Which Nice hostel bar has the best crowd?

Villa Saint Exupery Beach is the reliably-busy social bar. HI Les Camélias' rooftop has the best vibe but closes 23h. SLO is a clean-modern café-bar, less social.

Are hostel bars in Nice open to non-guests?

Mostly no. Villa Saint Exupery's bar and HI's rooftop occasionally admit non-guests for events, but the default is guests-only. Go to Vieux Nice for public bars.

What's a typical hostel bar beer price?

€5-6 pint (happy hour €4), €5 wine glass. Cheaper than Vieux Nice bars by about €2-3. Cocktails are rare in hostel bars — go to Distilleries Idéales in Vieux Nice.

Are hostel bars loud enough to disturb sleep?

Villa Saint Exupery and SLO have bar noise audible from street-facing dorms until 01h. HI's rooftop is far enough from bedrooms. La Maïoun, Le Pastoral, Open House bars are too small/quiet to be noise issues.

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Nice BarRanked guide

Best Hostels with a Bar in Nice

Six of Nice's eight quality hostels have a bar of some kind. Three of them are actual social bars — Villa Saint Exupery Beach, HI Les Camélias, SLO Hostel — and three are more 'beer-after-dinner corner' types — Open House, La Maïoun, Le Pastoral. Before you book based on 'hostel bar', figure out which of those two you want, because the reviews don't always make it obvious.

◉ Ranking · 6 picks

01La Maïoun Guesthouse€42
02SLO Hostel Nice€36
03Auberge de Jeunesse HI Nice Les Camélias€32
04Villa Saint Exupery Beach Hostel€34
05Open House Hostel€32

§ 01 — Traveler's take

“SLO Hostel's ground-floor bar was my 'write postcards and drink a beer' spot for three afternoons. Happy hour 18h-20h, €4 pints, and the café-style common room meant I could actually hear myself think. Then I walked 7 minutes to Vieux Nice for Wayne's Bar and came back at 00h30 to a quiet room.”

§ 02 — The ranked list

Our Top 6 Picks

★ 9.4940 reviews€42/night

La Maïoun Guesthouse

La Maïoun is Nice's top-rated hostel (9.4 over 940+ reviews): a boutique-feel guesthouse on quiet Rue Pastorelli in Carabacel, 6 min walk to Place Masséna and the trams to anywhere. Small dorms, included breakfast and a terrace that makes it feel more like a B&B than a backpacker dorm — which is why it books out 2 weeks ahead in summer.

9.4/10 rating (highest in Nice) over 940+ reviews
Included fresh-bread breakfast and quiet garden terrace
5 min walk to Gare Nice-Ville, 6 min to Place Masséna
Tiny 18-bed capacity — feels more B&B than hostel

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★ 8.71,178 reviews€36/night

SLO Hostel Nice

SLO Hostel Nice is the new-build pod-dorm hostel on Rue d'Italie, 2 minutes from Gare Nice-Ville — the TER platform for Monaco, Menton, Cannes is literally at the door. Brand-new 2024 fit-out with curtain-privacy pods, proper beds, reading lights and sockets per bunk. This is the Japanese-capsule answer to the old grey French dorm, and it's the closest hostel to the airport tram.

8.7 rating over 1,170+ reviews
2024 new-build pod-capsule dorms with privacy curtains
2 min walk to Gare Nice-Ville — TER to Monaco, Cannes, Menton
Ground-floor bar + optional €6 breakfast buffet

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★ 7.93,143 reviews€32/night

Auberge de Jeunesse HI Nice Les Camélias

HI Nice Les Camélias is the Hostelling International flagship in Nice: 130 beds on Route de Turin, a 6-minute walk from the Port and Place Garibaldi. The included breakfast buffet is reliably reviewed as the best hostel breakfast in France, and the rooftop terrace catches a real Riviera sunset. Federation curfew vibe and student-group flavour, but the price is unbeatable.

7.9 rating over 3,140+ reviews
Breakfast buffet consistently rated best-in-class
Rooftop terrace with Riviera sunset views
130 beds, structured HI-network pricing from €32

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★ 7.82,935 reviews€34/night

Villa Saint Exupery Beach Hostel

Villa Saint Exupery Beach is the big social hostel in central Nice: 100+ beds on Rue Sacha Guitry, a 5-minute walk to the Promenade des Anglais and 3 minutes to the Place Masséna bars. The downstairs bar and nightly pub crawl are the whole pitch. Don't confuse it with its quieter sister property (Villa Saint Exupery Gardens) up in Cimiez — this is the party one.

7.8 rating over 2,900+ reviews
Downstairs bar + rooftop terrace + nightly pub crawl
5 min walk to the Promenade des Anglais and the pebble beach
Tram T2 (airport in 26 min) 4 min walk away

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★ 7.6248 reviews€32/night

Open House Hostel

Open House is the 30-bed community-hostel on Rue de Suisse, north of Gare Nice-Ville in the Libération quarter. Reviews use phrases like 'family feeling' and 'never wanted to leave' — the in-house events (shared dinners, game nights) are real, not marketing. Small, social without being a party hostel, rated 7.6 and fiercely loved.

7.6 rating over 240+ reviews
30-bed small community hostel with shared dinners
Libération neighbourhood — great local market Saturday mornings
5 min walk to Gare Nice-Ville, tram T1 at Libération stop

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★ 7.2661 reviews€30/night

Le Pastoral

Le Pastoral is the old-Niçois-townhouse hostel on Rue Assalit in Carabacel, 3 minutes from Gare Nice-Ville. Under new management as of 2025 — reviews flag the clean-up — with a functional shared kitchen, small terrace, and the cheapest central private rooms in town. Not polished, not trying to be. Station-adjacent and walkable to the Vieux Nice bars.