Studio Suite

Reviews of Monastery Hotel

5 out of 5
Monastery Hotel
63 Patrick Street, St. John's, NL

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 165 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 87 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 43 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 320 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 320 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Barry on May 21, 2024
Thank you, Dana. I am glad you enjoyed your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

Jaclyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful privacy and very friendly and accommodating staff, top notch spa amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on May 17, 2024
Thank you, Jaclyn. I am so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us.

2/10 Terrible

Bradley

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Checked in to a dirty room with no sheets on bed, moved to secondary room with no tv , until I called front desk and they had to come install , on check out we requested to stay until 12 pm , on way out with luggage front desk asked when we were leaving checkout was at 12 this happened at 12:50, very rude front desk person , room was filthy dust everywhere no coffee or tea , had to call front desk and request some . Not enough towels there were only 2 towels we had to request some . I would never stay there again waste of money
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Barry on May 15, 2024
Hi Bradley. I am sorry that this was your experience. Unfortunately, the room you were originally checked into just had some painting done and it had not been properly prepared for guests. It definitely should have been checked by our staff before your arrival, so I do sincerely apologize for the inconvenience there.In regard to your late checkout, I believe our receptionist was merely trying to figure out what time you would be checking out, as a housekeeper was waiting to clean the room and she wanted to let them know when they could do so. Any rudeness was certainly not intended. It is also pretty standard for any hotel to only have two large towels in the room, but we are always happy to provide more should someone want them.

10/10 Excellent

Maurice

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Barry on May 14, 2024
Thanks so much for your review Maurice.

10/10 Excellent

Patsy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A lovely tranquil property
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Suzanne on May 8, 2024
Patsy, we are so happy you enjoyed your stay. We hope you come back and visit with us soon

8/10 Good

novalee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay would stay again
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Suzanne on May 7, 2024
Happy to hear you enjoyed your stay. We look forward to future visits with you .

10/10 Excellent

Varinder

We had an excellent stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Barry on Apr 22, 2024
I am glad you had an excellent stay with us. We would love to welcome you back in the future!

10/10 Excellent

Sherri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Barry on Apr 12, 2024
Thanks for your review, Sherri!

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Hotel is nice but no fridge in the rooms isn't ideal. There were cobwebs on the light fixtures in the hallway outside our room, carpet in halls were heavily stained. Towels provided in room has brown stains - they were "clean" but appeared dirty. The bed was very comfortable - the room itself was nice. Staff is very friendly and accommodating we met three different staff and this was the same result for all employees. It appears the housekeeping is what is not best kept in this location.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Barry on Apr 8, 2024
Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. I should note that there are mini fridges in every room, however this may not be obvious as most of them are built into the nightstands next to the beds. I am happy you had a pleasant stay, but I will be looking into these housekeeping issues further to ensure they do not continue.

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Travelled with partner
Staff was fantastic
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Barry on Apr 3, 2024
Thanks for your feedback Jerry.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was excellent, exactly what we were looking for. Our goal was to have a very relaxing weekend and the services at the spa were the best we'd ever experienced. The only unfortunate downside to our stay was another couple in a room nearby disturbing our peace with loud yelling and arguments throughout the night, making it hard to sleep and enjoy the quiet atmosphere. The hotel itself, though, was amazing and we do intend to return.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 25, 2024
Thanks for your review Stephen. I'm delighted to know that your room and spa services were exactly what you were looking for. It's unfortunate to hear about the noise disturbance the nearby guests caused, but I hope you were still able to have a relaxing stay with us. I hope to welcome you back soon for an even more peaceful visit.

10/10 Excellent

Aaron

Liked: Cleanliness
Love it
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 18, 2024
We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us Aaron.

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place. Wish we were there more than one night. Great place to relax.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 18, 2024
Thanks so much for your feedback Michelle. I hope that we can welcome you back for multiple nights sometime in the future!

8/10 Good

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 12, 2024
Thanks for staying with us Dave. We appreciate your review and hope to welcome you back in the future.

4/10 Poor

Hilary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Bathroom walls and mirror looked like they were covered in snot from someones nose, towels were brown, no internet connection at all, tv worked first then the connection was gone. Room was freezing cold had the heaters on but it seemed to be blowing out cold air the jets in the tub came on randomly at 2am in the morning and woke me up in a panic because I thought something was wrong but they turned on by themselves the button wasnt even pressed?
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 6, 2024
Hi Hilary. It is very unfortunate to hear that this was your experience. While I am not certain if some claims may be embellished, I wish you would have brought these things to our attention immediately so we could have resolved your issues.I am sorry to hear that you were woken up by the jacuzzi. Our jacuzzi tubs have a self cleaning feature, so occasionally the jets will make noise at random times as a part of its maintenance. I apologize for any inconvenience that may have caused.

10/10 Excellent

David

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Barry on Mar 6, 2024
I am glad you enjoyed your stay with us David.

4/10 Poor

Edward

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 12, 2024
It is unfortunate to see that you didn't enjoy your stay with us. We would greatly appreciate your feedback to know how you think we could improve.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay once again Enjoyed watching some sports while relaxing in the Jacuzzi
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 9, 2024
I am so glad you had an enjoyable stay with us. Thank you for your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
That the room had a jacuzzi
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
I am glad you enjoyed your stay with us!

4/10 Poor

carla

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
It is very unfortunate to see that you had such a negative experience during your stay with us. I believe I received your comments on Sunday morning and I want you to know I take them very seriously. I am committed to correcting the issues that you had mentioned.I sincerely appreciate your feedback.I hope you will consider staying with us again in the future so we can redeem ourselves and be certain to give you the proper Monastery experience.

2/10 Terrible

Tommy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Towels were dirty and stains on them. The hotel had no guests. No customer service. They charged me an extra night when i checked out a bit early. My initial stay was fromTuesday to sunday. I checked out on Thursday at 1pm. I asked if this was okay and they said yes its okay. They supposed to charge me 2 night stay but they charge me 3 nights. It took an arm and a leg to get refunded. Never staying there again. I highly dont recommend to stay there.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Barry on Jan 26, 2024
Hi Tommy. I am both surprised and sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience. You seemed to be quite pleased while you were staying with us and our 24 hour reception staff never heard a single issue or complaint from you. I do apologize if receiving your refund was problematic in any way, but for our Expedia bookings guests must go through the proper channels for their refund. Also, it appears you requested a refund on January 18th, and it was issued to you on January 18th.It is a slower time of the year for the hotel, and you had mentioned wanting to stay elsewhere so you could have more people to socialize with. We accommodated your request and you checked out in the afternoon well after our checkout time. We unfortunately had to charge you for that day, which would be pretty standard in any hotel considering the reasoning. Even still, we gave you some free meal vouchers for our bistro as some compensation. You seemed quite happy about this at the time.If you had communicated some of these issues to us, we would have been more than happy to go above and beyond to correct them. For any future visits of yours to any hotel, please be sure to pass along your issues to the staff or management so they are aware and have the chance to correct them.

8/10 Good

Josephine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
I hope you had a relaxing stay with us, Josephine. We hope to welcome you back in the future!

8/10 Good

David

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
Thank you for the review David.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet and comfortable
Comfortable and quiet. The room was nice, other than the towels being quite stained. I'm not sure why we had to check in by 5 pm when there was someone at the desk all night long.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
I am very sorry to read about the towels in your room. But we would have happily brought you some fresh towels if we had known.I am also not sure why you were asked to check in before 5pm? That shouldn't have been the case, but I will be sure to look into it further.

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
Thanks for your review David!

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
Thanks David!

6/10 Okay

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overall not a bad stay
Room was clean and had a nice kitchenette. However the TV didn’t work properly, the hair dryer didn’t work, there was brown water from the old pipes, and the bed was past its useful life. Staff were very friendly. Overall not a bad stay just not equipped with thinks that functioned.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Wanda

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Barry on Feb 6, 2024
It is unfortunate to see that you did not have a better experience during your stay with us. I hope you will consider staying with us again in the future and allow us the opportunity to give you a more positive experience.

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had a lovely stay. It was amazingly quiet and relaxing. Had a nice bath in jetted tub and slept well in a comfy bed. Liked the fact there was no carpet in room and temperature was easy to control.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Leslie

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

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Atmosphere
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Crystal

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

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Suzanne on Nov 15, 2023
We are thrilled you enjoyed you stay with us. We hope you visit with us again soon.

6/10 Okay

Toby

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our room was very dark, no view, stuffy. Needed another chair for lounging. Staff was friendly.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Les

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Suzanne on Oct 30, 2023
We are thrilled you enjoyed your stay with us.

4/10 Poor

Trevor

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Suzanne on Oct 21, 2023
Hi Trevor I understand you were not happy with your stay. The satisfaction of our guests are top priority. Please allow me reach out to you via email to offer some compensation.

6/10 Okay

Donald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lack of information to help guest's for tours plans, the tour broshures displayed are not up to date and the staff faild to help guest
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Suzanne on Oct 23, 2023
we are sorry that the staff member working was unable to assist you. I can assure you this will be addressed as we take all the steps to ensure our staff members are well knowledgeable in order to be able to assist guests in terms of tourist attractions throughout the city.

10/10 Excellent

Katelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The jacuzzi was awesome
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Suzanne on Nov 15, 2023
So lovely to hear you enjoyed you stay with us. Looking forward to seeing you again in the future

10/10 Excellent

Allison

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Delightfully just away from downtown,
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Love this area of the city.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jillian

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Suzanne on Nov 15, 2023
Happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. Thank you for the wonderful review

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Fire place no work
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Suzanne on Sep 27, 2023
Hello Thomas upon reading your reviews and your check out this morning I had maintenance check the fireplace and there isn't anything wrong with it. It is working perfectly fine. We have staff here 24 hours if there is any issues or guest need assistance in any matter.

10/10 Excellent

Lindsey

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Suzanne on Nov 15, 2023
Wonderful to hear you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to see you again in the future

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Monestary Disappointment.
We were constantly locked out of our room. At one point we were out 10-15 minutes while they trying to sort out the issue with the key (it was a known issue but wasn’t fixed). He couldn’t get the key to work for us so he actually gave us a master key, which made us incredibly uncomfortable. We felt like anyone could have access to our room at any point, and us there’s. We paid top dollar for the jacuzzi suite and we were very disappointed. Honestly, this was probably one of my worst experiences with a hotel. Save your money or book elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Suzanne on Sep 5, 2023
Hello, I am sorry you had to deal with this. We had an issue with this before with the magnetic locking system. I would like to inform you that this has since been corrected and for your inconvenience, I would like to offer you some sort of compensation for this. We really value our guests and their experiences here. If you wish to call the hotel we can discuss this further.

10/10 Excellent

Wallace

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

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, quiet property and within walking distance from downtown activities.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Suzanne on Aug 29, 2023
We are thrilled you enjoyed your visit with us

8/10 Good

Tom

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Property and the room was great. I was disappointed in both the quality and quantity of the soaps etc in the washroom. Also, for a nicely appointed bathroom I was surprised by the cheap bargain basement one function showerhead. Good pressure....no variety of sprays. For the price of this property I expect more.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Marie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room wasn’t very clean. Fans weren’t working so humidity in the room was terrible
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Appreciated the overall experience. Especially comforting to know the hotel has addresses security.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Monastery Hotel on Aug 23, 2023
We take the safety of our guests and staff extremely important. We are thrilled you enjoyed your stay

8/10 Good

Kayla

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023