The definitive guide to Montreal hotels

Not sure where to stay during your next trip to Montreal? Whether you prefer the hustle of downtown or the quiet streets of the picturesque ancient port, here is a list of my favourite hotels in the city, from Old-Montreal to cosy Plateau Mont-Royal.

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(Pssst… if hotels aren’t your thing, I curated a list of Montreal Airbnb apartments for you.)

The best hotels in Old Montreal

Maison Place Royale

133 Rue de la Commune Ouest
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Setting new trends in the industry, this 20-storey, four-star hotel offers 269 guest rooms including 54 suites. A stone’s throw from Palais des congrès, Hôtel Monville is the first in the country to use a delivery robot for room service, redefining customer service by offering the latest integrated technological innovations. The thoughtfully-designed accommodations are truly modern, airy and sleek for an utmost minimalist stay with pod-size rooms, which are dominated by 50-inch web-enabled smart TV system and filled with black laminate and natural wood.

The Mercer Boutique Hotel

760 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest
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Setting new trends in the industry, this 20-storey, four-star hotel offers 269 guest rooms including 54 suites. A stone’s throw from Palais des congrès, Hôtel Monville is the first in the country to use a delivery robot for room service, redefining customer service by offering the latest integrated technological innovations. The thoughtfully-designed accommodations are truly modern, airy and sleek for an utmost minimalist stay with pod-size rooms, which are dominated by 50-inch web-enabled smart TV system and filled with black laminate and natural wood.

William Gray

421 rue Saint-Vincent
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This newly-opened luxury Old Montreal hotel boasts an enviable location right on the historic Jacques Cartier square and close to the city’s main attractions and transportation links. The 127 stylish suites, decorated with great taste, feature refined art and linens as well as Le Labo bath amenities. The contemporary hotel has a sought-after rooftop terrace, a hip coffeeshop as well as a concept store.

Le Petit Hôtel

168 rue St-Paul Ouest
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Intimate boutique hotel with a European flair and a café in the lobby. Indeed, Le Petit Hôtel has lots of character!

Hotel St Paul

355 avenue McGill
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Historical Beaux-arts graded building? Check. Modern, minimalist rooms with wooden floors and large windows? Unbeatable location near St. Lawrence River and the quaint streets of the old town? An in-house restaurant famous for its charcuterie platters? Check. Check. Check! No wonder Hotel St Paul is Canada’s first Design Hotel™! This property caters to savvy travellers with a taste for the finer things in life, for understated yet tasteful luxury.

Hôtel Nelligan

106 rue Saint-Paul Ouest
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Housed in a 19th-century building in the heart of Old Montreal, this intimate hotel is inviting and extra cosy. Think exposed brick walls (yes, in all rooms!) and wooden beams. On summer days, don’t miss out on happy hour on the rooftop terrace, for fabulous views of Basilique Notre-Dame and local fauna.

Hotel Gault

449 rue Sainte-Hélène
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Housed in an 1871 landmark building on one of Old Montreal’s most atmospheric streets, but with a contemporary inside. Hôtel Gault offers a sleek, chic city experience for travellers expecting the best, be it customer service or amenities-wise. And if the weather doesn’t collaborate, don’t worry—stay in, get coffee, and catch up on your reading by a cosy fire no less at the hotel’s fabulous library.

Hôtel SonoLux

1730 Notre Dame Ouest
Griffintown
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Setting new trends in the industry, this 20-storey, four-star hotel offers 269 guest rooms including 54 suites. A stone’s throw from Palais des congrès, Hôtel Monville is the first in the country to use a delivery robot for room service, redefining customer service by offering the latest integrated technological innovations. The thoughtfully-designed accommodations are truly modern, airy and sleek for an utmost minimalist stay with pod-size rooms, which are dominated by 50-inch web-enabled smart TV system and filled with black laminate and natural wood.

The best hotels in downtown Montreal

Hotel Le Mount Stephen

1440 rue Drummond
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Montréal’s newest lifestyle boutique hotel, Le Mount Stephen combines neoclassicism and contemporary lines in a subdued environment. If you’re looking for the latest trends in accommodation in a setting that’s also filled with history, this is the place. The stone property still bears the stamp of Scottish-born businessman, Lord George Stephen, who eventually became one of the most powerful men in Canada. Make note to visit the hotel’s splendid, historic, moody watering hole, Bar George.

Four Seasons Montreal

1440 rue de la Montagne
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Newly-built, freshly inaugurated Four Seasons Hotel Montreal offers sleek accommodations, stellar restaurants (home to trendsetting international chef Marcus Samuelsson), a luxury spa and more in the vibrant new epicentre of downtown Montreal, in the heart of the fashionable Golden Square Mile. It’s a brand famous for its impossibly high standards and the Montreal outpost is no different; expect the best, and you won’t be disappointed.

Hotel Monville

1041 rue de Bleury
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Setting new trends in the industry, this 20-storey, four-star hotel offers 269 guest rooms including 54 suites. A stone’s throw from Palais des congrès, Hôtel Monville is the first in the country to use a delivery robot for room service, redefining customer service by offering the latest integrated technological innovations. The thoughtfully-designed accommodations are truly modern, airy and sleek for an utmost minimalist stay with pod-size rooms, which are dominated by 50-inch web-enabled smart TV system and filled with black laminate and natural wood.

Hôtel Le Germain

2050 rue Mansfield
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Fresh from a top-to-bottom refurbishment, this ideally-located hotel (with easy access to Quartier des spectacles, Plateau Mont-Royal, shopping and museums)  is fitted with the latest of everything. Rooms are spacious, comfortable yet minimalist, with a slight 60s allure–and a swinging bubble chair! Don’t forget to book a table at the legend that is the on-site restaurant, Le Boulevardier.

More Montreal hotels to consider

Maison Grinder

1730 Notre Dame Ouest
Griffintown
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Setting new trends in the industry, this 20-storey, four-star hotel offers 269 guest rooms including 54 suites. A stone’s throw from Palais des congrès, Hôtel Monville is the first in the country to use a delivery robot for room service, redefining customer service by offering the latest integrated technological innovations. The thoughtfully-designed accommodations are truly modern, airy and sleek for an utmost minimalist stay with pod-size rooms, which are dominated by 50-inch web-enabled smart TV system and filled with black laminate and natural wood.

Hôtel de l’ITHQ

399 rue de Rigaud
Plateau Mont-Royal
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Small budget, large expectations? You’ve come to the right place. Ran by the students of the next-door tourism and hotel management school, it features modern, simple yet highly functional rooms—some with views of Mont-Royal. It’s also of the very few hotels actually within walking distance of the trendy bar & restaurant scene of the Plateau.

Alt Hôtel

120 rue Peel
Griffintown
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Affordable luxury: the amenities of an eco-friendly 4* hotel, minus the frills. Egyptian cotton bedding and Italian furniture, sans mini-bar or bellboy. That is the ALT promise. The hotel is located in the up-and-coming, post-industrial Griffintown district just a few minutes south of downtown. Ask for rooms ending in 11-14 for the best views of downtown Montreal and Mont-Royal.