Holiday Inn Express & Suites Montreal Centre-Ville Downtown

Great English speaking front desk employee. Quick check in. Large room (studio, comes with kitchen, bed separated from office area and kitchen, two large flat screens and nice bathroom). Parking garage sucks, one way entrance and exit… Wonder how many accidents have taken place. Uncomfortable bed compared to other Holiday Inn express hotels.
Update after sleep: loses two stars, one for the horrendous sleep I just had. I mainly blame the extremely itchy sheets, I partially blame myself for not bringing my own. The other star for the shower, the hot and cold settings barely work, I love hotel showers! Just not this one. Disappointed for a HIE.

Earlier this month, I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Centre Ville hotel in Montréal. The location is within reasonable walking distance from China Town, Berri-​UQAM metro station, Notredame Cathedral, restaurants and other nearby sights/​attractions. The hotel staff was very courteous and pro efficient in English, French and Spanish. The daily complementary breakfast was fresh and tasty. Eggs, Canadian Bacon, Juice, coffee, you name it. Additionally, the automatic Crepes making machine is pretty cool and a sight to be hold.
The hotel itself appears to be an old refurbished residential condominium. It is well kept and pleasant. The elevator requires the guests to swipe their keys in order to reach their respective floors adding another layer of security. The rooms, at least my upgraded suite, was spacious and well furnished. 2 flat panel TVs with HBO included. Bed sheets and linens were clean. The bathroom does need upgrading including the tub that has seen better days.
Finally WIFI is free and coverage/​signal strength is excellent. Perhaps the routers were recently upgraded.
If you are traveling on a budget but want to get in return the maximum for each CAD $ paid, I wholeheartedly recommend the Holiday Inn Express Centre-​Ville for the leisure as well as the business traveller visiting Montréal.

One star above a dump. Not much more to say than this. Rooms were unfinished and scarcely decorated. A/​C heater was placed under window and blew up the curtains stopping the heat from going into the room itself. winter in Montréal … this is important. Summers in Montréal are hot too so the cold air blowing into the room is needed as well.

I stayed in this holiday inn for three nights this December. The room I got was clean and cozy. It’s on the main street but very quiet when you sleep.
Pro: The staff were very nice. I arrived at about 9am in the morning asking to store my luggage, and they checked me in!
The breakfast is excellent. There were plenty of fruits, milk/​yogurt, bread/​cake, oatmeal, pancakes, etc, of different flavor. I didn’t try lunch or dinner in this hotel since there are many restaurants in the nearby China Town.
Con: Internet (wifi) is not very fast, but usable.
I definitely recommend this hotel if you plan to stay at downtown Montréal.

Very convenient location from which to launch a visit to Montréal, as it borders the Latin Quarter and is a few blocks from China Town and Old Montréal and a few more blocks from much of downtown.
The staff are friendly and efficient and during our stay the hotel lobby, elevators, parking, entranceway, and the breakfast area were all clean and well — even with lots of folks passing through and a couple of days of wet weather.
The room gave one the impression that the building had been converted from an apartment or office building perhaps in the 1960 –70’s because of the odd layout of the «suite» and the dated nature of the fixtures, closets, doors and windows. It was certainly service-​able but not really positive. The A/​C had a musty smell so thankful we were able to open the window and take advantage of the fresher air in downtown Montréal. There was a fair amount of street noise for rooms facing the Blvd, so if you can get one on the «back» of the building that might be quieter, and try going above the Forth floor too. The bathroom could have benefited from an overall remodel or a sterilization as there was a little mildew in the corners and the lighting was too dim, and the toilet (very low to the floor) worked but was loud and ran a swirl of water for about 1 ½ minutes very slowly.
Strangely we could not book a King size bed here, even booking directly from their own website. The do have some parking space for their guests and it is directly below the hotel so that was convenient and the price was fair.
The kitchen was what one might expect at an extended stay hotel, and was largely unnecessary. The furniture, it’s arrangement/​placement in the rooms and the locations of the electrical outlets were quite odd as there were cords stretched to the max and some lights would not work until you moved them to a different outlet. Several of the light-​switches turned nothing on-​off.
But the location was good.

This was exactly what I wanted. A clean place to sleep, in a convenient location with courteous staff. I don’t need anything fancy from a hotel, I just want a place to sleep.
The only issue I had was that my keycards stopped working, several times. This wasn’t a huge problem as the staff was great and always fixed it quickly. But the fact that it happened a few times, and I encountered people in the elevator with the same problem, makes it worth mentioning. But it wouldn’t stop me from staying there in the future.

Nice Place, clean, Good Locations

Our two night stay was really great here. I like that I can depend on the Holiday Inn brand for consistent experiences wherever I stay.
At this particular location, the parking is a bit tricky, but it is great to have it available underground to the hotel. The rooms are clean and well kept, and the staff are friendly and helpful. The complimentary breakfast didn’t disappoint either; lots of choice, including my two favorites: boiled eggs and oatmeal (yeah, not the most exciting choices, but they are reliable!)
One note for this location: the elevators are older, and a bit temperamental. That’s okay, but just be warned that the key card access is sometimes finicky. However, I’d rather a secure but finicky elevator over a non-​secure one any day.
Other good location notes:
— near Chinatown, with great options for dinner
— a close walk to the St. Catherine’s shopping area
— an easy bus or metro ride to the Plateau or other sights

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 Montréal. 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 Montréal again for business I’d stay here. I wouldn’t use it as my romantic weekend escape plan though.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Montréal this summer. The Sheraton was full, so I decided to give holiday Inn a chance.
First I should go down Memory Lane, this new modern hotel is about a block away from Chinatown, where my parents always used to take us when we were kids.
Our room was a «family suite» it featured a kitchenette, sans oven, a living area with two queen beds, and a separate room with a sofabed and an office desk. This was built as a condo. As such it lacks Central air on the floors. All of the units have mini-​split AC units. Great if you’re going to convert the building into condos — bad if you’re trying to use it as a hotel.
Plusses
— 5 minute walk from the Metro
— 5 minute walk from the Desjardins Complex
— Desjardins complex has a full grocery store in it, so you can stock up on food and drinks for your fridge
— free continental breakfast
— our TV broke, and the maintenance guy was there in 10 minutes and had it fixed in 30 seconds
— fully bilingual staff
— Rue St Catharine is just north of you and has a lot of good restaurants for dinner, and one nice crème glacee stand.
Issues
— The AC unit is in the separate room, so if your kid closes the door at night, the rest of you lose out on air conditioning.
— there is a small parkette nearby with hobos. We saw one hobo making out with one of the statues of a Separtist on Boulevars Rene Levesque.
— wireless internet does not work too well. It works quite well in the front lobby, but intermittently in my room. We complained a few times to the front desk staff, but they were of no help.
— the hotel cannot control this, but there are streetwalkers on Boulevard St Laurent. Keep that in mind if you’re taking an evening walk with your kids.

If you are a fan of hotels with rooms that smell like urine, and staff that treat you like shit, then you have found your go to in Montréal!
DO NOT mistake this Holiday Inn with the other Holiday Inn on Sherbrooke St. Totally separate hotels.
Let’s detail experiences at this hotel.
Pros:
— It’s walking distance to Chinatown, and Old Montréal.
Cons:
— The first room that we were assigned to (517) smelled like someone had just pissed all over the floor and let it marinate for a few hours. Imagine that smell as your greeting to your hotel room. Lovely thought isn’t it?
— The second room we were assigned to looked and felt dated. Like 1995 called, and wants their carpets and furniture back. Do you want to touch something that has been used for several decades? I don’t.
— The kitchenette contains NO kitchen utensils. WTF? Why give me a kitchenette if you expect me to have to go out and buy my own forks and knives? Useless.
— Breakfast sucked ass. Big time ass.
— Service sucked ass. Even bigger ass. Basic requests (i.e., there is no remote control for the TV) took over 2 hours to complete.
As you can see by the weight of the pros and the cons… this wasn’t the best experience. If you have a choice, please do yourself the favor and avoid the Holiday Inn Urine-​fest on Rene-​Levesque Blvd.

Crucial info: The Days Inn the next block over has a bar. This one doesn’t.
That aside, the relatively inexpensive and massive suites easily and comfortably sleep four people (for no additional charge!) with the pullout sofa. Our showerhead dripped, and the televisions are the old-​fashioned tube variety, but the beds were comfortable enough. Oh, and there was weirdly one day when they didn’t come to clean.
The free continental breakfast was exciting every day though, with fresh cinnamon rolls, apples and bananas, English muffins, bagel, bread, oatmeal, four varieties of cereal, a pancake-​making conveyer belt, yogurt, hard-​boiled eggs, bacon or sausage, plus some egg dish (scrambled or omelettes – beware that they may have meat though!).
Free wifi in the rooms, a fitness facility we didn’t get a chance to check out. We were there for a convention at the Palais de Congres, and the walk was easy and quick.
The 747 bus takes you to and from the airport, but make sure you’re paying attention to the stops, or you may end up at the terminus in the dark of night, sad and alone in Montréal. In other news, a cab will cost $ 38.
Oh, and there’s no room service. You do have to venture from your bed to be fed.