My bike and me, we have been in Maple Beach B&B for 21 days in June 2010 and I remember with a big thank.
The location of this B&B is great. In walking distance is Kitsilano Beach with the beautiful
pool, Granville Island, Vancouver Museum, Science Center and wonderful restaurants,
coffee shops, banks and stores along the 4th Avenue. The busline is one block away.
The rooms are clean, the breakfast is very well prepared and plenty of it.
Internet and local calls are for free.
Kim and Paty are doing an excellent job. If you want a good and value location in a peaceful and quiet home with mild street noice, go for it there.

Our second time there and coming back soon, this charming house is located in one of Vancouver's best neighbourhoods in close proximity to beautiful beaches, parks, great resturants & Bars chic shops, Granville Isl Market 15 min walk., excellent public transportation. Lovely home cooked breakfast and accomodating hosts. We recommend it.
Lots of informative brochures about Vancouver available.

Maple Beach B&B is a place we cannot recommend. The hosts were polite but we did not experience them as helpful or friendly. The breakfast was extremely plain, something we had not come across in any B&B in Canada before. Our room was the Paty-O-Suite. This means two rooms with ensuite bath in the basement with very low ceilings (brushing your hair you knocked on the ceiling), one tiny window and part of the furniture which left there because perhaps there was no room for it elsewhere. We only stayed on because of the one advantage it has and that is the location. It is close to Kitsilano Beach and there are some eateries and a bus stop nearby.

I stayed here for 2 nights and there are clear pluses and minuses to the experience at Maple Beach.

+ great location; 1 block from bus stop, walking distance to numerous shops, restaurants, cafes, beach, pool
+ affordable room, although it was not exactly what I expected - see below.
+ okay breakfast; food was solid; frittata one morning with toast and fruit; pancakes another day
+ hosts were nice, especially Patricia (who interacts mostly with guests). Kim is quieter but polite.
+ free wireless internet; each room is lockable and you get a key.

Arrival is a bit tricky because the owners are not always around so you should coordinate ahead of time with them. We got the driveway parking spot so that was good (beware of the fig tree sap drippings).

I understand that this b&b offers a budget experience, but I was disappointed in the room and the condition of the premises. Basically, the home needs some improvements (not modernizing per se; more like painting and fixing drywall in bath; retiling shower, etc). I understand it is an old house and it has charm (beautiful wood stairwell; cute exterior, nice front garden), but as an owner of a 100 year old house myself, I expect that there will be fixes that need to be made and I wish the owners would do so. Both the bath and bedroom (en suite) were clean, which I appreciated, but my headboard was not attached to the bed and the mattress and pillows were not at all comfortable. My dresser drawers were broken. I think Kim (the owner) mentions this being a "budget traveller" b&b in another posting, but I did not expect the condition of the premises to be what they were. For this reason, I would not stay here again...but if you get a good rate and are okay with what you'll get, then it might be the place for you.