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| - It's certainly not a luxury hotel, but I was quite satisfied with my visit. I stayed two nights, in a suite. The funny thing is, I had meant to book at the Holiday Inn Select closer to the Palais Du Congres but messed up on the Holiday Inn site. It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise
The good: It's very affordable. My total bill for two nights in a suite was comparable to what one night (with parking) would have been down the road at the HIS. Parking is an additional $20/day but over at the other Holiday inn (Literally less than a 10 minute walk away) would have been $27.
My suite was clean, and had the normal hotel considerations. It had two large TVs (but there are only a handful of channels, and I didn't care to watch any of them. They do have both English and French channels). The staff was wonderful to deal with. No overcharges, they explained everything on my bill. I thought I'd end up getting charged for two nights parking even though I had explained I only had a car one night there, but they got that without me reminding them at checkout.
The bad: The room was severely dated in the furnishings. I seriously felt as if I had stepped back into 1980 or so. It's fine, I was just staying there. The bed was clean and comfortable so I didn't care much. The heater was a bit odd in my room, it either was too warm or too cold. I didn't care that much though. They have the heaters that only come on when there's activity in the room so this could be partially at fault. The shower had some sort of stain (yes, I'm one of those who cleans the shower when I get to the hotel. you never know...even at nicer hotels). I couldn't get it off. But they included a rubber shower mat so it was fine. And the location is strange. I was there to attend a conference, so I wasn't too interested in nightlife but there is the old Red Light District within a short walk away. I guess this could be filed under "the good" too, depending on what you're going for.
Also included is a breakfast. I only had breakfast one day and it was just a quick one. It was edible. I didn't care for the coffee there, but I found it very difficult to find good coffee anywhere in Montreal. The hot food was standard hotel fare. Which is about where I put the food from my high school cafeteria. It's edible and you can find enough okay stuff to eat but don't expect to be writing home about it.
All in all, it's a good value. If I went to this area of Montreal again for business I'd stay here. I wouldn't use it as my romantic weekend escape plan though.
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