Casa Leya hosts company lunches and dinners, seminar meals, team building events, birthdays and wedding meals, for groups of 20, 50 or up to 80 guests, and can be hired privately over its two floors. It is an Italian restaurant at 36 Cours Saleya, in Old Nice, between the flower market and the Promenade des Anglais. The restaurant has 320 seats in all: 150 inside and 170 on its two terraces.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant takes group bookings for lunch and dinner, subject to availability, for an end-of-day dinner after a seminar held elsewhere in Nice, a team lunch or a client meal. It also sells private hire for company meetings, seminars and team building. The restaurant is listed by the Nice tourist office as a venue for private hire. It has no meeting equipment listed on its site, so treat it as a place for the meal and the reception rather than for a working session.
Group reservations start at eight people. The restaurant takes no reservations at all in July and August, which rules out summer group dinners; plan company events for the rest of the year.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and birthdays are among the events named for private hire. The whole restaurant can be reserved for a private event over two floors. The restaurant states that private hire carries no additional fee, depending on the number of guests. Service can be at the table or as a buffet.
Rooms and capacities
The ground floor opens onto the two terraces. One faces Cours Saleya and its market; the other, on the sea side, looks over the Baie des Anges and the Promenade des Anglais. Upstairs, a floor with a vaulted ceiling in pale brick and soft lighting gives a quieter room for a seated group. Groups of 20 to 80 are taken for a meal. The restaurant gives 150 seats inside and 170 on the terraces; ask which spaces are included in a private hire and whether the terraces can be reserved.
Catering
The cooking is Italian and made in house, with products sourced from Italy and locally. The menu changes twice a year with the seasons and covers antipasti, salads, pizzas, fresh pasta, fish and meat, and house desserts such as tiramisù. A dish of the day is served at lunch from Monday to Friday. For groups, the team composes a menu with you, served at the table or as a buffet.
History and setting
The decoration plays on beige, Mediterranean blue and lemon yellow, with cement tiles and old family crockery. At the center of the room stands a sculpted lemon tree of driftwood, glass and hanging lights, visible from the street and from the upper floor. Cours Saleya hosts the flower market in the morning and becomes busy in the evening, which gives a group dinner a lively setting in the heart of Old Nice.
Getting there
The restaurant is in the pedestrian heart of Old Nice, a short walk from the Promenade des Anglais. It is open every day from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and until 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Nice Côte d'Azur airport is the nearest airport.
