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North Vancouver Hotel
Category: Event Planning & Services Hotels Hotels & Travel Hotels Hotels [Edit]
1800 Capilano RdNorth Vancouver, BC V7P 3B6
(604) 987-4461
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
8 reviews for North Vancouver Hotel
8 reviews in English
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Review from Colin A.
2/22/2012 1 Check-in Here
I'm not a hotel snob by any means, but I have stayed in far less appealing places than North Vancouver Hotel.
As one reviewer mentioned, technically this is a motel, but I digress. We had a great one-night stay here on a recent visit to Vancouver and would definitely stay here again. The price was inexpensive, parking was free, the staff were super friendly and helpful, and the room was very nice considering our expectations from reading previous reviews. After check-in, but before we'd walked around to our room, the clerk came running out to inform us she'd written the incorrect room number on our key card packet. That saved what could have been an embarrassing situation!
Brand new bathroom renovation (tiles, tub, sink, lights), television, and a comfortable & spacious queen size bed. Our room was tucked in the back corner on the second floor, at the end of an outside corridor, so we got some traffic noise from Capilano Rd, but otherwise...no complaints. You can't really get to any of the sights within walking distance, but if you're visiting Vancouver and have a car, this place ain't bad!
The free breakfast wasn't much to write home about, but I appreciated the blueberry muffins, juice, and gigantic oranges. Sadly, many of the other offerings had been consumed by a college basketball team staying at this location, so get there early or be OK taking a few items to go. While many folks appeared headed for the Capilano Suspension Bridge, I recommend taking a bit of a longer drive to check out the posh homes (and beautiful drive) of West Vancouver as well as the rarely visited Lighthouse Park...a short hike gets you to nice views of the Burrard Inlet.
Overall, a nice experience given what we paid ($80). I'd stay here again on another visit to Rain City...beats paying double for staying downtown! -
Review from Erin D.
9/9/2011 3 Check-ins Here
This isn't a hotel; it's a motel because the doors open to the outside. While it was quiet, I didn't mind, and frankly we didn't spend enough time in the hotel room to really care. But, this is noteworthy because the name may be misleading.
The room was nothing spectacular, though clean, equipped with free wifi, and the bathtub drained properly (a pet peeve experienced at more upscale hotels). There's a fridge and microwave, if you plan on eating in the room. There are enough outlets for all your charging needs (phone, camera, etc), which is good. The voltage in Canada is the same as the USA.
The owner is extremely nice and helpful. He changed US$10 because we arrived so late that money changers were closed, and we departed so early in the morning, that we didn't know if we could find a money changer in time for the bus. So, the owner gave us enough bus money and advised to find a bank during our journey, which is not only safer, but gives better rates. He was right.
So, onto the reasons why this "hotel" is only three stars and not five (2 reasons):
Free breakfast is always great, but this breakfast isn't very appealing. The eggs are like gelatin rectangles, so I am not sure what they really are. If you are going to eat breakfast, make sure you're there early. At 15 minutes prior to the end of breakfast, everything was gone, and there was a long line for cereal. The highlight of breakfast is that dried cranberries or white raisins are provided, but that's about it. If you are going to take something to-go on a public bus, note open food is not allowed. So, I'd recommend packing your dried cereal in a coffee cup with a lid (bring from your room).
There is a public transportation bus stop about 2-minutes walking distance from the hotel. However, the bus, because it only comes from a certain direction, can only take you into downtown, but you can't get a bus from downtown back to the hotel (strange, I know). Thus, you need to budget CAN$25 cash at the end of the night so you can make it back to the hotel.
The hotel room was about US$130/night. US$155/night (which is what you end up spending, including the return cab fare) will get you a nicer hotel in downtown Vancouver, more conveniently situated. Because of this, I would not recommend staying at the North Vancouver Hotel. -
Review from yekta a.
6/5/2011
YUCK!
DO NOT STAY HERE!
We ended up staying here because every hotel was booked this weekend for the Canucks game. Note to self, don't look for a hotel when there is a game the weekend you're going somewhere.
I wish we slept in the car instead! This place was NASTY! Dirty, smelly and yucky!
The service is poor, the woman who checked us in was so uncaring and sounded like a robot.
Your best best is the Comfort Inn next door, DO NOT STAY IN THIS ROACH MOTEL! -
Review from Erin M.
9/23/2008
I'm sorry, did I hear "hotel"? Um... more like overpriced MOTEL. When your door opens to the cold North Vancouver weather instead of a nice lobby, it's a motel... Just sayin'.
So- North Vancouver Motel in a nutshell:
-overpriced, $150/night
-smoky in a "non-smoking" room, but hey, $30 off if you complain
-lack of lights
-difficult to find an outlet
-cheap, crummy "breakfast"
-won't return
Do I sound like a snob? -
Review from steve c.
10/28/2008 3 photos
Hey! Erin! You're cheaper than I am! It's $150, and you're in Canada...come on, did you REALLY think you were going to get a 'hotel'?
I suppose you believe Burger King, too, when they tell you they're serving a gourmet angus burger?
Nice 'hotel' this is not. There is no valet service, no chandeliers, and they don't put a mint on your pillow.
It was a room and it was cheaper than 90% of the rooms in the area-if you don't plan on spending much time there, go for it. -
Review from J T.
6/18/2010
Definitely not a fancy place but we had a comfortable stay at the North Vancouver Hotel. There is some need for updates/repairs but overall it was clean, the wifi worked fine, there was a microwave and fridge in the room, and the continental breakfast was decent. Staff was nice and the place is pet friendly, which was a big plus.
I'd stay here again! -
Review from Megan S.
9/12/2009
I'm really struggling with the star rating, because I certainly have experienced better- but at the same time this was what it was.
The primary reason I chose this hotel- parking lot, in an area where I felt like my car wouldn't necessarily be stolen. And in that area it delivered.
It's also close to the Capilano bridge, which makes this a tourist pit.
The room itself was nice. 2 queen beds (they try to charge $10 an extra person- but with the motel-style rooms, who's to know?). The washroom is where I start to go yuck. Let me be clear- housekeeping had cleaned it up. The problem is that the building manager needs to go in and renovate. Here's why: a line along the floor needs new tiles to hide the concrete subfloor, the towel hanger needs a new life, to get rid of the rusting around the screws, the window sill looks like it's seen better days.
Anyways, I got the place for $99/night, and they are on priceline, so I imagine you can bid for an even lower price. I could have gotten cheaper, and I could have gotten other locations. But it did come down to the parking lot for me. -
Review from A S.
7/15/2010
I read reviews that this place was convenient to everything. This is not true - it took two buses to get anywhere downtown or touristy locations. In one day I would spend so much on transportation that it completely made the cheap hotel not worth it. Breakfast is mediocre and desk staff was not helpful in any way.
