Stayed at this hotel in several occasions as our daughter was in boarding school in Victoria.
Nice, friendly staff and overall clean.
Perfect for a short stay. Conveniently located but as in other Canadian cities, we will need a car if wanting to get anywhere fast.
Good value for money!

We stayed here for two nights the first week in August. The rooms, furniture, and fixtures are a bit worn - but everything in our room was very clean. We stayed in a mini-suite, which had a "kitchenette" included. We didn't use it much, but the room was same price (about $100 US per night) as a regular room so we went for it. The refrigerator was spotless, and there was also a microwave, coffee maker, basic dishes, silverware, cookware and utensils. If I had known that it had the cookware, I probably would have brought some food with us to save money. There is no continental breakfast here - also just something to keep in mind, but not a negative for the hotel.

Also included in the room was an ironing board and iron and a small hair dryer. There were ample towels and pillows for two - but if you have more people, you might want more. In addition to the queen bed, there was also a fold-out bed/sofa, a small table with two chairs, a desk with another chair, an air conditioner (smaller unit - didn't get the room cold but kept it very comfortable), a tv, a dresser that had a couple of helpful guide books. The shower has a dispenser with shampoo/conditioner/shower gel - which is a great idea - but maybe something to be aware of if you were counting on having little individual bottles.

We found the bed to be very comfortable, and the curtains were great at keeping the light out - we slept late both days, which we never do in hotels. I did also try the pool one morning (it's open 8a-9pm I think) and the facilities there were very clean as well. The pool is on the deep side if you have small children - 3ft - 5ft - 9ft. But the water in the pool was clean - I didn't see any junk floating in it at all - and the temperature was very nice. There's also a small fitness room by the pool - and those are the only "onlookers" you will have if you are swimming. The pool area is in its own room, so you don't have to worry about random people walking by and peering in at you. On the downside, there's no sunlight coming into the room but that was fine with me.

It wasn't as close to downtown as I would have liked - there isn't much to "walk to" nearby, but there is a bus stop about a block away. The front desk staff were also able to provide us with small currency exchange, which was great.

There is also a bar in the hotel. My boyfriend had the wings there and said they were the best and the cheapest wings (25-cents each) he's ever had - and he's had a lot of wings! The bartender was friendly, and the bar is no frills - they don't do anything "fancy" - but everything is very reasonably priced.

When we walked into our room, the smell hit us. I can't even describe what the smell was. It was like old fags and wet dogs, even though the rooms are supposed to be non-smoking. The air conditioning unit had plastic both on the inside and out. The large indoor pool was closed. The stairs stank of urine. I was glad I was only there for 1 night, my parents had to stay there for 3 nights. The first night they were there, the noise from the bar kept them awake. When they rang down to reception to complain, they got no answer. The smell in their room wasn't much better. The next day when leaving their room for the day, they were asked if they need their room servicing and they told the maid that they need clean towels. This is just what they got. Nothing else was done. It is the first time ever that they have stayed in an hotel and never had the bed made. They could wait to leave after there stay.

Our one bedroom had a good sized kitchen with coffee maker, toaster, microwave, full size fridge, table and chairs, along with plates and cutlery. There was ample room for 3-4 adults as there was a queen bed in the bedroom, a king bed and double bed couch in the living room. We opened the window on arrival each day as it was musty smelling. Our wheelchair accessible room was close to the elevator, and a steep ramp into the side entrance. There is an elevator and accessible entrance at the front of the hotel. There were two comfortable double beds. The bathroom had a roll in shower. The toilet was a front transfer only. THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE IS DIFFICULT TO GET UP, TOO STEEP AND UNEVEN AT THE BOTTOM TO GET DOWN ALONE. The onsite restaurant is not fancy but had good pub food and served mainly beer. It opened at 11am as its owners are separate from HoJos. Price and accessibility were the main attractions for us, and we would stay again.