Reviews Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Dec 4, 2009
We were pleasantly surprised by how nice this hotel really is after reading a couple of negative reviews. The service we encountered was excellent and accommodating. The King size suite with kitchen amenities was ideal for our 9 night stay since we didn’t have to eat breakfast at a restaurant every day. The pool area rocks! One down side is the elevators- they’re small, slow and often used by hotel staff. Otherwise an excellent value in a great location.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Nov 26, 2009
It is a very nice hotel in Robson St. You can walk to restaurants and shops. Anyway, we had a great time. If you take your car, youll have to pay $25 per night for parking.
It served our needs perfectly and would absolutely stay there again if I were emrely looking for a place to lay my head at night. The room was clean and neat. Each of the 2 double beds had a pair of firm and a pair of soft pillows.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Nov 5, 2009
The one factor that would have made this hotel much more pleasant to stay in is the view from the rooms. Our room faced the back alley, and needless to say, the view was such that we preferred to keep the curtains up all day. Request a street or side facing view. Otherwise, good location, close to everything.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Nov 1, 2009
PROS: Three blocks from Robson St, not far from Davie St. Quick check in. Good front desk service-24 hrs. Very comfortable bed and pillows. Clean. Help desk for tourists. CONS: Could hear noise from the street on the Friday and Saturday nights. Rooms not sound proof. Bathrooms quite small. Late night in room dining lacking. Expensive internet. $9/hr, look for cheaper places in the west end of Robson St $2-3/hr. Overall, good if you want a clean and comfortable place to sleep at reasonable price. Staff very friendly, especially Jessie.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Oct 25, 2009
This was a decent and affordable place with a good location. The first room they gave us was on the top floor, across from the elevator. It was very loud, so they showed us several other rooms and let us pick where we would like to move.
I wouldn't say this place is anything special, but it is clean, quiet and friendly. I would stay there again.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Oct 11, 2009
I did enjoy that the room was comfortable they offered a good selection of pillows. I wasn't pleased with the fact that I had to pay a pricey fee for parking even as a guest. This place is overall good for a quick night in Vancouver but its location is not great for restaurant selection within walking distance. Otherwise the staff is very friendly and we received quick service upon our arrival. Being minutes away from Stanley park and other attractions it is worth the stay and I would visit again.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Oct 1, 2009
This holiday inn is situated in the heart of Vancouver, we were able to get to most of the places on foot or via public transport. our family trip was made very enjoyable with the helpful and friendly staff.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Sept 29, 2009
Location and price paid. No fridge, TV was old and poor. Good location, noisy as per reviews but convenient. Rate paid and room allocated met expectations.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Sept 10, 2009
We walked everywhere from this hotel without a problem. We wanted to be close to the gay area, and it's great for that. Front desk staff is friendly and effective at solving issues that weren't their fault. Our room was very clean, the staff was very nice about our irregular schedules, and we appreciated the eco-friendly (but not pushily so) laundry arrangements. We'd be back here in a minute.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Sept 1, 2009
This was my families second visit to Vancouver and we stayed at the same Holiday Inn because of its great location. Everything is close by within walking distance and the rooms are ideal for the price you pay. The front desk staff were very helpful and the maid service was top dollar compared to many hotels I have stayed around the world no request was to much trouble for the hotel staff. We visited all the local attractions and found the hotel a relaxing place to return to after a day out .all the food shops are close by and using a day travel pass on the public transport made the hotel an ideal place to stay for 5 or 6 days.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Aug 4, 2009
This is a good hotel but not excellent. The room was clean enough, comfortable and the help desk is very kind. The location is fantastic because you are in the center of Vancouver; overall in the night the area around the hotel is not bad: Hastings St, full of homeless, is not very close but if you have a car I really suggest to use the hotel garage (with 15 CAD). For the price you spend this hotel it's a very good deal.


Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Jul 31, 2009
Holiday Inn doesn't enjoy the best reputation in North America - this was certainly one of the best Holiday Inn's i'd laid to rest in.

The location is excellent - close to everything, including the hospital where i could lighten myself of $715 for the dr to look at my sprained ankle. Never mind. Its also close to Davie st, known as the gay district, though really just home to lots of life (and unfortunately some homeless who move to Vancouver to survive the winter. One tried to lighten me of my pizza).

The staff were limited in numbers, though very helpful. Patrick even offered to lend me crutches without asking. good form.

The rooms (we had a standard twin) were newly refurbished and excellent. Large beds and the best mattress i had in north America. all the little things like great robes and free high speed if you're using your laptop. Reception happily sent faxes and printed material for me without charge. I like a hotel that doesn't nickel and dime me.

The only downside was the idiot who stayed previously setting about 7 alarms through the night which kept waking me from my comfy bed slumber. I didnt try the restaurants.

Definitely I would recommend this for a mid market option.

As for Vancouver - read my write up about the Sandman Suites on Davie - lots of good tips from the Spoons there!


Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Jul 26, 2009
This Hotel was clean and close to Business center. The view was nice and the staff helpful. It is your average hotel and what you would expect from 'Holiday Inn'. If you are on a budget, this is the place.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
June 27, 2009
My wife and I were looking for a hotel in Vancouver handy to public transportation, near the park if possible, and a place to spend a little time in Vancouver. We were surprised and delighted at the value you get here at the HI Vancouver. Incredibly friendly staff, helpful and knowledgeable - they clearly "get it" when it comes to guest service. The room was very clean and having a choice of pillow firmness was a wonderful touch. I would not hesitate to stay here again and for longer next time.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
May 2009
I want..no, I -need- a safe, gated, garage to house my car for the weekend. I'm staying at the hostel around the corner, and I'm not going to be driving around until I'm headed back home. The hostel staff says the hotel will take care of my car. $15.95 to leave it for 24 hours? Done.
Sure the garage is a labyrinth of white concrete and ridiculously low ceilings. I was feeling claustrophobic, and my Ford Escape barely fit. The spots border on being compact, and there are more pillars than the Parthenon. Yeah it might not be technically fully enclosed, and if someone really cared, they could jump a few fences and get in. But it could be worse, right? Right.
The staff seemed together and I came back a couple days later to find my car one piece.
 

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Mar 24, 2009
We were assigned this hotel through a hotwire booking. We paid $35 US for a room that retails for $99 CAD. The hotel was very conveniently located close to downtown sights. This is not a luxury hotel. It is a nice place, but nothing to rave about. However, it served our needs perfectly and would absolutely stay there again if I were emrely looking for a palce to lay my head at night.
The room was clean and neat. Each of the 2 double beds had a pair of firm and a pair of soft pillows. Ice machine was conveniently located on our floor. On-site secure parking is $15 CAD. We parked and our car was safe. Didn't try the restaurant so can't say how the food was. Front desk service was quick and easy.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Feb 28, 2009
Living on an island just outside of Vancouver we were looking for a place to stay for 2 nights while visiting friends and relatives in Vancouver.
After a great reception and speedy checkin procedure, we went to our room (701)....a bed-sitting room. So nice to have a sitting area along with a bedroom separated by an innovative folding screen.
I called down to the desk to get the password for their free internet access. So nice to be able to be connected (never leave home without my laptop).
After a wonderful dinner at my niece's we returned to the hotel for a great sleep. In the morning, it was so nice to have the arched shower curtain rod but I loved the shower curtain itself. This is the first hotel that I've seen a shower curtain that you know is laundered at every checkout... it has snaps that the curtain can easily be changed. Just gave a nice feeling of cleanliness.
We had guests come for brunch. What a delight! The waitress, Candy, was amazing! Even though we selected the buffet, her service was awesome. Coffee was served in thermos' on the table but you had to be really quick to be able to pour your own coffee. She was always there. The breakfast buffet was wonderful. Very fresh fruit, great selection of cereals and yogurts. Nice crispy bacon and sausages complimented the scrambled eggs (but Candy made sure we knew we could order virtually any other style of eggs we wanted ....and lo and behold.....over easy were actually over easy!). The make your own waffle maker was wonderful and the blueberries or strawberry toppings were a great addition.
The next day, we had planned to take another friend to the Fairmont for brunch but after Candy's service, we returned to the Holiday Inn's dining room for another wonderful repeat.
We will definitely return and will recommend the Vancouver downtown Holiday Inn to all of our island neighbour's.

Guest Review of the Holiday Inn Vancouver Downtown
Jul 17, 2008
Good, central location within walking distance of Robson Street, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada Place etc. Comfortable, spacious room. Very strange bathroom arrangement which we didn't much like - the washbasin was in a separate alcove of the bedroom, with the toilet and bathtub (with good shower over) in an ensuite. Very, very comfortable bed - bliss. Helpful, friendly staff.

We ate one night at the Kettle of Fish - very good, but surprisingly unfriendly staff (our experience is that almost all other Canadians we have encountered have been very pleasant). Another night we ate in the wonderful Delilah's which is a very nice walk of about ten blocks through residential streets - it was such a nice walk that we walked both ways, even though we were tired from walking all day sightseeing. The great cocktails and superb meal at Delilah's, not to mention the wonderful service, really bucked us up.

Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver
110 Howe St. Vancouver, BC