Holiday Inn Express & Suites Riverport Richmond

Rooms were clean and updated, above my expectation. Morning breakfast was, again, above my expectations. Even my picky teenage boys were happy. Scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage and above par coffee. If I come back to Vancouver, I will definitely stay again

Decent hotel for its price. Stayed two nights. I visited Victoria on Vancouver Island while staying here.
The bathrooms were fine. It had an adequate shower and sink. The towels were okay.
The beds were comfortable. They had 2 types of pillows: firm and soft. I preferred firm over soft.
They also had a microwave and small refrigerator.
However, I didn’t like the breakfast. The turkey sausage was dry and awful. Everything else was mediocre. However, there were enough seats.
It isn’t a bad hotel. I would recommend it, but not highly.

Absolutely love this hotel! I came to Vancouver with my mom, aunt, and cousin and we stayed in the standard two queen bed room. The hotel room was so nice! The room was so neat and the bathroom
was gorgeous!!! It comes with a fridge and microwave too, which made things super convenient.
Loved the free parking and the parking lot was pretty big so you normally won’t have problems finding a spot. The staff is super friendly and always welcoming and more than happy to help you with anything. They also have a basketball court and gym to encourage you to exercise during your vacation ;)
Extra plus: they have free hot breakfast every morning from 6:30 — 9:00 on weekdays and 7:00 — 10:00 on weekends which makes things soo convenient! They have potatoes, sausages, eggs, toast, bagels, yogurt, fruits, and many more!
Would definitely come back to stay here and would recommend holiday inn express in general! The staff is great, amenities are wonderful and the many extras make this a wonderful hotel to stay at during your stay in Vancouver! :)

If you can book this place for a good price, do it! Even though it’s kind of out in the middle of nowhere, the hotel itself is great and pretty nice for a Holiday Inn EXPRESS. The staff are really nice and friendly too. At least when we were there. If you’re planning to visit Richmond and take in all the Chinese food, it’s a great location. It’s not that close to Downtown, but if you have a car, like others have said, it doesn’t take that long to get there. And it’s also close to the airport. And of course, the free breakfast isn’t bad either.

Nice, pleasant stay for 4 nights here. I highly recommend this place. Very quiet and great location. Takes about 30 minutes drive to the downtown and major attractions (traffic sucks though!). Very clean rooms and a great buffet breakfast.
Staff are very helpful. If you are going to vancouver, stay in this place! Good restaurants are close to this hotel too.

Very nice staff, clean and very accommodating. Everything you need for a very affordable price.

Great place. Clean, modern, and convenient, not to mention very affordable. A great value with a decent breakfast with a very nice lobby area and mini market in the lobby.

Very clean and new hotel. Room furnishings is more upscale than what the hotel name implies. Definiately would come back. Staff also was very helpful with special requests. Also very decent hot breakfast (free). Plentiful free parking!

We chose this hotel for a 1-​night stay before we head out to Vancouver Island/​Victoria the next morning. It is about 20 minutes drive to Tsawwassen ferry terminal.
Arrived around 3pm, quick, easy check in. Friendly front-​desk service. The room is great for our family of 4, 2 queen beds. Nice, clean room and bathroom. The hotel has a good looking indoor pool and gym facilities, though we did not use it due to the short stay. Looks clean and modern though. The inlcuded buffet breakfast had a good spread. Hot food such as eggs, turkey sausage, pancakes. Juice/​coffee/​tea bar well stocked. Fruits/​cereal/​yoghurt available.
The hotel is in an odd area, i.e. beside the Richmond Ice Center and Silvercity Riverport Cinemaplex. Behind it are mostly farmland but with lots of fancy mansion houses that sells blueberries! But we felt safe in that area, even at night.
Has a small shop by the lobby stocked with snacks/​supplies and an ATM. Free wifi for hotel guests.

Friends and I wanted to check out the night market and decided to spend the night instead of doing a day trip from Seattle. We ended up booking their 2-​bedroom King suite room. I booked by calling the front reservation desk and not online. It seems there are quite a few Holiday Inn Express hotels so every time I look them up I have to make sure it had the address of No. 6 Rd.
I would give this hotel a 5-​star rating but I have to remove a star for how they handled our check-​in. We were told we can check in at 3pm but upon arriving at 3:30pm we were informed the room was not available and we were told to come back in about an hour. We decided to wait in the lobby instead since we were pretty tired from our trip and didn’t feel like getting back in the car to explore. There was a small conference going on so the lobby felt very busy and noisy. We asked for an update and another lady at the counter said «Don’t worry the room won’t go anywhere.» which was very off-​putting and definitely very poor customer service. When the room was finally ready, they gave us granola bars for the inconvenience. We set aside that bad first impression and finally settled into our room. We did ask for a late check out but we waited for the staff to change at the counter since we really didn’t appreciate how we were being treated when we checked in. There was a staff member named Richard, he was really friendly and very nice. So the 4-​star rating is based on cleanliness and bang for the buck if you stay here.
For the price, the finishings for this 2-​king bedroom suite were really nice. Granite counter tops, full size fridge, stove and a stocked utensil and pot/​pan kitchen. The place was very comfortable and roomy and we were all very satisfied with how much space we can stretch out. We also used their hot-​tub, pool and ate breakfast the next day. Their breakfast had really great options for a Holiday Inn. Fresh pastries, eggs, drinks and pancakes made to order.
All in all great experience. Would come back here again for a quick over-​night trip in the Vancouver/​Richmond area. I wouldn’t say this place is as grand and luxurious as a 5-​star hotel but it definitely offers the BASICS if you are just passing through. Don’t expect any turn-​down service or paper at your door when staying here. Free wi-​fi and parking.

Well, this review has nothing to do or against the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Richmond. It actually is the Unilocal Vancouver editors in Vancouver I want to complain: I tried to post a couple pics then I get so freaking confused when I search for Holiday Inn Express Hotel…
One is «Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Riverport» with 6+1 (mine) reviews & 4 star rating; The other one is «Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Riverport Richmond» with 2 +1 (mine) reviews & 4 star rating as well. I really think this is the responsibility of the Unilocal Vancouver editors to consolidate & correct the confusions.
About the hotel itself is as good as it gets and not much complaint about it except for the price fluctuates so much… It can be as low as shy of hundred or up to $ 200+. That supply & demand system is definitely NOT consumer friendly… I say.

Nice hotel with a great location. Breakfast was great.

Very nice hotel. It is conveniently located in Richmond, BC. Vancouver and the Airport are not too far away. The junior suite is great, because it gives you a sitting area to watch TV.

Feels a bit like in the middle of nowhere but actually quite convenient to the airport (15 min away) and awesome Chinese food in downtown Richmond.
The rooms are spacious and clean with all the usual amenities: free wi-​fi, fridge, microwave, coffee maker, good beds and pillows.
A good place to stay at before catching an early morning flight.

Excellent Holiday Inn. The full (and free) breakfast was delicious, completely stocked, and spacious seating. Even better set up than other Holiday Inn Expresses. The room was spacious and comfortable. Everything looked brand new. Handy little store for snacks and beverages off the front desk. Free airport shuttle.

I was very impressed with the quality of this hotel. It was new, comfortable, and clean. The desk staff was friendly and helpful. The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is due to the breakfast. Usually, I don’t think breakfast matters much, but it was really poor (stale cereal, terrible tasting processed egg product, etc).

I really like this Holiday Inn Express (and I’ve stayed at lots of ‘em).
Yes, this location is a suburb of Vancouver (you will need to drive 20 mins to get downtown) but we were driving in and wanted to find a safe location with free parking, an indoor pool and a good deal. This fit the bill, and then some. All the hotels we priced downtown were at least 30% more expensive, had far less amenities, no/​paid parking and were in questionable neighborhoods. I think to stay downtown, you have to be willing to shell out the big bucks to stay in a nicer hotel — or give up a lot of amenities.
Anyhow–
Upon check in I was pleasantly surprised to find out they had upgraded us into a king suite for free (since I’m a rewards club member, I guess). This greatly elevated the value for the moderate price paid. This room was MASSIVE and the ceiling was insanely high and gorgeous. It was way nicer than any other member of this chain I’ve ever stayed in. The king size bed was very nice, there were two huge flat-​screen tv’s, a very nice bathroom (with a large shower and good water pressure — hurrah!), a living room with a pull-​out sofa and all décor/​fixtures were very updated. This location was only built a couple years ago, so that probably helps.
I was also pretty happy with the indoor pool and spa. Both were open til 11pm, kept warm and there was a changing area and towels right off the entrance. This gets big points from me.
The complimentary breakfast was the best of any hotel we’ve stayed at recently. It’s actual food you’d want to eat at home, and the menu changes daily. My boyfriend was especially impressed with some sort of robotic pancake making machine they have.
To top it all off, the service was excellent and went above and beyond what was expected. All staff members were very kind and accommodating, the housekeeping did an excellent job every day and we were quite happy with our stay.

Researched hotels in the Vancouver area and decided upon the Holiday Inn Express Riverport as it was newly built in 2008, offerend free parking, and offered an ever changing free breakfast spread. My bf and I stayed here for 2 nights and first morning, they offered scrambled egg patty and sausage, with the standard, bagels, toast, yogurt, cereal, juices, oatmeal and warm cinnamon buns. The 2^nd morning, they offerend cheese omelets and bacon instead of the scrambled eggs and sausage. Variety was good.
The rooms were modern, clean and comfy. The room had a mini fridge for our use and microwave. The shower was large and had a sliding glass door rather than the standard tub with curtain. The water pressure was just right… not too strong and not too weak.
The hotel also offered a business center with 2 computers and we used it to do more vacay research online as well as early check in at the airport back in Seattle. Was very convenient. Also, the hotel offered a pool, whirlpool and an exercise room with various machines. It would been nice if they had free weights instead of the weight machine, but it will do.
The only weak point about the hotel is the location as it seems to be random (next to a movie plex and hockey rink in a residential area). It is about a block or 2 from the freeway so it is freeway convenient to the 99. Wish there were more stores around to walk to.