Hotel Boreal

A 3 Star Hotel is not something we would normally consider, but wanting to experience a small, privately owned hotel offering hopefully a traditional French experience, rather than a more generic & typical European City Hotel, and following some research on various internet platforms - we decided to give it a go …… and were NOT disappointed ! This is a quaint, French street hotel in a great location - close to all transport links, shopping, restaurants, Place Masséna, etc & only a 10 minute stroll from the beautiful Nice Promenade. In keeping with its 3 Star rating, the hotel offered clean & tidy (if basic) rooms, pleasant & friendly staff, a perfectly acceptable breakfast with a selection of cold meats, pastries, cheeses, breads, etc along with Bacon, scrambled eggs, coffee and such like - more than ample for anyone & a decent start for a day of exploring the Côte d'Azur. For a city centre hotel & the standard provided - the pricing was very acceptable & breakfast being included was a pleasant bonus. There are a few tables on the pavement outside the hotel, and to sit there with a chilled bottle of Vin Rosé from the small hotel bar & people watch in the pleasant June sunshine for an hour was a pleasant & relaxing experience. All in all, if you are realistic in your expectations of a City Centre, relatively low cost hotel, Hotel Boreal is a very decent option.

Very good location close to metro station, good breakfast selection. Triple room was pretty small, bathroom needed attention, grout discoloured, silicone mouldy and fittings loose.

Comfy bed, nice linen. Rooms are on the small side, but plenty of storage. Kettle for making tea. Breakfast is plentiful, constantly restocked, hot and cold items. Location is great, it is a few minutes walk from the tram from the airport. The train station so you can visit Monaco etc is about 10 minutes away.

Amazing friendly & caring & helpful staff ( Amina & Ann) they are more than amazing. Great location, nearby everything you gotta need. For sure this will be my number one hotel in Nice in the future🌹

Whoever took the photos of this hotel did an amazing job. This is a very run-down hotel in need of renovation. Our room was so tiny that it could not fit 2 people and 2 suitcases unless a person or suitcase was on the bed. One of us had to sit in the balcony whilst the other got dressed. The situation in the bathroom was unbelievable. Nowhere to put anything, the shower went all over the floor as the screen was tiny and you had to straddle the taps to get into the shower. The hotel clearly has no deep clean process. Our bathroom fan had years worth of dirt in it. We decided to leave and we saw the highlight of the hotel. The staff were very helpful in this regard and resold our room so we could get a refund. Thank you.