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Reviews of Commons Inn

2 out of 5
Commons Inn
5780 West Street, Halifax, NS

Reviews

5.8
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6.2/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Moriah

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was way overpriced with the service that was received. The walls were paper thin, and it was easy to tell there was nefarious business happening in and around the facility. There was hardly any amenities and there was no security at the front door, anyone can walk in off the street and be right outside your door. I would not stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

sean

Guy on the desk was nice. Nothing else positive
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Curtis

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nothing too fancy, but the place is comfortable enough, and the price is right. If you just need a bed in the city, then this is perfect; comfortable, safe, and affordable. If you require lots of niceties, then I would recommend somewhere else.

4/10 Poor

Zahid

Traveled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is nothing unique. No parking. No cable. No coffee or water. No elevator.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Pauline

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Morgan

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stairs
Older, but clean hotel in downtown Halifax. One of the receptionist was extremely helpful and friendly, other less so. Be warned, there is no elevator,, only very steep STAIRS (and I was on fourth floor) Overall quite good and well priced in compassion or the other downtown Halifax hotels. Recommend it but only if you and your luggage can manage the stairs.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Mike

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was on the 200 level room and stayed one night. Very noisy all night people in and out hence no sleep. Felt tired in the morning. No cable only wifi. Its cheap but noisy, really noisy. Doing construction outside so car was blocked in, lotsa garbage all over the place. Lotsa creepy druggie people all around the area, and stying in the building. smoke all over the place. Unless you want the cheapest stay away.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Dwayne

Traveled with partner
Ok
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rosalie

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Some of the furniture was falling apart. Wall were roughly patched and painted. There was no phone or clock. The bedroom and bathroom were not very clean. Very noisy. Guests next door arrived at 4:30am. Kept talking, playing music and slamming the door until 6:00am. Had to park on the street. Extremely overpriced.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Jiajun

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff is very friendly and polite. Room condition is ok, very clean but bit tiny, price is relatively affordable. Can hear music from other rooms but quiet after 12am. Overall good experience.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Shaminder

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rajat

Traveled with family
Staff is not friendly and helpful. Worst thing they dont have parking over there.. i wasted my money over there. I will not suggest anybody to book this place.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Tanya Nicolle

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mushaheed

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

JEAN GUY

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très decu
Très déçu, pas de cafetière dans la chambre, joint de porte de douche sale, pas d’accès direct à la télévision et cher 😟
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Dawn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Jean

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Bruce, Santa Barbara

Disliked: Staff & service
I like to stay in old hotels. This is an old building currently getting a facelift. The renovation project is ambitious and my room was comfortable. The hotel is a 25-minute walk from the tourist end of the downtown marina of Halifax. This hotel has three major flaws: 1. If your booked room happens to become ready for occupancy before the 3:00 check-in, there is an extra charge. 2. Parking on the street is limited. There is an additional $20.00 fee to use the staff parking lot. 3. I interacted with three of the reception staff over two days. Two of three were robotic, devoid of expression or personality. Maybe they are tired, or bored… A better bet is to stay downtown at the Barrington. For just a bit more cost, you get a better room with standard hotel services, situated in downtown Halifax, free parking, a bar/restaurant/cafe on site, and friendly, accommodating staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Tom W

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Found socks and underwear behind the dresser. No fresh bedding after 4 days.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Bruce

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No parking on site. Was under construction.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Places to stay in Halifax are prohibitively expensive. I was happy to Commons Inn. Room was about as bare bones as it could be, which would have been fine, given the price. What knocks this down a few points in my book were incredibly thin walls (was woken up multiple times from sounds all over), and a lack of hot water; two of the three days stay I had to shower in tepid water.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was good, a little noisy from other bedrooms and restaurant outside at the back. Couldn't use the TV because it should had been connected to our phone.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Sasa

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Paul

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No thank you. Will not return.
Don’t stay here. Not a clean spot, although the room was okay. Service was okay, but it doesn’t seem like the lobbies have been cleaned in ages, smelled of stale smoke, bed was hard as a rock and pillows were paper thin. Also, parking is street parking and near impossible to find a spot. There were people crawling in the windows on the basement level and the hotel didn’t seem to care. It isn’t the best part of town either, outdated, and just not a good experience. The reservation we made was non refundable but we checked out first thing the next morning and the staff didn’t seem to mind that we were knowingly not happy. I should have done more research, but lesson learned.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Timothy

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Ugly room.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Isaac, Camperdown

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Patty

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hallways were dirty. The room did not get picked up or cleaned each day. Our waste basket was overflowing. The service was awful at this hotel. They don't use cable they use chrome cast. No one from the desk would come up and help us set it up so that we could use the tv. There is a shelf located above the sink which prevents you from bending over the sink when brushing your teeth. We were there when Tropical storm Lee was approaching. We wanted to check out a day early to avoid being in the area when the storm hit. They would not provide us with a refund. There is only street parking for your car. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Ken

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

TRACY

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The actual room is clean. Little fridge and mircowave. I booked main floor as 2 seniors travelling. Pictures on the website had doors open on sidewalk. We arrive, 60 yr old with lung issue and 83 year old to 8 steps ot get into building. Even after texting the property personally requesting main floor. Very disappointingly. No regular tv, just apps on tv. No news report on hurricane. Ask front desk, limited english. They were pleasant enough, but not well trained. No emergecy safety light in room. Window of room faces a room being constructed . Light on abd some power blowing something around. Thought this would be a quaint older hotel with character. It could be lovely but its not. Too bad
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Alicia

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service
Didn't like how when power went out didn't have a back up generator for guests Didn't like how they didn't have a coffee machine in the rooms didn't even have someone to come take dirty bed clothes or towels away
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Debra

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Janice E

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Unsafe
It is a fire trap. It is under construction. Old rickety and smelly. Parking limited to the street.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cheung Fai

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Danielle

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

John

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Very happy to choose this hotel!
Very friendly and helpful staff, super big bedroom with fridge, microwave and sink. Good location downtown with walk along the river to see the mascaret close. They also provide us with a map of Moncton.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ritik

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

JENNIFER

Business traveler
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DO NOT STAY HERE. IT IS DANGEROUS.
THIS IS NOT A SAFE LOCATION. There are drug addicts, and this is a where section 8 or transitional housing folks live. It's not really a hotel. There were pubic hairs on the bathroom light (3) and some in the bed which supposedly was clean. The walls are paper thin and a women next door spent the entire stay hacking up a lung. It was disgusting. I had two nights booked left after the first one.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Christy

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Prime location to explore the North End. Close to delicious eats and fun, independent shops. The price is too high for the quality of the accommodations. It needs some TLC. Removing the old furniture (chairs and dresser in rooms) and dirty carpet would help it heaps.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

DARLENE

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is a dive, it's in a sketchy area with homeless all around and very uncomfortable building to enter and wouldn't recommend anyone staying at the location.

2/10 Terrible

Cindy

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do not stay at this place! It’s a combination a few hotel rooms with low rent housing. I had to go buy shampoo/ conditioner, bar soap, and asked for more pillows and a hair dryer. No cable TV. Very noisy and run down. Apparently doing some renovations but none was going on when were there. Limited English spoken. Very very unhelpful.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

courtney

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

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Tasha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Diane

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
unique window in room large room under reno but not affected
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

brian

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
staff were extremely friendly & courteous but no parking, no elevators, no dinning facility, no TV, no maid service towels & linen not changed ,
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

NORIHISA

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023