This is a great budget hotel in an expensive town. The staff were very friendly and helpful and recommended great places to eat and local attractions.

The rooms were very clean. The hotel is in a good location, central and close to tram and bus lines, and shops, with a big supermarket at the end of the street. Breakfast was light but fresh and tasty.

If you are planning to stay in your bedroom a lot this is not the hotel for you - rooms are not very attractive with carpeted walls! But there is a shower and tv so after a hard day's sightseeing it has all you need in my opinion!

The only bad thing is we were in a room on the road I was woken up by the rubbish lorry at 4am so if you're a light sleeper you might want to bring earplugs, or else get a room at the back.

We truly enjoyed our experience this October at the Hotel Star in Nice. Positives include the two men who run the desk, who are always friendly and funny and helpful. Amazingly they allowed us to park our Fiat Panda right at the front door!

We were given the corner room on the 1st floor above the street. At first we were a bit concerned that it could be noisy, because there is a bistro below us, and we were right on the corner of the street. And we had three very tall windows too. But we found that the windows insulate the room well, and if you also close the shutters, any other sound is quickly muffled. The traffic seems pretty light anyway.

The room has a comfortable bed, and a good large bathroom with room to move around. The hot water was plentiful. The linens are very fresh and clean, and the fixtures as clean as their slightly dated condition would allow. The building is old, and I agree with a previous poster that the carpet on the stairs seems to need a good cleaning.

Breakfast is served 7:30am to 9:30am and consisted of two crossants (excellent quality) and several pieces of baguette, along with honey and jam. The coffee was very good, and the orange juice seemed fresh. But that is the extent of breakfast. Still, it's free...

WiFi is available and the connection is fast enough to use Skype with no trouble. Just ask for the connection key from the desk. We had no trouble connecting.

We walked down to the ocean in about 20 minutes (moving slowly). Also, we walked to the train station and made a day trip to Monaco. The walk to the train station was about 20 minutes as well.

Most of our meals were made from provisions purchased at the Monoprix at the end of the street - maybe a 5 minute walk. Decent prices and a very wide range of items made it fun to shop. Remember to get your fruit weighed by the lady in the fruit area - she will put a price sticker on it for you. That will save you the embarrassment of holding up the checkout line like I did! :)

Please get very good maps and make sure you understand your directions before you get tangled up on the small one-way streets in old Nice. We had quite a few anxious moments since I had printed out directions using Via Michelin, but didn't print the pictures. Ended up stopping at a gas station and spending 8.50 euros on a good map of Nice. Well worth it!

We used Venere to book the hotel online, and paid 60 euros and I think that is a good value.

I booked this room based on the reviews on TripAdvisor. We were on a budget and most of the hotels towards the promenade were expensive and there was no availability. We took a taxi from the airport...but later found the city bus and took that on the return trip. Much cheaper. When we arrived at the hotel, our taxi driver warned us not to speak to anyone on the street, as it was a bad area for drugs. The street was a bit rundown, but it was close to a shopping center and Monoprix. The staff speaks excellent English and were very helpful. We wanted to leave after one night as the bathroom was extremely small and the shower was growing a lot of mold. But, because we booked online for three nights, we were told we had to stay for two nights or be charged anyways. The room was very old and the walls were cracking. I expected the rooms in Nice to be somewhat old, but I thought they'd at least be in fairly good condition. After the two nights, we switched to another hotel a couple of streets down which was only 20 Euro more and in fabulous condition and a much better area. I would not stay again or suggest to friends.

The Star Hotel is an excellent value in expensive Nice, but it is not a place for people who place comfort and style above convenience and economy.

For 55 euros in low season, we were lodged in a tiny room with a serviceable bathroom. The room was made cheerful by large french doors that opened on to a little balcony over the street. It had all the basic amenities: TV, telephone, hair dryer and so on. The bed was very comfortable and the room was very clean.

The location is excellent; about a five to ten minute walk from almost anywhere you'd want to go in Nice.

The staff at this hotel are great. The two men who run the place are friendly and very funny (especially if you can speak some French), and as helpful as can be. The front desk closes at 10 pm, but they give you a code to let yourself into the building. The breakfast room is fine, and the breakfast is a fairly standard value.

Now for negatives. Don't expect anything attractive (the rooms can only be described as hideous) or any kind of soundproofing. We awoke at 7 each morning to the incredible sounds (hacking, coughing, snorting, etc) of the man in the next room. You'll hear every toilet flushed in the building and plenty of sounds from the street. The rooms have the standard peeling paint and battered furniture, and the shower had more than an acceptable quanitity of mildew. The hallway and carpet stairs are simply filthy--like they've never been cleaned. One morning, the power on our floor went out when a guest plugged in a travel iron.

On the whole, the Star is a great value, but if you can spend another 15 euros for something a bit more upscale, it's probably worth it.