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| - Not worth the money. Even my discounted rate from Hotwire is way too high for this place.
From their website: "Our newly renovated Holiday Inn Montreal Midtown hotel offers our guests deluxe Montreal accommodations"
Hotwire showed this hotel as a 3.5 star, Holiday Inn website claims it is a 4 star. Oh my, where do I start?
Rooms were probably last updated in the late 80's or early 90'. Carpets were worn out and had pulls all over the room. Bathroom was bad: mold between tile, gaps between tile, between floor and wall. Bathroom door had brown stain all over it. Entrance tile hasn't been cleaned for who know how long. I don't want to mention tall mirror by the closet. When I complained to the front desk, they told me all rooms are in the same condition and they can not find a better room for me.
To make things worse, there is no soundproofing at all. I've been woken up by babies crying, people drying their hair or simply talking next door.
Amenities are not worth mentioning.
They do change Wi-fi password whenever they feel like it, had same password for two days, then changed twice in one day....
Location is ok. We went for the Jazz fest and this hotel is only a few blocks from all the concerts (outdoor stages and indoor venues). It is an ok walk to Old Port and Old Montreal (if you don't mind walking and wearing flats, since Montreal has a "few" hills).
Hotel does get very busy on the weekends. Tour buses dump people off all hours of the day and night, weddings, you name it.
We did try to use a cab sitting by the front door. Cab driver did not know the location of the restaurant, so when we tried to provide an address, he ignored us and kept talking to his buddies, trying to figure out the location, telling jokes etc...all that while we were sitting in the car and meter was running. We decided to get out after him moving about 2 feet and meter showing $5!!
Overall, this hotel doesn't deserve it's rating, is very noisy and dirty.
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