Review: DoubleTree by Hilton Nice Centre Iconic

 

DoubleTree by Hilton Nice Centre Iconic

Date of stay: November 12-13, 2025
Address: 8 avenue Thiers Nice 06000 FR 

Room: Booked king guest room (upgraded to 1 bedroom suite)

How to get here: From Nice Airport, you can take the tram L2 to Jean Medecin. The hotel is a 10-minute walk from there.
Hilton Property: Number 223 in 65 countries

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Hotel Exterior & Entrance

Hotel as seen from the train station.

Hotel as seen from Avenue Jean Medecin

Hotel as seen in the evening

Entrance, ground floor

Lobby and elevators, ground floor

Reception & Concierge

Reception

Concierge desk

Complimentary free drinks (infused water).

Check-in

We arrived at the hotel at 12noon and was helped by a friendly associate during check-in. We were informed of the room upgrade to a suite as a diamond member, as well as timings for breakfast. We were also given a drinks voucher to be used in the roof top bar 👍

Hotel welcome letter, drinks voucher (glass of wine, beer or soda), 2 big cookies and key card

Elevators

Entrance to the hotel is on level 0, ground floor.

The reception and breakfast restaurant and rooftop bar are on the 5th floor, and the rooms are from the 2nd to 4th floor.

Hallway, 4th floor

One-bedroom Suite, 400

The room is located immediately to the left upon exiting the elevator.

Upon entering, to the left is a living room.

Table and 2 chairs, a sofa and coffee table.

TV, complimentary coffee and tea, bottles of water

Safe, coffee cups

Mini ref

Connecting room, coat hooks

The bedroom was spacious, and the bed was comfortable as expected.

Phone

A nice chair by the window.

TV

Inside the closet is a luggage rack, hangers and steamer iron.

The bathroom had Iconic branded toiletries.

Hair dryer, bathrobe and slippers

Walk-in shower

Bathrobe, slippers

These are the thickest hotel slippers I´ve had 👍

Toilet

Orientation map

View of the train station

Welcome Amenity

In the evening, a staff came to give us a pack of Navettes (boat-shaped biscuits from Marseille in Provence) and 2 bottles of Evian. Thank you so much 🙏

Breakfast, 5th floor (7am to 10:30am)

Seating

Below are some photos from the buffet which had a very good offering:

Gluten free bread

French baguette

Scrambled eggs

Bacon, sausage

Roasted potato, roasted tomato

Mushrooms, baked beans

Coffee, tea

Apple juice, orange juice, pineapple juice

They also have brunch on Sundays from 12 noon to 3pm for 49EUR. Lunch is from 12 noon to 2:30 pm and dinner is from 6:30pm to 10pm.

Amenities & Outlet

Grab and go, Fitness Center (both are opposite the reception area)

Grab and Go, open 24 hours

The fitness center is open 24 hours with some nice views of the city.

Rooftop Bar (open from 11am to 11pm)

Rooftop bar seating

Roof top bar, outdoor seating

We used our drinks voucher for a beer and apricot juice 👍

Toilet, 5th floor

Pesca (Theater of Fish) Restaurant

Lunch menu

Exploring the Area

Plage Beau Rivage Beach

Cathedrale Saint-Nicolas de Nice

CONCLUSION

This has got to be one of the best DoubleTree by Hilton hotels we have stayed at. The modern design, the upgrade to a suite, a lovely roof top bar with nice views and a very good breakfast buffet. The location is perfect for us arriving by train from Nice as the hotel is just a few minutes walk from the there. Also, we could just walk to the beach and the Orthodox Church from the hotel. There are restaurant and shops near the hotel making it one of the best places to stay at when in Nice. Of course, the staff were all friendly. We can not recommend this "iconic" hotel enough 👍