The Parker Hotel is nice and it’s in a good location, but our experience was not good.
After an early morning ferry and taxi from Vancouver Island, we arrived at the Parker Hotel, dropped our bags and left for our suspension bridge/Grouse mountain tour. Then we enjoyed the Celebration of Lights fireworks show. We got to our room at the Parker Hotel around 11 pm, tired and ready for a good nights sleep.
Our room was on the 8th floor, just under the Parker Rooftop Restaurant and Bar which was rented out for a wedding party. The drumming and loud music went on until 12:30 am and that was followed by another half-hour of furniture and equipment rolling and being shoved around the floor above our room.
Sunday was Fun Night at the Rooftop Bar which lasted until 10 pm. Not as bad as the wedding noise but very unwelcome after Saturday night/morning. Make sure they don’t give you a room on the 8th floor if you came to sleep! It’s NOT a place for restful sleep.
They gave us vouchers for free breakfasts for the two mornings to compensate for the terrible noise, but the restaurant was VERY understaffed and kitchen service and beverage service was extremely slow. My son wanted waffles but they did not have fruit which was part of that breakfast so it was unavailable on both mornings. They also ran out of orange juice on the second morning.
Next time I’m in Vancouver, I’ll find another place to stay.