Hometel On Signal Hill

Location was perfect. Room was clean an good size. Continental breakfast was a good start to the day as well, and the option to take it to go too for mid-day snacks.

Parking was hard as the place was overbooked. Hard to find parking on the street. Would have preferred to not have the A/C in the window as the temps didn't get past 23 high and 10 low. Breeze would have been nicer this time of year (Sept.).

Staff were friendly and the location is great. The room was decorated very nicely and there was a mini fridge.

Being from the area originally, I was hoping to love this hotel but there were many little annoyances that added up to overall my not recommending it. Our room was up 2 flights of narrow stairs (not the end of the world but a little annoying - we'll chalk it up to my not reading the room description closely). Breakfast was quite sad, with only toast and plain bagels, cold hard boiled eggs, apples, two types of plain cereal, tea and sometimes OJ (though it often ran out). Everyone crams into a regular apartment sized kitchen to make their own. The AC in the room is loud and blows directly onto the head of the bed, super annoying as your hair is always flying across your face. But you can't NOT turn on the AC because it gets hot as the window can't open with the AC in it. The room was small - not totally unexpected as it is downtown St Johns but a little tight for 2 people over a few days. Finally the cable box was literally hanging over top the tv on a cord...we couldn't move it underneath as it would dangle and the remote couldn't pick it up. This hotel could be something great but at this point I just can't recommend it.