Hotel Amour Nice

Writing this review is very hard for me. Because I liked the hotel so much, but it is not perfect. Hotel Amour is not Best Western, Novotel, or Marriott. If you hate those three, you may actually be in heaven. If you love those three, you may feel heartbroken at your choice. The rooms are "tight", but so are all the rooms in Nice unless you move into an entirely different price range. Let's get this out of the way first: no TV, no kettle, no minibar/refrigerator, no hairdryer, no real closet. You had better get a room on floor 4 or above, because Hotel Amour has a very "vibrant nightlife" as far as I can tell (extremely popular when we were there for Friday and Saturday night) that didn't get moving until 22:00 hrs. Standing room only in the bar/garden lounge at 01:00, if you can believe such a thing. Strong herbaceous smells. High quality bedding (sheets/pillow/mattress), high quality shower, room was nicely quiet despite multiple rooms on the floor, strong WiFi. Associated with decent restaurant for breakfast, and (as mentioned) fun bar with all the traditional/non-traditional and high quality beverage choices. Food quality & portion size for breakfast & lunch was excellent. Dinner is excellent as well if you like what appears to be Greek or Greek inspired menu. Plenty of options in the neighborhood if you wish. I think the hotel is two long blocks from the water which is nice. Neighborhood is nice. The best part of Hotel Amour? The staff. All the staff. How this has come to be, I don't know, but everybody was a competent professional and welcoming. Housekeeping to senior management. Restaurant/Bar team as well. To be honest, what probably saved Hotel Amour for me was the general pleasant, cooperative, professional, responsive, functional nature of the team which is not a guaranteed situation in France.