We stayed three nights in September 2007 at the Holiday Inn Express, located approx. 500m northwest of Place Jacques-Cartier in Old Montreal and 1 km northeast of Downtown. All attractions are in perfect walking distance. If you like to take the metro, it’s just 300m to the station Champ-de-Mars. Valet parking cost 16.75 CAD extra. Check-in was friendly and efficient. We had a clean, comfortable and surprisingly large-sized queen bed suite, with a separated kitchen and living room. Our quiet room #820 had a tiny balcony with a view towards Old Montreal. The complimentary breakfast was good . They offered toast, English muffins, juice, fruits, cereals, cheese, boiled eggs, cake etc.. However, there were not always enough seats. All in all a great place to stay.

We booked a 2 room suite, using Visa points and their travel agent, which worked out to just over $160 with parking and taxes. The bedroom had a firm queen sized bed, the kitchen/livingroom had a comfortable sofa bed. All furnishings were a bit dated, but clean. Our room 720 had a balcony with a view of Montreal towards the harbour. The kitchen does not have a stove, only a microwave. The room was quiet, and we did not hear any neighbours or the traffic. The AC is a window type, and worked well. All windows opened. There are 2 computers with internet access that you can get to with your hotel key, but they were quite busy. There's a laundromat $2 each for washer/dryer/soap. Breakfast was plentiful and included fresh fruit, but no meat or waffle maker. It was difficult to find a free table to use. The only drawback was the valet parking - totally unnecessary since the hotel has underground parking. The valets took our only key, so we had to bother them whenever we needed something from our vehicle. Everyone was friendly, spoke English and were very helpful. We liked the location, in between the port park and sites, and Mt. Royal and the underground mall and city centre. We did have to walk by a strippers joint which is around the corner, but never felt unsafe. China town is very close by too.

I stayed at this hotel for two nights and it was a great place to stay. It was within easy walking distance of the main streets of downtown and it was very easy to get to the metro from the hotel so we had access to any attraction we wanted to go to. It was also only a short walk away from the greyhound station, making it easy to walk with our luggage to the hotel.

The rooms were very good and a very reasonable price. Upon arriving we found that our room, instead of being a small single room as we expected, was actually a full suit with a second lounge room and a small kitchen. The entire hotel was very clean and the continental breakfast was not bad either.

The hotel staff were very helpful and informative. They gave us clear directions to any place we asked of them, and were very knowledgeable about all the attractions in the city and were able to give us recommendations of where to go. They also were very quick to help out with any special requests for your room (i.e. a second set of sheets).

Overall I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone traveling to Montreal due to its knowledgeable staff, great value, comfortable accommodations and great location.

We stayed 2 nights here and the location was perfect - 10 mins walk from the riverfront, 2 mins to Chinatown and about 5 mins to the old town.
Suite is large enough for 2 adults and 2 teenagers, bedroom a bit small and hot as only aircon in living room, bathroom fine, kitchen very big with all the facilities. Nice Balcony overlooking old town towards the river.
Complimentary breakfast was OK - not a great choice but food was fresh.
Staff were very helpful.