What a fun and sweet place to stay. Check in was a breeze, staff were friendly and fun. From the minute we stepped into the Inn until we checked out was a great experience. The rubber ducks were a def bonus and we all had a lot of fun with them, taking photos of them in various location, I think it has started a rubber duck collection with all of us lol Staff were so helpful and understanding, we had lost an item and were stressing as we had to leave, They offered to keep an eye out for it and ship it or give it to someone who could pick it up for us. They helped us search for it and thankfully we found it. Only wish they had locations in other parts of Canada as well, would def stay in these again.
Basically this is an old ”summer beach” motel that was renovated to make it hip, maybe they should have invested a bit more to soundproof the rooms and update the bathrooms/plumbing. We were kept up at night with the folks above us walking around and watching TV. In the early morning, we had our side neighbor's kids providing us with an unsolicited wake-up call. Neither one of them were being particular loud, it's just that the walls are ”thin”. It is a cool place to stay, beds are comfy, the decor is great, staff are fantastic, the free bike rentals along with the laundry facilities for guests to use are awesome and appreciated. However, we found it to be somewhat overpriced and Ruby's, although delicious, was also overpriced.
We expected more from this hotel. It seems to be located in a really rough area of Victoria, walking back to the hotel past 9pm was really quite scary. I would suggest that this would not be a good place to stay for any lone traveller. We didn’t think that the room was particularly clean, especially when we found underwear that didn’t belong to any member of our party on the sideboard. When we called reception about this we got a particularly unhelpful response. The hotel seemed to come alive post 10pm when all that could be heard was screaming children and adults. As seasoned travellers none of us felt particularly safe staying here.