Antares Hostel

Staff is so very friendly and helpful, my friend and I had two beds booked for two nights in a 6-bed female room but when we arrived they gave us a private room instead for the same price! They have free coffee and breakfast in the mornings and everything is clean and they give fresh towels every day. Great experience overall. Thank you Hotel Antares!

Terrible experience with BED BUGS and Unprofessional Staff, I would not recommend this place for others. I stayed at this hotel recently from October 7 - October 9 and had a terrible experience. I discovered bed bugs in my room (Room 448) and immediately brought this to the attention of the receptionist. They moved our rooms, but even the second room had bed bugs (Room 446). I even showed them pictures as proof, but instead of addressing the issue professionally, they accused me of lying and said that I got the bites from somewhere else and refused to believe my complaint. Their dismissive attitude and lack of concern for guest safety left a terrible impression on me. Dealing with bed bugs is bad enough, but the unprofessional response from the staff made things even worse. I expected at least some level of accountability or willingness to investigate, but none was shown. They said my pictures were not from the hotel, even though the bed sheets are clearly the same and I have a live photo and location of where it is being taken. I would highly recommend avoiding this hotel if you value cleanliness and good customer service.

Dirty and sketchy. I was asked to leave my room so one of four beds could be made. I have a feeling our stuff was gone through and when I brought it up to the desk she acted clueless. I’ve never been asked to leave my room so ONE bed can be made. The bathrooms smell like urine, underneath the bed is disgusting and doesn’t get cleaned. I found a scrunchie, a ring, an earring, dust and hair under my bed probably from the last traveler who was here. Smallest and smelliest hostel bathroom I’ve ever had! I’m still here and I’m in my room because I fear my stuff will be stolen by workers.

I believe this hostel is excellent value. The continental breakfast is adequate. Nice to have milk with the cereal (Corn Flakes??). It was unusual for me to see sliced bread available for toasting - and it was most welcome. Thanks. Too bad they don't allow over 40 year-old students to stay in their dorms. I have my current student card, AND travel everywhere, staying where possible in hostels (lifetime membership in Hostels International - the so called Youth Hostels). But, they accomodated me. Thjs place is spotless! I do not understand why some travellers complain. Yes, from personal experience, it is not comparable to The Raffles in Singapore - been there too. But Antares is adecent, clean safe hotel. Very close to food (shopping for .. and restaurants) as well as being a 10 minute walk from the Nice Ville railway station. Definitely good value. No noise from party types.

I'm gonna write down some pros and cons here starting with the pros: Pros: - the property was very conveniently located right in front of the train station Nice Ville - AC in the rooms - free Luggage room - free breakfast - nice terrace Cons: and there is a BIG FAT CON!!! - there was a curfew (4-6 am?) ... when I arrived home the first night by 3:30am and kept ringing the bell for 15 min nobody answered and I was forced to sleep outside the hostel where I was first being followed by a strange man for a while until I got rid of him !!! when I addressed the staff about this the next morning they were not very understanding and not helpful at all I was told I should have come home earlier even tho I specifically asked about the exact curfew time twice(!!) before leaving in the evening. When my roommates were super worried the next morning and talked to the staff about this incident (after I talked to them about it and explained what happend to me) the staff was pretty rude to them as well just telling them “if it didn’t happen to them personally they shouldn’t care about it and be quiet” ... my roommates just wanted to make sure it would not happen again also in order to protect other girls from eventually being followed at night and to spread some awareness to the staff. Besides a ridiculous amount of 15€ that I got as an “apology” (I paid 45 for the night) they didn’t seem to care for compensating me in any other way … same thing happened to another friend of mine the following night just in his case someone came to open the door after waiting for more than 15 min If it weren’t for that incident I would have been happy to go back there at any time but the unfriendliness of the staff canceled out that option for me BIG time now!! - also they only take payments by cash cause the card machine apparently is always broken

Good location just next to Nice Ville train station to go anywhere, tram near by, 10-15 minutes walk to the beach and old city. Staff were super friendly and helpful, my flight was delayed by 4 hours, arrived at 02:00 am, they waited for me to cheek in after late hours. Also, on another day that I was just passing by Nice again, they let me store my luggage until late with no problem. Thank you guys, I really appreciate it. Beds were comfortable, clean rooms, plugs near the bunk bed, common areas and toilets, lift to go up to the rooms and dorms, nice outside terrace, games room, free continental breakfast, I would definitely stay here again and recommend to anyone going to visit Nice for long or short time.