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Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Feb 16, 2010
Third time at the hotel. From December 26-2009 to January 13-2010. We stayed at a large suite (2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1 living room and a kitchen.
No surprises. Good service (rooms could be made a little earlier) and verynice and very helpful front desk people. You cannot come to this place and not talk about the wonderful bar and restaurant with large glass windows facing English Bay.
Are we going back to the Sylvia? Of course. Every time we go to Vancouver.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Feb 11, 2010
If you are expecting a standard corporate hotel you may be disappointed - a colleague booked at the Sylvia and took one look at the room and left. The corridors in particular look a bit run down but my room on the 3rd floor was clean, bed comfortable and it was quiet. The location is great - a stone's throw from English Bay and close to Stanley Park. As long as you get past the fact it isn't a Holiday Inn there's much to commend it

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Feb 1, 2010
I have stayed many times at Sylvia Hotel, this time we wanted to train up from Seattle before the Olympic Games, so we were fortunate to finally be able to rent a fully furnished suite, room 622 with kitchen and all five windows overlooking the Pacific.
To the right, 150 meters, Stanley Park, to the left, Davie street and easy walk to downtown or the trail along the shore to catch a mini Seabus to Granville Island.
A very affordable and welcoming hotel.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Jan 30, 2010
Adjacent to Stanley Park, the ivy-covered Sylvia Hotel was built in 1912 as an apartment building and today is a local landmark. Its bar was Vancouver’s first cocktail lounge when it opened in 1954 and today is still a top spot to grab a drink next to the fireplace. Located outside of downtown on English Bay Beach, near jogging trails and other outdoor amenities, the Sylvia’s in a quieter spot, yet still 15 minutes from downtown. Like many other Vancouver hotels, the Sylvia’s 120 rooms and suites are pet friendly—in fact, the hotel was the first to start the trend in Vancouver.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Jan 9, 2010
The Sylvia Hotel 1154 Gilford Street over on English Bay next to Stanley Park. Stately and solid, its eight floors draped in thick ivy, the 97-year-old Sylvia is restrained, with prices to match. The long, skinny, one-windowed, mysteriously popular “nun’s room” is 65 dollars a night in low season, while the other rooms — with conservative décor but wide windows — are generally 110 dollars and up.
But for that slightly higher expenditure, you get peace and quiet, proximity to the beach and a few neat architectural details, like marble stairways and stained-glass entryways. Fans of the children’s book “Mister Got to Go: The Cat That Wouldn’t Leave,” by Lois Simmie, will probably love seeing the hotel that the book’s eponymous feline made his home.
And, said Dana Moores, the hotel’s front-office manager, “They say Erroll Flynn died here.” Whether that’s true or not, the Sylvia’s 120 rooms don’t seem like a bad place to spend your final days. Your heirs, at least, will appreciate your frugality.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Jan 7, 2010
This is an older brick hotel with GREAT charm. Elevators are small but working and fast. VERY pet friendly with many people bringing their best friends over the Christmas holiday. Staff is friendly and helpful. We hope to go back to this one again. It's walking distance to Stanley Park (southwest end) and is just across the street from the beach walkway. FINE restaurants are close by -- Raincity Grill -- 1 block (reservations recommended). Also, if you're booking over the holidays and want to eat IN the hotel restaurant at any time, MAKE RESERVATIONS. That was one thing we cannot comment on, because we didn't get in for the brunch. We had a kitchenette suite which was really well stocked with equipment.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Dec 21, 2009
I have been staying in the Sylvia for 30 years now. I suppose that slants my review a bit. Yes, it can be a little funky, but the staff and the location (in my humble opinion) more than make up for it. Yes it needs a bit of paint. Yes things are a bit nicked here and there. But in terms of staff friendliness and location it is unbeatable. ...and as a plus (for some of us at least) it has a truly remarkable selection of scotch whiskeys in the bar!

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Nov 8, 2009
It's not modern hotel as everyone may see in Vancouver. It's old, but with spirit inside! You cant expect that rooms will be wonderful and cant expect sauna, swimming pool and similar facilities which are in standard hotels. People selects this hotel for its amazing location, so if you wanna explore surroundings choose this hotel and you won't be sorry.

Guest Review of the Sylvia Hotel in Vancouver
Nov 1, 2009
We spoke to the front desk about the mattress being uncomfortably soft- they offered to move us and then surprised us with a brand new mattress THAT DAY.
Friendly, fun old hotel, perfect location.
Rent bikes from the place recommended at the front desk- they have discount coupons. We biked to Granville island and it was fabulous.

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