The legendary Siesta is being metamorphosis, with the ambition to become an unavoidable Azurean spot in entertainment, day and night. And this, with the challenge of not closing your casino, bar and restaurant during the 18 months of work. With a delegation of public service until 2042, the Casinotier Joa invests 8 million euros to modernize and renovate, both the structure and the atmosphere, of this anti -Boise institution of 4,000m2created in the seafront, in the early 1960s.
A kitchen at 1 million euros
A major site phase, started in early 2025, which should be completed in April 2027. In this perspective, a step of importance has just been taken. At the end of four months of work, the huge 400m kitchen2 has been completely redone, for an amount of one million euros. “For a year, our kitchens were in Algeco, which prevented us from welcoming events. This equipment will ensure cocktails, up to 1,000 guests” Specifies Edwin Pierre, Managing Director of Siesta.
New equipment, but also a new chef. In the bowl of the counter, the Siesta table, for a month: Sébastien Courtel. Trained at Alain Ducasse, in Jules Verne, who went through the pianos of the Stélitzias, at Juan les Pins, the young cook, noon and evening, with a freshness card: Ceviche de Daurade à Milit de Coco, Nice salad with red tuna, bar net with plancha, grilled sea bream, beef coast …
Ambiance “beach club”
Next January, a second phase of work is expected to start. The current 400m event space2 Go be transformed into a restaurant room, while the current restaurant will host a large bar. “With the objective of being able to establish 400 people, between the interior and the outside, and to welcome up to 1,200 people in cocktail. Event and night activities will be able, truly, resume from the summer of 2026. The siesta must become” the place to be “” Specifies Pascale Lux, director of peripheral activities outside casino.
What atmosphere? A “Beach Club” decoration, in shades of blue, rattan and driftwood, imagined by the Parisian BPLUSF Design, specialized in the renovation of play establishments.
It is, also, this cabinet which will have to imagine the new look of the casino part (125 slot machines, 45 electronic tables, 4 traditional play tables) completely redesigned, between September 2026 and January 2027. The current black ceiling and the striped walls will give way to light shades and more open arrangements on the sea. As well as the current outdoor patio, which allows for betting players smoking which will also be enlarged: “A request from our customers “.
“We can’t wait, like our customers”
With this in -depth facelift, Joa wants to win back the popular notoriety of this high place of the French Festival. At the antipodes of the very high -end target of the Palm Beach de Cannes, operated by the Partouche group.
“Our philosophy is the leisure, the democratization of the casino. The Siesta must remain a place where you can party and play in sneakers. We can’t wait, like our customers! “Reads Edwin Pierre. Still a little patience, therefore, to discover the (new) Siesta Beach Club …
In the brand new kitchen, Edwin Pierre, director general of the Siesta, and Sébastien Courtel, the new chef of the restaurant. Photo Justine Meddah.
