Le Petit Nice Passedat takes business lunches, board meetings, group dinners and residential seminars for 10 to 45 guests, in private rooms that are arranged to the size of the group. The hotel stands on the water at the Anse de Maldormé, on the Corniche Kennedy in the 7th arrondissement of Marseille, and is home to the three-Michelin-star restaurant of chef Gérald Passedat.
Seminars and company events
The house offers modular private rooms for 10 to 45 people, suites with sea views for small, confidential meetings, and two restaurants for working lunches and dinners. Its quote form covers seminars and meetings, banquets and receptions. Residential seminars combine working sessions with a night in the hotel. For team building, the hotel suggests boat outings along the calanques and bike rides, and networking formats built around a meal. The scale suits a board, a management committee or a client dinner rather than a large conference.
Rooms and capacities
The site does not name each private room. It gives a range of 10 to 45 guests for the modular spaces, which can be set for a meeting or a seated meal. Le 1917, the bistro, has terraces and is proposed for business meals, lunches and group dinners. The suites can serve as meeting rooms for a handful of people who want privacy and a view of the sea.
Accommodation
The hotel has 16 rooms and two villas. Categories include Executive Rooms, Executive Terrace Rooms, Junior Suites, one of them with a garden, a Romantic Junior Suite, a Suite for up to four guests, a Panoramic Sea View Suite and the Apartment Jean-Paul Passedat and Albertine. A wellness area has a hammam, a Japanese bath and a gym. With so few rooms, a residential seminar can fill a large part of the house.
Catering
Le Petit Nice, the gastronomic restaurant, holds three Michelin stars. Gérald Passedat cooks around more than 65 Mediterranean fish bought from small-scale fishermen and changes his menus with the seasons. Le 1917, also called Le bar, serves bistro cooking and works well for a more relaxed group lunch. Meals for events come from these two kitchens.
History and setting
The family has received guests here since 1917. The house was founded by the chef's grandfather, and the family describes it as far from the noise of the city while only five minutes from its center. The hotel faces south, at the very edge of the sea, with views of the Frioul islands, the Château d'If and the small island of Gaby. Meeting in a room above the water, a few minutes from the Vieux-Port, is the main reason groups choose it.
Getting there
The address is Anse de Maldormé, Corniche JF Kennedy, 13007 Marseille. Marseille Saint-Charles station is served by TGV from Paris in a little over three hours, and the Corniche is a short taxi ride from the station. Marseille Provence Airport, in Marignane, is about 30 to 40 minutes by car. Allow extra time for summer traffic along the Corniche.
