Grouse Inn

We chose this place as it was close to the evening venue and not expensive = just a bed.
As long as you are looking for something like that and no expectations, including breakfast then this is the place for you.
Rooms are really tired and our room had a musty bathroom smell to it.

If you are looking for convenient (to Grouse Mountain and Stanley Park) and cheaper cost — this is a good selection. At many times of the day it is also convenient to getting back to Vancouver but at 6:15 it took 45 minutes to complete a 15 minute drive — seems they have 6 car lanes and 2 bus lanes all merging on to one lane on the Lions Gate Bridge.
I was on a vacation with my 17 year old grandson and after looking on line for a cheaper selection — I chose this. We were traveling in August — peak tourist season — so cost are up. We paid $ 130 Canadian which is not great but compared to others — not that bad I guess. My Grandson gave it a 5 star rating — but he is easier to please. :)
I took off a star because they do not have a bar in the shower to hold on too — and since many older people are traveling — that is a safety issue that I appreciate. I had to hold on to the curtain rack to get in and out — which is not really safe and as the soap runs down — the bottom of the shower can get slippery.
The bathroom fan sounds like a chain saw cutting old growth and the air conditioner was annoying all night. The rooms are on the smaller side but sufficient and clean. Service was professional but not overly welcoming. We could not find any guide to the TV shows so we had to channel surf a lot. The lighting in the room is dim at best — definitely need more lights.
Breakfast was like eating in a sauna — a hot/​humid room with no air movement but the food selection was OK.
Overall — since we were gone most of the day — it worked.

Nice hotel with helpful staff. We stayed in a family suite. Two separate bedrooms, one bath, kitchenette, dedk and sofa bed. Very nice and comfortable for a family of five.

Terrible… Don’t stay here. Room stinks it’s the worst smell I have smelt. Rooms are not clean. Pool slide looked broken, duck tape on the pool ladder.

Our Valentine’s Day visit to North Vancouver and the Grouse Inn are an example of a review that could have gone either way; but based on the professionalism and guest-​focused attitude of the hotel’s manager we ended up having a lovely visit. When we arrived and found out we’d been booked into a different room than we expected, and were treated very harshly by the rude front desk clerk, the manager — after a call from Hotwire, who we’d booked through — was more than happy to accommodate our need for a different room. I cannot say enough about how this one decision on his part resulted in a profoundly much more positive experience than the one the uncaring front desk clerk apparently wanted us to have.
The room itself (a «1-​bedroom» — really more like a studio) had a queen bed, well-​appointed kitchenette, and a seating area with a couch and TV. It was more than enough for our needs, and was very clean and comfortable (after the aforementioned manager came and helped us repair the malfunctioning heater). Other amenities included the usual soap/​shampoo in the bathroom, a built-​in hair dryer, small coffee machine, and an ironing board/​iron. There were also plenty of extra pillows and blankets, which we appreciated. Our room had free wi-​fi with a strong signal.
In the morning we were impressed with their free breakfast, which included cereal, yogurt, toaster waffles, toast, a variety of muffins/​danishes, hard-​boiled eggs, coffee, and a hot chocolate/​espresso machine — all kept clean and efficient by a friendly young staff member named Stanley. It was much more than most free hotel breakfasts I’ve experienced. There was also a new front desk clerk on duty, who was much friendlier than the one the previous day and who — when I stupidly left my purse in the lobby as we were checking out — kept my purse safely behind the desk until I came back to retrieve it. I’m very thankful for her professionalism and trustworthiness.
The Grouse Inn also has an outdoor pool and small playground, both of which I’m sure are popular with the kids during the warmer months. There’s also an on-​site laundry and ice machine, and a restaurant (which we didn’t try).
I think, with such a strong manager, this property has a lot of potential to be a gem among the little cluster of roadside motels it shares the neighborhood with; but I think that first desk clerk we dealt with needs some major training in how to treat her guests.

Our reviews are always based on what you get for the price. With that said for a $ 60 a night motel it was good. I’ve been to similarly priced places where it was much dirtier, scarier without the free stuff. We did hear some machine type noises early I. The morning not sure what that was.
Normal size room with tv and mini fridge. Bathroom area was small. Pretty clean from what i saw. In the summer there is an outdoor pool. There is a middle eastern restaurant on site.
Breakfast and Internet was included. Internet was slow in room but faster in the breakfast area. Breakfast had waffles, boiled eggs, cereal, coffee, yogurts, juice — standard stuff.
Location was close to the Lynn canyon park, which was our intent.
Don’t understand why people reviewed this place like they were expecting a luxury hotel.

It was good for the price. Most of the room was clean the only issue we had was that little gnats that came out of the sink air holes. We stuck tissue in them and they didn’t come out anymore. The water presser was a bit weak in the shower, but I got clean. The added bonus was the mini fridge and the living room area with a pull out which made more room, but did leave the bed area without a TV. So you that can’t sleep without having the TV on in front of you, this might not be the place for you. It was a good value for the night.
The hotel is in a good area next to dennys and Earls both good restaurants. And just down the road is a Save On Food market. Its also right next to the Lion’s bridge to get to down town Vancouver and just a minute away from the suspended bridge park that cannot be missed.
Be aware, no elevator, but the maintenance man will help with the bags if he is there.

The website made this place look super great — I was disappointed when we arrived. Then we experienced the front desk personnel who were like robots, the not so great continental breakfast, the internet that kept going out, tiny room, etc. If we hadn’t gotten nonrefundable rooms before we got there we would have looked into staying elsewhere.

The price is right. The location is good with the lions gate just a couple blocks away.
Some of the rooms are musty and aging while others are much cleaner.

For the price it was a decent deal. The room was in desperate need of remodeling and the walls seemed to be paper thin. There are three wings to this hotel and one of them points toward a highway. We were a room on that wing and close to the freeway. There would have been alot of road noise but we cranked our fan (the air conditioning was nice and cold) and it was able to drown out the freeway noise. Office staff wasn’t super familiar with the area but they happily google mapped us directions to the places we wanted to go. Nice free breakfast included with waffles, cereal and fruit. Because of the price compared to other hotels in the area and its proximity to downtown Vancouver I would stay there again. Side note: for an extra fee they allow dogs.