CAFE DE TURIN

What CAFE DE TURIN does

Cafe de Turin is a historic seafood restaurant founded in 1908 and operating from its location at 5 Place Garibaldi in Nice, France. The establishment specializes in traditional Niçoise seafood cuisine, with signature dishes including bourride, soupe de poisson, and grilled fish, and sources ingredients through exclusive partnerships with the local Niçois supplier Roumégous and direct relationships with local fishermen. With more than 115 years of continuous operation at the same address, the brand carries a heritage positioning that is central to its value proposition.

The restaurant operates as a private business under Groupe Hocotel, a family-owned hospitality group led by the Bartoli family. Its 11-employee operation runs seven days a week from 10am to 10pm, offering a menu priced from €3.50 to €330 that serves individual diners, tourists, corporate clients, and group events. Revenue is generated across on-premise dining, corporate and private events with group menus starting at €25 per person, and a Shopify-powered e-commerce channel that sells packaged regional products such as anchoïade, pissaladière, tapenade, and olive oil.

The business model blends traditional restaurant operations with a small direct-to-consumer packaged goods line and an event catering channel, all anchored to a single high-traffic location in central Nice. Distribution is concentrated at Place Garibaldi for the dining experience and online for the e-commerce line, with no disclosed multi-site expansion, franchise model, or external capital raises.

Name

CAFE DE TURIN

Legal name

Cafe de Turin

Website

https://cafedeturin.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cafe de Turin is a historic seafood restaurant founded in 1908 in Place Garibaldi, Nice, serving traditional Niçoise cuisine to tourists, locals, corporate clients, and online packaged-goods customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Fish and Seafood Retailers (445250), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Steakhouses & Seafood Restaurants (THAFACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood Markets & Fishmongers (CRAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Seafood restaurant
• Oyster bar
• Fresh seafood platters
• Brasserie dining
• Shellfish and crustaceans

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant dine-in: On-premises dining service at the Place Garibaldi location offering fresh seafood plates, oysters, and house-made dishes. Revenue generated from food and beverage sales to walk-in customers.
2. Takeaway and online ordering: Vente à emporter (takeaway) and online order fulfillment with click & collect. Customers order via Shopify platform and pick up at restaurant or receive delivery.
3. Gift cards: Digital gift cards sold in denominations of €50, €100, €150, and €200, providing prepaid revenue and customer acquisition.
4. Corporate events and catering: Event services for private and professional occasions including cocktails, seminars, and product launches. Quote-based pricing for custom events.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Café de Turin is a historic seafood brasserie founded in 1908 on Place Garibaldi in Nice, France, selling fresh seafood platters, oysters (Roumégous Fine Claire and Spéciale), shellfish, crustaceans, wines, and house-made prepared foods. Customers can consume on site, pre-order for takeaway (vente à emporter) via a Shopify storefront, or request home delivery through Delicity. The restaurant also offers corporate event catering and digital gift cards (€50–€200).

Product overview

Cafe de Turin is a traditional seafood restaurant in Nice, France, established in 1908, operated by Groupe Hocotel. The business offers a unified product portfolio centered on fresh seafood platters available for dine-in, takeout, and delivery. The core offerings are three seafood platters (Plateau Garibaldi at €139, Plateau Délice at €110, and Plateau Royal at €330), complemented by individual seafood products (oysters, crustaceans, shellfish), beverages (champagne, wines), prepared foods (fish soup), condiments (taramas, sauces), and gift cards. Products are sold through the restaurant and via an online Shopify-powered store with delivery service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plateau Garibaldi Signature seafood platter for 2-3 persons featuring Fine Claire N°2 oysters, amandes, palourdes, mussels, crevettes, bulots, langoustines, tourteau, and papillons, priced at €139.00. Available for dine-in, takeaway, click & collect, and delivery.
• Plateau Délice Seafood platter for 2-3 persons featuring Atlantic tourteau, wild grosses crevettes, medium crevettes, bulots, bigorneaux, eggs de lump noirs, langoustines, and crevettes grises, priced at €110.00. Available for dine-in, takeaway, and delivery.
• Plateau Royal Premium seafood platter for 4-6 persons featuring Speciales N°1 and N°2 oysters, langouste, tourteaux, crevettes, langoustines, bulots, bigorneaux, crevettes grises, and Caviar Prunier 30g, priced at €330.00. Available for dine-in, takeaway, and delivery.
• Café de Turin Gift Card (Carte Cadeau) Digital gift card available in €50, €100, €150, and €200 denominations, valid for dining experiences including seafood platters and terrace dining at Place Garibaldi.
• Huîtres Roumégous (Fine & Spéciale) Huîtres Fines de Claire and Huîtres Spéciales Roumégous cultivated in the Marennes-Oléron region, aged 30-36 months in sea water and refined in clay basins (claires) for superior shell quality and terroir flavor. Includes N°1, N°2, and N°3 sizes.
• Langouste (Live Spiny Lobster) Live spiny lobster priced at €42.00 per unit, subject to daily availability.
• Homard Bleu (Live Blue Lobster) Live blue lobster approximately 500g, priced at €38.00, subject to daily availability.
• Caviar Prunier Prunier caviar 30g, premium roe product priced at €45.00.
• Champagne Loriot Champagne Loriot 75cl bottle priced at €39.00, classic pairing for seafood platters.
• Muscadet White Wine White wine Muscadet 75cl, ideal pairing for seafood.
• Soupe de Poissons House-made fish soup priced at €8.50.
• Tarama d'Oursin Sea urchin tarama 90g, traditional spread for bread.
• Corporate Events and Catering Services Custom event services for private and professional occasions including cocktails, seminars, lunches, dinners, anniversaries, and product launches at the renovated Place Garibaldi restaurant. Quote-based pricing.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• RoumégouscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily oyster farming partnership spanning seven generations. Roumégous supplies premium Fine Claire and Speciale oysters to Café de Turin, featuring terroir-infused flavors from clay basin aging. This exclusive supplier relationship ensures freshness and quality of the restaurant's signature oyster offerings.
• Groupe HocotelflagshipOthersFamily-owned Nice hospitality group that acquired Café de Turin. Operates multiple hotels and restaurants in Nice, and owns vacation residences in Corsica. The Bartoli family is committed to preserving local authenticity and service excellence. This acquisition strengthens the group's position in Nice's dining scene.
• DelicityminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party delivery platform partnership enabling home delivery of Café de Turin products within Nice and surrounding areas for a €15 delivery fee.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• La Mère Germaine: Long-established seafood restaurant on the port in Nice with comparable heritage positioning, oyster and shellfish platters, and a tourist/port-quarter customer base directly overlapping Café de Turin's audience.
• Le Plongeoir: Iconic seaside seafood restaurant in Nice offering Mediterranean fish and shellfish with a strong tourist-driven clientele, competing for the same high-end seafood diner in the Nice market.
• Bocca Mar: Nice-based seafood restaurant with a similar focus on fresh fish, shellfish platters, and a port-adjacent clientele, representing direct head-to-head competition in the local seafood dining category.
• Poissonnerie du Cours Saleya: Fishmonger's and seafood counter on the Cours Saleya market in Nice; directly comparable retail/consumer seafood channel serving the same local customer base for at-home shellfish consumption.

Broad incumbents

• Le Petit Nice - Passédat: Three-Michelin-starred seafood-driven fine dining restaurant in Nice operated by chef Gérald Passédat; broader, higher-end incumbent anchoring the upscale seafood category in the same city.
• La Petite Maison: Upscale Mediterranean brasserie in Nice serving a similar affluent tourist and business clientele, overlapping with Café de Turin on premium occasion dining though broader in cuisine than pure seafood.

Regional players

• L'Écailler du Sud: Seafood restaurant in Marseille with comparable shellfish-and-oyster specialization, illustrating the regional seafood-brasserie archetype but serving a different Mediterranean port market.
• La Cabane de l'Écailler: Paris-based seafood specialist with curated oyster and shellfish offerings similar to Café de Turin's, but operating in a different geography with comparable product mix and premium positioning.

Emerging players

• Hugo & Victor: Premium seafood and caviar specialist in Paris with online retail and gift offerings, parallel to Café de Turin's Shopify-driven premium seafood retail and gift card strategy.
• Crustacé: Specialty seafood/shellfish-forward restaurant concept illustrating the emerging niche of single-product-category seafood venues that overlap with Café de Turin's shellfish-focused proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cafedeturin_nice?igsh=MWlxdWkwbmw2d3F4aQ==
• TikToktiktok.com/@groupe.hocotel?_t=ZN-8y341KaRSAI&_r=1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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