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| - The Holiday Inn Express was a cozy Canadian home away from my American home while vacationing in the marvelous city of Montreal... what better way to kick off my return to Yelp (after a long hiatus) with a review on this hotel?
First off, the room was surprisingly big, with double beds, a TV and a small kitchen area complete with a fridge, microwave, coffeemaker, sink, and dishwasher (no stove, however). There was also another office-area, a separate room, actually, with a desk, another TV, and a sofa bed. The bathroom was okay, nothing out of the ordinary.
Wifi: available and for free, but you do need to ask for a passcode.
Also free: A map of Montreal!
Room cards: We were four people with four cards but only one worked, and when we asked for new ones they gave us replacements that didn't work either.... not cool.
Also not cool: The concierge at the front desk gave us directions to the nearest Chase bank... even though, unbeknownst to us naive tourists, there are no Chase banks in Canada. We wandered around the neighborhood for a good 2 hours before we went to another hotel to ask the front desk, and we were told "This is not New York State." Ouch. Wish OUR concierge told us that since it was after all, our first visit to Montreal. Okay... didn't want to waste a few hours going on a wild goose chase when I'm on vacation, and minutes are precious, so for making a mockery of New York tourists and wasting our time I have to deduct one star.
What I liked the most about this hotel: the free continental breakfast that actually served hot food!!!! They had a pancake machine that spat out two small pancakes at a time, eggs, bacon, sausages, and cinnamon buns! Yummmmmm........ and they had bagels and slices of bread, yogurt, cream cheese, fruit, peanut butter, and hot coffee, of course. On weekends, breakfast ends at 10 but during the week it ends at 9:30. Me and my friend found out the hard way when we stumbled into breakfast a little before 10 on a Monday only to find one of the employees cleaning up and putting stuff away. Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! But she was SUPER nice and gave us some of her pancakes that she had for some of the other employees. I don't remember her name, but thank you! :)
Location: Near Old Montreal, Chinatown, and Rue Sainte-Catherine and Boulevard Saint- Laurent. There's also a train station a few blocks away.
So....would I stay here again? Oui!
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