Best Western Hotel De France

Hotel with lots of character in the city centre Nice rooms all with a different lay-out Restaurant with eager young people at service Menu could vary some more (I am a regular visitor) Private parking comes in handy but is a bit small less

Ten years ago I wrote a review headed 'excellent hotel and food'. It is still a very good hotel but what used to be an excellent restaurant is now a mediocre but expensive brasserie (Place Bernard - see separate restaurant review). The hotel is much the same; convenient location (or presumably will be again when all the road works and reconstruction outside are completed), good service, good clean rooms (we were in a 'superior' room). less

If you travel with kids, Best Western is a very good option. They have numbers with two rooms. Breakfast is also very good: omelette with bacon, ham and dried meat, different cheeses, flakes, granola, yogurt, dried fruits, tasty coffee, etc. The hotel is very close to the city center. less

Tired and drab rooms, separate toilet to bathroom which was so small your feet touched the door when it was closed, hardly room to lean from the seat. Extractor fan wasn’t working and was filthy so it would seem like this had been the case for som time. Bathroom was dated with a short bath and poor standard over bath shower. Room cluttered and restricted due to oversized freestanding furniture carpet stained and well worn, bed mattress thin and uncomfortable. Considering that the room was described as a “Comfort Room” I think Best Western need to take note of the dictionary definition of Comfort. less

I’ve used this hotel a few times during the past 15 years. It is centrally situated in the town and in a good location if you are travelling to Italy or the south west of France by car. There used to be a beautiful still life painting in the formerly characterful dining room, but this has been removed and the room done up in a way that to me at least is rather dull and corporate. The rooms are expensive, their ceiling thin, and cost of the breakfast 50% more than anywhere else I have ever stayed in recently. The bathroom facilities were a little disappointing...taps that did not function properly and the soap dispensers almost glued to the walls and impossible to bring down to the level of a man in the bath! You may enjoy Hotel de la France, but for me it is accountant run establishment with little personal touch or originality. less