uOttawa Rideau Residence

Rooms are what you'd expect of an old hotel. Bathrooms work and it's nice to have a bathtub but many of the toilets make noise non-stop (at varying levels). Location is pretty sketchy... have witnessed many fights right outside. Only two elevators and you cant take the stairs up from the ground level. Kitchen/common room is newly updated and has cookware but definitely still bring your own basics (induction stovetops fyi). I felt it wasn't worth the price, but it wasn't much worse than other rez prices.

Rooms can be a bit small and the wifi can be a bit slow at times. However there is a wire Ethernet port in every room I have seen. The beds are spring and I would recomend a matress pad for extra comfort. Overall the staff are generally quite friendly and the building is well maintained.

So far so great! Roomie is awesome and I love the quiet hour patrols!

Rooms are the size you'd expect from an old hotel, the washrooms are a bit dated too but they work fine. My only problem is that the gym isn't open. If you show a gym in the floor plan, people will expect you to have an open gym. It was one of the selling points for this residence for me, and for that reason I am giving it a two star rating.

This place, as the name suggests, is mostly for the students. I found it decently priced for its location. This is right in Downtown Ottawa and is at walking distance to almost all attractions. Before visiting the place, I had read reviews regarding shabby rooms, unclean bathtubs. But on the contrary, my room was pretty clean and gave me a good view of the downtown from the 18th floor. My room had two beds, a microwave, a fridge, a TV and essential toiletries. They are very particular about the check-in times. We reached an hour earlier and had to wait to get our rooms allocated. This hotel is at a walking distance to the famous Byward Market, Rideau Canal , Parliament Hill. One negative point would be the Parking. This hotel does not have its own Parking and the reception people do not even suggest a parking place for guests.

The rooms were nice. Location rather sketchy but close to downtown, market and parliament buildings. Front line staff were not very well versed in the area. When asked questions not very helpful. Should have more knowledge of the community and especially the parking. I far preferred the residence in Queens in Kingston.

This is a very worn out place and not worth the price to stay. The pictures on there website are misleading as they dont show the actual condition. The carpet was very dirty, bathroom had molds and the elevator and walls were in a very bad shape as you see in the following pictures.

really nice common room. always someone at the front desk , which is good. not much privacy in rooms , but is to be expected given that the beds are placed next to each other.Edit: wrote my initial review a bit naïvely to put it lightly lol!

Not the hotel you might be expecting but to be fair it's mostly for students. The price is also decent since it's walking distance to almost all attractions. The location though, that's a different story. There are a lot of people in the area that's on something" and I didn't feel safe walking around specially at night."

Daughter stayed here for first year. She liked it. Bit nervous as a dad due to the unfortunate people living on Rideau.