The hotel is perfect for us. I was there for one week for my honey moon with my husband, we really like the hotel: the room is super clean with very special and original decoration,and from our roo, we can see the samll garden of the hotel, it's really romantic.All the staff are very helpful, they smile all the time! And we like the concierge Michell, he is really a kind gentlemen with a lot of patient! We will come back to this hotel again!

Despite the mixed reviews, we decided to splurge and stay at this small hotel in the old part of St. Tropez. We had a lovely room at great expense, and, indeed, the hotel is located just a couple of blocks from the main activity on the harbor. A photo of Brigitte Bardot on the table in our room sits like a momento of a family member. The room and common space of this boutique hotel were fine. Our problems did not start until we returned from dinner and a walk around town about 11 pm. The hotel was hosting a wedding in the courtyard just outside our room. The band was extremely loud, but we figured that the music would stop by midnight. Wrong. By 1 am? Wrong. By 2 am? Wrong. The music went on until close to 3 am, and the pounding bass precluded getting any sleep. When we complained the next morning, we were told that they do not have many weddings at the hotel. As we were departing, annoyed, having spent over $500 to be in the middle of a wedding party, and having a sleepless night, another young couple also complained that the band was "in their room." We did not even get an apology. In all of my travels, am I travel quite a bit, I have never seen any hotel so indifferent to hospitality. Avoid this place. The previous comments about arrogance are right on!!

Of all the luxury hotels I've stayed in all over the world, never did I receive such awful service and face arrogant staff (owner of the hotel).

My friend and I had a rather unfortunate experience during our stay. Besides the fact that they double booked our room and made us leave a few days before our confirmed check-out (first week of August peak season - not a good position to be in for finding another hotel) both of the chairs in our room broke upon using them.

My friend wasn't injured however the wooden leg split on my chair and as we were just back from the beach, the splintered stub of the leg injured my back severely. (we were young 20 something guys in beach shape, so don't know what was wrong w/ their chairs)

I won't go into full details about the inconvenience but lots of clothing was ruined b/c of the injury and the ability to even go to the beach...not to mention the pain.

Le Yaca refused to grant any sort of gesture of goodwill despite all of this. Not a free night or even a bottle of wine. The owner even had the audacity to excahnge a free room for us buying new Swedish design chairs at several thousand a piece.

As a traveler who stays at top hotels all over the world, I was appalled. We ended our stay at the Byblos which was amazing and provided the service one would expect.

I won't dispute most of the praise of others for this hotel, as there is a minimum standard that is provided for the prices. And if you have limited options I'm sure you'll have a nice stay. However, I think the rooms are quite small (although charming) but I think you should bear in mind the other wondeful options in St. Tropez and the type of people who you'll be dealing with if anything goes poorly during your stay.

We know St Tropez and its hotels extremely well, so what would we recommend? Chateau Le Messardiere (very expensive, a mile or so out of town, but worth it for its stunning views and beautiful decor), the Sube (much, much cheaper and with fairly basic rooms but with St Tropez's best bar - perfect for your morning breakfast and evening drinks... and, if you book a room overlooking the port you're getting just about the best views of what St Tropez is all about).

And then there's Le Yaca... ambience personified. Situated in the centre of the old town and within strolling distance of the port and all those wonderful shops it is, as other reviews say, an oasis of absolute calm. There's not much to it... a large courtyard dominated by a beautiful swimming pool, a small inside bar, a reasonable sized inside restaurant, and, in summer, tables dotted around the pool and its multi-level patios... but it's got it just right.

The rooms are beautifully presented and, while very different, exude St Tropez chic - get one in the original building overlooking the courtyard and you won't be disappointed - and the prices are okay for St Tropez. But it's what it's difficult to explain that makes it just so good... everything feels right for that St Tropez "experience" and, because it does, you, like us, will probably end up going back there again and again. Perfect.