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Posted onAug 13, 2025
Millennial_says
The moment you arrive at the hotel, you feel right at home. It's a small boutique hotel with a European flair. Imagine staying at grandma's house, where everything is taken care of and all you have to do is sit back, relax, and soak up the cozy atmosphere. We stayed on the second floor, and I'd like to point out that this hotel does not have an elevator. This hotel has a recreation room, a small restaurant attached to the main house, an outdoor seating area for breakfast, a small bar, and a gift shop. The staff are very welcoming, friendly, and helpful. We had an excellent stay. The location of the hotel is also important to consider. It is a short walk from downtown Victoria, where the main shopping street is located.
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Price per night from:€133
Posted onJul 26, 2025
CindyTsang
The location is slightly off downtown; if you have a car, it's not a problem. Street parking is fine; you can pay $19 for a night. The flat is huge for two people. The facilities are in good condition. There are two Dyson fans, one in the living room and another in the bedroom. We were here in the summer, but the temperature at night was around 12-14. It's good not to have AC in the room, and the room still feels cool enough with the balcony door and the bottom windows opened in the bedroom and the living room, even without turning on the fans. There are washing machines with a drying function in the room, which are free to use, but you must bring your detergents or buy them at the front desk. I liked the living environment and the fresh air here. As it's off the main road, I enjoyed the silent evening without traffic noise.
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Price per night from:€205
Posted onMay 10, 2026|Fairmont Room with 1 Queen Bed, City View, 239 sqft(22 sqm)
Guest UserLived in Victoria for 40+ years and our first stay at the Empress. Great history inside and out. Delicious breakfast in the Bengal Lounge. We will be returning.
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Price per night from:€216
Posted onOct 14, 2025|Traditional King Room
Guest UserI would like to share my experience at this hotel are clean, we manged to get free upgrade to suite.
The location is very convenient for accessing various tourist attractions. Directly across the street, you'll find ramen, Subway, Burger King, and several other dining options. It's just a 5-minute walk to Government Street and a shopping mall. The hotel offers a complimentary premium coffee and hot chocolate maker for guests.
Although breakfast is not included, you can enjoy delicious meals at The Ruby, a well-rated restaurant conveniently situated next to the lobby.
If you plan to cook, the nearest grocery Supermart, located 1.2 km away.
The Prime of Whale booking site is just a 10-minute walk from the hotel.
From Hotel to Swartz bay ferries terminal bus ride is 1hr, avoid 430pm to 6pm may takes up to 90mins to reach.
The butchart garden is about 45mins bus ride from our hotel bus stop 180m away from our hotel.
The Fisherman’s Wharf Marina is approximately a 20-minute walk away, allowing you to take plenty of photos along the way.
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Price per night from:€103
Posted onJul 5, 2026
Pianist with no handsThe only duckie hotel in Canada it is! We love the big duck in the roundabout. Had a smooth and quick check-in. We were gifted two extra duckies besides of the one in our bathroom! Free coffee & tea at the lobby.
This hotel is a renovated motel. We can park very closed to our room, where it’s only a stair away. A restaurant right next to the lobby. There are so many restaurants and shops opposite the hotel. The location was superb!
The room was very clean besides of the soap bar near the bath tub. It was still dim after all lights were on, especially the area of full size mirror.
No amenities in this building, but laundry is cheap $2 each only
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Price per night from:€107
Posted onJun 30, 2026
Guest UserMy experience this time wasn't very satisfactory. Firstly, when I booked, I saw that the amenities included a laundry room, but there wasn't one after check-in. Secondly, there was road construction downstairs which severely affected my rest. They were still working outside at 11 PM, and started again around 6 AM, with a lot of noise. The service was good, and the hotel's location is excellent, just a 5-6 minute walk to the city center. Everything else was quite nice, it's just the road construction downstairs that impacted my stay.
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Price per night from:€151
Posted onApr 30, 2025
Michelle
phenomenal experience at this amazing hotel. All the staff were so sweet and amazing. The indian front desk consoled us in the middle of the night at 4am when we thought the hotel was ******* (it wasn’t’t it’s just us). The hotel offered free gummy bears in the lobby, and when we asked for more, they gave us a whole bag!!! (1 kg, selling for 13 bucks on amazon) The gummies are also such good quality they melt right in my mouth when you put them in. The amenities are so chic and high quality i could eat a child. (my friend typed this idk what she meant) The kitchen equipment is also quite well. The staff also helped us scared a ghost away, we slept like a baby the second night after bathing in the tub. no ac was a bunmer tho.🤞🤞😩😩
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Price per night from:€127
Posted onAug 5, 2025|King Room
Guest UserThe room was spacious and the service was great! The hotel is in a great location for venturing downtown by foot. We parked in their underground parking while we were there. Even when we checked out, we were allowed to keep our car in the lot until 4pm (but confirm with the front desk just incase).
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Price per night from:€172
Posted onAug 15, 2026|Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds
Guest User
We had a pleasant stay at the Arbutus Inn and it was a good base for us to explore Victoria. We chose this hotel because it was affordable and parking was included. The hotel staff were super friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
The room was well equipped with air conditioning, mini fridge, microwave, coffee machine, and very good lighting. The beds were comfy and the room was mostly quiet during our stay. The bathroom was good and the provided shampoo, body lotion and bar soap for the shower. They do not provide daily housekeeping here but you can pick up more things or put in requests at the front desk. We feel extra attention should be given to the AC unit, mini fridge and shelving for cleaning.
The location for the hotel was good. There is a good diner across the street and some decent restaurants nearby. It is a 20 minute walk to Chinatown and 30 minutes to the inner harbour area which are both worth exploring. There are a couple of bus stops nearby which can get you to other areas of the city too. We drove and felt it was easy to get into and out of this area. National car rentals operates an office here as well if you need to rent a car.
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Price per night from:€56
Posted onJan 11, 2026
Guest User
Great hotel great location ,stopped here many times ,parking is now better but still costs you $20 day but it is downtown ,heating in room very poor ,had to ask for additional heater .this room also had large windows with a view to the ocean which was great ,but heat loss from windows with a small portable radiator was not sufficient ,but luckily this room had an open fireplace ,so I sublimated the heat by making a nice fire ,may be a good idea for the hotel to offer to sell the logs rather than me going out to a hardware store to buy them
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Price per night from:€68