Review of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park Vancouver
May 24, 2011
Vancouver Gay Volleyball Association used Executive Inn Vintage Park's
ballroom to host our Annual General Meeting. We had 75 guests and there
was ample room for everyone. The food was quite good, the plate service
was efficient and well timed, the service staff was friendly and
professional. The view from the ballroom was second to none with great
water views of English Bay and Granville Island. The Catering Manager
Janice was a pleasure to work with. She got back to me in a timely
manner when I had requests or changes. She was able to tailor a meal to
fit our non profit association's budget.
Downside - plastic cups used for drinks but the reasoning is that they
are many stories up and have patios that are accessed from the ballroom.
NIce for the views, but as usual, people that have no manners end up
throwing wine glasses over the edge so we all end up with plastic. Maybe
nicer plastic glasses would complement the fine dining experience that
is expected...
Other than that, I would totally recommend this hotel for their catering
and banquet facilities....
Review of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park Vancouver
May 21, 2011
My husband and I went to this hotel for a romantic anniversary trip. We
booked the Jacuzzi suite, judging by the photos on line it looked like
the perfect room.
We got to the hotel and waited for the valet to pick up our car, right
by the sign that said valet... no one came out. Turn out you have to go
inside the lobby as ask the concierge/bellmen/valet to get you car, if
he's there. He wasn't when we checked in. When we got to our "romantic"
Jacuzzi suite, we discovered the photos online with a Jacuzzi in the
room with a view of the city, was not the Jacuzzi suite.... there was a
Jacuzzi, in the florecent lit bathroom with rust stains, not that
romantic for my taste. The room was so small the dresser covered half
the desk. It was in great need of repair as well, chips in the glass top
and dresser and windowsill, cracked lamp shades.
We asked the front desk about the room, she said you can only get the
Jacuzzi in your room, if you booked directly through the hotel. So we
upgraded then and there. It was a much bigger room, but still had signs
of wear and tare. Part of the wall paper had been scotch taped back to
the wall. Both rooms had the hardest beds I have ever slept on, we both
had terrible back aches for the next two days. We ordered some champagne
to be deliver to our room while we were out. Two small glass bottles
were sitting on our dresser, one was non-alcoholic and they were both
warm... right next to an empty ice bucket....
The on site restaurant is tiny! The breakfast was comparable to a
Holiday Inn Express
, good but nothing to write home about.
I do have to say the night concierge who went out of his way to drive us
to a restaurant, after our car had been broken into earlier that day,
was fabulous. He even gave us a private tour of the city.
The hotel seems upscale on line, but if you stay here don't expect too
much.
Review of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park Vancouver
May 19, 2011
We had a 2 double bed room. The room was *tiny*, too much furniture in
the room! The double beds were smaller than doubles, more like
twin-size. Absolutely not comfortable. Very hard mattresses. Air
conditioner didn't cool the room at all, even the hallways were quite
warm, so we left the windows open. The decor is very dated, the hotel
needs an update in the hallways and the rooms. The bathroom's massaging
shower head however was very good.
On check out, we asked for a taxi and waited about 30 minutes for one to
arrive -- while we waited, someone went to "inspect" our room -- he came
back and informed the front desk staff that we didn't "steal anything"
from the room!
Save yourself these headaches, pay an extra $20 and stay at the
Century Plaza Hotel
a few blocks away.
Review of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park Vancouver
May 18, 2011
Staff were very nice, but the whole experience was a letdown after
reading many positive reviews. The room was small as was the lobby. The
room was posted as queen or 2 doubles, but when we arrived it was only 2
doubles. The beds were hard, like boards. They advertised a shuttle
online and in their room guide - no shuttle. The hallways were a gaudy
orange and very narrow, giving a cramped space-saver feeling. The
neighborhood was only so-so. Went to the
Holiday Inn 2-3 blocks up for a
much nicer stay, room and facility - for less! Skip this one and you
will be glad you did.
Review of the Executive Hotel Vintage Park Vancouver
May 8, 2011
The room was clean, staff we friendly, and it was located well in the
city, BUT, we had a queen bed room, that you couldn't swing a cat in,
there was nowhere to put our bags except in the bed, or the furniture
you had to climb over. (When mentioned the smallnest to staff she stated
all the queen bed rooms where shall. Could not sleep because of the
noise the aircon made each time it came on, we had to turn it off, it
was giving me a headache. On top of top price for room, the parking
price of $20 per day plus the parking tax, made it an expensive hotel
for a room that wasn't very comfortable. Luckily we were only staying 2
nights. |