OPUS VancouvervsSkwachays Lodge
Opus Hotel and Skwachays Lodge are both endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Opus Hotel scores significantly higher than Skwachays Lodge. Opus Hotel comes in at 94 with endorsements from 16 reviews including Oyster, Forbes Travel Guide and Concierge.
OPUS Vancouver Show All Reviews
322 Davie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5Z6, Canada
From $196/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"If you want to stay in a hip, happening, luxury hotel, try the Opus -- various reader polls have consistently voted it one of the world's top hotels." Full review
Concierge
"Yaletown's only hotel and the most design-centric place in Vancouver, Opus is once again one of our top choices."
Fodor's
"The design team had a ball with this boutique hotel, creating fictitious characters and decorating rooms for each." Full review
Jetsetter
"Recently renovated, colorfully chic boutique sleep in the heart of buzzy Yaletown." Full review
Lonely Planet
"The Opus kick-started Vancouver's boutique hotel scene and, with its recent full-on revamp, it's still high up on the city's most stylish sleepovers list." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Metrosexual to the max—starting with the model-hot doormen—the Opus packs in guests who want to sample the city’s trendiest neighborhood." Full review
Rough Guide
"Outside, the Opus is just another former Yaletown warehouse, but inside it’s a bold palette of decorative colours and materials."
Time Out
"Voted one of the world's Top 100 Hotels by Condé Nast Traveler in 2005, Opus has a reputation for being hip and luxurious without attitude." Full review
Star Service
"With plate-glass doors and floor-to-ceiling glass walls fronting the street, the uber-chic Opus leaves no doubt about its "see and be seen" attitude." Full review
Gayot
"Priding itself on a range of contemporary styles from "townhouse" to "sleek minimalist," Opus Hotel Vancouver added a notable new look to its portfolio with the redesign of its guest suites."
Skwachays Lodge
31 West Pender, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1R3, Canada
From $102/night
- Pet Friendly
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Multilingual
- Meeting Rooms
Afar Magazine
"Part luxury hotel and part social enterprise, Skwachays Lodge ticks all the right boxes." Full review
Fodor's
"Everything about Skwàchays Lodge (pronounced skwatch-eyes), Canada's first Aboriginal arts hotel, celebrates First Nations heritage." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The 18 rooms at this First Nations art hotel include the captivating Forest Spirits Suite with floor-to-ceiling birch branches and the sleek Longhouse Suite, with its illuminated metalwork frieze." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This well-priced hotel reflects the artistic heritage of the Pacific Northwest." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"This arts-forward property hosts an urban Indigenous artist residence and a gallery featuring Indigenous art...the hotel offers a private sweat lodge purification ceremony on the rooftop garden."
Vancouver Travel Guide
November 11, 2021
New York Times
"A boutique hotel devoted to Indigenous art and culture...just a few blocks from the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden."
See the World, in Canada
July 20, 2021