Abba Inn

Positive: Beautiful room in a great location. Negative: Thin walls (vs the concrete structure of hotel chains), not a surprise being a renovated heritage home. Not a hindrance to the enjoyment, you should be out visiting downtown St. John's anyhow!

Do NOT stay here! Stinky rooms. Mold or musty wasn't sure but gave headache each night. Inn was notified of street cleaning but didn't bother to pass info along so all vehicles got $40 parking ticket! WORST place of our 17 day Nfld vacation

I never write reviews, but I am compelled to write one. I wish I could have stayed here forever! I needed some time away from an abusive environment, so I booked a flight to Newfoundland to clear my head. The location is right next to the water, and is close to all the tourist sites without the negatives that come with it! (No drunk people or loud noises, just absolute peace.) The rooms are so spacious (but also cozy), comfortable and clean! And on the main floor there’s an entire kitchen/dining area free to use whenever! Staff is so responsive, I forgot the code to the front door so many times and the housekeeper speedily answered every time I rang. Such a fantastic experience. Oh, not to mention, all of this, AND YOU WON’T BREAK THE BANK! (-: Extremely affordable! I highly recommend this place. I am definitely going to visit Newfoundland again just to go back to the Abba Inn. Thank you for making my stay so peaceful. All these weeks later, I’m still thinking about my stay here.

Wow wow wow. My partner and I travelled from Toronto Ontario. Upon arrival we felt comfortable, cozy and safe. Highly recommend. Close to George street and all the bells and whistles. Would return!

The location was great - right by Jelly Bean Alley and close to other attractions! Room was average. Pillows - non existent - flatter than a 1/4 inch board! Drove all the way out to Walmart to purchase pillows so we could sleep the next night. No parking - unless you get there early - otherwise you are parking and having to walk back to the hotel. Do not go by the map they provide for parking! Never saw anyone that worked there. The room note says there is coffee and toast in the basement common room - but the 2 days we stayed there was nothing or anyone to provide the coffee or toast. Wifi was good. Cell service was good.

This Hotel like some B&B does not have a contact at the property. We had several questions we needed answers to and tried sending emails to their email address several times and no reply. Also tried for 4 days to contact them by phone but phone never answered and no voice mail. Contacted 3 party booking site to see if there was another number but none available and they also could not reach the contact at all. Ended up canceling booking but due to 72 hr cancel policy no refund for any of the 3 nights. Booking partner tried to get us a partial refund due to family emergency but they still could not reach them after several tries. Property may be a fine place but be aware. Impossible to get hold of help

Cute little place in the heart of St John’s. Basic rooms, but it does have a common area where you can sit and eat if you have takeout. No managers available on site, but they did respond to text messages.

I'm generally pretty loath to write negative reviews and try to give the benefit of the doubt for most issues when I can, but feel a bit at a loss here. We stayed at Abba Inn twice over a one week period during our travels in Newfoundland. I'm normally a pretty budget traveler, but this was a bit of a "splurge" trip for us, so we decided to spring for a nicer stay. The rooms themselves were nice enough, but the biggest issue was communication--or lack thereof. Across our 5 days spent at Abba, we never once saw or spoke with anyone on staff. In and of itself, not a bad thing, but the issue really came to light when we had a bit of uncertainty about the parking situation. We were given a rough diagram of where on the street we could park (without anything explicitly stating where not to park), though during one of our stays the diagram was very clearly for a totally different Hotel nowhere close to us, rendering the diagram pretty useless. With no one around to clarify where was actually safe to park, we did our best based on the diagram we were given... and the next morning had a $60 parking ticket on our windshield. I tried to contact the hotel staff to clarify again what the parking situation was, as the diagram seemed to suggest where we parked was okay. But I never heard anything back. I emailed them a couple days later to follow-up again, but now ~ 1 week later, I still haven't heard anything from them. Ultimately, we were able to figure out the parking situation on our own, which is probably what I should have done in the first place and just ignored the diagram they gave us. But to say that the communication was lacking would be an understatement... it was truly non-existent. All-in-all, I would actually stay here again and would certainly recommend the hotel to anyone considering. Just don't expect any form of communication, and park your car using your own brain, not the diagram they give you!