A l’Hostellerie le Petit Palais

Absolutely wonderful boutique hotel overlooking Nice!
Everything about this hotel is fresh, newly decorated and gorgeous. Comfortable beds and pillows, well-​furnished bedrooms, sparkling clean and roomy bathrooms, friendly and helpful staff (who will explain where to go and what to do)…you get the picture!
About one previous review: YES this hotel is located on a hill: the plentiful photos online clearly describe that fact… and the results are outstanding — quiet neighborhood, beautiful view, and fresh air! About another previous review: YES the breakfast is 16 Euros each but (traveling around the world) the buffet here is top-​tier and delicious: hot eggs, bacon, sausage, plentiful fruit and baked goods, coffee and tea, juice and milk, yogurt, salmon and prosciutto… again, you get the picture! You are in France so definitely have breakfast other places on other days but for sure check out breakfast at the hotel itself!
Everything is relative — for the cost (large bedroom with garden view for about 130 Euros) and the gorgeous/​comfy/​calm surroundings, I would give this hotel 8 stars if it was possible!

We stayed at le Petit Palais during our recent visit to Nice. Le Petit Palais is located on a steep hill. If you are planning to stay here, I’d highly recommend taking a taxi from the airport (~35 euro) or packing light. The hike up the hill with luggage can be a challenge, even if you’re in decent shape.
Service at the hotel is 4.5 stars. Phillippe is awesome and has great recommendations for dinner. He’s friendly and welcoming. I would give him 5 stars.
I would’ve rated the hotel higher, but it is a bit of a trek to the touristy spots. In addition, the walls are thin, so you can hear everything that goes on in the room next door. Our neighbors were definitely having a lot of «fun» on our last night. Even though I knocked on their wall several times, I wasn’t able to stop their late night fun.
We thought our room included the breakfast buffet, unfortunately it didn’t and we had a 16 euro/​pp/​day charge. It wasn’t that we minded the charge, but the food was definitely not worth the 16 euro/​day. There weren’t that many choices at breakfast.
The hotel provides free wifi access, although it is spotty. It is also limited to two sign-​ons per room. If you have a lot of wifi devices, you’ll find yourself trying to figure out which device you want to connect to the wifi. There are some other creative ways you can get online, but I’m sure other Unilocal reviewers are smart enough to figure it out. :)
If I visited Nice again, I would probably pay the extra $ and stay at the Hotel Negresco. I do recommend this hotel if you have a rental car. Nice is car friendly and this particular hotel is located in a residential area, so there is plenty of free street parking.

Highly recommend this gorgeous place. Set on a (steep) hill in old Nice the rooms are spacious and we overlooked the ocean (albeit some distance away). The garden with breakfast (we didn’t have it here as there was a stunning boulangerie (open every day) very close to the base of the hill where the hotel is perched upon) is beautiful, spacious and a little pool for the adventurous.
The rooms are cute french, wall paper, mirrors but spacious and light. I wouldn’t want for anything else in a hotel room.
The front of house at the hotel was especially helpful. He has a great knowledge of restaurants and is very honest about the quality of food. His recommendations were excellent and we enjoyed chatting to him each morning about our plans. Very friendly, easy going and helpful.
We would stay here again any day!

top ! c’est un relais silence donc calme garanti ! les chambres sont tres jolies, propres et spacieuses. L’accueil est parfait. Le petit-​dej tres bon !