After a disaster at a different hotel while we were in town for a friend's wedding, we were able to get a last minute room at Hotel Bahia. We went from mold and mildew elsewhere to a clean room with a balcony and a beach view. On the phone, the owners were lovely and kind and were able to get us a room for 139EUR, in line with other similar rooms in the area. They were able to also take us in early and the owner was kind enough to herself make sure the bathroom was lemony clean when we arrived! The best attributes of this hotel are its proximity to the beach, its proximity to the airport, the views from the balcony (if you have one) and the service of the staff.

The cons were that the rooms were a bit on the smaller side and slightly outdated. The shower could do with a remodel (i.e. old 1980s blue tiles). There were also all sorts of fees for things like towels, chairs, beach umbrellas and internet. To be fair, many beach hotels charge for these sorts of things. Even though the internet was cheap (3EUR for the entire stay), one of the servers (Bahia 2) did not work but other servers (Bahia 5 and Bahia 6) worked just fine. So although we couldn't get the internet in our room as promised, we were able to get it elsewhere -- and we did not ask to fix the problem as we were just so happy to be there. One other thing was that our friends that were also staying there at the same time had asked to use an iron for his shirt in advance of the wedding, but he had to actually pay the ironing service. Luckily, it was pretty cheap, but it did take a while when a quick 5 minutes with the iron might have been more efficient.

Overall, we were satisfied with Hotel Bahia and thought it was a respectable 3* hotel (it didn't deserve better and it didn't deserve worse) and were very pleased by the kindness and generosity of spirit displayed by the staff.

The hotel is lead very well by young nice and involved couple. It is situated in very good location about 10 km from Nice airport (take account of periodic planes noise). The interior is quite old-dated and would need to be refurbished. The staff in hotel and in restaurant was very nice and friendly. We stayed in standard room which was very narrow with hard beds however the room was clean and quiet as it was directed to inner garden yard. After 4 nights we moved to room with a terrace which was more spacious, beds were softer but it was quite noisy as its terrace was overlooking the secured hotel parking and facing the fussy boulevard. Most of the hotel has been sold up as appartments and residents have been privileged off hotel guests. As a hotel guest you can use only the blue sunbeds at the pool and only the 2nd and 3rd row of the sunbeds on the private hotel beach. The pool was nice and clean as well as the beach. Hotel has only outside restaurant located on the beach - very romantic view on the Angel´s bay. We stayed on half-board with buffet breakfast and served dinners (starter, main dish and dessert) with choice from two options every evening. Although the dishes repeated after one week the cuisine was very good and tasty. They serve fish fillets (delicious), beef steaks (too raw), chicken and duck breast and a rabbit too with plenty of vegetables (both fresh and warm). If you prefer to eat out or self-catering there are many restaurants and caffeterias in neighbourhood and a supermarket across the main boulevard (don´t be mislead by its name - Casino). Overall we enjoyed our stay in Bahia hotel mainly thanks to its perfect location which was good base for getting to know the Cote d´Azur.

One of the friendliest places I been to the husband and wife team are very good.
brilliant location for south of france 20 min to everything it is not very posh or perfect rooms but i feel like coming to my second home very secure. I stay in 5 star hotels all the time but this is my favourite hotel in the world.
Beach 1 min gardens safe supermarket people talk to each other.
But you have to have a car to stay in villenue loubet not the most fantastic nightlife.