Homewood Suites by Hilton Halifax-Downtown, Nova Scotia, Canada

We checked into this hotel on July 7th - we were initially in room 1205, and then moved to 1605. Our first room was in rough shape. It looked as though it hadn’t been vacuumed in quite some time - fluffs and other debris all over the carpet. The sofa, walls and just about every other surface was covered in stains. The tub didn’t drain, the tub walls and caulking were red with mildew, which made the bathroom stink. There’s dirt in all the corners of the bathroom. We let the front desk know this, and they moved us to room 1605 - we made the move around 7:30pm - but this room is basically the same as the first. There’s a smeared pizza stain on the ottoman. The bathroom is once again covered in mildew and the tub doesn’t drain, again. This one somehow smells worse. The mildew / damp smell spreads out into the bedroom, so enjoy relaxing in bed with that smell. We would have left, but we’re travelling with a 2yr old and getting her up and finding another hotel at night is an ordeal. The desk was willing to move us, but ultimately seemed pretty indifferent and said to not be surprised if there were more stains in 1605, as it’s an old hotel. Those are just the rooms - the pool is in need of serious renovations, and needs someone working down there. We went to swim with our toddler and the pool deck was a mess - old towels all over the floor, hair everywhere, all kinds of junk floating in the pool, no fresh towels in sight. The doors down there are all rusted, there’s no fresh air at all - it all feels oppressive and like you might catch something. The elevators are beat up, with panels falling off. This place needs some major, major renovations to not feel like a dump. It would be great if that happened - the views and location are very, very good - in the 05 rooms you can see the harbour, and I think some of the rooms have a view of the Citadel. It’s just the hotel part that isn’t good. The older, negative reviews have lots of talk like “rest assured, we will address these deficiencies” - but those date back to 2022, 2023 - in 2025, it appears those have not been addressed at all. Update: We ended up leaving the following morning and finding somewhere else. For this price, you’d expect something decent. This is worse than a roadside motel in the middle of nowhere.

Wow it’s our first time in Halifax. Our hotel is 45 min drive from airport. Well organized, clean and friendly staff. Eleanor was an absolutely delightful lady at the breakfast dining. I had some questions of what to do, where to dine , sights to see for our first visit here. Eleanor made great recommendations for my family. Breakfast was so yummy. Highly recommend you and your family stay here. Having a kitchen is great in your room.

Thanks to Scott, Tessa and Karen, my husband and I had the best stay at the Homewood Suites by Hilton. Excellent location and we walked everywhere. The best breakfast experience thanks to Karen and all others who helped start our day perfectly. Rooms were all suites and very large and clean.|This hotel is extremely well run with exceptional customer care. Everyone we met was so nice! |We highly recommend Homewood Suites by Hilton for your next Halifax stay.

I was here three nights while visiting a customer in the city. It’s a beautiful city. The hotel is located in a decent spot for walking to everything. You can see the old fort from the windows. My room was quite large and very clean. The front desk staff were very nice. There is a charge for parking and it’s in a building across the lot from the entrance. Overall it’s nice.

What an amazing group of staff so friendly, helpful people. Excellent hospitality. Our suite was so clean, the bed was so comfortable will definitely stay there again, full hot free breakfast with stay in dining room super service good food lots to choose from. All the staff were so nice

The room was very clean and fresh and well-stocked. The small kitchen was an excellent offering for evenings when we wanted to stay in for dinner. The included breakfast was tasty and kept fresh by the staff. Karen kept the dining room spotless and tidy even when it was extremely busy. She was friendly and helpful, representing what Atlantic Canadians are known for-hospitality and industriousness. I would definitely recommend this hotel.

Very nice hotel! Staff was amazing. Not sure if all rooms have this but we had full kitchen! Amazing. If you can’t park on site there is parking on the street which is cheaper than across the street. Street parking is 8-6 M-F. Shout out to Karen who served us at breakfast ! We loved the breakfast. Not chintzy like I’ve come to expect. We travelled from Toronto area to stay for a few days

My partner and I stayed here for 2 nights! We enjoyed how spacious the suite was including the large TV and couch. We also appreciate the location of the hotel making the city walkable. It's close to the Citadel and Boardwalk. The continental breakfast also had a lot of variety. We'd stay here again if we were visiting Halifax!

My husband and I stayed at the Homewood Suites on our recent trip to Halifax. We were happy with our stay. Our "One Bedroom Suite" had a king bed, desk and TV in the bedroom. It had a separate living room, with another TV, chair, sofa and coffee table. The living room was open concept with a small dining table for 2 and a kitchen with a full sized fridge, a dishwasher, a microwave and a mini stove with 2 elements. The bathroom was 2 rooms, one with the toilet and bathtub and the other with the sink. The suite was very spacious and served us well. Our suite was clean. Those who follow my reviews will know that even long before the Pandemic, I always wiped down all hard surfaces with Clorox wipes when I stay at hotels and I judge their cleanliness by whether the wipes remain white or are all soiled with God knows what, or grey with dirt. I am happy to report that my wipes came out clean. Staff were pleasant, but we had limited interaction with them. We only stayed two nights so did not request housekeeping. We had 4 bath towels for the 2 of us, 3 hand towels and 3 face cloths, so we did not require any additional towels. My husband's hair is super short, so with the 2 bars of soap and one bottle of shampoo, we were fine for toiletries. I had the conditioner to myself and we never use the body lotion anyway. The breakfast is buffet-style and free with your room rate. Both mornings we went down right when they opened at 6:30am and the food was hot and ready. You can bring the breakfast back to your room to eat (they just reminded us to remember to bring back the plates and cutlery, lol). There's apparently a pool and a gym, we used neither. We just took the stairs to our room on the 4th floor the entire time as our exercise, haha. The Homewood Suites might be a bit tricky to find as you can't really see it from the street. Turn when you see the Hampton Inn. The Homewood Suites is behind the Hampton Inn and they are in fact connected to one another. They share the same parking lot. We've stayed at the Hampton Inn before and the two hotels I'd say are comparable. I'm not sure if the Hampton Inn has suites as well, but when we stayed there we only got a room (no kitchen or separate living room). Honestly, we didn't use the stove, microwave nor dishwasher during our visit, but I could see it coming in handy if our stay was longer or it would be good for families with kids. We did make use of the dining room table though. It's so much nicer to eat takeout at a real table instead of at a desk or coffee table, lol. My husband, the king of hotel loyalty points and discounts, was able to get us the room for about $100 a night, but the going rate was about $275/night. Just a note that the hotel is up a steep hill from downtown Halifax. So if you will be walking around downtown Halifax and/or by the waterfront, walking back to the hotel will be a workout. Everyday will be Leg Day, lol.

It seemed decent enough when we checked in. Spacious rooms with a kitchenette. However, it took an hour at least to receive our extra bedding for the sofa bed and after we finally received it, we discovered that the dishes were not washed at all in the dishwasher from the previous visitors. Fortunately, the hotel manager came over and quickly got us the room across so we could move in. Therefore, I would give them 3 and 1/2 stars so this as we could just move across quickly.

Hotel is in the early stages of neglect. Perhaps it's because of covid and short staffing but there were definitely some issues. We stayed for a full week. Here goes: -the suite itself is a great size. Very spacious. -the kitchen is well enough equipped with the exception that the hotel doesn't provide any cooking oil, salt and pepper like an AIRBNB would -there are no dish towels or anything a person could use to tidy up. -the suite was kind of dirty. Gross finger smears on the wall next to the toilet, dust, dirty bathroom door, black streaks all over the floor from the ottoman -forget getting clean towels, toiletries etc without a huge hassle. We tried calling down to both house keeping and front desk with rarely am answer. When we did get through it would take a minimum of an hour, one occasion 3.5 hours and once not at all. Every time they would tell us the towels were in the dryer The POOL Haha okay so first of all the DOOR to the pool is broken. You can get in but you can't get out! You have to go through the gym to leave. -the pool itself is comically small. We literally burst out laughing when we saw it -the tiles above the water line are FILTHY. -the water itself was murky. -the small pool is shared between TWO Hotels. We were able to go swimming once in the whole week because whenever we tried it was full of kids. -16 floors. 2 elevators. TWO. More than once we gave up waiting and just took the stairs -the breakfast IS decent though nothing special. Factory made pancakes weren't heated at all. There are eggs but they're pasteurized. If you're not too picky you'll be pleased Overall our stay was pleasant enough. However for 2000 dollars for a week I expect higher standards. Would I stay there again? Mmmmaybe? If the prices weren't so high and I knew the pool was what it is.

The sheets are old, wrinkly and no longer fitted on the bed. The rooms smell like food from other rooms that travels through the ventilation. We requested a top sheet for the sofa bed and it took forever to get it. Check in: there was only one person working and she was on the phone and there was a lineup. If this is Hilton quality, Hilton sucks!

The breakfast was amazing ! Beds were so comfy and the view was spectacular! We stayed on the 12 floor in a suite for 8 people and it was great beautiful sweet all the amenities where there and the staff was so helpful. The only thing I would change is the tub had a hard time draining in one of the bathrooms in the suite and they had forgot to change the garbage can in the kitchen it still has some trash in it but easy mistake the rest was all up to par would recommend for sure oh also the pool was great very accessible for wheelchair

My review here is based on the price of the hotel and what I feel a hotel in this league should offer. Overall this is a beautiful new building and we stayed in a beautiful suite with lovely view and kitchen. Compared to many hotels it was great. Recently however, I had just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in the Ottawa area and enjoyed the 24 hr tea /coffee area. I was excited to learn this hotel had this as well, upon going to get tea /coffee I realized there was no milk or cream kept out (unless it's breakfast). For such a fancy hotel they gave the guests bottled coffee mate which is an unhealthy oil based product that does not need refrigeration .. When I inquired about if there was real milk or cream I was made to feel like it was an odd request. A very kind man went to the kitchen with a key to retrieve the cream but his coworker said they "weren't supposed to do that..." My husband went down later that day and was also made to feel awkward asking for real milk... The Holiday Inn kept their milk and cream out chilling all day like Starbucks so I was very very disappointed here in their system and don't think it should be called "24 hr tea and coffee" if there isn't milk and cream! Second, I found the bedding to be rough and currently as I write this I am at another Holiday Inn Express and the sheets and duvet are remarkably softer... I am not sure again why they used cheaper sheets here but as a person with sensitive skin I had trouble sleeping with the sheets touching my skin here and at this hotel I am snuggling up to them. The breakfast was very nice though very busy, I enjoyed many of the items. I wish the fruit was fresh and not in a syrup. This hotel is a good location for downtown, we were staying here because we were moving and already lived in Halifax so we weren't tourists. The air conditioning is nice and new and the building is very clean.

My husband and I had a wonderful stay here last weekend. The service and staff was fantastic. Friendly and helpful, everyone from the front desk staff to the cleaners we ran into. It really felt like they wanted to make your stay as relaxing and worry free as possible. The room was big, clean and comfortable. I love that it had a full kitchen, living room, king size bed and a big glass shower. They also offer a free breakfast each morning with hot and cold food. Being vegan there wasn't as much for us but we still managed to have toast or bagels or English muffins, fresh fruit, juice and potatoes. The dining room is also very comfortable and spacious. I really was impressed with the service. Early check-in was no problem and when we asked about late check-out since we needed a place to keep our luggage, the girl at the front desk said we could use their luggage room instead if that was sufficient. My only disappointment was the size of the pool, very small and shallow but we lived. ;) Also a good location as it is right in Halifax, the view from our room was overlooking citadel hill. I highly recommend this hotel and would definitely stay again if need be.

This was a very nicely run place. They were on the ball with helping me with reservations and directions. Room was spacious and nice. There was a party making a lot of noise. I called front desk. It stopped very quickly. Parking rate seem a bit high for the area. Conveniently located in walking distance to lots of places and the water. Can't ask for much more.

Very happy with Homewood Suites, rm 904 had a harbor view. Self Parking is a bit of a pain in the neck and $20 per day. The room was large and very quiet. Front desk staff was very helpful with directions. I would stay here again.

This hotel is awesome! From the great location, friendly staff and amazing suites- I couldn't be happier. I arrived with my three girlfriends and we were treated like royalty the second we walked in. There was free poutine dinner and a free breakfast for us when we woke up! We also got a complimentary upgrade where we enjoyed a huge suite (1 King bed, 2 double beds and a pull out double!) overlooking the water! I will only be staying here if I stay in Halifax again!