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Reviews of Abba Boutique Inn

4 out of 5
Abba Boutique Inn
36 Queens Road, St. John's, NL

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 143 out of 461 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 170 out of 461 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 86 out of 461 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 40 out of 461 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 22 out of 461 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Krista Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful quiet spot steps away from downtown! Relaxing and enjoyable. Highly recommend
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Camille

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Ken

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the place if you want to feel like it’s your place. A very user friendly, easy self serve, small, clean apartment downtown experience for a great price. Not the place for you if you want the big hotel feel with a large lobby, traditional check-in, pool, fitness center and restaurant (and accompanying price tag). But it is the place for you if you want the “I live in a small affordable apartment in downtown St. John’s” experience, and you’re planning to be out exploring St John’s the majority of the day(s).
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property. Had room #3 with a perfect view of downtown and the harbour. Staff helped with cable issues super quick. Very clean and conveniently located property. Less than a few minutes walk to downtown and lots of shops, restaurants, coffee shop and liquor store. It’s my second stay at this property and I will be back again.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

vardy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location is great. So.etimes noisy where it is an old house, depending on neighbors. Very quiet this stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

darryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Shawn

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice quiet street very close to downtown. My stay was off season so very reasonably priced. It was quite windy one night and a window kept blowing open a crack.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Melissa

Disliked: Cleanliness
No heat no light and no power.
We found a chicken bone and other dirt under the bed when we dropped something and had to look under. There was an odour. The last morning of our two night stay we woke up to a freezing cold room and not light to turn on. Apparently there had been a scheduled power outage that we were not told about prior to booking the room. We wouldn’t have stayed there if we were told this beforehand.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Arlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy historic room. Handy to downtown
Everything was pleasant, but needs more parking.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Mary

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I liked the charming inn and the location was close to the water. Waking up and seeing the harbor every morning was pleasant to be eyes. The continental breakfast was good. I would definitely stay here again. I also liked the location of the inn being in the community.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Corey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Close to downtown and quick drive to the airport. Will definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel, but phone and email need updating in case of change of plans.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Lynn

Traveled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrible bed; tons of noise from street and homeless, carpet is disgusting. Did I mention the $39 bed? Unbelievable. On the other hand, the basement breakfast and setting was nice. The view of the harbor from room 5 was exceptional but the two worn, dirty chairs took away from the view. My party had three other rooms in building. Poor mattresses, shower valve broke, no response from management to requests for support.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Bonita

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a room with a great view. The breakfast options were limited, but ok, we didnt go hungry. We really enjoyed meeting other guests at breakfast.You had to call if ypu wanted housekeeping or more linens. I got a text chastising me for black stains on a washcloth. I guess it was mascara from washing my face. I assueed her it was washable, and doesnt stsin mine at home. Really?? The shower was difficult to regulate temperatures. A few things and it could be great, but we were ok overall with our stay for what we paid.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Susan

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So many things that were disappointing. Abba Inn room 2. We opened the door and immediately smelt an odour of mildew that just wouldn’t go away even with fan on high. It looked like mould in bathroom by the sink and tub (black). They didn’t have any blankets, or enough towels and had to wash more and would bring them to us later. Housekeeping did not come when we asked him to. There’s no one on site. Poor communication with caretakers. This is rated 4 stars. It is not. Although the price point was lower than other places in downtown St. John’s, I requested from management a partial refund due to all the issues and that we over paid for what we got. They never got back to us, even though they asked to provide feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice stay comfy king bed
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The location for this hotel is excellent. The staff are very friendly, polite and accommodating. The property itself is horribly run down. The carpet is sticky and smelly. The shower was crumbling, moldy and very outdated. The shower curtain was filthy. The sink was dirty and taps were worn out. The floors by the fireplace were not clean and the dust had built up over time. Spider webs in the bathroom. Windows very dirty
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kateryna

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Corina

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Nice hotel in a quite area
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Diane

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Brigitte

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

john

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fire protection consisted of only smoke detectors. No rep on site.lousy breakfast. No hot food, no OJ,eggs,bacon,etc. Parking was a problem. No A/C. You had to phone to have clean towels. One of our 3 nights we had to re-use wet towels. Should be rated “Very poor”.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Taimi

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was quiet and relaxing.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Yuk-Yung

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

THOMAS

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Dina

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very average property
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mark Raymond

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Felt very unsafe. Unable to reach mgmt, no returned calls. No one around. Breakfast was in the bsmt. No sink to dump old coffee. Dirty dishes sitting there the next day. Only cereal and toast with low quality muffins.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mary, Portage la prairie

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a great location, but rundown and not as described on the site. No lobby as described, could not sleep in that bedding. Worn shabby. Pillows yellow. Had to open window on ground floor and no screens! It says 24/7 available kitchen. Empty water cooler no sink so unable to wash dishes and they were left to sit dirty for several days.

6/10 Okay

Kathleen

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
It was easy to walk to downtown St. John's from the Inn, but it had very poor parking options. While the staff was very helpful (best extra blanket), the continental breakfast was mostly wet bread for toast and frozen jelly packets. Also, be aware that the ceilings and walls are very thin: you can hear everything.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Jack

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location but the unit needs updating - it is starting to look “used”.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Alex

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scruffy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little spot, close to everything.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Brenda, Milton

Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall, the property was clean. The blanket on the bed was slightly thicker than a sheet, basically a very thin coverlet. Upon request they did give me something a little thicker. Carpet flooring was a little dowdy. Rooms were cute but dated. There was barely any milk the second morning we were there, so many of us could not have cereal. Pretty basic breakfast, but OK.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

pennie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Laura, stoney creek

Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service
Electrical plugs need to be replaced. Fridge out of service in kitchen area. No access to water in kitchen (water cooler empty)
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was clean but old. Not impressed with the bathroom. Very small. Carpet was old. Bed was too soft. No fridge in room.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shayla

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cute place I got room 5 and you can look out at harbour
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Cassandra, Plate Cove West

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carla

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love how every thing set up and the place well keep clean and would stay again and would recommend to other people
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Elizabeth

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Unfortunate because I like the place
I’ve stayed at Abba Inn previously with no concerns. But my room this time needed a full cleaning top to bottom - walls, doors, light fixtures, including window sills. Bathroom and towels were clean except inside shower wall needs bleach. Sheets on side of bed closest to door appeared to be slept in (dirt inside) so I slept on top of them. I tried to contact owner twice about parking and got no response so I figured a complaint about sheets wouldn’t be answered either. I was too tired to go elsewhere. It wasn’t awful but I think they need new cleaning staffs id go back if I could some way know in advance that it’s been totally cleaned. But after this review they won’t want me anyways! For the great price, I still expected a clean bed.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vitalii

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
поспав добре,це головне:)
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Wayne

Traveled with partner
Pretty old fashion
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Morgan

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023