La Colombe d'Or has a unique character with rustic charm, and a very french personality. It is heavily focussed on a twice daily 'performance' at lunch and dinner when a highly professionnal team swing into action to deliver a magnificent menu with all the attention to detail and flourish you expect from a top class french restaurant. The portions are surprisingly generous ( eg. the hors d'oevre is a meal in itself) and all in the magnificent surroundings of either an exquisite garden or a splendid dining room with the well known original objet d'arts. Great pity they cannot stop the smokers! It was explained to me that the French don't like being told what to do!!!
My wife and I were allocated to a sizeable double room which was fairly basically furnished but one or two interesting antiques. Old TV, no internet access, but kept very clean. This overlooked a very nice old style swimming pool which was kept at just the right temperature.
There are no other public rooms except for the dining room and a rather pokey bar. Its also unfortunate that the reception desk is a tiny room behind wooden bars.
In my view, La Colombe d'Or is definitely worth a visit if only to appreciate a unique dining experience but is also a useful base for exploring the surrounding countryside including of course the enchanting village of St Paul de Vence.

I was amazed to read some severe criticisms of this extraordinary hotel. It is a place of great beauty and tranquillity. The food is sumptuous but unpretentious, with a menu that changes each day. The service is faultless, with courteous staff who make every effort to please. Although it was completely full, the hotel appeared to run on "oiled wheels" and nothing was too much bother.

We had a charming bedroom with a small terrace overlooking the pool and gardens. The setting and objets d'art are of course matchless. On every wall, there are fascinating and fabulous paintings. The fact that this hotel is full all the year round speaks for itself.

Although the staff speak English, an effort to talk to them in French was appreciated. I could not recommend the hotel more highly.

We have recently returned from a HORRID Sunday lunch experience at La Colombe d'Or, where for 102 Euros we were treated with either indifference or distain. We had arranged a luncheon reservation about three weeks prior to our trip and were looking forward to a special lunch. When we arrived, the beautiful garden was empty, yet we were seated right by the busy front gate where everyone needs to come through to enter the restaurant. When my boyfriend (who is French but lives in US) asked for a quieter table we were told thay all were reserved - although for over an hour 95% of the tables were empty!!! My boyfriend ordered a lamb dish and I ordered the wild mushroom appetizer for my entree as I was not that hungry - (the appetizer was 30 Euros!) the rude waitress said that was not enough to order and would have to talk to the chef because that was not a large (expensive) enough order. We should have walked out then and we really regretted that we did not. My boyfriend's meal was average and my chicken dish was overcooked and flavorless and consisted of a chicken leg and thigh and mushy rice!! It was next to impossible to get the attention of our waitress who was busy soley chatting up other customers and acting " clubby" with what I imagine are repeat European clients making other customers feel totally neglected. For example, my miserable mushroom appetizer took one hour and ten minutes to come to the table and we needed to even ask another waiter what happened to our appetizer.

We have eaten in many excellent restaurants world wide and this was by far the weirdest experience. On the other hand, the Table d'Amis in Vence is truly worthy of a Michelin restaurant and we highly suggest it for beautiful ambiance, gracious service and gourmet dining.

Save your money- this place is living on past reputation. Yes, the paintings are beautiful, but not worth the exasperating and obnoxious experience.....

My wife and I spent three nights at this wonderfully charming hotel. We had a lovely room, great view, wonderful service and truly gourmet food. The hotel caters to it's guests and sometimes due to it's location at the entrance to the walled city of St Paul it does get a certain amount of traffic from non guests which frankly I percieved as a nuisance to the staff. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone with an appreciation of the asthetic.

The only drawback, and this is really beyond the control of the hotel, is that the city does see quite a bit of tourist activity during the day. After dark it is extermely quite and a spetacular walk after dinner. I would suggst that the hotel is more of a getaway, geared for relaxation rather than excitement.