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Days Inn Montreal Centre-Ville
Category: Event Planning & Services Hotels Hotels & Travel Hotels Hotels [Edit]
215 Boul Rene-Levesque EMontréal, QC H2X 1N7
(514) 393-3388
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
12 reviews for Days Inn Montreal Centre-Ville
12 reviews in English
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Review from Amy C.
8/30/2011 1 Check-in Here
I booked a two-night stay through Travelocity for $98/night. We didn't have high expectations since we chose the hotel for its location and only planned on using the room for showering and sleeping.
The carpeting in the corridors and elevators were worn, old, dirty, and dusty. However, we were pleasantly surprised with our room. The bathroom was spacious, there was plenty of counter space, and everything was clean. The window shades and the AC/heating unit were easy to use. The beds were very comfortable. They offer free wi-fi.
The best part was the location. This hotel is right smack in the middle of everything: the Latin Quarter is to the north, Chinatown is right next door, Old Montreal is south, and the shopping malls are to the west. Everything was so close by we never had to use the metro. If you do plan on using the metro, there are two stations very close by. -
Review from Izzat A.
5/8/2012
Stayed here for 5 days this last week. All of the decor is old and worn. It is a very very old hotel. It needs a facelift. However, the price and the location cannot be beat. We ended up paying I think $63 a night through Hotwire. Loved that rooms had fridges and free wifi. Don't have any expectatins of luxury and you won't have a problem with the place. Service was friendly. Is about a 10 minute walk to Old Montreal. With some renovations, this place could be a gem.
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Review from Lauren M.
8/21/2011 1 Check-in Here
Good budget hotel option. Perfect location central to Old Montreal, the Village, Chinatown, Rue St Catherines (shopping) and Rue St Denis (Latin Quarter)
We had issues with young hooligans partying in the room next door, but the staff here kicked them out immediately when we complained! Awesome
Room was large but quite dated. Bad decor. Washroom clean but a bit ghetto. Lobby was equally dismal. -
Review from Lilliane G.
Toronto, ON
8/23/2011
Okay, this place is ghetto, but in a somewhat fabulous way.
Lobby is a bit outdated, but the reception staff were very helpful and check in was quick and easy.
Bartender was cute and helpful when we were having an issue with not having a corkscrew in our room and needed to open our bottle of wine. He also was kind enough to provide us with wine glasses from the bar instead of making us drink our bold red Italian from plastic Days' Inn cups.
Sure, the place is run down and sure the carpet in the elevator was in desparate need of a good cleaning, but our room was clean as was the bathroom.
Of note, they provided us with extra towels without us having to request them. When the reservation was made they were told that there would be 3 of us staying in the room and they made sure we had 3 sets of towels. Awesome!
The location is perfect and within walking distance to the Old Port, rue Ste. Catherine, rue St. Denis, and Parc Mont Royal, which is why I'm giving this place 3 stars.
There were some rabblerousers on either side of us...we complained once on our way out to dinner and when we returned they had disappeared! Yay for that! -
Review from Cage H.
11/22/2011
I am sorry to give the Days Inn such a negative review, as it has several factors weighing in its favor as a quite decent budget hotel, particularly the location and the friendly staff. However, I was there as a business traveler attending a conference and the alleged business-oriented amenities were practically useless.
The two reasons that I chose the hotel for the location and the free Wi-Fi: I've become quite tired of paying higher rates to stay in the official conference-sponsored hotel and being nickeled and diamond with $15 a day Wi-Fi, among other minor and expensive indignities. The Days Inn promised free Wi-Fi as well as a business center, where I might send or receive faxes or printout a revision of my conference paper. Also, in looking over the reviews, it sounded as though the larger bedrooms were significantly more desirable than the smaller bedrooms, about which there seemed to be more complaints. My 1st surprise in checking in was to walk into a conference room instead of my sweet. It turns out that they only have 2 suites with king sized beds, and one of those is attached to a conference room. While not unpleasant, it was slightly odd.
Despite being next to the conference room, when I attempted to log onto the Wi-Fi, I noticed that the connection was very slow and it rapidly ground almost to a halt. I needed to receive several large text files as e-mail attachments, and for about half an hour I thought that my e-mail was not working because nothing would download. It turned out that the Wi-Fi connection was so slow that my e-mail was timing out while attempting to download the Word files. When I inquired about this I was told that there was nothing wrong with Wi-Fi but was offered the use of the business center, which was conveniently located a few doors from my room. The "business center" turned out to be a large utility closet with a desk and 2 PCs that looked about 10 years old. I was able to use the ethernet cable which appeared to be about 4 times as fast as Wi-Fi, but was still so slow that I was unable to download a program update that I needed to install on my computer. Neither printer nor fax was present in the business center.
The room itself was nice enough. The bed was huge and quite comfortable and everything except the Wi-Fi appeared to be in good repair. I did not use television so I cannot comment on others' complaints about the connection there. I was mildly put out that the only lighting in the bedroom was from table lamps which were pleasantly atmospheric, but left one corner of the room rather dark.
The bathroom was probably updated within the last 10 years and looked pleasant enough. However, the very modern looking shower was decidedly problematic. At 1st I thought that the temperature controls were simply very temperamental, but I eventually decided that there is simply some random fluctuation in the hot water supply that causes the water to range periodically from Spalding to tepid regardless of what I did to adjust controls.
This was all very frustrating, because the price was reasonable, the staff were friendly including the very conscientious housekeeping staff, and the location was extremely convenient. The hotel is a couple of blocks from Chinatown which is where I ate most of my meals during the conference. It is a brief walk from both the Centre de Congrès and the Complexe desjardins. It is also perhaps a 10 min. walk from the core of old Montréal, including the student hangouts, restaurants, and nightclubs along rue Sainte-Catherine and rue St-Denis. However, there are several other hotels that are equally conveniently located within a block or two of the Days Inn.
A couple other comments: the small restaurant/bar just off the lobby looked quite pleasant although I did not actually eat there. People I saw eating dinner or hanging out at the bar before or after the conference seems to be having a pleasant time. Also a sign on the front door notes that one needs to bring a bell for entry into the hotel after 11 PM, I was out with colleagues each night until sometime between 1130 and nearly 2 AM, and on each night when I returned there were the normal staff at the desk or a security guard and the door was unlocked, so no inconvenience at all.
There are no gym facilities.
Again, I'm rather sad to get this place such a negative review. The hotel has a number of nice features, but for a business traveler who needed Internet access and fax and printing services, this was completely nonviable. It actually made my entire attendance at the conference problematic, as I had difficulty coordinating meetings with colleagues, accessing the schedule of events (an interactive webpage that requires too long to load), or sending and receiving a number of important e-mails. I believe my time at the conference would have been both more productive and enjoyable if I had stayed a block or 2 down at one of the other major chain hotel -
Review from Markus R. B.
8/17/2011
I was not really impressed about this hotel! My first time in Days Inn with my family. Realy this hotel is on the older side, the rooms are small. Most of all the sanitary equipment is old and partly out of order. The beds are also marcably used. Inside the uncleand bathroom the hair of the other inhabitants, the sugar of them are still inside the coffee cubs!
My family and me are glad to see a better hotel next night. -
Review from Alan A.
6/24/2011
This is the first time that I have ever stayed at a Days Inn Hotel. I don't know what is up with all the positive reviews about this place. I had to double check the address to see if it was the correct hotel that I was about to review.
First of all, this hotel is a bit on the older side, and it shows. Originally, I was attempting to book a room at the Holiday Inn Express a couple of doors down, but all they had were smoking rooms available. So, my fiance went to this place and ended up booking a room.
Anyways, the room is small, and the decor is not really all that pleasant. The bathroom shows signs of wear. There is a free wi-fi connection that seems to be working pretty good. A small refridgerator is provided, and an small outdated TV is in the room. The TV gets really bad reception. The picture is very snowy on each channel, and there is some kind of interference that makes it very irritating to listen to the television. In fact, I just finished shutting it off to get a litte bit of peace and quiet. The TV reception reminds me of the days before satalite and cable television.
There are several redeeming qualities to this hotel. The staff was really nice and friendly, and the location of this place is good. It is situated within walking distance to Chinatown and Old Town. I'm sure that there are other points of interest that are close by; however, we have not had time to check out those places yet.
I'd honestly have to say that this is a 3 star hotel only because of its location. I cannot honestly say if I'd stay here again or not. -
Review from Mike W.
11/18/2011
I stayed here once, and once was enough for me... The hotel was clean, that's were the good qualities end...
The staff was, not so much rude, just... blank would be the best way to describe them. The rooms, and hotel itself, were very small. The room had 2 beds and a TV stand which left just enough room for 1 person to walk between them (and we had 3 guys staying there, talk about crowded). The doors around the hotel all lock behind you, meaning (and I found out the hard way, due to a slow elevator) you can't take the stairs... If you go into the stairwell you have to go all the way to the ground level, go outside (it was raining that night), walk around the building back to the front, and if it's past a certain hour you have to wait for the Front Desk clerk to buzz you in. The parking's the other thing... This is more a personal thing for me, I like to have my car parked in a garage when I'm on vacation. They have an outdoors parking lot up the block (which some might not think is in the greatest of neighborhoods). The bigger pain is, you have to get a new parking pass for your car every day it's in the lot. This can be annoying because if you do it in the morning you have to deal with the Check In wait.
All in all I personally had a horrible experience in this hotel and would not recommend it to anyone... The only reason we stayed here was because we decided to take the trip late and all our other choices were booked up. -
Review from Mary Q.
9/6/2010
What? This place totally blows away all of my preconceptions about Days Inns. I stayed here for 3 nights about a week ago for a friendly trip up north. I was expecting some low rate seedy motel but was pleasantly surprised.
The room itself was a bit small but everything was well kept and clean. That's all I can ask for from a cheap inn. But what sets this place apart is all the extra stuff they offer such as valet parking for $20 a night, coupon for free continental breakfast every morning, and a great front desk. It got a bit loud on the first night because the room next to us had a bachelor's party going on but we called the front desk and they were quick to tell the guys next door to shush. Overall, a great stay! -
Review from Loree B.
8/6/2008
This can't be! Days Inn is supposed to be cheap, mediocre, and bland for the close-to-middle-class folks.....this is WAY to pretty! I don't want to touch anything or I'll break something! Marble, granite, mahogony, what???? A super bar???? An awesome pool/hot tub/sauna area???
Ok, I have to share a story. I didn't stay here, one of my colleagues did. I wanted to go swimming so bad but my hotel didn't have a pool- hers did. So we get there- I change into my swimsuit, go all the way down to the pool---- only to find out it's CLOSED??? WTF??? Well, there WAS NO apparent sign or anything and the doors were unlocked. So what did we do? We asked ourselves "What's the worst that could happen? They'll just ask us to get out!" So we hopped the gate going down the stairs and I turned on the hot tub on hopped in! They had it set up like a jungle so you felt like you were outside. She just lounged in a chair while I sat in the bubbles for about 20 minutes and we BS'd. When I got out and dried off, we heard someone come in the doors. It was an old attendant guy. He yelled "Who's there?" We stayed quiet. "I know you're there!" We were trapped- the bathroom/locker room doors were locked downstairs by the hot tub so we had to go up the stairs to where we came from- where he was. So- we nonchalantly hobbled up there- in the meantime the guy is asking us how we got in-- we said through the bathroom downstairs but it locked us out or someone locked it...then as we climbed back over the gate, he asked how come we knew to climb over it....OOPS! We just smiled and walked out and he just kept looking at us funny and told us we'll be kicked out of the hotel if that happens again. That was a blast.Listed in: Bonjour, Montreal!
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Review from Katharine T.
3/2/2009
This days inn is very nice. Google mislead us and it was a little farther than we thought it was from the highway, but we found it eventually. Note that the advertised parking amenities are for you to pay $12 per night to park in a sketchy lot across the street - not cool. But the rooms are very nice and clean, and the staff were very friendly even though we did not speak french.
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Review from Joey V.
12/14/2009
Montreal is so flooded with weed it makes Amsterdam look like Saudi Arabia. I've been to Vancouver and while there was alot of weed I've never seen people smoking on the street as openly and frequently as they do in Montreal. The hotel was nice, liked the location, price was right and high quality weed was abundantly available nearby.
