Coast Bastion Inn

One of the nicest Coast Hotels I’ve stayed in, and Ive stayed in a few (Gold Member). When travelling to Nanaimo I choose to stay here. Rooms are updated, clean and modern. If your lucky enough to be staying in one of the higher floors you’ll have a pretty killer view too of the harbour.

If you’re staying in Nanaimo, give this place consideration. It’s got a great location and the staff is amazing and friendly. The concierge had great suggestions for where to get a good breakfast as well as what to see/​do in Nanaimo as well as Victoria. The wifi was a bit spotty in the room, but worked great all over the hotel. My family greatly enjoyed staying here.

Great location, nice rooms with beautiful views in every room. This is not a 5 star property, but very nice, and the staff is extremely willing to help. In addition you are about 100 ft from a very nice shopping and dining area in the heart of what is the old downtown of Nanaimo.

The great service starts with Derrick or Richard helping you with everything you need to check in very easily. The desk clerks are great and very friendly, like a home away from home. The restaurant is 5 star, and is the best of every dish they offer w/​great desserts to take back for a in room treat.
The view is spectacular and after staying 2 nights, we traveled to Campbell River where we did not care for the moldy rustic cabin at the local fishing lodge, while the lodge got us a better room without mold inside the lodge, Coast Hotel took my reservation for another night to ‘save my vacation’.
We have stayed in Nanaimo 2 times before, and will always stay at Coast Bastion Inn. Thanks for a restful and beautiful vacation. Tim from Kent

I had a short weekend stay at this hotel and found the accommodations clean and comfortable. I was upgraded to a king room with a partial ocean view. The room was spacious and as a mentioned before clean. The hotel is in a great location in naniamo. Close to many little shops, restaurants and the harbour. The staff was very friendly and helpful. My only troublesome comment relates to using the the card system for elevator access sometimes it was tricky to get the card to read. Other then that I will defiantly stay here again! Enjoyed my stay !

Freshly renovated room, VERY comfortable chaise longue. Bed was excellent. Minibar fridge had enough room for my stuff, bathroom was spotless and well-​appointed. Front desk was very friendly. My only grouse is that the (free) WiFi in my room was a little sketchy for signal strength when close to the window.

For downtown Nanaimo options – and/​or online travel-​site searchable hotels in town, the Coast Bastion comes on top. While not luxurious, the hotel is comfortable and clean.
Pending a good online deal, recommended.
Only deficit is that parking ($ 10/​day) is not included.

This is a surprisingly nice hotel in the smallish city of Nanimo.
The staff were very friendly and helpful.
The rooms very quite nicely finished and had an upscale feel to it.
The nice touch were the enormous sizes of the pump bottles of body wash soap, shampoo and lotion. See the pics I took!
The only thing is we had to ask for in the room fridge as it was not standard.
It come really quickly for no extra charge.
The free wifi was a nice touch.
Will definitely stay here again if I happen to be in this neck of the woods.
This hotel is also located very conveniently across the road from the Nanaimo Harbour Water Airport!

Bah! A little torn… should I really give 4stars? My issue really is that it’s all relative.
Do I expect a lot from a kinda run of the mill hotel? No. I expect it to be clean and professional and cover the basics. That, the CBI has. BUT my room is actually pretty sweet and modern. The bathroom really clean and also with new fixtures.
It is definitely above and beyond a regular hotel… they have made an effort to up the anti and i have to give them props.
So there it is…4 stars.

The rooms look great! However, the beds are horrible. They need a service elevator, I don’t want to share with a mop bucket. Great location. 5^th visit. Nicest place in Nanaimo possibly.

Recently renovated rooms, most with 32″ flat panels, great decorations and helpful staff.
The gym is adequate, just join the Cost Rewards and you get some perks off the bat.
Same price as some older places in Nanaimo like the Best Western Dorchester and the rooms are better.