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| - This is the worse W I've stayed at and I've stayed at a lot of them.
First huge mistake let's just get it out of the way: from 3-5pm there is no bar open. They have 4 bars and not one of them is open. Are you kidding me? First, this is supposed to be the "W Living Room" vibe. Second, This is Montreal - a 24 hour city where people want to get a drink. What a joke - such terrible biz!
It was hard for me to get past this fact...and of course, no food during that time either. All the other Ws in NYC, Chicago, London, FL, LA, etc have round the clock drinks and service - afterall, they want you spending money at their hotel, not leaving.
Next, the rooms are not conducive to sharing. At all. Even if you get past the sharing a bed situation, the shower is like a fishtank 2 feet from the bed - wide open floor to ceiling non-frosted clear glass with straight through viewing to the toilet. So to be bunt, someone can be laying on the bed and watch one person shower, and see right through to another person on the toilet. And they make no mention of this when you check in.
And when you do get in the shower its a shitty one at that - its mounted about 5 feet above your head on the ceiling so by the time the water gets to you, it feels like someone is taking a tinkle on you. Girls Beware: If you have thick hair, getting the shampoo out is a chore.
Next, when the bar did open they could not fund any menus and were out of many items to make their "signature mixed drinks". we opted for a bottle of Champagne and got out of there.
Pains me to say this as I ONLY stay at Starwood Hotels ( I am a whore for my points ) but I will never stay at this hotel in Montreal again. Points or not.
Standard W Hotel beds do exist here so you will get the same W sleep you are used to - although not feel quite showered and w/o a cocktail.
Two positive things:
1) The concierge was very nice and someone I think he had heard my gripes from others before. Really...back to the no bar open from 3-5pm 7 days a week bit - cmon!
2) the Metro stop is right in front so its easy to get the hell out of there
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