I found the Hi (pronounced with a long e like he) on the avant guard hotels website. It was a super great value at only 245 euros a night. super hip green, ecology, young fresh clean place. Loved it. It was surprisingly earthy, unfussy and delightful. Not every traveller will appreciate it though. If you are stuffy complicated or fussy - better stay some where else.

Bonus for travelers who are jet lagged and wake up in the middle of the night hungry the Hi has an open kitchen - with fabulously healthy organic meals and snacks you can help yourself to when everything is closed. Plus they have bikes you can ride around on!

The staff at this hotel were extremely friendly and the hotel was exceptionally clean. I also applaud the Eco-friendly/organic vision the hotel has but this is where it ends.

Our room had a toilet 3 feet up the wall in a small purple plastic galleried area with 6 'crazy' steps up to it and no door , so the toilet was open into your bedroom. The shower was the same - 3 feet up the wall on 4 legs again with steps up to it. This time the plastic shower screen was lime green. Contemporary to me is minimalist, clean lines and funky furniture. This was just pointless. Does the designer have her toilet at home designed this way? I bet not.

There is also a DJ on Friday and Saturday nights which we could hear from our room on the 3rd floor. This went on until 2 am.

Also all cutlery is wooden and all plates biodegradable so if you like all things 'weird' this is for you else stay away.

I paid £140 per night and stayed 2 nights if our stay was any longer I would have moved hotels.

I had a reservation for two nights but I have left after the first night. The staff is really horrible, unpolite, the manager is the worst person I have ever met in my life. If you are a gay traveler don't go to that place cause they will just laugh at you all the time.....Even if you are straight, two friends of mine stayed there one night the same month, they confirmed my opinion, they would never stay there again, poeple there seem to be really frustrated, but you don't really know the reason why. Nice is a really great city, if you want to have a good time in this gorgeous city of France, avoid staying at Hi-Hotel.

Mark

My wife, son (14 months) & I were looking for a short break in Nice. A review of accommodation highlighted a lack of modern/boutique style accommodation (except for Hi Hotel). We booked via an online agency for 4 nights (Wed-Sun) paying a E30/night premium for a superior room.

On arrival we checked in as per usual and were shown to our 'superior' room (Monospace) - a single room with shower and toilet IN the room on the third floor. The hotel had also erected the travel cot for our son as requested.

Initially we were very taken with the service, futuristic design, roof top pool etc however the thrill quickly wore off...

Some other reviewers had highlighted that they had nowhere to hang clothes - true; that toilets flushing/showers running above seem to run (v.loudly) past the of head of the bed - true

...the hotel is also situated on a busy road (all night long) next to traffic lights - true; the room fit out on each floor is so economical that conversations carry loudly all night long in the corridors - true; rooms do not come with a kettle/coffee making facitities, an iron, a dvd player or iPod doc etc - true; rooms are generally multi-level and hence unsuitable for infants/young children - true; and that if you book a 'superior' room (with an infant) - you actually get a basic room which is smaller "but which is a better layout for the travel cot" - hence the hotel can charge for '2' superior rooms while only having 1 superior and 1 basic room (netting an extra E30/night for the hotel from initially unsuspecting guests (with no refunds!!!) - true.

From a design perspective the hotel is certainly worth a look; if you're a 20 something or young couple visting the clubs etc then it is a very smart address - lounging by the roof top pool, listening to chilled beats etc however if you have a child/children then definitely pass!