Budget Inn Patricia Hotel

The cheapest place we could find

This place was the cheapest we could find. The staff was very generous and kind throughout our stay and were the best! The hotel is very old and shows off its history by boasting some original hardwood flooring.

also means it's lacking any modern amenities within the room itself. Space was tight, even for 100 years ago, in the smallest room. The hotel is non-smoking but our room smelled like smoke which made it difficult to breathe at night. This could have drifted from outside, but the bathroom undoubtedly smelled smoky. The hotel is located in one of the worst parts of town, so you will undoubtedly feel uncomfortable with the place littered with drunks, homeless, addicts, etc. And that is the view out your windows. We had no issue with them, and I never found anyone online who did, but it is uncomfortable nonetheless. I recommend taking public transit into downtown and then a taxi if you want to avoid walking through stumbling drunks and addicts.

This is a good budget hotel. The location is just a bit dodgy, with many homeless people on the street just a block away, though I was never approached by any of them.I used city transit and recommend you use the stop just to the east of the hotel and not the one to the west. This will avoid most of the homeless. Wi-fi was iffy in our 4th floor room. Vancouver activities are pretty expensive, so paying less for a hotel room left more money for activities. The pub in the hotel has good food and good jazz.

Our two bed (singles) was tiny and the squeezed in mini-bathroom was even tinier. It had a bi-fold door that didn't shut completely. This made certain functions a little too public.

location

I enjoyed the comfortable room, friendly, helpful staff and as a woman travelling by myself I appreciated the meals in the bar attached to the hotel. The staff there were also very helpful and the meals were very good for bar food.

The only drawback was the fact that the area is just off Chinatown and therefore a bit rundown. Not that I had any problems with the locals.