Hazelwood Hotel
344 Hastings St E, Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1P4 Canada
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#78 of 79 hotels in Vancouver
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Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Vancouver, Hazelwood Hotel is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its proximity to great restaurants and attractions, Hazelwood Hotel makes it easy to enjoy the best of Vancouver.
The rooms offer a kitchenette and a refrigerator, and getting online is possible, as paid internet access is available, allowing you to rest and refresh with ease.
While staying at Hazelwood Hotel, visitors can check out Olympic Village (1.2 km) and Marine Building (1.7 km), some of Vancouver's top attractions.
While visiting Vancouver, you may want to try some ribs at one of the nearby restaurants, such as Blue Water Cafe, Cardero's Restaurant & Live Bait Marine Pub, or Top Of Vancouver Revolving.
Should time allow, Vancouver Downtown, Gastown, and Science World are some popular attractions that are within walking distance.
Whether you’re travelling for business, pleasure or both, Hazelwood Hotel is sure to make your visit to Vancouver one worth remembering.
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344 Hastings St E, Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 1P4 Canada
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Good for walkers
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Well my original review was rejected by tripadvisor (fair enough) so I'll try to mellow it out a bit.
The hotel's neighborhood (Hastings and Main) is notorious for certain illegal activities. These activities occur frequently in and around this hotel.
I greatly feared for my safety in and around this hotel.
The manager is, shall I say, tightly wound. The lobby is covered with notices that the management can enter your room at any time without notice. The rooms are tiny with little more than room for a bed and a crummy little shelf with a broken tv.
Now imagine a place ten times worse than this, and you'll have an accurate description of the Hazelwood! It's a slum!
The hotel's neighborhood (Hastings and Main) is notorious for certain illegal activities. These activities occur frequently in and around this hotel.
I greatly feared for my safety in and around this hotel.
The manager is, shall I say, tightly wound. The lobby is covered with notices that the management can enter your room at any time without notice. The rooms are tiny with little more than room for a bed and a crummy little shelf with a broken tv.
Now imagine a place ten times worse than this, and you'll have an accurate description of the Hazelwood! It's a slum!
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Date of stay: February 2008Trip type: Travelled solo
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When I read the review below titled "Too Paranoid", I thought someone had gotten there on a really bad day. Well that reviewers experience became my own. I'd booked this hotel six weeks in advance. I went to the hotel a day early to check it out and see if I could check in earlier than their normal time, and was told it would be o.k. So the next morning I show up, and someone barks at me through the intercom to come back at 11. They would let me drop off my bags, they wouldn't even let me inside! When I came back later the desk clerk asked if I worked at a certain place, and simply said "I'm not renting to you. That place is [-] and I'm not going to rent to you." I was speechless- I can humbly say that I am a clean cut, well dressed, well mannered and cultured man who has traveled through almost 30 countries around the world, and this has NEVER happened to me. I could understand some hesitance if I was a wino or crackhead (of which the neighborhood is chock-full). It was especially disappointing as the reason I took a job where I did, was to be close to the hotel! I could have argued my case- that I'm just moving to Vancouver, and despite working as a bartender I don't drink or do drugs EVER, but after being treated like this They don't deserve my time or business, and they don't deserve yours.
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Date of stay: August 2008Trip type: Travelled solo
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This place is right in the middle of skid row in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. It is full of bums and druggies. It is not really a hotel. It is a building for low-income or no-income people. A real dive and not a place a human being should ever be found.
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Date of stay: April 2007
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I contacted them by email before arriving in Vancouver. Their reply was reassuring. It sounded like a safe and nice place in a bad neighbourhood. I went to have a look and we agreed I would rent a room for a few months while studying in Vancouver. I would come by with my luggage and they would hold the room for me.
NASTY SURPRISE - they wouldn't let me in and through the voicecom said they'd changed their mind and weren't renting to me - no explanation, just a 'get lost'. Was it because I travel with a backpack? was it because I have an expensive folding bike, which they might have thought stolen??? I can't read their paranoid mind. Whatever it was, I was rudely turned away and just left standing there in dangerous downtown eastside with all my luggage. Luckily I still hadn't checked out of my arrival hotel; so I went back there. But their treatment of me was APPALLING and RUDE. There's a difference between keeping addicts out and keeping bona fide travellers/ students out who you previously had made an agreement with. I find it disgusting how they left me standing in the rain with my luggage and simply refused to speak or explain - except through impersonal and barely audible voicecom to 'go away', which I did after realizing the incredible fact of being treated like a bum, which I definitely am not. Don't trust them on their word - they break it.
NASTY SURPRISE - they wouldn't let me in and through the voicecom said they'd changed their mind and weren't renting to me - no explanation, just a 'get lost'. Was it because I travel with a backpack? was it because I have an expensive folding bike, which they might have thought stolen??? I can't read their paranoid mind. Whatever it was, I was rudely turned away and just left standing there in dangerous downtown eastside with all my luggage. Luckily I still hadn't checked out of my arrival hotel; so I went back there. But their treatment of me was APPALLING and RUDE. There's a difference between keeping addicts out and keeping bona fide travellers/ students out who you previously had made an agreement with. I find it disgusting how they left me standing in the rain with my luggage and simply refused to speak or explain - except through impersonal and barely audible voicecom to 'go away', which I did after realizing the incredible fact of being treated like a bum, which I definitely am not. Don't trust them on their word - they break it.
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Date of stay: March 2008Trip type: Travelled solo
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Friendly staff, but drug people, always smell marihuana, outside is hasting, the worst zone in vancouver with homeless and drug people, unsecure zone.
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Date of stay: July 2007Trip type: Travelled with friends
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They cheat customers. They did not refund my security deposit (half month). I contacted them many times and insisted on refunding me the security deposit but they did not hear, just ignored me. If you stay at this hotel (looks reasonable) but you will loose much more later.
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Date of stay: November 2007Trip type: Travelled solo
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East Hastings is a problematic neighbouhood brimming with junkies, bums and creatures that seem right out of a 'Resident Evil' movie. But once you're inside the hotel, you will find that the staff is very friendly and that the place is very clean. The washrooms and the showers are cleaned several times a day.
For a student or budget traveler, it is difficult to find affordable accomodation in Vancouver's overpriced housing market. Indeed I arrived around the back to school period where it is virtually impossible to find a reasonably priced room, especially if you are male as rooms in Vancouver seem to be rented out exclusively to female students. Hazelwood was a convenient alternative, very affordable and conveniently located near downtown, its only 10 minutes by bus to the Harborfront and only 2 min walk to the scenic China town. Even though neighbourhood looks scary and yucky with its junkies and zombies, it really is not that dangerous because the police patrols very frequently and people who struggle walking erect arenot likely to attack you.
For a student or budget traveler, it is difficult to find affordable accomodation in Vancouver's overpriced housing market. Indeed I arrived around the back to school period where it is virtually impossible to find a reasonably priced room, especially if you are male as rooms in Vancouver seem to be rented out exclusively to female students. Hazelwood was a convenient alternative, very affordable and conveniently located near downtown, its only 10 minutes by bus to the Harborfront and only 2 min walk to the scenic China town. Even though neighbourhood looks scary and yucky with its junkies and zombies, it really is not that dangerous because the police patrols very frequently and people who struggle walking erect arenot likely to attack you.
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Date of stay: September 2007Trip type: Travelled on business
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Anybody who would consider staying here should not be travelling by themselves!
Possibly passable if you were eyesight impaired (blind) and had no sense of smell.
Why would a dump like this even make it on to your review board?
But then, if all you needed was a place to shoot up, try here.........
Possibly passable if you were eyesight impaired (blind) and had no sense of smell.
Why would a dump like this even make it on to your review board?
But then, if all you needed was a place to shoot up, try here.........
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Date of stay: June 2016Trip type: Travelled on business
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it's in a notorious neighborhood, but the hotel itself is very clean, safe, quiet, and well-kept. The staff are very kind and helpful.
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Date of stay: April 2007Trip type: Travelled on business
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If you want to stay in a garbage dump. Don't pay too much. Skid row neighbourhood. unemployed, mentally ill, drug addictds, drunks stay here.awful place, creepy place, dangerous place, smelly place, bad place
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Date of stay: September 2018Trip type: Travelled solo
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Frequently Asked Questions about Hazelwood Hotel
Which popular attractions are close to Hazelwood Hotel?
Nearby attractions include Chinatown Storytelling Centre (0.3 km), Vancouver Police Museum & Archives (0.2 km), and The Alibi Room (0.4 km).
What are some restaurants close to Hazelwood Hotel?
Conveniently located restaurants include Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie, Ask for Luigi, and Phnom Penh Restaurant.
Are there any historical sites close to Hazelwood Hotel?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Yaletown (1.8 km), Engine 374 Pavilion (2.0 km), and Mountain View Cemetery (5.1 km).