The newly renovated Carlton is impeccable. The restaurant and its staff as well as the food are also amazing. We go every year for Lions and the property is much nicer since the remodel. We have had a theft of 5,000 euro out of our room which was very well secured (or so we thought). We reported the theft and the hotel merely took a report and did nothing else. After now reading online this appears to be a common issue, so if you plan to stay at the Carlton, leave no valuables in your room!! read more

Such fun! We were here for 1 day and everything was perfection! The tea room, the beach club, the ambiance, the food, the service and energy... 10/10! We'll be back! read more

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I'm leaving a review here on Yelp, as I understand these reviews cannot be removed by the reviewee. Unfortunately, the rest of the sites are moderated and filtered, despite whatever they claim to the contrary. It pains me to say almost all of our experience at the Carleton Cannes was a major disappointment. It's particularly disturbing because it was our first time in the south of France and our travel planner had told us service and ambience at this property were "iconic" and "first class." Sadly, this just was not true. First off, the rooms are not large though the price tag is. We got questioned more than once whether we were actual guests at the hotel despite appropriate attire and were made to feel we were intruding upon the staff when we asked for small things. One time might just be a fluke but several times is indifference - or worse. The breakfast buffet did contain a great array of food, but the wait staff clearly didn't want to be bothered with mundane tasks such as filling up a coffee cup. Twice i had to get up and ask the staff myself, tempted to apologize for interrupting them. A woman at a table next to me simply got up and left after a few attempts in vain to gain a server's attention. Even something as simple as shampoo and conditioner in the room were dispensed in enormous metal containers, as if guests couldn't be trusted not to lift them as "souvenirs" upon leaving the hotel. Contrast this with lovely samples of Diptyque 34 Boulevard St. Germaine products we received at our Paris hotel (can't say enough good about that property), and the yuk factor at the Carleton only increased. After spending a busy day touring from 8:30 am until 4 pm, we came back to our room only to discover it still hadn't been cleaned. We decided to hang out downstairs in an open seating area until - you guessed it - staff asked if we were guests at the hotel. If only a waiter had actually cared to notice us, I would have ordered a drink. A personal item went missing from my room after cleaning service left one day; only later did i discover upon a quick internet search that others had also experienced "theft" - in one case $5,000 EU. I was lucky; mine was only cosmetics. Upon check-out, 2 calls to the front desk failed to yield anyone to help us with our bags. At that point, we simply wanted to get out and after all we did have a driver waiting to take us to the airport. So it was easier to lug the suitcases ourselves. Eventually we were met in the hallway by staff who miraculously materialized just as we were about at the front door. No one said goodbye to us. Once again, this was a very unflattering contrast with our beloved Paris hotel where we were warmly (and surprisingly) embraced at check-out and made to promise we would return with the rest of our family (we will)! We did report back to the hotel about our negative experience and - this totally encapsulates their tone-deaf, self-serving attitude - they were SO sorry that they offered us a free night's stay to be used within 1 year! Haha, okay. Somehow I doubt we'll be taking them up on that. I don't know what is going on with this hotel, and I have a feeling the wealthiest of guests, minor celebrities and oil barons may fare better than we did. Wearing your best Chanel, LV and Kelly bags every day may not be good enough at the level we're talking about here. So, for mere mortals, I recommend finding a hotel where they treat you like they actually value you. Leave the Carleton Cannes for Leo and Vittoria and their ilk. You deserve better than this pretentious trophy hotel. read more

This place is just beautiful, elegant, gorgeous! What can I say it's excellence at the highest level. Everything down to the smallest details were perfect. There's a kids center, so if you're traveling with young ones you can get away for adult time. The staff are all extremely helpful and got new uniforms for the remodel of the hotel. This place got a 4 year facelift and it's amazing. Some parts of the hotel are antique so they did very tasteful touch up. I'm really happy that they preserved the history of this place. Even if you're not staying here, go to the lobby and have a drink at the bar and walk the property. read more

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An absolutely magnificent Dining experience. This historic hotel is breathtakingly beautiful but other than its beauty it offers top notch service and food. Menu, created by Chef Laurent Bunel is nothing less than perfection. We had the foie gras crostini for our aperitif, and it's presentation along with all the rest of the dishes was creative and gorgeous. The taste, the foie gras was seasoned so well with peppers, and the bits of sweet fruit jam beneath along with Parmesan chips was the perfect beginning to a meal. The Blue lobster melted in your mouth. The tail roasted with Carlton honey delight usually but we asked for no honey and it was amazing, The claws in Thai way, sautéed vegetables with ginger and lemon was the best part. Save it for last! The legumes were tasty and was a nice combination with the lobster. Our favorite dish was the Octopuss roasted with garlic, parsley and lemon from Menton, pasta nera with cockles, Sweet peppers and tomato in Mediterranean style, creamy saffron sauce. -- I cannot begin to describe how wonderful this was. We wanted to savor each bite. Each piece of octopus was a different kind of enjoyment. Highly recommend this dish. Our server was Maxime, and he was fantastic. Very friendly, attentive and professional. Can't wait to be back in Cannes for another beautiful view of the plage, smell of cigars and the beauty of the Carlton. read more

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The 1955 Hitchcock classic "To Catch a Thief" features the Carlton prominently while Cary Grant and Grace Kelly glamorously dash around trying to solve a murderous cat-burgling mystery. I did not realize this was the same hotel until I arrived. Ensue fangirling. The Carlton is as lovely as you would expect from an Intercontinental on the French Riviera. Since we were there during the Lions of Innovation Festival, the guests were a mix of ad execs, celebrities, and regular people with cash. Our room on the second floor was luxuriously appointed, with floor to ceiling balcony doors revealing a lovely view of the ocean. Since we were situated above the terrace though, it was definitely noisy until early in the morning... far after we retired at the modest hour of 4am. One rather hilarious thing to note about our room was the way they set up the bathroom - bidet, sink and bathtub in one separate room, toilet in another separate room. Make sure you open all the doors. Luckily there were no rooftop thieves about, and we had a lovely time. read more

Carlton Cannes - The view from our room - Hotels Near Me - Cannes, 06

Extremely caring staff! Beautiful hotel. The location is perfect. Right on the beach in the middle of everything. A sanctuary in the best part of Cannes, France. Walk wherever you like. Rooms are old school but luxurious with high ceilings. I lovedddddd the staff!!!!!! read more

One of my favorite movies of all time is French Kiss with Meg Ryan. Most of the movie takes place in France and I knew right away after seeing this film I had to pack my bags and head for the City of Light and the Cote d' Azure. We drove to Cannes from Nice and had lunch at one of the the hotel restaurants called the Carlton Beach Restaurant. If you've see the movie, you will remember the part on the beach where Kate sees Charlie with Juliette. I was so excited to see the blue and white umbrellas lining up the sandy shore and basically lived vicariously thru the characters in the movie. The only thing missing was a bright blue bikini worn by Juliette and a Sea Breeze drink that Kate was sipping. Being there was a thrill for me and luckily my husband was patient enough to walk thru the movie with me. The hotel was gorgeous, service was impeccable, and yes the food was fabulous. How could it not be, it was $100 for two, and I didn't even order wine! So besides a memory of the seaside restaurant, the Mediterranean sea breeze blowing through my hair, the view of the famous star-filled hotel during the Canne's film festival and fabulous company, I will always fondly remember it as the "$100 lunch we had in France"! read more

I love old hotels. They are romantic, have years and years of history, classy ambience and because its in France the usual snooty hotel staff. That said with the exception of the waitresses everyone there is pretty wonderful. This hotel is located at the best spot along the Rivera and the food and drinks are superb. Splurge and stay here! Oooh if you're like me and refuse to pay for internet, head to the lobby lounge, there is free wifi there. You can also people watch :) read more

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If you have to go to Cannes, might as well stay at the grand daddy of Riviera hotels... Interestingly, the hotel staff was as lazy as any throughout France. I have found their game is stepped up in the nicer joints, not here. Perk: 45eruo buys you a spot on the pier where the minimum wage security guards will ogle at your boobies (see picture). read more

Excellent Service - Rotten Food! My wife and are baby sitting our grand daughters and decided to stop by the Ritz Carlton for dinner. While the service was excellent the plates were borderline BAD - THE FOOD WAS ROTTEN! My wife ordered the burrata salad and the burrata cheese was twangy.., basically past its time. I ordered the short ribs and the meat tasted borderline rotten. I could not pass eating more than a couple of bites. When we mentioned this to our the waiter, he then came back and asked whether we wanted to order dessert! If the meat was rotten why would we want to eat a possibly rotten dessert! When I initially looked at the menu, i was looking forward to order the creme brulee, but after having a taste of the rotten meat i was sicken to think about rotten eggs that they probably used to male the creme. Talking further with the waiter, he indicated that when people complained, that they were told to offer a free dessert. WOW!! Serve rotten food and then offer a free dessert (possibly also past its time!!!) SHAME RITZ CARLTON!!! This is an awesome way to promote your brand!!! read more

This is the hotel on the famous Croisette in Cannes. The prices are quite expensive, even for a small room on the second floor. The restaurant is great and the food is amazing, but you just need to know that your one night stay will cost you the same price as a round trip New York Paris... All the people working at the Carlton, are highly trained and have nothing to do with the type of temp workers you might find somewhere else. Though it is a luxury hotel, you will see some of the star staying there during the Cannes Film Festival, and you might see them wearing jeans and flip flops... The private beach across the street, is convenient, but it is crowded (though private) and not the most scenic place to be at. read more

Carlton Cannes - Entrance - Hotels Near Me - Cannes, 06

Love the hotel, location, fitness center, room service, lunch salad bar...however, my steak dinner tonight was one of my least favorite and most disappointing meals ever in BA. read more

Carlton Cannes - Probably not the best steak I've ever had...very disappointing for BA. - Hotels Near Me - Cannes, 06

We stayed here on New Years Eve and there was a giant Great Gatsby themed party in the lobby. Suffice to say, IHG Carlton in Cannes is where the richest of the rich stay, and they arent afraid to show it with ridiculously priced menus (400 euro New Years tasting menu wahhh) and celebrity names on certain suites to show who had stayed where. Rooms are moderately comfortable with great bathroom amenities. The hairdryer was locked into the desk so i couldn't move it to the bathroom *annoying*. For a hotel of this caliber, we were disappointed with the tiny TV screen and extremely slow wifi. We napped after dinner, and around 10pm a service staff came in for no reason. Uh kind of late to tidy/turn the room??? That was really weird. The hotel has a great location and visual charm. Stay wasnt 5 star like their rating would suggest. read more

The spa here is more of a salon -- I didn't see baths anywhere. It's bare bones with dated technology, but gets the job done for a post-red-eye massage. As for the hotel, its foyer and terrace are iconic, but the rooms are dilapidated with paper-thin walls at last check. A friend had once built up enough InterContinental status to get comped rooms. If memory serves, the Carlton wouldn't honor the comps during the film festival. To make it up to him, however, they offered to comp his minibar. So in 4 days, he ran up a €4000 minibar tab. read more

Nice location on the Cannes beachfront. I guess this is a pretty famous hotel where celebrities have stayed, including President Obama himself. However, the hotel is pretty old. Our non-smoking room smelled like smoke, even when we left the windows open the entire time. Also, if you're IHG member, you get free wifi but for some reason, our wifi only worked when you stand right next to the door. Yes, trivial thing to complain about but I'm complaining anyway. For a nice hotel brand, I wasn't too impressed with this one. But I guess it's more historic so there's that. Had the breakfast buffet downstairs which had a nice selection of everything you'd want to eat for breakfast. It gets crowded though so if you order something that's not in the buffet (i.e. an omelette), be prepared to wait a while until you get it. read more

If you can afford to stay here...you're in for a treat (or so I'm heard). If you're here during the festival, be warned that something as simple as a dry martini is going to run you around 25 Euros! read more

meh. I suppose the suites are 5 stars but the 'regular' rooms are not. Nothing extra at this hotel- no pool, no spa, no jacuzzi. pay to use the beach- the only cool thing is free use of bikes. edit: I should add that the staff are very friendly, and that also Cannes is not my kind of vacation (I went with a girlfriend who wanted to go for some reason) so I was supremely bored the entire time. read more

Ever since viewing Alfred Hitchcock`s `To Catch a Thief` I have wanted to live within the frame of that fabulous shot at the Beach Club of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. You know the scene...where Grace Kelly marches onto the sandy shores of the private club in a dynamite beach outfit by Edith Head and wearing the most beautiful sun bonnet you`ve ever seen. She poses in a lounge chair, furtively looks out for Cary Grant...sees him...and then pretends she isn`t looking out. I find a vacant beach lounge...difficult because the Cannes film festival is on and starlets in bikinis are being photographed on the shores of the club. I smear sun lotion all over my body...and then give myself to the sun god. I AM within the frame of the famous Hitchcock shot. I furtively look out for Cary. Nowhere in sight. The man in the swim trunks...no, too fat. The other man wearing sunglasses. No, too short. There`s Cary. No, stupid. That`s Bill Nighy, pretending to be Cary Grant. Someone nearby is discussing whether American girls are prettier than French girls. It`s a stills photographer. It sounds like the conversation that Grace had with the `little French girl` in the film. Up close they`re not. Up close! Up close they look older. Grace flounced off. The photographer is arguing about it. But then he`s an American. A bit of a chauvinist. I close my eyes...thinking of Hitch...thinking of the shot...thinking of Grace...and thinking of Cary. He liked them both...French and America. And he was British. But then the Brits do have a streak of diplomacy. read more

The nicest staff and the best service. Love everything about this hotel, including the bar, restaurant, and spa!

Accidents happen, it's true.. During lunch today our waitress spilled a drink on our camera. We tested the camera in front of the waitress immediately, it was in fact broken. She rightfully suggested she get the manager. After about 10 minutes the manager arrived and asked who's fault it was. He offered us a bowl of dried rice to carry home our camera, explaining that it should dry and repair itself in 24 hours. (we're visiting from the states, no pics tonight, we explained we fly out tomorrow.) I asked them to hold the camera over night and will return to pick it up in the morning as I wanted to avoid problems. We were not expecting anything free, but we certainly werent expecting our waitress to ask us to pay (before asking if we wanted desert/coffee/anything else) because she wanted to head home. Seriously? Not an 80 euro experience for 2 sandwiches, 2 wines and an ice tea. 5 star prices should include 5 star service. read more

Aside from the free wireless in the comfort of a lounge, there is no reason to pay EUR10 for a coke.

Unfriendly and incompetent staff: made a reservation for brunch and it turned out that they don't have brunch and neither did they find my reservation! After sending us away for 30 minutes, they served lunch: slow service, mediocre food! Never again! read more

On May 24th we stopped at the Carlton during the Cannes Film Festival to have drinks and snacks. Although the terraces was packed, the "chef de rang" found a nice little table for us, where we were greeted by our server Geraldine. The place was packed, but the service was excellent. The drinks were perfect and the snacks very tasteful and enough to feed us. Given the rush and the craziness of the Festival, the team there was perfect. We will be back there soon. read more

When In Cannes you must visit The Carlton Hotel bar just once..Its the epitimy of style and sophisticationwhislt not cheap 5 beers for 45 Euros..Its the place to be see and to be seen..You can languish in comfy chairs in the downstairs bar or if your lucky enough to be a member visit the private bar at the rear of the hotelI managed to talk my way into a few parties whillst I was there..See you thereSi. read more

I stayed at this hotel for business in April of 2015. I had a late night coffee/port each night in the bar. One night I asked if they had macaroons as I really love French macaroons. The head waiter said they did not have any in the kitchen that night (big sigh). The next night I went back to the bar and ordered my late night coffee. The head waiter appeared, silently placed a plate of macaroons at my table and walked away. Best part of my entire trip. Can't say enough positive things as he went out of his way, remember what I wanted and the next day "magic" and it appeared. What a great staff. read more

Nice hotel, rooms could be nicer. Location is perfect. Private beach across the small boulevard and I water-skied off the small pier into the relatively warm ocean water. The restaurant is very good as well. Sit outside and take in the energy. read more