The management of the commercial hotel has been doing an excellent job at maintaining the commercial, and all the staff are helpful and knowledgeable. Overall I would recommend the commercial to any future travellors requiring a low cost alternative to the major hotels. more

After paying full rack rate and requesting a non-smoking room I got a smelly smoking room that would far better suit a welfare bum. It badly needed paint, the TV barely worked at all and one needed to go upstairs to take a shower. The bathroom stank to high heaven, almost to the point of nausea. I was awakened twice... more

My partner and I stayed at the Commercial Hotel for one night because Lonely Planet had it in their Canada book, and it didn't sound too bad. Like the other person who has reviewed here, we didn't know it was cash only, so we had to go find an ATM, which he said was down the road, but turned out... more

We read the reviews online and they seemed ok and it was cheap so we thought we would stay there. We were arriving late at night from a flight so thought a hotel would be better than a hostel. The man who greeted us didn't have a clue what he was doing. It was cash only, which we had not... more

The Commercial Hotel is a very old hotel. If you want a bathroom in your room you must make sure you request it. Many of the rooms use bathrooms down the hallway. The rooms are small and definitely not fancy but ours was clean. If you want to stay in the Whyte Avenue area and not spend a lot of... more