the engine, with a stage, largely English and Irish staff, and benches built to be stood on. Silly Suitcase's Nice nightlife guide leads with the tabletop dancing for a reason.
One Google reviewer from July 2025 put it plainly: you actually end up standing on the tables. Treat the floor plan as a suggestion after 11pm.
Anglophone tourists, exchange students, stag parties, and expats who never left. Early evening stays civil enough for dinner; the energy turns over when the band hits the main stage.
A reviewer from August 2025 timed it for you: the room changes gear around 10:30pm. Come at 8pm for food and a seat, or at 11pm for the full circus.
What to order
- 01
A happy hour pint (around 5.50 euro)
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The homemade burger
- 03
Fish and chips for the table