Cambie Seymour Hostel

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great Stay at Cambie Seymour Hostel I had a really good experience at Cambie Seymour Hostel. The place has a friendly, relaxed vibe, and the staff made everything even better. I want to give a special shout-out to Natural at the front desk—super helpful, easy to talk to, and made the check-in process really smooth. Little things like that really make you feel welcome. The hostel was clean, the beds were comfortable, and the location is perfect if you want to be close to downtown, restaurants, and transit. The common areas were nice for hanging out or meeting other travelers, and overall the environment felt safe and chill. Honestly, it was a great stay and I’d definitely come back. Highly recommend it!

The Cambie Hostel seymour has basic and simple amenities, but everything is clean and well-maintained. What really makes the stay enjoyable are the staff especially John,Jose, Vika, Sellina, Nacho,Edgar, Alvin, Geisy and Olya. They are very welcoming, helpful, and always ready to assist with questions or recommendations. Even with its modest facilities, the warm service creates a comfortable and pleasant experience. Kudos!

Very convenient location if your sim is to be right in the city center. The two subway train lines are within a couple of minutes walk ,as is the main high street. The Canada line provides a direct route to the train station (tip: buy a day ticket and it will cost less that the ticket to cross zones plus the additional airport surcharge). The Canada line is so convenient that if you did not care about being in the city center then staying somewhere else along the line further out may be cheaper. Hostel was clean and well organized. There is a strict no eating in the room policy, though there are kitchen facilities to be used. Hire a towel. Rooms and front entrance has key card access. Room has no Aircon so can be warm, though there is a small electric fan. The room with two beds has bunk bed, cages under the bed and a stool….that is it. There are no privacy curtains, individual dockets or lights for each bed, only the main room light so make sure you have a touch/light, though as the curtains do not block all street light the room feels as it has a nightlight on and does not ever get really dark. I stayed Saturday and Sunday night. Sunday was quiet , though the hostel is above a bar and do Saturday had music playing for many hours while trying to get to sleep not the place for light sleepers.

NEVER again! This hostel was right above a late night bar. The music was so loud that earplugs almost made it worse? the bass was vibrating my whole body. While not sleeping I started looking at google reviews to see how I missed this, then found all the reviews about bedbugs and rats posted only weeks before. It was like a living nightmare impossible to sleep! Music stopped at 1am when the bar closed. Then started again but much quieter (staff closing the bar?). Didn’t stop till 2-3am. Terrible windows, hearing drunk people outside and smelling their cigarettes. So many things wrong with this place. BUT one star for not seeing any rats or bedbugs….

Hostel was clean and well organised. There is a strict no eating in the room policy though there is a small kitchen for use and storage. Need to hire a towel. Rooms and front door have keycard access. The bedroom has no air con so can be warm; there is a small electric fan. I never had to wait to access the shared showers and toilets (separate for male and female). ||The room with two beds is bunk beds with under bed cages for storage. Bring your own padlock. There are no private curtains, lights or power sockets at the beds....only main room light. The curtains do not block light from the street so it is like having a night light on all the time. ||I stayed Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was very quiet, though Saturday night had noise from the bar downstairs so it is not a good place for light sleepers. ||Convenient location if your aim is to be right in the city center. Two subway train stations are within a couple of mins walk; the Canada line provide direct route to the airport. This is a good experience for a hostel, still expensive as it is in a prime location...tip: the metro is so easy to use that if you wanted to save money you could stay somewhere further out of town along the Canada line.

I had the worst experience at this place—honestly, don’t trust the pictures. I made that mistake and I’m still regretting it. The smell hit me like a villain in a horror movie. The room was tiny, dirty, and honestly felt like it needed its own shower. I have no idea how I survived one night there. I stayed for 7 hours just to get some sleep, but even my dreams were smelly. I swear I can still smell that place in my nose. Traumatized. I’m strongly NOT recommending this place. Do your body, your nose, and your wallet a favour and stay far, far away. If you still choose to go… well, good luck, soldier. You’re on your own.

My wife and I had a short layover before our cruise before our honeymoon. We only needed to stay somewhere for 10 hours, so we booked a private hostel room. We were there the night of the August 5 and left August 6. To this day, we still talk about how rude the man who worked at the counter that night was. We realized that he was rude once he found our our nationality. Whoever worked that night could maybe benefit from additional training.

Fantastic hostel experience! The common areas are cozy, the staff are super helpful, and it’s easy to meet fellow travelers. Loved my stay

June, 2025. Downtown Vancouver. My husband and I were scheduled to embark on a cruise that originated in Vancouver. We flew to Vancouver a day early just in case there were flight delays. What we hadn't realized, however, was that hotels in Vancouver are crazy expensive! Most of the hotel rooms, even those that were far from downtown and/or were rated with only one or two quality stars, were well over US$200, BEFORE taxes. The Cambie Hostel, however, offered a private deluxe double room (for two) for the equivalent of US$156.21 (including taxes) -- but with a shared gender-specific bathrooms down the hallway. These included showers, toilets, and sinks. In our younger days, we had stayed in hostels in Europe, and had also stayed in primitive lodging while hiking in the Himalayas -- so we made our reservation at the Cambie. The hostel is in a historical (1894) building in a safe neighborhood in downtown Vancouver. There are 36 rooms on two floors, many with bunk beds in shared rooms; a few are private rooms. There was much to like about the Cambie. *Its downtown location is hard to beat. It is close to the waterfront, Canada Place (and the cruise terminal), Gastown, restaurants, public transportation (including to the airport), and more. *we were able to walk to the cruise terminal in about ten minutes, even with big suitcases. *while in an urban area, the neighborhood felt safe, and the hostel has security measures in place. The front desk is manned 24/7. The front door is locked at night. Entry to internal areas and private doors requires a keycard. There are fire alarms and sprinklers. *front desk staff were friendly and helpful. *a shared laundry is available from 4:00-10:00 pm daily. *the hostel offers luggage storage, a shared, communal kitchen, an ATM machine, and bike rentals. *the property is adults only and is non-smoking. *our room was spacious and clean. It featured a comfortable queen-sized bed, a long bench along the wall, free in-room wifi, and a mini-fridge. *the shared bathrooms, which include private showers, toilets, and sinks were updated and clean. The ladies room required a key for entry. *finally, while not inexpensive, the price was significantly below other options in downtown Vancouver. On the negative side, *by international standards, Vancouver hotels are expensive. At the US$156 price point for this hostel, travelers in many cities could find higher quality hotels without the need for shared bathrooms. *the room price does NOT include breakfast. *as mentioned, the only bathrooms were shared, and the closest ones to our room were far down a narrow hallway *I only realized that the hallway light outside of our room was out after returning from said ladies bathroom in the middle of the night and having to fumble for my key. *there is no elevator. While there are only two floors, this was problematic with heavy luggage. *there is no air-conditioning, which was not a problem for us in early June but could be later in the summer. *there was noise from the restaurant/bar downstairs in the evening. It was a Tuesday evening and this affected us only from about 6:00-9:00 pm. We would stay at the Cambie Hostel again if we were to return to Vancouver. Note that The Cambie has two locations, (1j downtown, where we stayed, and (2) in Gastown.

This was one of the worst places I have stayed in. It's dingy, old and very small. I got a private room and thought that it was quite expensive for a room where I had to share a bathroom. The bathroom was tiny and only had one shower working. It was dirty as well. Someone also spotted a mouse in the kitchen. Definitely do yourself a favor and pay 10-20 extra to get a hotel. The only good thing was it's location and proximity. It's right at the center of Vancouver downtown.not coming back again to this!

sorry in advance,but like staying the night in a sauna NO AC,yes they tell you that,but surrounded by other buildings there is no fresh air.it is stifling and you sweat all the night.No soap for the showers (non provided).and for a hostel at $200-250 a night that is wrong ,no ice machine,and yes hostel sized rooms.tiny like you'd expect,but what Backpacker/bicyclist can afford that.(price your rooms a Hostel prices$ 50-100 ish )ill say it is clean however.the floors are clean.Don't stay here for the sleep youll not get.To the owners get a flippin. AIR CONDITION system.at minimum in the rooms

Are you looking for a tiny room to crash in after a night of partying in Vancouver? Don't mind that the bathrooms/showers are down the hall and shared? $30 per person (for a 2-bunk-bed room) or $35 (for a full size bed room) a good price for you? Then this might be just the spot to PFO (aka: crash) at! The young woman at the front desk was friendly and said she has stayed at the hostel before. She also said that staying there also meant we could get on the list for the show happening at the pub downstairs. (Probably a nice bonus for many!) Is this good for some people? Definitely! Good for us? Not so much. Why? Our standards are apparently higher than what this place provides, we were willing and able to spend more than $70 on a room, we weren't looking to get wasted, and we had a car that we could either sleep in for free or use to find cheaper lodging outside of downtown Vancouver.

I am torn good location excellent bar downstairs clean safe it's a hostel not the rizt !!! Now the biggie if you can handle it. Me not so much. They say there is a cat here I'd rather smell or but cat piss sorry. So if you can handle cat urine go for it but as for me sadly I will not be coming back to the Cambie and it breaks my heart. But wait I will be returning to gastown in June . So tell me Cambie Seymour for my next trip if you can guarantee me stink free I will be back!

I like how this place is max 4 people to the room but pay the small difference and get the 2 person to a room. My room was basically Freezing cold so most of the time I was awake and in my room I would prop my door open to let the hallway heat come in. Shared hallway bathroom was clean You can hear the music from down stairs bumping pretty loud but I didn't mind this since I went to bed after the music stopped. My room also kind of smelled a little funky/raunchy Location is pretty good since its right between gastown and downtown 2.5 *'s

We moved to Vancouver without an apartment to live in, so we booked a room at this hostel. What a hole. The room was so small we couldn't even fit our suitcases in it. We had to leave half of our stuff in the basement. (And we didn't bring that much. We lugged it all from the airport ourselves.) Not to mention it's right above a bar so it's impossible to sleep until some ungodly hour of the morning. (Not night, morning.) The bathroom was disgusting. I'm pretty sure this place doesn't own a mop, and the paper towel dispenser ran out of paper towels the night we got there and wasn't refilled by the time we checked out. We were told that if we wanted to check out early, we should give a day's notice since we prepaid for a couple of weeks. Well, we did give them notice. Three days notice. (We found another place to stay that was cheaper and it couldn't possibly be any worse than this place.) We ended up having to check back at the desk every few hours to get our money in bits and pieces. They were incredibly rude. The best part was when we were ten minutes late checking out because the person at the desk when we left for breakfast told us the wrong time. The guy who had replaced her when we came back said "Uh, are you guys checking out? 'Cause checkout was ten minutes ago." That's when I yelled "After the crap from you we've had to deal with all weekend, you're going to give us lip for your own staff's uselessness and vaguely defined rules and policies that you never follow anyway?!" and jumped over the desk and choked him to death. Ok, fine, not really, but I totally should have. I probably could have gotten away with it. Anyway, never, ever, ever, ever stay here. Never. It has absolutely no redeeming features and the staff is completely useless.

Not bad. Some of the guests at this hostel seem a little strange. It's like the students at the University of BC are living here on the cheap. It's got a bar below it, so it's a little noisy until around 1AM...but then it kind of mellows out, which is nice. The room is tiny, but clean. It's good for a couple travellers who want a decent place to sleep and a safe place to put their bags, but don't need much else. Shower and bathroom facilities are pretty old and a little run down, but work well enough. The hostel includes free breakfast and WiFi--definite bonuses.

This hostel is really nice and very well-located in walkable Vancouver. The rooms are clean and comfy, and the bathrooms are fairly well-maintained. The front desk staff is very nice and helpful. There are two bars that share a building with the hostel that we really enjoyed. My one complaint is the lack of parking. There are a few public lots nearby, but they are expensive and poorly-secured. I'd definitely come stay here again, but I'd research my parking options more thoroughly first next time. Overall, the Cambie is a solid option.

Alright, let's get the good stuff out of the way first: no bedbugs. No rats. Nothing was stolen from me even without lockers in the room. Staff was honestly SO kind, always willing to give suggestions on places to see, and tried to fix what was wrong if it was within their powers. Cleaning staff was always happy to help out with any requests as well. Breakfast muffins were pretty large, satisfying to a morning-food-hating European anyway. Location's pretty decent, would probably get 8/10. Now, the bad stuff. Bunk beds on second floor with half-arsed window that doesn't open well, and. No. Fans. Honestly, I woke up in the middle of the night for five nights in a row nearly hallucinating cause my body was overheating. Wish I was kidding. Okay, just go for a refreshing shower last thing at night and first thing in the morning then. Ha! Sure. If you can find a washroom that's safe to enter. The ladies washrooms were always either clogged, refusing to flush, or had water from the washroom above waterfalling into the toilets and showers. Note there only are two women's showers and two toilets to each floor. The hostel wasn't even fully occupied, so I can only speculate how bad it might get when fully booked. Spent a lot of time awkwardly walking in on half naked men in the men's washrooms. Yeah. Uh... Hi. Doesn't help that the showers are matte glass showing everything behind it, no closed off changing areas, and gaps in the toilet stalls you could pass a book through. If you need a roof over your head for a low price to see the city, and occasionally want to use a washroom (though not on your own time, but whenever one is temporarily in use), AND aren't afraid of possibly being seen naked by really just about anybody staying in the same hostel, stay here. Would not recommend staying for more than 2 nights.

Perfect for backpackers. Nice bar downstairs, simple but comfy rooms, charming staff and nice muffins in the morning. I liked it :)

I first booked in at The Backpackers Hostel THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE...they charged me triple as they knew I was new in town. Triple $68.00 U.S. they lied and said they had no rooms....I FOUND CAMBIE HOSTEL later the next day and MAN I AM SO HAPPY I DID. IT IS GREAT....email: seymour@thecambie.com less than $30 for a 2 person dorm...it is downtown in a great area....

Thought this was going to be a great experience (as we had friends who stayed here and had a great experience). Everything seemed good (good location and continental breakfast) until we left and my friend had bed bugs. Beds were not clean. Would not recommend.

DO NOT stay at the Cambie Hostel- Seymour!!!!!!! I repeat, DO NOT stay at the Cambie Hostel -Seymour. Online, it looked okay, until I checked in and when I opened the door to the room, it looked like a flippen jail cell (not that I have been in one, but could only imagine). The walls had hand marks all over it (we'll just say some crazy activities must have gone on it that room, I don't know how as it was a disgusting place engage in those particular activities and it also gave me the ebee jebees!!) , the bed gave me the creeps the curtains smelt like urine!!!! If it wouldn't have been so late (everything else was closed and too expensive) I would have immediately left. In addition to the disgusting surrounds of the room, I heard mice/rats in the walls/floors scurrying around all night!! When I went to take a shower, the handle popped off and I looked at the shower door to find black mold. Finally, the band playing on the first floor, was so loud, the bed was vibrating and I thought I was honestly going to go nuts!! I have stayed in many hostels around the world and have never encountered such a dump!!!! Stay away from this hostel!!!!!!!! Good thing Vancouver is an amazing city!!!!

Never before have I left a review on yelp, but this time I feel like I have to. I moved to Vancouver from a place far away and didn't have a place to stay before I found an apartment, hence decided to stay at this location. It is cheap, but this is the only advantage of this place. The disadvantages? 1. The smell, rooms smell funny and moldy; 2. Windows are so old that they break when you want to open them (or close); 3. The staff doesn't clean the trash bins in the room regularly, seems they only do it when a new person checks in, or not even...; 4. Not sure they even change be bed linen to be honest, one of my roommates was very neat, so when she left, she made the bed, and then linens were not changed; 5. The bathroom, always dirty, also one toilet is in front of the window (great privacy) and the second one has leaky pipes on top of it, so you get some cold drops on your head while doing your business. Additionally, toilet doors are short and have inch wide holes- again, great privacy; 6. The noise- add up construction work, street noise and loud music from the bar downstairs...; 7. I would not have written this review if not for that- I am fairly certain that they have bed bugs. Every morning I woke up with a new itchy bite. What a pleasure. Never staying there again! Worst hostel I have ever been to.