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| - I stayed here for a week for a fall vacation in Montreal. I booked it through hotels.com after hemming and hawing over the cost, safety, parking, and location. I tend to use hotels for sleeping and sexytime so I wasn't going to spend $$$$ on a luxury hotel. Not my style. I'm fiscally responsible and saving for my retirement.
Getting here wasn't too hard. I didn't realize it was valet parking only so we circled the block trying to figure that out, then just parked right in front of it on Rue Peel. The valet came out and said we could check in and the get our things from the car.
Walking through the automatic double doors on the right revealed a fancy-looking lobby connected to a cafe and Lebanese restaurant. A ramp off to the right was another nice touch for ease of wheeling luggage. Jeremy at the front desk was very nice and helpful. He provided us with our keys, valet parking tag for unlimited access to our car 24/7 at $25 CND every day, and access codes to the complementary wireless internet.
Our room on the 4th floor was probably the biggest I've stayed in abroad. (Hence, the Best Western Ville-Marie SUITES!) It was an older room, non-smoking, furnishings looked like they were from the 1970s, but it was clean and comfortable. We had a closet with sliding mirrored doors, full bath with a decent amount of counter space, 2 dressers, mini-fridge, small table with 2 chairs, and a queen-sized bed. The bed was soft, comforter fit for a Canadian winter, and the a/c thing was not well-controlled. It was cold and we ended up unplugging it our last day. But not so cold that we needed the comforter and could have used the blankets in the closet.
Our room was cleaned every day. Sheets were changed every 3 days. We hung up our to signal we didn't want new towels, but they often changed the towels anyway. We could tell because they once tossed a towel into the tub and left 2 fresh ones. The wifi worked well in our hotel room.
It was a perfect downtown location - just a couple of blocks from Parc Mont Royal, one block from the Rue Peel Metro station, and walking distance to downtown shopping, the Musee de Beaux Arts, and restaurants/bars around the neighborhood centered around Rue Crescent bordered by Rue Sainte-Catherine and Blvd de Maisonneuve. I would definitely stay again!
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