Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée, Nice
Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée is a historic landmark located directly on Nice’s iconic Promenade des Anglais. Originally opened in 1929 and designed by architects Charles and Marcel Dalmas, the hotel was a playground for the rich and famous during the Roaring Twenties, hosting stars like Josephine Baker and Maurice Chevalier.
The original structure was a glittering Art Deco casino and theatre that eventually closed in 1978. In a rare architectural feat, the stunning Art Deco façade was preserved and classified as a historical monument in 1989. When the hotel reopened in 2004, it masterfully blended this grand, classical exterior with a completely modernized, luxurious interior.
One of the hotel’s most unique features is its third-floor terrace, which hosts a beautiful pool area that offers sweeping, panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea. The interior design pays homage to its glamorous past with elegant marble staircases and crystal accents, creating a space that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly contemporary.
Its prime beachfront location makes it an ideal starting point for exploring Nice. You are just a short walk away from the charming, winding streets of the Old Town (Vieux-Nice) and the vibrant Cours Saleya flower market.
For those interested in culture, the Masséna Museum is nearby, and the city’s major attractions—such as the scenic Castle Hill park and the stunning Russian Orthodox Cathedral—are easily accessible. It serves as a perfect, central sanctuary for anyone looking to soak up the timeless elegance of the French Riviera.
Expert reviews
“This opulent edifice is spectacularly recessed behind the massive pillars of its majestic 1929 art-deco façade. Rooms are well-appointed and all have balconies, though it’s worth noting that the sea views tend to be obstructed by the façade’s pillars. It all feels indulgently upscale, with starchy tablecloths and starchy service to match.”
“The Palais de la Méditerranée is a landmark hotel in France’s fifth city, commanding a prominent position on the Promenade des Anglais. Behind its 1920s façade sits a splendidly seamless five-star hotel that caters for international businessmen and wealthy holidaymakers alike.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Swimming pool
- Comfortable beds
- Free Wifi
- Terrace
Location
Recent guest reviews
25 March 2025
Excellent
Excellent
No grab handle in the shower
23 March 2025
Very good
I enjoyed the breakfast the location and the room !!,
Nothing
24 February 2025
excellent hotel
free breakfast was very tasty. Great location. Comfy bed
shower a bit small
3 February 2025
Nice Hotel in Nice
It’s a beautiful hotel, good location and helpful staff. Breakfast has good quality and variety and the facilities are ok. Generally was a nice hoteal to stay in Nice.
The rooms are a bit outdated. The toilet was a separate room with no sink. The extra bed we asked for was a small obe-person sofa-bed and its mattress was not suitable for a 5-star hotel.
30 January 2025
A great Hotel at the Pomenade and close to City Center
A excellent Hotel at the Promenade des Anglais close to the City Center with very friendly and helpful staff
Parking Garage Cost of 40 Euro per Night is relativ high but since ist public difficult for the Hotel to change
19 January 2025
Fabulous
Could do with a refresh of the rooms
27 December 2024
Very good
The location was great and the staff was very polite and helpful. We really enjoyed our stay and certainly visit again.
22 December 2024
Fabulous
Everything was nice
28 November 2024
Would recommend except that the hotel should improve on housekeeping standards.
Staff was good , food was nice.
Housekeeping was below average , inside the room and bathroom the inventory was not restored during housekeeping.
10 November 2024
Great location, very helpful and friendly staff.
Location, staff friendliness
A bit old rooms, especially carpet floors, not hygenic at all andbad for allergies
3 November 2024
Fabulous
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23 October 2024
Fabulous
Excellent customer service at front desk, rooms was spacious and bed was really comfortable, housekeeping kept the room really clean and organized.
Shower area was too small and toilet was separate from the bathroom
21 October 2024
Excellent location, staff and service excellent, mountain room view was smaller than we had hoped
Location is excellent being close to the beach, an easy walk from the centre of the city and well connected by pubic transport to the airport and the rest of the city. Hotel is very high quality, staff exceptional and quality of linen and cleaning service very high. Breakfast is exceptional
although it had a nice view of the city and mountain, and a small terrace with seats, the room was pretty average, and less than we had hoped for an expensive hotel
13 October 2024
Fabulous
A special call out to the team on reception, they were so welcoming and kind to me - I wasn’t expecting to stay another night in Nice and they made my disrupted travel plans very comfortable! thank you!
7 October 2024
Good
Great
Only book sea view
6 October 2024
Nice location but outdated hotel
Lovely location on the promenade and spacious rooms
Hotel is quite old, the rooms and facilities are very dated. Breakfast was average and the service was also average
25 September 2024
Extremely pleasant.
Location.
On the Friday evening there was a very, VERY loud disco occurring in a neighbouring casino that went on until 0200 and kept us awake. It is not the hotel’s fault but there was no “by the way” notice or communication that there was a risk of having disturbed sleep that night.
28 August 2024
Very good
The location
24 August 2024
Decent but nothing great
Nice hotel, however for the price it is not 5 star.
Often poor or slow service. Prices for food and drinks is very high
22 August 2024
Expensive hotel in a great location. Do not book a Mountain View room.
The location is fantastic. You couldn’t get any better than being directly on the promenade. The hotel bar and restaurant is very welcoming and the food is good, the views over the promenade are beautiful.
The Mountain View was very very misleading. All the balconies with this view directly face the apartments opposite which are all in desperate need of renovations to the exteriors. I was so disappointed with this view and we never used the balcony for this reason, felt like an invasion of residents privacy and the view was not nice.
19 August 2024
Comfortable stay
Staff were really helpful and friendly
Na
18 August 2024
Great location expensive because of your de France
Good location Helpful staff Nice food
Pricey
10 August 2024
Fabulous
Great concierge service and staff.
30 July 2024
Fine, but really overpriced because the lack of atmosphere
Concierge, staff in general, size of room, closeness to beach and boulevard
The decor of the rooms and hotel in general. Carpets, 50 shades of brown. Could be anyplace in the US. Seaview isn’t seaview but view of the arcade in front.
26 July 2024
Fabulous
Beautiful pool area
14 July 2024
Great location and Service
Location and Service were amazing
Breakfast was not that good
5 July 2024
Had a great experience at the hotel, the friendliest staff I have ever seen and service was 10/10. Even that amazing
Service was outstanding and staff were very friendly, attentive and helpful. Close to everything and a great location, probably the best in all of Nice.
Needs a little facelift
27 June 2024
Enjoyed. Would return
Position is #1 Nice rooms.
View of the Mediterranean would have been preferred
25 June 2024
Pleasant
Location
Expensive hotel. All good, but I didn't like our rooms that were too far from the elevator (hotel was half empty) and had no view. Apart from the perfect location and valet support, this is not an impressive hotel.
24 June 2024
A really nice stay
Its a lovely hotel with great staff, and a very nice breakfast.
The hotel restaurant was massively over-priced for very mediocre food in a very average environment.
21 June 2024
Enjoyable stay in Nice with great Promenade des Anglais views and Massena access
Breakfast variety. Friendliness of staff. Rooms are spacious. Location, location, location. Quick room service turnaround.
Hotel didn't inform me upon booking that a major event was happening with roads blocked which delayed my airport pick up when I left. The hotel must provide an information card for international tourists on sites to explore in the area and share other tips
15 June 2024
Gym was small and not much kit and what there was seemed quite old
We were told we couldnt attend the restaurant for breakfast on the first day because it had been booked for a function. This turned out to be incorrect but we still had to use room service
12 May 2024
Excellence
Everything Special Concierge
Nothing
28 April 2024
Good service & excellent location.Had a comfortable stay
The location
Property is old & needs to be refurbished
25 April 2024
Excellent stay right in the centre of promenade could walk everywhere
Central location Large bedroom with sea view Excellent staff very helpful
Probably a bit too corporate for some guests
22 April 2024
Very good hotel with unrealised potential
Location is great and staff were very welcoming and helpful. Very good breakfast. Room spacious, clean and very comfortable
Given the fabulous position of the hotel on the promenade des Anglais, we were disappointed at the lack of communal space for guests to view the Promenade. Neither the reception area nor breakfast area on the third floor had a good view.
21 April 2024
Excellent hotel in a great location.
The location of the hotel is excellent and so was the quality of the breakfast.
11 April 2024
Very good
Good omelette
6 April 2024
Very good
Location
crowded
1 April 2024
Great hotel
Top staff, great location
Breakfast room too small and crowdy.
20 March 2024
Superb, all things, small and big, were on point.
Centrally located with friendly, attentive staff.
NA
16 March 2024
Good quality for money, but with room for improvements
I liked almost everything. The quality of our stay was magnificent and it really shows this is a five-star establishment. And at this price (out-of-season, true) - this was really a bargain. Ca 800 EUR per 2 nights with breakfasts in Nice along the English Promenade is a steal! The staff was incredibly helpful and pleasant, the works of art inside the lobby and the interesting installation by the entrance always made our day whenever we strolled through the lobby.
Well, some of the personnel was new (or they claimed to be new), and some of them did not speak English (which is weird, since this is a 5-star hotel in a tourist city, where MOST guests speak English and not French. This posed some troubles for us in certain cases (especially during meals, where most personnel did not speak English at all...). Also, we did not like how breakfasts were organized - putting people making eggs and omelettes right behind the counter with hot dishes resulted in long queues of people waiting to just take their scrambled eggs from the counter, instead having to wait for 10 minutes of more because of all those people who did not want to use the countrers with hot dishes, but were rather waiting for the pleasant cooks to cook them personalized omelettes etc. Coffee was often out, we NEVER had larger plates (we had to ask for them, basically, every single time, because they ran out quickly and then for 10 minutes nobody would bring new ones). If this is how the restaurant works during out-of-season time, I am afraid this must be far worse during April-September season, when the hotel is full of guests (we stayed in February, it was probably 50% booked). This was by far the worst restaurant and breakfast experience that we have EVER had anywhere in the world. A 3* hotel does this better, so I assume that either they were severely understaffed during February or they should redesign their restaurant and optimize it A LOT. Just go to other hotels, see how it looks there and copy, please! Breakfasts themselves were tasty, to be honest, but we ALWAYS ate them cold (even the hot dishes, due to having to wait in long lines). Also, our credit card was double-charged for the whole stay - first, a reservation was made on my credit card, and then - when checking out - another charge was made. The difference was returned only after two weeks! This is not OK - charging EUR 1600 instead of 800 is not ok. Even if they do return it eventually.
3 March 2024
Perfect place to enjoy Nice
I know Hyatt from my stay before it’s excellent
Everything was fine in my short stay
28 February 2024
Expensive but very comfortable
Very helpful staff. Lovely room with balcony. Very quiet. I slept well. Great location
Maybe due for some renovation. Dodgy plug coming off the wall in the bathroom. No bidet.
27 December 2023
Very good
Location, staff
Lack of proper wellness facilities, smelly and a bit outdated bathrooms.
5 December 2023
Very pleasant stay
The staff was friendly and helpful, the room was very spacious, and the location is excellent. Special thanks to Jade, who is a well-traveled, educated, and humorous individual. The spa is pleasant enough to spend some peaceful time in.
The only issue was the wifi.
25 November 2023
Our favourite hotel in Nice
We were spoiled with a upgrade for our wedding anniversary this time. Perfect location. Valet parking. Great rooms. Super breakfast. Friendly staff.
20 November 2023
Great hotel
Lovely but thought it was expensive
Nothing really , quite expensive
6 November 2023
Confortable
The room was practical and comfortable. The breakfast was excelent
If the breakfast could be served for one more hour, as I and many others with me are practising intermittent fasting which means that I want 14 hours between dinner and breakfast.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kids' meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Casino
- - Solarium
- - Hammam
- - Indoor pool
- - Private beach area (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Beachfront
- - Open-air bath
- - Fitness
- - Beach
- - Stand-up comedy (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance (additional charge)
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (all year)
- - Outdoor furniture
Entertainment & family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
Pool and wellness
- - Heated pool
- - Shallow end
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Sun umbrellas
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available

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3 April 2025
Pleasant