Quality Hotel Harbourview

This is a comfortable hotel in a great location. We booked a suite and it was perfect for our week-long stay. We also had a lovely dinner at the Little Sparo restaurant with superb service. Overall, I would recommend this place. The view is lovely and although there was some noise from the working harbor, it didn't go beyond 10pm. A couple of areas where there is room for improvement: 1. The bathroom sink did not have a plug so I was very nervous about dropping something in the sink and not being able to retrieve it (toothpaste tube cap for instance). 2. There was inadequate lighting in the sitting area and especially over the bar. I had to use the flashlight from my cellphone to be able to properly see the counter. 3. Considering that the suite already had a wet bar with glasses and an ice bucket, it was not necessary to provide additional wine glasses and a second ice bucket in the bedroom and use up valuable counter space. The trays were screwed to the table and not movable. The only space available was on top of the nightstands.

This was my second Double Tree hotel on my Canadian holiday and it was great. I chose a corner room with a harbour view and it was spacious, nicely decorated and comfortable. The guest laundry was easy to use and well located. The staff were very helpful. I was only here for one night before joining an expedition cruise but it was perfect for my needs, especially the easy walk to the waterfront shops and restaurants. Would recommend this hotel.

Great location on the water. Staff very professional. Rooms are clean and quiet hotel with amazing view of the bay. Treat Diamond members well not only with water and preferred parking but also free parking for Diamond members! Always a nice touch to have a warm chocolate chip cookie but we were disappointed the second night arriving back home from dinner they were being “rationed”

Stayed 3 nights in a King harbour view corner suite … very interesting to see personal watercraft & marine activity in the harbour. Nice view of Signal Hill from our room! Our suite was very modern & clean, luxurious bedding & towels, quality Crabtree & Evelyn shampoo/conditioner/body wash dispensers in shower as well as body lotion on vanity; really appreciated nice wine & drink glasses in room (not plastic) . Very comfortable bed. Sam at the front desk was very pleasant & helpful, a true ambassador for this hotel & the city of St. John’s . The hot, fresh chocolate chip cookies handed out at reception were delicious!

Simply put, I don't know how low the rate would have to be to feel satisfied with staying here. The room was tiny. The built-in furniture was really strange, awkward, cramped, and blocked the ability to use most of the surfaces. (There is a previous review about how truly bizarre this furniture is, and the spotlights within the room. Listen to that review and this review.) Right inside the door, there is a large oval mirror jutting into the room which makes things really awkward to navigate. I tried to shift a tray and a wine-glass holder to make space to put things down, but was startled to realize that they were bolted into place. It was also very stuffy. The "harbour" view was mostly of an HVAC unit and the "city" part of the view was of a parking garage. The bathroom door had a porthole window into the room which was really weird. The lighting was bizarre: spotlights pointed at the walls that we couldn't move, which made the rest of the room weirdly dark. The bed was really uncomfortable and very low to the ground. Its underground parking was very awkward/tight to maneuver in. This hotel stay was so uncomfortable, cramped and awkward that we checked out 2 days into our 5 day stay and went somewhere else. It was totally worth the hassle to move somewhere else. The staff were nice, though understaffed. The room safe was the easiest to use that I've ever seen (no crouching!). But everything else was awkward.