We followed Fodor's recommendation for a "quaint and elaborately decorated" hotel and booked 2 rooms for 2 nights at the Manoir St. Genevieve (Aug 11 & 12, 2004). We stayed for only 1 night and were lucky to find another hotel at the Chateau Bellevue for the following night.

Room #1 is right to the left as you walk into the hotel. This room should be a living room or guest sitting area instead of an actual bedroom. Room #1 does have a Victorian frilly look to it but it smelled musty, the air conditioner didn't work, and the bathroom was tiny. It definitely was not "plush" nor did it have "stately English manor furnishings."

The entrance to room #31 is outside on the side street. This room was even worse than the first. The furniture was 1950's formica special. The mattresses sagged so badly they should simply be thrown out and replaced. Although clean, the bathroom was very dated. There was an additional double bed in a bedroom that doubled as a kitchen - very strange. As with room #1, it smelled musty, old, and not well taken care of.

Although vaguely polite, we got no help or even vague recommendations about visiting the old town from the receptionist.

Breakfast was horrific. Although the house has a large kitchen, it was filled with boxes and bric a brac. In fact, the hotel has no dining facilities and breakfast consisted of a plastic cafeteria tray with a cup of coffee, a stale croissant, 1 tiny square of jam, no butter, and an airplane-type orange juice container. We had to take the tray back to our rooms as there was nowhere else to eat.

This hotel was simply run down and instead of 2 stars it should be downgraded to 1 star hotel status. The only good thing about the Manoir St. Genevieve is it's location directly across le Parc des Gouverneurs and behind the Chateau de Frontenac in the old town.

Charming rooms, furnished in French Que. style. Very clean, roomy, air conditioned.It is located in a very quiet street, even though it is just behind the Chateau Frontenac; a quick landmark if you are prone to getting lost.Very helpful amiable staff.Our vacation was enhanced by our stay at this delightful B&B.

This was my second trip to Quebec City...the first time I stayed at the Chateau Frontenac, which everyone should do at least once. This time, however, I found their prices way too high. I did some research and opted for the Manoir Ste. Genevieve, which was just great! It is adjacent to the Chateau Frontenac, which means the location is great.
The rooms (we rented three) were clean and nicely furnished. The price was very reasonable...less $100 per night during the peak of fall foliage season. The staff was very helpful, and the best thing of all was they have up to four parking places that you can rent for only $10 a day, which is a real steal considering the parking situation in the Old City. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone.

This hotel was a big disappointment to my family, particularly after staying at spectacular accommodations in Montreal for little more than what we paid here. We rented "the apartment" (#31) on the ground floor around the corner from the main entrance. The rooms were musty, moldy, just plain smelly, and the air conditioner, which was really essential due to the apartment's claustrophic atmosphere , was an old, noisy, coughing clunker. (We all woke up congested every morning.) The bathroom was tiny and badly needed more towel racks or hooks to accommodate the four of us. Little things like bare light fixtures, peeling wall paper, needed repair and attention, not to mention, broken venetian blinds which exposed us to the street. Apartment 31 may be the only neglected child of the hotel in comparison to the other rooms, which I didn't see, but I did feel ripped off. Plus no coffee or breakfast (which, due to the price and the conditions, felt very miserly.) Be warned.