I've thought long and hard about what to say about...

I've thought long and hard about what to say about this place, because I realize this could be a very damning review, but in the end the truth needs to be said. First, the good. Great, great, great location in English Bay. Attentive and friendly staff. Seemingly pretty good value. Views in English Bay that honestly are top notch. A restaurant with near floor to ceiling windows and views of the bay. Now the bad. It's a 107 year old hotel, so that brings some "bad", such as tiny old elevators. (not a big deal) A slight old building smell (not a problem for me). Tiny, run down older bathrooms. But again, it's a 107 year old building, so not bad right we'll take the good with the not so-bad. Now for the ugly. After being here 4 nights, on the last night we were in the dining area very late on a Saturday night, 12:30 PM. Most of the people had already left, it was very quiet and we were quietly talking at the last populated table. And then I saw a mouse. At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks. And then there were 2 mice running under our table and all over! They weren't shy but ran if you put your foot down. And I chased one and it ran into the ducting on the wall under the big window and disappeared. And I got quite animated to the bartender and since no one else was around I yelled "hey! There are mice!" And he said "Yeah, we know." And he went back to cleaning up for the night.
And I was kind of dumbfounded. Wait, what? Mice? This is normal? I don't know, maybe it is normal for a super old building in Vancouver? But then I thought, whoever owns this hotel, shame on you. Your hotel is doing well, it's been around a long time, the land alone is worth a ton of money, so there are no excuses for something like this. This is a hotel with charm, history, heritage, location and value. And mice. Get rid of the mice Sylvia Hotel ownership! Ick! Room 705 early Nov 2018.