Reviews for Holiday Inn, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

28 reviews, 7.9 average.

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Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 24 Aug 2011

Hotel was located in convenient area. We just needed a hotel for night's rest with breakfast and Internet as we were on a cross country trip. We wanted a clean hotel with comfortable beds.

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Positives: Beds

Negatives: No continental breakfast or free WiFi.

Overall Rating: 8 [ 8 / 10 ]

Date visited: Sat 18 Jun 2011

Excellent quality for the price

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Positives: Friendly, accommodating staff. Clean, comfortable rooms with very comfortable bed. Wireless internet and parking included.

Negatives: Quality of restaurant food could be improved.

Overall Rating: 10 [ 10 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 30 May 2011

It meets my needs.

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Positives: Close to my business needs.

Negatives: No gambling machines in bar area.

Overall Rating: 8 [ 8 / 10 ]

Date visited: Tue 16 Nov 2010

Beautiful lobby, nice rooms, restaurant nice but a little pricey. I don't mind paying for underground parking at a hotel, however to park outside in the hotel parking lot for $10.

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Positives: Comfortable bed, clean, actually better than I thought it might be.

Negatives: $10. charge to park outside!

Overall Rating: 8 [ 8 / 10 ]

Date visited: Fri 15 Oct 2010

Average room, clean, friendly staff, and great price.

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Positives: Location.

Negatives: Paid $15 for parking.

Overall Rating: 6 [ 6 / 10 ]

Date visited: Tue 21 Sep 2010

Hotel was fine. We only spent sleeping time there so we weren't looking for services and amenities.

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Positives: Location.

Negatives: The air conditioner did not work well, and we were situated next to the ice machine and vending machines which was noisy.

Overall Rating: 7 [ 7 / 10 ]

Date visited: Sat 11 Sep 2010

Conveniently located. Functional setting for business if you remember that any extra services will be charged.

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Positives: Conveniently located.

Negatives: Not as friendly environment for family as other hotels in the area.

Overall Rating: 10 [ 10 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 30 Aug 2010

This hotel is lovely, great rooms, comfy bed and friendly & helpful staff. The breakfast buffet is one of the best we’ve ever had and the restaurant staff was excellent. Didn’t get to .....

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Positives: Clean, comfortable rooms & excellent breakfast buffet!

Negatives: Charging for parking always kind of irks me.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 23 Aug 2010

This hotel was very comfortable and the staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms were clean and large. I found the overall decor was very pleasing and I will stay there again.

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Positives: I really liked the room, it was more than comfortable, but the staff were also very friendly and accommodating.

Negatives: Nothing really.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 04 Aug 2010

My family and I have stayed a the Holiday Inn Harborview a number of times over the last year and we have always found that it either met our exceeded our expectations.

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Positives: Front desk staff are always very friendly, accommodating and professional.

Negatives: Getting out of the parking lot is a bit awkward.

Overall Rating: 7 [ 7 / 10 ]

Date visited: Fri 30 Jul 2010

If you are going to Nova Scotia and would like to experience both Halifax and Darmouth this is a good hotel--if you have a car. The rooms are small-- by American standards--it truly is for two .....

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Positives: It was a great location--right near the bridge to dowtown Halifax.

Negatives: The rooms are very small--particularly the bathroom, which has the sink outside the bathroom.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

  • 10 Staff [ 10 / 10 ]
  • 9 Location [ 9 / 10 ]
  • 10 Cleanliness [ 10 / 10 ]

Date visited: Tue 29 Jun 2010

Recently (Summer 2010) we stayed for a week long vacation in the Holiday Inn Harbor view in Dartmouth and had a very good experience. <BR><BR>The staff at this hotel are extremely helpful and .....

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Positives: Helpful staff, convenient, great price.

Negatives: Nothing really.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Tue 15 Jun 2010

This is a great place to stay and very comfortable.

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Positives: Location, clean and good air quality.

Negatives: Had to pay for parking.

Overall Rating: 5 [ 5 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 10 May 2010

The hotel restaurant food did not sit well and there was no option for drought beer. There was not an indoor pool and in my room, there was no wireless internet - these are things I prefer when .....

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Positives: Comfortable bed and sitting spaces.

Negatives: No wireless internet, no pool.

Overall Rating: 8 [ 8 / 10 ]

Date visited: Sun 18 Apr 2010

Nice hotel, but did not expect the extra parking charge.

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Positives: It was quiet.

Negatives: It charged extra for parking.

Overall Rating: 6 [ 6 / 10 ]

Date visited: Thu 18 Feb 2010

Hotel was very clean staff was friendly and did there jobs well.

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Positives: Handy to both Dartmouth and Halifax.

Negatives: Noisy at 1 -3 am when people coming back from bars.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Tue 02 Feb 2010

Very clean and staff very eager to assist in any way.

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Positives: Excellent location.

Negatives: Limited amenities.

Overall Rating: 7 [ 7 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 25 Nov 2009

Hotel was clean and staff was great. When I asked for extra towels, a knock on the door in under 5 minutes and they were there. Parking at the hotel when a guest costs 10 dollars per night, this is .....

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Positives: Staff was friendly and helpful.

Negatives: They charged 20 dollars to park at the hotel, even though we were guests staying there.

Overall Rating: 10 [ 10 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 28 Oct 2009

Sound proof in a good location.

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Positives: Quiet.

Negatives: Room service food was limited and expensive.

Overall Rating: 4 [ 4 / 10 ]

Date visited: Thu 15 Oct 2009

The hotel in general was great. Staff were pleasant and helpful. The bathroom was very small - and the desk space was not convenient for my laptop. Not really a desk actually. Because we had the room .....

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Positives: Location was convenient to shopping mall.

Negatives: Our room was positioned across from the elevator - it was very noisy.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 07 Sep 2009

The hotel was clean and in an ideal location for us. The price was fair, however we wish there had been an indoor swimming pool.

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Positives: Location.

Negatives: No indoor swimming pool

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Mon 31 Aug 2009

The breakfast buffet was a little over priced and we had to pay for the parking BUT other than that it was wonderful. I would stay again.

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Positives: Comfort of the bed and pillows was FABULOUS!

Negatives: Had to pay for parking

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Fri 28 Aug 2009

Good location for either Halifax or Dartmouth. Helpful staff. Only problem was that the patio door leaked a bit then there was a smell in the room for a bit.

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Positives: View of the Harbour.

Negatives: Paying for parking.

Overall Rating: 6 [ 6 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 12 Aug 2009

The hotel was OK but I've stayed in much nicer in the Halifax area through Priceline.

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Positives: Very close to MicMac Mall for shopping.

Negatives: The bathroom (shower &amp; toilet) is in a separate room from the sink. The bathroom had a bad smell, like a dirty mop was used to clean it.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

Date visited: Sat 04 Jul 2009

Clean and polite staff.

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Positives: Easy to get to, and polite staff.

Negatives: Pay for parking &amp; pool outside.

Overall Rating: 9 [ 9 / 10 ]

  • 10 Staff [ 10 / 10 ]
  • 8 Location [ 8 / 10 ]
  • 8 Cleanliness [ 8 / 10 ]

Date visited: Thu 14 Aug 2008

A convenient location with a lovely outdoor pool. We highly recommend the food at the restaurant. Staff throughout the hotel and restaurant were fantastic.

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Positives: Excellent staff.

Negatives: Hotel elevator wasn't a always a smooth ride and didn't always completely open.

Overall Rating: 8 [ 8 / 10 ]

  • 8 Staff [ 8 / 10 ]
  • 5 Location [ 5 / 10 ]
  • 7 Cleanliness [ 7 / 10 ]

Date visited: Wed 07 May 2008

Arrived well before the posted check-in time, and I was able to check-in early before lunch. A staff member checked late in the afternoon if I had enough towels before she left for the day. Only ate .....

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Positives: Breakfast buffet was a surprise, good value at $15.00.

Negatives: Poor location.

Overall Rating: 3 [ 3 / 10 ]

  • 4 Staff [ 4 / 10 ]
  • 3 Location [ 3 / 10 ]
  • 4 Cleanliness [ 4 / 10 ]

Date visited: Sun 20 Apr 2008

Staff only marginally professional. TV shut off during pay movie two different times. Hotel locked generally worn out, and not terribly clean.

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Positives: King size bed.

Negatives: Seedy looking.

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Holiday Inn
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
B3A 1L9
Canada