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St. Clair Hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia
577 Richards Street

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Overall User Rating: 3.5

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Value for Money 4.0

Rooms 3.0

Cleanliness 3.8

Location 3.5

Security & Safety 3.0

Service & Staff 4.3

Food / Dining 2.8

Total 3.5

"St Clair Hostel"

User Rating: 2.8

Reviewer: Ramadani S. of Jakarta, Indonesia

Reviewed: May 27, 2009 (see hostel reviews from Hosteltraveler.com)

Traveled: May 2009 Type: Couple

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Comments (English):
Good downtown location, nice attendant. If you bring large luggages / suitcases be prepared to carry them in narrow and steep stairs ..

"Great deal"

User Rating: 4.4

Reviewer: Dora P. of Montreal, Canada

Reviewed: October 13, 2008 (see hostel reviews from Hemispherehostels.com)

Traveled: September 2008 Type: Other

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Comments (English):
The hotel is basic but great location. Room was clean, shared bathrooms too. You better call them directly to reserve and save yourself the 20$ online booking fees.

"2 nights at St Clair Hotel"

User Rating: 3.8

Reviewer: Claude F. of San Francisco, United States

Reviewed: January 7, 2008 (see hostel reviews from Hostelearth.com)

Traveled: August 2007 Type: Family

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Comments (English):
We spent 2 nights beginning of August, renting 3 rooms for 5 people. The welcome was warm and professional despite our late arrival.
The location is close to the touristic area but it does not feel safe and the alley behind the Hotel is very noisy with many people screaming, drinking and taking drugs. This unfortunately prevents to get the best experience of this nice hotel.

"Clean budget accomadation, but noisy"

User Rating: 2.9

Reviewer: Bill D. of Central, Hong Kong

Reviewed: July 31, 2007 (see hostel reviews from Hosteltraveler.com)

Traveled: September 2006 Type: Single

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Comments (English):
The hotel is clean and tidy and the front-desk staff friendly and helpfull. It's located on the Eastern fringes of the downtown area - not the best of areas due to a lack of restaurants/cafes and other amenities and the homeless populations nearby. However it is only a 2 block walk to better areas and the pan-handlers are not aggressive - annoying at worst. In any case they are all over downtown so you can't entirely escape them wherever you stay.
The main issue with St. Clair is that some of the rooms are very noisy at night. My room backed onto an alley that was a meeting ground for noisy vagrants. That and the garbage trucks reversing and loading/unloading means that ear plugs are essential if you want to get any sleep.
It's cheap accomadation and it's a fair deal in my opinion.