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  2. Blue Moon

    R & B, rap and House are among the mixed sounds to throb out of this port-side club. Friday is usually themed and Thursday yields various alcohol deals - like as much as Sex on the Beach a girl can drink until .

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  3. De Klomp

    Bottled beer and whisky - Dutch-themed De Klomp.

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  4. Grand Hotel Aston

    If you're above the sort of shenanigans you'll find in the backpacker bars of Nice, head for the rarefied rooftop bar at the Grand Hotel Aston which has champagne views over Nice and the Med.

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  5. Happy Bar

    Away from the centre and the old town, this ultra-cool bar in the space-age Hôtel Hi has a dancefloor and DJs playing house and other bleep-bleep three nights a week. It's a fairly quiet bar the rest of the time.

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  7. L'Odace

    Odace has inhabited the rather large shoes left by Le Grand Escurial, a dance venue that claimed to be the largest on the French Riviera. Reminiscent of Paris's Buddha Bar, you can kick back for lazy cocktails and nibbles in mock-Asian surrounds while laid-back tunes filter through the air.

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  8. L'ybane

    An eating joint too, this sultry lounge bar with food touts a busy street terrace and minimalist interior topped with a glass chandelier. The food is Lebanese.

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  9. La Casa del Sol

    Former bar-turned-restaurant, new look Casa del Sol is still a busy drinking spot come when affluent 30-somethings hang out on sofa seating over cocktails and a dancey DJ mix.

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  10. Le Before

    It's all very hip and trendy at Le Before, chiefly an aperitif bar where a chic crowd gather for an apéro dînatoire (aperitif with food) and background DJ mix.

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  11. Le Flag

    It might be gay (with fabulously gay, as in colourful, interior to boot and a house cocktail called Rainbow), but this modern art gallery and lounge bar has its finger bang on the pulse for pleasing punters of all shapes and sexual orientations.

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  13. Le Klub

    This is not only the hippest gay venue in town; it is simply the hippest venue in town point (full stop). The best DJs on the Riviera can be heard here while the ever-popular Top 50 nights (every second Sunday) with DJ Max draw wild crowds.

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  14. Le Liqwid

    An exclusive bar-cum-club with food to boot (lunch served noon to ), Liqwid cooks fusion cuisine in a steely Art Deco interior which, come late, stages some of Nice's best visiting DJs. Tough door policy.

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  15. Le Smarties

    Nothing to do with chocolate and as mixed as gay, this smart retro bar de la lounge behind MAMAC has a 1970s décor, cocktails galore and a great line-up of electro soirées . The crowd is wholly local and eclectic.

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  16. Le Water Bar

    Slurp designer bottles of water from around the globe (fancy a Chinese lychee-flavoured water?) to the sound of lounge and electro. Décor is exotic.

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  17. Ma Nolan's

    Fish 'n' chips, Irish beef 'n' Guinness pie and a hot vibe-bar of the moment, Irish Ma Nolan's.

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  19. McMahon's

    Pool table, table football, cheap drinks and karaoke (Tuesday and Thursday).

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  20. O'Hara's

    BBC on the box - O'Hara's.

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  21. Ôdace

    Lounge bar and club, this huge and happening drinking space is popular both after work and midnight. Sushi and nems (spring rolls) quell hunger pangs.

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  22. Paddy's Pub

    All-round pub vibe - Irish Paddy's Pub.

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  23. Wayne's

    Beach parties, theme nights, meeting other travellers - legend in its own time Wayne's.

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