Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
May 1, 2009
Check-in very fast. Very friendly, courteous and helpful front desk.
Upgraded to a nicer room, gratis. A bargain compared to other
motels/hotels in the area. Parking adjacent to the hotel was only $10.
All in all a clean, tidy, staff very helpful, excellent location - and
at an excellent price. Highly recommended, next time I go to Victoria
I’m staying at the Dalton. I’ll return to this hotel.
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Mar 12, 2009
Have stayed in Victoria many times and nothing beats this hotel for the
value. I would recommend it to anybody who wants to be central downtown
with no need for a car. Continental Breakfast was included. Clean, staff
were great & informative. $ for $ best value in Victoria area. Ask at
front desk for map and tours around city
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Oct 18, 2008
We've stayed at the Dalton before, mainly because of it's location. The
rooms are a bit of a crap shoot as the building is undergoing
renovations and is quite old (est. 1876?). Your choices are the rooms
facing an inner courtyard that are generally smaller and a little dark.
Your other option is a street side room facing out on either Yates or
Blanshard St. If possible avoid the Yates St. rooms especially on the
weekend when the pub (and pub goers) can be quite loud well into the
morning (still going until 3:00 a.m.) - if you're in the pub, no
worries!
The rooms and sheets were clean (some dust) but seemed to be furnished
with garage sale/yard sale distressed "antique" furniture. Sort of went
with the age of the hotel but the ultimate feeling was of a hotel trying
to look upscale with "retro" furnishing. Rooms were tastefully painted
but definitely showing the age of the building. Hot water issues
(already mentioned in other reviews) cleared up in the morning when the
taps were run for 10 minutes or so. Note that the shower lever fell off
when attempting to have a shower.
Parking is an issue - there are a few stalls and an extra charge of
$10/day. Overflow parking is a block or so away.
Some positives - location, location, location. Ideal for walking to the
downtown shops, movie theatres across the street, opera house minutes
away. Continental breakfast is pretty good, waffles, fruit, bagels,
muffins, cereal, organic loose leaf tea, coffee, etc. The front desk
staff were excellent and very helpful. We were traveling with a baby and
a "crib" (playard) was provided at no cost.
Note that there is an "islander" rate which will drop your nightly stay
to $78 if you can produce an ad generally found in community newspapers
up-island. I'll probably try one of the other hotels with similar
"islander" rates next time I'm in Victoria or go with a courtyard room.
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Oct 12, 2008
A good base for a trip to Victoria, centrally located. The room we
booked was quite nice but the heating could not be turned down ( it felt
like a tropical greenhouse) so we were moved to the suite next door.
Once again the room was perfectly adequate but it took eleven minutes of
continuously running the hot water tap to get hot water for a bath.
Reception told us "it is an old building and takes a while".
Coming from England where many buildings are much older and seem to cope
with hot water on tap we felt this was a tad odd .
Overall not a bad place though it could be vastly improved with sorting
out certain maintenance issues.
Service at reception was friendly and helpful and breakfast was more
than adequate.
All in all a reasonable base and with parking next to the hotel at an
extra $10 a night, quite convenient ( though free disabled parking might
be a nice gesture for those of us who do not have the option of
travelling without our cars).
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Aug 20, 2008
We stayed here for 2 nights in August after catching the ferry from
Vancouver.
The hotel is in an excellent location, within easy walking distance of
the shopping areas and the harbour. Parking is also available near the
hotel for $10 per day.
The rooms are quite small, but perfectly adequate and well presented.
Breakfast was included in the price of the room and there was a wide
choice on offer including the opportunity to make your own waffles!
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Aug 10, 2008
The hotel has a good central location and is good for a night.
The rooms have been partly renewed. The hotel is an old building and so
are the rooms. All the sights in Victoria are reachable by foot. The
breakfast is above average for a continental breakfast.
+Central location
+Clean room
+Breakfast is above average for a continental
+Wireless internet available
Guest Review of the Dalton Hotel & Suites
Aug 1, 2008
Stayed 2 nights, enjoyed the proximity to the downtown core - walked
everywhere - no need to rent a car to see the best of Victoria. Room was
dated, somewhat shabby, but clean, and this, I expect, is what you get
for such a decent rate to stay in the downtown area. Forgotten items in
the closet were found by the housekeeping staff, and I was able to very
easily track them down to get them back - a miraculous achievement in my
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