My experience in this hotel was wonderful: our room was pretty, with a large bathroom and a balcony where we enjoyed our breakfasts. The restaurant Le Jardin is exceptional: the service is attentive and the food is really really good. They have an amazing terrace where we ate and we really enjoyed this moment. We will return for sure!

Having read excellent reviews in TripAdvisor we decided to book and pay in advance for a 9 night stay in May this year. We had travelled from Cape Town and were tired. We arrived at noon and were shown to a dingy ground floor room with dirty looking pitted tiled floor and on the tiny terrace were two wicker chairs with rotted seats. We said the room was unacceptable. "No - the hotel was full. No we could not have anything to eat as the restaurant was full.' I asked to see the owners. The General Manager said they were not available. I told him we were not prepared to accept the room and he immediately offered us Room 224 on the first floor of one of the cottages. There would be no extra charge for the upgraded room. Of course we could have something to eat. On arrival we had noticed the electric pylons above the car park and the fact that the hotel is on a busy road. The bedroom was small and the white painted furniture was scratched, with paint peeling off and horrible dabs of black paint to give it a more distressed look. There was only one very small armchair, a writing table and chair. The TV was the smallest flat screen with only French speaking channels. Bearing in mind the huge number of English speaking people staying in France the owners were obviously too mean to pay a few Euros providing some Channels in English and some music. There was WiFi and air conditioning. There were no tea making facilities, which one often finds in luxury hotels. The cost of two small cups of tea brought to your room cost Eu9. The bathroom was small with one wash basin but it was satisfactory. The balcony was good with two chairs and a table and it was a pleasant place to sit and the traffic noise was not obtrusive. The gardens are well cared for but there were hardly any flowers. From time to time music is played through loudspeakers which we were told were for the benefit of people using the pool. A smoothie making machine by the pool makes a terrible noise. A smoothie costs Eu10. The pool area is attractive by there are no mattresses on the loungers - not even a pillow for one's head. The staff are young, attractive and attentive and they seem to be running the hotel. Breakfasts are good but we considered other meals awful. Who wants to eat lamb chops with eucalyptus sauce. That is something I used to have rubbed on my chest as a child. It is used as a disinfectant and for draining swamps. The food is gimmicky and overpriced. It took nearly two hours before our main course arrived and during this time one had to endure horrible music and waiters rushing up and down a staircase which was next to us. The second meal we had was a disaster. During our stay there were several functions for outside people and they made a lot of noise with no regard to people staying at the hotel. We thought the old town of Mougan would be near but it is not and there is no way one can be walking along the Croisette in Cannes within ten minutes even out of season. The cost of the hotel was not excessive but it did not come up to our expectations. From experience it is not a good idea to pay in advance. You always end up with the worst room.

We were in Mougins for the opening of the Museum of Classical Art. We stayed for one night in the Hotel de Mougins.

A good welcome from the staff who were happy to speak either French or English to us. We had a double room with a terrace. The room was large, with a very big bed and a big bathroom. The terrace was ideal for breakfast in the morning which was brought to us by room service. The breakfast was good value for money - enough to set you up for the day. It may have been improved by using local products rather than generic 'continental'-style items but this is a minor quibble.

The swimming is excellent, although it's a shame you can't use it before 10 a.m. Large enough to have a good swim in if you're looking for a pool to exercise in rather than lounge round.

The public areas were of a very high quality, and we thoroughly enjoyed our (brief) stay.

The hotel on a whole is very beautiful, great location and just a few minutes away from Cannes famous boulevard de la Croisette. The staff at Hotel de Mougins is friendly and very helpful. The location is what makes this hotel so breathtaking because although you are close to the French Riviera, Mougins is a small and tranquil town which makes everything so much more relaxing. Most rooms come with a private terrace, hotel is country French style and the yard is beautiful. The hotel in addition offers free internet access which is unusual in Europe. The only downside is that in the mornings there is a lot of noise coming from guests embarking or disembarking from their cars. Other than that, I will definitely be returning to this hotel.