Pros':
- Room size / decor (like having your own downtown appt)
- Breakfast
- Friendly service
- Central location, close to the shops and harbour-front
- Excellent rates if you stay 1 week

Con's:
- The two suites are located directly above the bakery and occassionally heard noise in the early hours of the morning
- Food just too good and put on a few pounds during out visit!

Great stay overall and will no doubt return in the future.

My husband and I spent 3 nights at Isabella's Guest Suites. This is a good location for shopping and restaurants. Our suite consisted of a bedroom with sitting area, bath with tub and shower, dining room, and kitchen. The bed and pillows were comfortable. The rate included a $20 credit for breakfast or lunch in Willy's Bakery below. This is more a restaurant than bakery and the food is killer. Try their homemade gelato! It was great to have so much space. This is one of 2 suites and is suitable for a small family. My husband who spends many a night in hotels on business really enjoyed the unhotel-like atmosphere. So, if you do not mind doing without housekeeping, room service, or a concierge, Isabella's is a good choice.

We've stayed in many B&B's around the North American continent and in Europe and SouthEast Asia. We might have stayed in one as good as Isabella's - memory fails - but never in one better!

We stayed in 'the Red Room' overnight for our 36th anniversary and found every aspect of it to be delightful. The suite, the appointments, the beautiful bedroom all combined to make it feel like home right away.

The suite was dead quiet overnight, the smell of bread baking and then breakfast at Willie's as part of the deal was wonderful, and having our own private parking spot in downtown Victoria was as cool as it gets.

We'll be back and we live just a couple of miles away in Victoria!

A recent stay in Isabella's Guest Suites has sworn me off from all of the other excellent places to stay in Victoria. The apartments (suites) are immaculate, incredibly-well appointed, and you cannot possibly ask for a better location (waking up to the smell of fresh baking bread at Willie's Bakery, directly below, caps the experience). Let the huddled masses think they're living the high-society life at the Empress... you'll know you've found the best place to stay in Victoria.