My 2 college girlfriends and I stayed at this hotel for 5 nights in Sept. The hotel was in a great location. Across the street is the beach and the promenade. At the back of the hotel are full of cafes and restaurants. It's very convenient and central location. The staff we encountered were very friendly. Actually, everyone we met in the South of France were wonderful. My recommendation would be to spend the extra money for a sea view room, it's worth it. We originally reserved for a non-sea view room, and decided to pay extra for the sea view room. We were glad that we did it!
The room itself was okay, a little bit dated, but still comfortable and the size was enough for us. We're really only there to sleep and shower as we were out most of the time. I do agree with the bathtub. It only has half a door, so there's always going to be water spilling all over the bathroom floor by the time you're done. But compared to the other hotels we've stayed in London and Paris, the bathroom at the Mercure Promenade was a better size.
As for the smell of the room and the hotel, yes there definitely is smell inside our rooms even though we were given a nonsmoking room. But so many people we saw in Europe smokes so the permanent smell has probably embedded inside the hotel, furniture, carpets, wall, etc. Being from CA, some people aren't used to this, esp now since a couple of CA cities are currently becoming non-smoking cities. But if you're okay with the smell of Las Vegas casinos, then you should be fine with it.. I know one of my friends who has a sensitive smell esp with smoking couldn't really stand the smell at first, but just got used to it after a while.
But overall it was the best hotel we've stayed out of the 3 cities in Europe and we all loved the South of France. The people were very friendly and wonderful. Great hospitality. Hope to come back again soon and I wouldn't mind staying here again!

I stayed here with my husand, baby daughter and family for a long weekend in September 06. The location of this hotel was excellent, right on the beach and promenade, with lots of very good, reasonably priced restaurants along the same street and around the corner. In the square around the corner at the weekends lots of street performers would entertain us whilst eating late at night. Great atmosphere. Hotel was also a short walk to the train station and has a bus stop right outside too.
The rooms were painted dark orange and dark green, so the rooms were not very light, but otherwise no complaints about the rooms. On the whole they were very clean and comfortable and a good size. Bathroom very clean. TV and safe in the room.
The hotel does not have a pool but you can use the pool in the hotel next door for 16 euros. Staff were also very helpful. Would definately stay at this hotel again and recommend to friends and family.

We found this hotel to be in a very central location, right opposite the sea and close to many restaurants. The decor was quite dark with dull orange walls but the rooms were a good size, the bed was very comfortable and the bathroom seemed clean and new. We thought breakfast was good but it was a shame they didn't clear and relay the tables. The bus stop for the airport is right outside the hotel and the walk to the station or port takes about 10 minutes.

We book this hotel thru its official site and we had this great deal for 120 Euros. Unfortunately, I wrongly booked this hotel, supposedly we were to leave on the day before. We were turned down at first, knowing that it's a Hot Deals without a cancellation or change. We emailed the hotel and was very surprised to know that they told us that they can change ours.

The hotel was located infront of the beach, sharing the same building with Le Meridien, Casino, and McDonald's. They have rooms which face the balcony, but we got rooms which face the inner side of the hotel (a garden). There were 3 beds on each rooms. The rooms' decor was colorful, and they have this LCD TV so it's a bit of a nice thing. The bathrooms are OK and no complains except that when you take a bath it's 75% the water would spill down to the bathroom. But on the last day just when we're doing a double check before checking out, a sewage smell came out from the sink.

The hotels' corridor was really long, if you're located far from the elevator. The breakfast was in the 1st floor and was good (15 Euro per person, childrens eat free) and spacious too.