We had a lovely 4 day break in this area. The views are great (Not at all dominated by the airport as others have said) and the seafront area is fabulous to walk along, there was even a mainly sandy beach part in front of the hotel. We enjoyed watching the wind surfers taking off into the air and never saw a cloud in all 4 days while it was snowing back in Cheshire! The pools weren't open because of the time of year. Rooms very clean and spacious with separate toilet to the bathroom which is useful as a family. One room had a view of the mountains and town and the other of the sea and the hotel gardens. We had balconies in both rooms.
To be honest we only booked this hotel because my husband uses Holiday Inn hotels whenever he travels with business so had accrued many privilege points which can be exchanged for free nights. Combined with cheap Bmi baby flights to Nice we thought it would be a great long weekend for us and our 2 teenage boys and my Dad. (Dad had to pay for his room!) We would have chosen the holiday inn hotel in town centre Nice but they did not seem to allow us to have the children in the room with us.
The shuttle from the airport was great you use the courtesy phone at the information desk and the shuttle came within minutes. All the staff were very friendly and spoke good English. We were surprised they didnt have a supply of bus timetables but they told us how and where to catch the bus into Nice.
We were planning to mainly use the hotel as a base to explore the area but I started with a very bad back and so we spent more time close to the hotel and really enjoyed it. There are lots of lovely restaurants along the sea front We used Dylanos just out of the back of the hotel and to the left for lunch one day and dinner another day and icecream on the beach. It was good value, friendly and tasty. Our 14year old loves mussels so we went to the far end of the port and had an excellent meal in Le bar a Moules great value at 10 euro for a huge bowl of moules and frites. We didnt eat breakfast in the hotel- at 18 euros it seemed steep for 4 of us! We had it in the Cap3000 at the end of the road one day and also bought pain au chocolat and croissant in the Paul part of the Galeries Lafayette food hall and ate them in the room All in all it made a fabulous break for us all.

We have just returned after staying for 7 nights at Holiday Inn in Saint Laurent Du Var. What a fantastic place! The hotel is located just 5 minutes from airport. The hotel has a free shuttle bus to drive you from/to the airport, but remember to give them a call and order it to come. The hotel has a nice reception and the staff is friendly and speaks English very well. The rooms are big and very well equipped. There’s WIFI in the rooms but it’s too expensive – 10 EURO for 1 hour.

It’s a great hotel situated on a beautiful promenade with various restaurants. The beach promenade is very different to the hectic beach in Nice town centre. It’s far more relaxed and cleaner.
The hotel has a private beach and pool area, which is excellent and by the way ideal for families with young children, as it is safe and secure, but remember to say that you stay at Holiday Inn or else you will be charged 17 Euro in entrance fee instead of 7 Euro. In the weekend the pool area is very packed by local residents.

Cap 3000, one of France's biggest shopping centres is only 5 minutes away. We enjoyed the Lafayette Gourmet which is a Gourmet food store.
The rail station is only 10-15 minutes walk away and you can get trains to anywhere along the Cote D'Azur.

We have had that best holiday ever and would recommend the place and the hotel anytime.

I'll be brief this time, as I've written twice previously regarding this hotel.
Pros: minibus shuttle to and from airport, effective front desk service, swimming pools ideal for families with young children, spacious and clean rooms that can accommodate four- a rare commodity on the Cote d'Azur, flat-screen tv in room, decent bathrooms with separate toilet, balconies facing the Med if you pay for a sea view room, a wonderful barman originally from Turkey (when he's on duty), vast choice of restaurants for eating out within walking distance, safe area for families, peace and tranquility, fantastic shopping within walking distance (Galleries Lafayette and best shopping mall on the Cote d'Azur), relatively cheap parking with plenty of spaces underground at 10euros per night, bus and train connections within walking distance, ideal location as a base for the whole area between Cannes and Menton-on Motorway in 5 mins if need be, decent sun lounges on Cocody Beach, taking breakfast outside in a relaxed atmosphere, meal in hotel restaurant right on the beach (hit or miss-just like the hotel itself), hotel bills are generally correct and altered according to guests' demands.

Cons: young and eager barman from France that closed bar just after 11pm so that he could finish work, breakfast that hasn't changed in 7 years- awful bacon and scrambled egg, tomatoes with herbs that nobody seem to eat, potatoes, only one fruit juice, unable to cope with peak activity (sounds familiar?), lack of servicing tables and clearing used plates, uneven supply of food and replenishing dishes, no distinction (apart from price reduction) between locals and hotel guests on Cocody Beach, guests not made to feel special or valued (barman from Turkey an exception), uninspired seating area in bar, children of hotel guests have to pay pool attendants for pool toys and to play table tennis.
So, in deciding whether this hotel's for you- balance the pros and cons. This year we had an upgrade to a suite (best room in the hotel) -rack rate £300+ per night. We paid £160 for a sea view room without breakfast. The hotel could have a lot going for it. In fact I could make it a thriving establishment, given the right staff and six months to show them what needs to be done.

Spent 10 nights here with my wife. On arrival at Nice airport, first problem was that the Info phone in the terminal did not work, so I had to contact the hotel on my mobile to arrange for their shuttle bus to pick us up. Not the hotel's fault, but the bus was sent to terminal 2 while we waited at terminal 1. After about 40 minutes the bus eventually found us. Check in was smooth, however, and we were allocated a room on the fifth floor, from where you get a really superb view.
It's true that only about half or less of the actual building is the hotel, the rest being private apartments. This means, however, that the property and gardens are kept in very good condition and I had no complaints about the look of the place.
My first impression of breakfast was that it was quite ordinary with, as has been said before, the hot food fairly unattractive, poor in choice and tasteless. There wasn't a great choice of cold food either, and only one type of fruit juice was on offer. So, if you didn't like orange juice, that was too bad.
It seems such a waste of a restaurant that the hotel only serves breakfast there and for the rest of the day it's closed. I'm sure they must be capable of doing even a light lunch menu, though I suspect they must have some agreement with the other eating places in the area that they don't offer this.
Our only major problem was that we had several days of interrupted power to the room with no electricity and no air conditioning. This included two nights when the hotel's only solution was to give us a torch! No offer was made to move us to another room and no compensation was offered for the inconvenience this caused even though we put up with bits of the ceiling being dismantled and the electricity being unreliable for days. It still wasn't resolved when we left.
For this reason I would say that while, in general, the staff were perfectly friendly, reception staff at least, did not seem to want to go that extra yard to make our stay more comfortable.
My overall impression was that the hotel seemed more eager to cater for the corporate events that took place there every day and this left the ordinary guest feeling somewhat of a second-class citizen.
While our stay here was pleasant enough, this particular Holiday Inn simply does not come up to the 4 stars you would expect from the Intercontinental Group. It's not an establishment I would wish to return to.