Editorial Reviews
This Virginia-creeper-covered 1912 heritage building is popular because of its affordable rates and its near-perfect location: a stone's throw from the beach on scenic English Bay, two blocks from Stanley Park and a 20-minute walk from Robson Street. The rooms and apartment-style suites vary from tiny to spacious. Many of the basic but comfortable rooms are large enough to sleep four, and all...
by fodors
on February 23, 2014 from fodors
Lots of folks love the Sylvia, mostly for its fabulous location, and many are eager to recommend it, but pretty as the old girl is from the outside, inside she's a modest, plain-Jane sort of place. This is a "heritage building" hotel (the original wing, anyway) that underplays style and doesn't believe in glamour. That's why you're not going to find waterfront accommodations anywhere else at...
by frommers
on February 22, 2013 from frommers
Charming and blowsy, the Sylvia is the Blanche DuBois of hotels. A 1912 eight-story brick apartment building on the bayfront, it's been a hotel since 1954—when it also became the site of Vancouver's first-ever cocktail bar. The 120 old-fashioned rooms and suites have never met a decorator, but they're the best bargains in town, especially those with views—who's watching the salmon-pink nylon...
by concierge
on June 23, 2012 from concierge
Breathtaking crimson-and-peppermint hued Virginia Creeper covers the 1912 heritage building. Bruce has provided polite bar service to literati, academics and map-toting tourists for 30 years. Apple-red sunsets and maple-lined seawalk shadows the old English-themed bar. Channeling “I Love Lucy,” the rooms are simple, clean and understated. Book Room 801. Unobstructed, endless ocean views of...
by blackbookmag
on November 12, 2008 from blackbookmag
Information from the business
A designated heritage building in Vancouver, hotel ideally located on English Bay, beside Stanley Park, 5 minutes from downtown Vancouver. Built in 1912, Sylvia Hotel is a city landmark in Vancouver
by googleplus
on November 06, 2013 from googleplus