A Minted Location day guide
Dock & Dine in Cannes
Dining by boat in Cannes is really two stories: the Lérins, which you reach on your own bottom, and the Croisette, which you reach on foot from a berth — because none of the row's famous tables publishes boat access on its own site, and honesty about that is worth more than a rumor.
Île Sainte-Marguerite — the lunch run
La Guérite is the island's signature long lunch — May through September, noon to six daily. Its own site states the arrival plainly: shore guests ride the shuttle boat departing from the Capitainerie of Port Canto (from Mouré Rouge during the Film Festival), and no private pontoon is stated. The owner's version of the day: clear Port Canto or the Vieux Port, take a ZMEL buoy in the anse Sainte-Anne — 30 free city moorings, boats to 66 ft (20 m), 1 May to 30 September — and make the reservation the fixed point.
Île Saint-Honorat — the monks' table
La Tonnelle, on the Abbaye de Lérins domain, serves lunch only — “a 20-minute boat ride from Cannes” by its own description, with the operator's shuttles departing Cannes daily year-round. One factual caution: on 13 August 2026 the operator's page carried a “Restaurant fermé, réouverture reportée” notice while the venue's own site read as open. Call before you build the day around it.
The Croisette row — berth once, walk the beach
From a Vieux Port or Port Canto berth the row is a promenade, not a passage: La Môme Plage near the Palais des Festivals (lunch 12:00–17:00, dinner from 20:00), La Plage du Festival at 52 Bd de la Croisette, Vega la Plage opposite the Carlton, and Bijou Plage just past Port Canto toward Palm Beach — the shortest walk of them all from a Canto slip. Le Bâoli ends the argument about where to berth: its own stated address is inside Port Pierre Canto.
The Théoule shore
Le Marco Polo — “Face à la mer depuis 1949,” three generations of one family, beach open April through October — is the reason to cross the Golfe de la Napoule. Its site states no pontoon, so base at Port La Napoule (VHF canal 9, 8 am–8 pm) and check local dockage options on the day.
Before you go
The Lérins field runs on rules that reward knowing them: declare on VHF canal 9, seven consecutive nights maximum, buoy free by noon on departure day, and sand-only anchoring outside the buoys — the Posidonia meadows are the point of all of it. In September, the Yachting Festival (8–13) and the Régates Royales (19–26) claim both harbors. Bigger plans than lunch? Send a Broker Request from this page — Minted Yachts is the American buyer's broker in these waters, and the search starts with how you'll actually use the bay.
The stops, as their own docks describe them
| Spot | Where | Arriving by boat |
|---|---|---|
| La GuériteThe island's signature long-lunch table — May through September, noon to six daily; +33 (0)4 93 43 49 30. Its site states shuttle-boat access from Port Canto; it does not state a pontoon or tender berth, so pair it with a ZMEL buoy in the anse Sainte-Anne. | Île Sainte-Marguerite — Îles de Lérins | “By shuttle boat departing from the Capitainerie of Port Canto” — from Mouré Rouge during the Film Festival; no private pontoon stated |
| La Tonnelle (Abbaye de Lérins)The monks' island table on the Abbaye de Lérins domain, “a 20-minute boat ride from Cannes” by its own description — lunch service only. Factual caution: on 2026-08-13 the operator's page showed “Restaurant fermé, réouverture reportée” while the venue's own site read as open — both sources recorded; confirm before planning the day around it. | Île Saint-Honorat — Îles de Lérins | Operator shuttles “depart Cannes for Saint-Honorat Island every day of the year”; lunch only |
| Le BâoliThe emblematic Cannes restaurant-rooftop-club, and the only name on the row whose own footer puts it physically inside the marina — Port Pierre Canto, Boulevard de la Croisette. | Cannes — Port Pierre Canto, Boulevard de la Croisette | Check local dockage options — its stated address is inside Port Pierre Canto, steps from a Canto berth |
| La Môme PlageThe Croisette private-beach table nearest the Palais des Festivals — lunch 12:00–17:00, dinner 20:00–23:30, beach 10:30–18:00, per its own site. | Cannes — Boulevard de la Croisette, near the Palais des Festivals | Check local dockage options — the Vieux Port's berths are the natural walk from this end of the Croisette |
| La Plage du FestivalPrivate beach and Mediterranean restaurant at 52 Bd de la Croisette — open daily 10 am to 6 pm, per its own site. | Cannes — 52 Boulevard de la Croisette | Check local dockage options — mid-Croisette, an easy walk from either harbor |
| Vega la PlageThe long-running Croisette beach restaurant opposite the Carlton — restaurant, private beach and events, per its own site. | Cannes — Lot C13, Boulevard de la Croisette, opposite the Carlton | Check local dockage options — berth at Port Canto and walk the Croisette to the Carlton front |
| Bijou PlageThe two-cove beach restaurant just past Port Pierre Canto toward Palm Beach — the shortest walk on the row from a Canto slip. | Cannes — past Port Canto, before Palm Beach | Check local dockage options — by its own description the closest beach table to a Port Canto berth |
| Le Marco PoloThe Théoule institution — “Face à la mer depuis 1949,” three generations of the same family, beach open April through October per its own site. Neither its site nor the official Théoule tourist office states a pontoon. | Théoule-sur-Mer — avenue de Lérins, on the Esterel shore | Check local dockage options — Port La Napoule's berths are the base for the Théoule shore |
Dockage notes are what each restaurant publishes on its own site — space is first-come and dinner-hour rafting is real, so hail ahead. Where a venue states nothing about docking, we say so rather than guess.
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