Reviews Granville Island Hotel

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Nov 9, 2009
I stayed here after all the rave reviews. There are many pluses for this hotel, but a few caveats:
The rooms are small and sparsely furnished. There is no easy chair.
Do not hire a car and try to park it here. Granville Island is very busy, & I frequently
could not find hotel parking. The daily parking charge is $12.
The V-shaped hotel has its restaurant and bar seating within the V, making for noisy
evenings in your room.
The hotel restaurant merits only 3*, with slightly above average food (also expensive)
Their Microbrewery is much praised. I disagree: the beers are lightweight.
However the hotel is very nice, and the staff very helpful. Being on Granville Island is a real treat.

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Oct 11, 2009
Super location, friendly & helpful staff, great room. Very clean and welcoming. Excellent value... parking was the only issue, but the front desk solved that problem. Stayed at the Pan Pacific 2 nights later and except for the glitz, the comfort of the room and the view were comparable. "I'll be back." ..... ps - there's a little bakery on the opposite side of the island. Go get your just baked morning rolls and pastries then stop in at the Market for some fruits and meats and you're set for breakfast, and lunch, too if you want.

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Oct 4, 2009
We stayed two nights at the hotel and had a fabulous time exploring Granville Island. This is the only hotel located on the island. So much to see and do. There are great shops and galleries The Public Market rivals Pike Place. The three course dinner at ""The Cat's Meow"" was great. The staff here was very helpful and friendly and our standard room clean and comfortable. I plan to go back soon with a group of gal pals!

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Sept 15, 2009
BEST Vancouver experience! The hotel is minutes to everything, without being surrounded by high rise hotels. Public Market steps from the hotel, great bars, shops and restaurants. We were upgraded to a suite with amazing water and city views. We did not want to leave. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Hotel is very small and has a boutique feeling. We would recommend this hotel to anyone. Can't wait to go back!!!

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Sept 3, 2009
I spent two nights on my own and wish it had been longer. I chose the Granville Island Hotel on the basis of a review from a woman who spent several Christmases there on her own with a dog. I was touched by her story.

The hotel more than lived up to the story. Staff were friendly, the room luxurious and clean, with a view of the water. The food in the restaurant was creative and tasty, especially when eaten outside on their patio by the Marina. The microbrewery at the heart of the hotel gives it a unique quality that many other high end hotels lack. The beer they make is delicious, even to a woman's palate. I met the brewer in the hotel lift and was entertained by his tales of the brewing process.

The Granville Island community is quaint and a lovely mix of operating businesses around the marina and tourist shops. The coffee and Red Cappuccino (rooibos tea) in the organic coffee shop are excellent. The public market with its overflowing stalls with a vast range local food is a treat in itself. Try the apple pie at the Pie shop.

I took a long walk by the shore back to the hotel from the Maritime Museum and enjoyed the Vancouver skyline. Everything is accessible from Granville Island, which nestles under two flyovers.creating a little island of pleasure.

Its a delightful world in an elegant city and I plan to go back. Its worth every penny.

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Jul 8, 2009
This is a very nice hotel in a wonderful central location in Vancouver. They are pet-friendly and welcomed our rather large dog (for a fee of $25 per night), even though it seemed that the other dogs that were staying there were small. The restaurant on the ground floor has good food and a great view, but is pricey. We liked the modern rooms with the tile floor, which was nice because the weather was hot the weekend we came. Our room even had a large balcony. One problem we had is our room heated up terribly, and the window air conditioner didn't make much of a dent in cooling it. The personnel provided a fan to supplement the air conditioner, which helped. We would likely come back to this place, but next time we would make sure to get a room on the side that doesn't get the afternoon sun.


Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
Jul 2, 2009
Stayed on night. Room very typical, clean, nice linens, air conditioning unit under window and noisey (again Typical). Somewhat pricey for type of room (your paying for the location). Parking is extra fee. One night is enough for the area

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
June 29, 2009
We stayed in this newly renovated hotel and attended a play while in Vancouver. The staff were extremely friendly and we thoroughly enjoyed the water view from the room. The hotel was perfectly situated and we enjoyed this quiet and romantic stay in this glorious city. We would highly recommend this hotel.

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
June 18, 2009
Great location, very helpful but not over fussy staff and excellent restaurant with wonderful views. Ask for a room with a water view. Its not cheap but it is very good. We went to the public market most days for breakfast,

Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
May 2009
The Granville Island Hotel seems to emanate a calm, friendly vibe. I've never stayed here, so I can't comment much about the rooms, but I've always enjoyed coming here for events.

It's very small, for one thing, which makes it easy to find where you're supposed to be upon arriving. The conference rooms are all on the ground floor, and they have lots of windows to let in the light and let you gaze a little on the scene outside. (Gauzy curtains provide shade, and are so much nicer than Venetian blinds - who invented those atrocities?) I never get that "trapped in a conference room in Hotel Nowhere" feeling.

And I guess this will depend on your organizer/host, but they serve a strong cuppa coffee here, and pitchers of water come sensibly garnished with lemons.

There's a decent restaurant/pub out back - a little touristy feeling with the nautical theme, but a fine place to sit back with a pint of microbrew.


Guest Review of the Granville Island Hotel
May 2009
The Granville Island Hotel is basically your only option if you plan to stay in Granville Island. It's a bit pricey and their gym facility is pretty small. They don't have a pool, but they do have a whirlpool and sauna to melt your tensions away.

The rooms are pretty standard with a lovely view of the ocean from one side. They also have a brewery on site that makes delicious beer and a large restaurant, patio and bar space for conventions and guests. Their conference rooms are also very roomy with lots of light and great catering. The service I've received from staff has always been very pleasant.

I should warn the hotel isn't quite as beautiful as the website suggests, but it's still a great place to stay.
 

Granville Island Hotel
1253 Johnston Street
Vancouver BC