Hotel Le Roberval

Overall, 3 stars for the condition of hotel, comfort, location, and free WIFI & breakfast. This hotel was fairly easy to find, on the corner of Rene-​Levesque & Rue Berri, very close to the metro & bus stops. I arrived at about 2:30PM, but the room wasn’t ready. Luckily, I was able to leave my luggage in the luggage storage room. The front desk woman was friendly, informative, and spoke good English. I returned later at about 7PM and got checked in by a gentleman. He was also very informative and thorough in giving me instructions. I was given the wifi password and 2 tickets for breakfast for the 2 days I was staying there.
The elevator is slow, but it works. The room is a good size, a no-​frills place. There are no toiletries, but there is a soap dispenser above the sink and in the shower. There is a microwave and fridge, and the fridge came in handy for me to put drinks in. The wifi worked perfectly while I was there. The morning breakfast consists of 2 kinds bread/​toast, 2 kinds of cereal, some pastres, and some yogurt. For drinks, there are coffee, water, and juices. I just grabbed yogurt and packaged muffins both days I was there. Overall, the place is a bit worn, but I had a very comfortable stay. One complaint is the slamming of doors causing the whole floor to shake. Also, when leaving the room or coming back, make sure you shut the door completely. If I hadn’t done that, anyone could have pushed the door open. The doors are as old as everything else in the hotel.

I chose this hotel for the location, as it seemed to be near Old/​New Montréal. The staff were all very friendly, except for one unfriendly one who looked like the ugly sister Kourtney Kardashian, without makeup and never smiled.
It’s a very cozy hotel with a homey feel. The breakfast is in the basement. It’s small and smelled of burnt toast all the time, but the staff kept the breakfast bar well stocked. Breakfast was included in the price of the room, which I didn’t know, so a nice surprise.
The room was clean enough and had a fully stocked kitchen with dishes, cups, cutlery, fridge and all.
Doors to the hotel are locked at all times, which was nice. No rif-​raffs coming through.
Bixi bikes were just down the street. Restaurants and Metro are also just down the street. Old Montréal is just down the street. Everything was close by.
Bus 747 to/​from the airport is conveniently down the street.
Awesome value for the price paid per day of only $ 97/​day for three days including the weekend. I would definitely stay here again.

Nothing special or memorable per se, but the service was friendly, it was well kept, clean, and in an excellent location if you want to experience various neighborhoods in Montréal. All in all if you need a good, no frills, practical hotel for a decent rate this will fit the bill. Just don’t expect anything especially romantic or extravagant and you’ll be satisfied.

I want to say that this hotel is somewhere between a three and a four, but on balance it probably deserves closer to a four than a three. To start, the location is fantastic. Gay village is around the corner, old town is a stroll away, Chinatown is also nearby. I honestly don’t think that I would have picked a better hotel over Roberval if it weren’t as well sittuated. If you are in Montréal as a tourist then this place is great for getting around. My friend and I got what we thought was going to be a one room with one bed and a sofa, what we got was the equivalent of a one bedroom apartment with a kitchen (which we didn’t use). This was great! The hotel has a standard breakfast with cereal, toast, bagels, whatever. The staff was very nice and some of the employees took a lot of time to give us directions. Our room was cleaned every day, but I will agree with some of the other reviewers that there was a cleaning agent smell that was a bit strong, but nothing overwhelming. The real down sides to the hotel are a bit of a sketch factor, the front desk closes for the night and you have to use a swipe card to get in. This gives the place a little bit of a hostel feel. There is no shampoo in the bathrooms and the soap comes from dispensers, which are kinda institutional. These were really my only complaints about this place, so if you are visiting and you need a great location at a good price, Roberval is perfect as long as you aren’t expecting The Ritz!

Stayed here for 3 nights. Conveniently located. Have very little to complain about. Our room (204) was very comfortable. We slept well. The shower was fine. Room was very spacious. The hotel was quiet. Continental breakfast was good. Parking was $ 15/​day. Only wish there was another mirror in the room.

Spent over an hour looking for parking and going in circles around the block in traffic. Their lot was full so guy pointed to a garage a few blocks away. I’m spending $ 23 a day to park and had to walk 5 blocks thru homeless ppl to the hotel. Receptionist said I should have come in to ask about parking — great idea but I couldn’t park the car to come in and ask! Place is just ok, reminds me of college dorms. Will not be returning.

This place was pretty bad. The only thing it had going for it was it’s location, nothing more! The rooms were in terrible shape, questionable cleanliness, and only one elevator! Wifi wasn’t free and parking which was nearly 2 blocks away at Les Suites LaBelle was $ 15 a night! There was no bellhop so we had to drag our suitcases up a ramp and flight of stairs to the main floor where the front desk and elevator was! It was not worth $ 149/​night!

My sister and I stayed here for one night. We loved that it was within walking distance of everything we wanted to do, and the room itself was clean and comfortable. We had no trouble finding the parking garage (it’s about half a block away and shared with their sister hotel).
The only downside was breakfast. It was good, but the room in which they serve it is so cramped that it was difficult to walk between tables, and there was a table of people so close to the food line that it was almost impossible to fill your plate. Other than that, it was a great experience!

For what it is, it’s OK. Just OK.
It’s clean, relatively quiet and affordable given the amenities nearby.
As a previous reviewer mentioned — the elevator system is bizzare. All floors are segmented, so if you’re on the fourth floor, you have to pick the right elevator. It’s strange to put it mildly.
If you’re looking for cheap, clean and relatively quite accommodation… and that’s all vs. a mint on your pillow. It’s OK.
a Top Tip for anyone looking to stay here: If you get a room with a kitchen, you have to do your own dishes or they nail you for $ 25. — seems odd having that, and having housekeeping come to your room to do… what ?
Next time I think I’d try somewhere else rather than going back here, bu if you’re on a budget and just need a place to sleep… it’s adequate.

I stayed for 6 nights on my recent trip to Montréal. Main reason I booked this place was the free internet and a relatively good location.
As for the room itself–
Smelled funky overall with extremely strong smell of cleaning agent (not just in the room, but all over the hallway. You walk out of the hotel smelling like Pinesol or something of that sort)
The hotel is supposedly smoke-​free, but on several occasion, I smelled pretty strong cigarette smoke coming into my room.
The room was generally hot. Good thing it was in the winter so I could just open the window and let the cold air in. I think the AC in my room was broken.
It has a kitchen with a pretty good size refrigerator, stove, and microwave. I wasn’t planning to cook in the room, but might be convenient for people staying for long term.
One other thing that really bothered me was that the shower makes this really high and creepy screeching shrieking noise the whole time it’s on. Really not a happy way to start or end your day.
It is an old old hotel with old old everything, but looked really good online at the booking website. I don’t think the charges were particularly cheap, either, so try to stay away if you can.

I booked six rooms at Hotel Le Roberval for a friend’s bachelor party that I planned in Montréal. This place came recommended from a buddy who was joining us for the weekend.
Hotel Le Roberval is an older hotel with very few amenities; the facilities could be in better shape and the hotel has certainly seen better days. That said, it did the job since we did not spend a good deal of time in the hotel.
We were originally booked for 6 rooms with 2 double beds; upon arrival, we were told that we were upgraded for free to suites. We got into our rooms to discover that the suites had a separate bedroom with 1 bed and a pullout bed in the sofa in our living room. Thankfully, each pair of roommates worked out who would get the bed and it did not cause much conflict — but this was a bit of a comfort issue.
Some positives:
— Breakfast is served every morning during Summer months from 7 – 11 AM and is a continental spread with croissants, pastries, bread for the toaster, cereal, and juice
— The hotel offers free Internet (though it does sign you out often, probably to prevent overuse)
— The location is pretty excellent, though it may not look like it on Rene Levesque — the hotel is just blocks away from Saint Catherine (close to the Gay Village part if you turn right coming from Rene Levesque) and right near the Metro Station Berri-​UQAM. The area does have a lot to offer if you walk a few blocks to explore.
— The front desk staff is extremely helpful and speaks fluent English
Some negatives:
— Parking is $ 15/​day in a building that is difficult to locate, on a one-​way street, with an extremely steep hill to go up and down. The parking fee is taxed on the bill, as the taxes cover the entire price you paid for your stay.
— The pillows were very lumpy and I found it difficult to sleep on them
— The room only had one garbage can (in the bathroom), no bars of soap (and just a shampoo dispenser in the shower), and no pen or paper
— The temperature in the room was difficult to control, so it was often very muggy and warm; the air conditioner was in the living room, but there was no way to cool down my bedroom except by opening the window, which faced out onto a busy street
— There are actually two elevators to get you to different rooms of the hotel, with no way to go to rooms on the same «floor» without going all the way down to go back up (i.e., 401 and 410 have different elevators). The rooms with higher numbers appear to be part of a newer structure
Overall, the price was fair and the free upgrade was appreciated. The hotel served its purpose in acting as a home base and the staff could not have been more helpful as I checked in the folks for each room.
I wouldn’t want to stay here again unless I couldn’t find a price elsewhere, as I expect a bit more from a hotel in a major city. This place is in serious need of an overhaul, but it may work for you if you’re budget-​conscious and need a place to stay that’s right off the Metro.