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Reviews Barclay Hotel Vancouver
| Vancouver > Hotels > Barclay Hotel, Vancouver BC |
These Vancouver Hotel reviews are the subjective opinion of a Guest and not of Allure Hotels any concerns or request can be made at time of booking either on-line or on the phone.
Hotel review of the Barclay Hotel
Sep 20, 2008
On the 26th of August me and my husband checked in in this hotel. After checking in, we realized that this hotel hasn't got a lift! We needed to carry our bags and suitcases waked on the wood stairs to the 3rd floor. meanwhile we heard the "Gegege" from the old wood steps.
when we stood in front of the door, we saw the lock of the door is very old one (wih a normal key not an IC card). after entering the room, both of shook! no closet only hooks on the wall. old wood table and look dirty!! the room stink, a very small window facing to the street and the window has no lock too! there is a very 14" TV at the corner of the room, just on the left hand side or our beds.
since it was late we have checked in already, we decided to stay for the night. But it was horrible, during the night, we were woke up by the steps from upper floor. we heard every step where people walking upstairs!!!! I think that 's because the whole hotels was built by wood and it is very old!!!! for us, it was a nightmare, especally after a long distance flight . we expected to have a good sleep.
By the way, we have booked this hotel from a Swiss travel agency named: Globetrotter.
Hotel review of the Barclay Hotel
Sep 14, 2008
We had our travel agent book this hotel, for the cleanliness and the value . We had just completed an Alaskan land and cruise tour, and wanted to spend some time in Vancouver, before heading home. We were HORRIBLY surprised, when we saw our room. There was no closet, just four hooks to hang some clothes; my friends bed was lumpy, and the cording around the mattresses was wirey and you could feel the springs; the bathroom was very small, had to step over the toilet to get to the sink. Shower was fine. No outlets in the bathroom, just one for a shaver. Hard to dry my hair. We had a tall refrigerator, a desk, no telephone or radio, or clock, and a small 12 in t.v. that we propped up with telephone books so we could see it better. The scariest and most disturbing was the window situation. There was not a screen on the window, and it had bars on it that were padlocked. I just prayed that night that we didn't have a fire, or we would have died. The staff was very helpful and the linens were clean, but I really think that the place is a fire hazard and very much in need of major rehab work. Location was perfect, however. This hotel is nothing like the pictures that they show on their website!
Hotel review of the Barclay Hotel
Aug 31, 2008
After searching the net for hotels in Vancouver and contacting many with no luck I looked in my rough guide to Canada and the Barclay was the first I rang, I was so desperate that I was glad they had a room but had a funny feeling so for the first time during my 3 week trip refused to look at this website. My funny feeling turned out to be right. We arrived at the Barclay in a taxi, compared to neighbouring hotels from the outside it looked very dingy. Inside the lobby there were suitcases everywhere, which showed that they lacked space downstairs. The receptionist was polite, i'm unsure whether they didnt have the room I'd booked but she offered me one $20 cheaper, which I accepted as we were on a budget. The first drawback was that they did not have a lift so we had to drag our bags up 3 flights of stairs (not what you want to do after a 12 hour trip on the night bus!) Our room was clean but looked tired and in aid of remodelling and it was extremely small. We only had a double bed(all 4 other hotels we had stayed in had queen or king size beds in) and you could just manage to walk around the edge of it, the only place I could open my case was in the doorway.
Our room, linen and towels were cleaned/changed daily and all staff were polite and helpful. We did not venture to the breakfast room as again I had a feeling and decided against it.
The location of the hotel is good, as was the value and the room clean bit far too small. Our trip was busy so the room was only needed to sleep and shower in for 3 nights but if I was planning on staying in Vancouver for any longer I would not choose the Barclay.