Vancouver hotels near Olympic Cauldron

Cons: Price

Cons: For such a nice property, I found the noise pollution from the hallway to be very problematic. The door was not well-insulated - I could hear every word spoken in the hallway, not to mention noise from other rooms down the hall. For what I paid, this is an unforgivable oversight. Also, the housekeeping calls at 8:30 each morning were a little ridiculous.

Cons: The wireless internet connection was AWFUL despite coming included w the room. Couldn't get online and it was really difficult to connect.

Cons: Could hear everything inside the rooms. Staff kept asked four times about check out which is ridiculous service. The in room dining service was poor. Nobody answers phone call.

Cons: That we only stayed one night :)

Cons: The restaurants and bars immediately nearby, close at 10pm. So as soon as a show or game is over at BC place or Rogers theater, you better head for bed.

Cons: A little on the expensive side for an older hotel with few amenities, but the location is worth it and the beds are comfortable.

Cons: The fire alarm went off and we were all evacuated. The firemen came and it was a false alarm. We went back to the rooms and it went off again. We were asked to evacuate a second time but the cleaning crew told us not to pay attention and sure enough 1 minute later it stopped. The firemen came a second time and the assessment was that the equipment is outdated and needs to be updated. Kind of a crazy morning.

Cons: The staff was, at times, short and unaccommodating. Our room key had to be replaced 3 times due to it not working in the elevator.

Cons: It appeared that we arrived during a meal break or such as there was only one reservationist at the front desk who became overwhelmed trying to check in three groups while answering the phone, etc.

Cons: Noisy,thin walls

Cons: Lots of noise. We could hear neighbors just talking and laughing until 2:30 in the morning. You can hear all the traffic and business noises. No information on simple things like ice machines or vending machines.

Cons: Hallways are narrow and hot/stuffy. Staff decently nice but really busy so a little hurried.

Cons: Nothing. All was great!

Cons: Chairs in the balcony would have been nice. I wanted to enjoy the sunset and the amazing views.

Cons: I did not like the tiny bathrooms.

Cons: overpriced, hotel just generally need an update and some attention to detail if they're going to charge those rates.

Cons: Did not have a valet to help with luggage when we got to the hotel. The garage did not have a temporary parking for the hotel guests for check in. I had to bring down 6 suitcases on a trolley by myself down the garage ramp.

Cons: Usually when I travel and get to a hotel I want to be checked in as quickly as possible. You'd think the young guy checking me in would have understood this, but he kept stopping what he was doing to answer questions from one of the other hotel workers. The other worker was maybe 50 or so, the kid's senior, so I understand his respect for the older man, but they should both know that whatever questions/answers either of them have for each other, should have been both posed and answered after the guest is checked in. Sounds like a very small detail but this level of attention to detail is what I expect from a 4-star hotel. Aside from that and the location being fairly removed from much of what I wanted to see, no complaints.

Cons: Shower needs a door.

Cons: A bit dated and modern 70s decor Valet was a bit steep at $40. No free WiFi in rooms

Cons: However, $750 a night is absolutely insane!! Somehow got ripped off online into paying that for one night! It was supposed to be for 2 nights.... Not happy... Complete rip off...

Cons: The hotel itself is quite old, and feels that way. The fixtures and room layouts do not match the expensive price tags for the rooms. You're basically just paying for the location. The rooms and hallways and generally everything seems dated and worn out. At one point we were moved to a junior suite (9th floor) in the original building (not the tower) and were not all that impressed with that room either. On top of that, there were hundreds of birds outside chirping and wailing all day and night. We barely got any sleep.

Cons: Price of parking

Cons: Parking is expensive, like it is in every major city.

Cons: Exterior is rather dated but interior was fine. Not a concern for us.

Cons: We were given a handicap room and the bathroom was poorly set up for us

Cons: I thought that breakfast was included but it wasn’t and it was vinte than I was willing to pay at the restaurants in the hotel.

Cons: Internet charge was a little outrageous

Cons: Had my reservation for a king sized bed, and when I entered the room, it was 2 doubles. Went down to get it changed, and the staff member (Elena?) said the rooms were fully booked and said that "the king sized was just a request". I persisted that I reserved a king and paid the price for a king, which was clearly printed on my reservation confirmation. She went to the back room to check with her manager, and finally came back out to change my room to a king size bed. It was a little troubling to have to put up a fight to get what I had reserved.

Cons: Nothing

Cons: Extra charge for everything. food is very expensive

Cons: The fact that the room felt somewhat expensive and still charged for wifi and water. No free breakfast as well

Cons: Late night room service options.

Cons: The water and shower were strange. Hot water ran out of the cold faucet in the sink for a full minute before it got cold, every time. Temperature of the shower and strength of the stream were from the same dial, so to get good pressure you had to sacrifice comfort. Truly bizarre. You need better signage downstairs to find the front desk. Usually they're on the ground floor. One of the down elevators was out, so we had a long wait because the first one working was full. $4.50 for bottles of water in the room? No way! There should be 2 complimentary water bottles, which you get in other fine hotels. And there is no convenience store nearby which stocks good water at a reasonable price. The (excellent) TV in the room was set at an odd angle, you have to twist your neck to view. Channel selections did not include Fox Business, which has higher ratings than CNBC; and MLB Network, which has baseball coverage other than the Toronto Blue Jays. And if you must burn half a dozen channels on French language programming, it's time to expand channel capacity. The three dinner restaurants had problems, in addition to high prices. The bar which had such good recorded music at lunch had a terrible, whiny live folksinger performing. We had to leave. The top premium restaurant was closed for a special event, and the third was expensive and you could still hear the awful folksinger because there was no wall. We wound up dining at the hotel across the street. You don't want people walking in there, do you? Finally, and most annoyingly, there was a fifteen minute waiting queue for a taxicab when we were leaving for the airport. The cab driver explained that the problem was all the cabs were handling cruise ship traffic. Well, this must happen most days, and you need to do something about it besides having an older doorman losing a battle with the hotel across the street (and customers down the street) for the attention of the taxis. You should probably warn your guests in advance of the problem, and provide a list of private local cars/limos and the URL of the Vancouver version of Uber as alternatives. And hire a sexy young woman to replace the older gent because if cabbies in Canada are anything like those in the U.S., they won't make sharp U-turns to avoid a beautiful woman making sharp whistling sounds.

Cons: It's a great and pleasant stay

Cons: For the south tower: The Lobby, the entrance and elevators were not four star at all!

Cons: The bathroom a little bit too small .

Cons: Restaurant choices were poor. The only sensible thing to do was get room service which is more costly. Very few options offered at the restaurant as opposed to room service. Parking even for a hotel guest was too pricey. They didn't clean my room the second day.

Cons: The room was outdated and not as advertised on the website.

Cons: I was put off when the woman at the front desk ask me to email her my confirmation receipt upon checking in. In addition, there is a night club very close by that was in full swing until 3am. I was in town for an event and needed to get up at 5. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well.

Cons: No complains

Cons: Price is hig, but it’s Vancouver...

Cons: Our room in the evening must of had some young kids nearby as music was heard along with laughing and voices through the walls or possibly through the ceiling. That was the only inconvenient part of the stay.

Cons: Value for the money is low in my opinion. The rooms are very small with out of date coffee makers. Ocean views come at a very high premium. Some rooms (including suites) do not even include bathtubs. Few amenities included in the base rates, including a spartan number of bathroom toiletries. There is only one small restaurant and bar area despite the 700+ rooms. We will try another hotel the next time we stay in Vancouver.

Cons: In a world where wifi has become fundamental for communication and information, and is offered for free all over the world because it is an inexpensive way to draw business, the fairmont charges $14 per day. I would have paid if it was just included in the already expensive room rate. As intended, I didn't read the fine print and was shocked to find out I had to go to the lobby to work. I was on a business trip. Also, I had to set the thermostat to 90, the maximum, to warm the room. It was never comfortably warm.

Cons: Nothing

Cons: For every little things I was charged , like domestic calls !!! Really?

Cons: Didn't like the fact that for a higher end hotel there wasn't free WIFI. Paying $13.95 for WIFI seemed too expensive when we paid over $500 for the night.

Cons: Everything was great!