I am still in shock at how unprofessional and heartless this hotel is. This was supposed to be our wedding night. My husband had coordinated in advance, paid ahead of time, and personally organized decorations for the room to make it special. Despite all of this, the hotel gave our reserved and paid-for room to someone else, including our decorations. When we arrived on our wedding night, dressed, exhausted, emotional, and expecting a once-in-a-lifetime moment, we were told that our room was no longer available. No call. No warning. What made it worse? The hotel refused to offer any meaningful solution. No reimbursement. No compensation. No genuine attempt to fix the situation or even acknowledge the gravity of what they had done. We were treated like an inconvenience instead of guests whose wedding night they had just destroyed. We returned the next day hoping to speak with a manager and resolve things calmly. Big mistake. The manager was rude, dismissive, and borderline hostile, showed zero empathy, and again refused to consider reimbursement or any form of goodwill gesture. The tone was basically: not our problem. Mistakes happen but how a hotel responds says everything. This place responded with arrogance, disrespect, and total indifference. This hotel is unreliable, unprofessional, and clearly does not care about its guests. If they can do this on a wedding night, they can do it to anyone. Do not stay here. Do not book here. Do not give this place your money, EVER.
What guests say about Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth
A hotel very well located in downtown Montreal, often appreciated for direct access to the train station, the metro, and the underground network. Many guests highlight the attentive staff, clean rooms, and amenities such as the pool, gym, and certain lounges or restaurants. However, some stays were disappointing because of aging or small rooms, poor soundproofing, and delays or service errors at the front desk, housekeeping, or valet. The style is often considered elegant, but the value for money seems uneven depending on the experience.
Reviews / Ratings for Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth
The good floor is well worth the extra cost. The lounge is very comfortable and the breakfast and evening food are great.
Love that the location is so central everything is accessible. And in such a beautiful part of the city..need to be here in the summer!!
So beautiful and so delicate and devoted. To your well-being, I forgot to take pictures. I'll sure do it next time I visit. 👌🙏
Fairmont Montreal refused to honor the contractual terms of my reservation; attempts to reason with hotel staff resulted in hiding behind inane policy, rather than acknowledging problems, and contrite dismissal without attempting to listen nor acknowledge problems. When asked to escalate to a responsible manager, no one was available. The given email for the general manager was incorrect and emails to the general manager bounced. After googling for an alternate contact for the general manager, a different email was added, which did not bounce, but no response has been received after 5 days. Attempts to reach the hotel at the general hotel email contact have not been returned. The terms of my room rate, which included a $100 credit for the stay were not honored. Even though I presented the confirmation of the terms of my booking, the staff said they didn’t see it in their computer, so the computer rules. Attempts to reason with them were met with dismissal and obstinate allegiance to policy rather than doing what’s right. The room itself was not properly cleaned, with lipstick stains all over the glasses provided in the minibar. Photographs of the stained glasses were provided to the hotel duty manager who acknowledged the problem and stated that housekeeping was informed; but no action was taken to address the cleaning lapse. Overall, this hotel failed because: (1) Staff are unwilling to listen to a problem, before jumping to conclusion (2) Staff hide behind pedantry of policy, and rather than make things right, insist on allegiance to a broken policy (staff not empowered) (3) Staff are obstinate, rather than problem solving and prefer to say no rather than find practical solutions to address very real problems (4) Staff are unwilling to hear compromise solutions proposed by the guest, instead lacking the flexibility to amend their errors (5) no escalation paths given, other than an email address which bounced. (6) Commitments (ie that housekeeping would correct cleaning failures) were not kept (7) Attempts to follow up with the general manager and the general hotel did not receive responses. The Montreal Queen Elizabeth Fairmont should be a shining beacon in the fair city of Montreal. In is a hotel at a great location, with its unique history and association with John Lennon. Despite excellent experiences at the restaurant and pool and with the staff of both, the front desk and management have made an extraordinarily bad experience for me and my guest. The hotel does not live up to my expectations of the Fairmont brand and I am now forced to seek correction of the hotel’s errors through the credit card dispute process. To management at the QE Fairmont: you can do better.
A Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth experience is a cut above the routine - friendly, competent staff; great amenities; convenient location. Montreal parking is a challenge, but the adjacent valet parking makes even that a breeze. From arrival to departure my stay offered no surprises, which allowed me to focus on my own agenda.
We have stayed at this hotel numerous times and this visit was especially good- it feels like they improved their services. As the gold Accor member we were upgraded to a larger suite, Andrée was very sympathetic to us at check in as we were there for the funeral and she tried to make us feel very welcome and accommodate all our requests. Friendly housekeeping and Bell service. We will be back for a longer trip in March!
I’ve stayed here many times, recommended!
Wonderful hotel, very convenient to the city and train station.
Great hotel in a very nice location.
Easy check in and out. Nice casual cafe and a nice bar.
Wonderful location with an elevator that goes straight to grand central. Combined with the amazing staff and amenities our short stay was made memorable.
Premium Hotel with a premium price. Nice rooms , location is amazing with connection to under ground mall. The hotel bar had a good vibe and friendly staff. We stayed for a wedding and our friends had one of the suites which was mind blowing. Underground parking was excellent. We would stay again.
Room was on the smaller side but clean and had a great view of the street up to the hill, good food options, and the staff were all very helpful. The location was great for our activities and I would consider staying here again overall. That said, we were there over New Year's, so maybe the time of year was part of it, but my biggest complaint is that there were children everywhere. In the sauna, in the gym, the hot tub, and, most annoyingly, our neighbors seemed to have a crying toddler hanging out in the hallway several times a day throughout our stay. I'm sure this was more annoying for the parents than for us, but the room walls were quite thin so it was still a bit of a nuisance. Given what we paid, I would've preferred more peace and quiet, but it was a holiday weekend so that wasn't entirely unexpected. Overall good location and decent rooms!
We stayed 2 nights to break up our trip from Europe to the Dominican Republic. The public bus from the airport has a stop directly across the street from the hotel and I would highly recommend it. The hotel staff were very helpful and friendly. It was nice that the gym was open 24/7 as with the jet lag we got up extremely early and it was nice to have somewhere to go to. The sauna and pool areas were nice as well, and the breakfast was great. The room was nice and well furnished, however there wasn't much sound insulation and we could hear word for word conversations every time someone walked by the room. There were also some issues with the elevators being out of service while we stayed there, so at times there was up to a 5 minute way to get an elevator, which was necessary since we were staying on the 14th floor, but the hotel staff said this was temporary and just unfortunate timing for our stay.
Our overall experience was great and the staff were amazing! They treated us as if we were the most important people staying there.
We had a fantastic stay at your hotel. The service was outstanding at every stage - from parking to check-in, from settling in with our young kids (and dog!), and we really enjoyed our dining experiences as well. We are already planning another stay for next year.
Good stay, well located and rooftop space was wonderful.
I didnt stay at the hotel but it had a free public bathroom (VERY RARE) that was clean, large, had free lotion, and had an attached cafe/gift shop that was really lovely!
The lobby and bar was gorgeous but the room was underwhelming. Not worth 600$ a night.
Our stay at the Queen Elizabeth was absolutely perfect from start to finish. The Gold Floor experience truly stood out - Christopher at the Gold Floor reception desk was especially wonderful, with a warm, friendly demeanour that made us feel genuinely welcome and well cared for. His professionalism and kindness set the tone for the entire stay. We also had the pleasure of hosting friends for dinner at Roselyn, and it was a fantastic experience. The food was incredible - so full of flavour and beautifully prepared - and the service was attentive without ever feeling rushed, making it a memorable evening for everyone. The Gold Floor lounge on the 21st floor was another highlight. The staff there were attentive, welcoming and consistently thoughtful, making every visit a pleasure. Between the exceptional service, the comfort, and the overall atmosphere, the Queen Elizabeth always exceeds expectations. We will return without hesitation and highly recommend this property.
This experience was so disappointing. My husband and I stayed for our first wedding anniversary over new years and it was so bad we’re redoing the whole thing on a different date, just because we didn’t want our abysmal experience at the fairmont Queen Elizabeth to be how we remembered it. We did the Gold package and I was really shocked. We’ve stayed at and loved a lot of fairmont properties. but this fairmont is awful, borderline hostile, and the outdated frustrating accommodations were almost comically bad. (TV requires third party app or chromecast unless you want to watch French language cable, coffee maker didn’t work, towels were wet, internet didn’t work - when asking concierge for help got a “too bad so sad” response) Maybe it was just a bad weekend, but we were horrified as the management staff were quite rude, unaccommodating, and curt. I felt terrible even asking for help from staff because it seemed like a bother. After speaking with two different staff about various issues with the room and the service and getting no help, My husband went down to tell the staff we weren’t happy and were looking to perhaps get a partial refund so we could check out early and spoke with a woman at the concierge desk who told him there was nothing she could do and to “take it up with corporate”. eventually my husband decided to go to the front desk on the gold floor to check out early regardless of a refund. He explained the situation and they did finally offer a refund, which was a relief, but after four times contacting different staff about issues in the room and with services at the hotel felt a little to late in terms of hospitality. This was a struggle from start to finish. it was a struggle to leave early and a struggle to stay. That we won’t be back to the Queen Elizabeth, is a colossal understatement.
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