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Find a Location

The Cambie Hostel has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • The Cambie Hostel

      300 Cambie St Vancouver, BC V6B 3H7

    • The Cambie Hostel

      515 Seymour St Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6

    • The Cambie Hostel

      63 Victoria Cres Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B9

    Business ProfileforThe Cambie Hostel

    Hostel
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 2 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

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    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    The Cambie Hostel has 3 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • The Cambie Hostel

        300 Cambie St Vancouver, BC V6B 3H7

      • The Cambie Hostel

        515 Seymour St Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6

      • The Cambie Hostel

        63 Victoria Cres Nanaimo, BC V9R 5B9

      Location of This Business
      300 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H7
      BBB File Opened:
      18/6/1993
      Years in Business:
      30
      Business Started:
      1/5/1994
      Alternate Business Name
      • Cambie
      • Cambie General Store & Bakery
      • Cambie Hostel Gastown
      • Cambie Saloon & Grill
      • Swordfish Management
      Business Management
      • Sam Yehia, President
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Sam Yehia, President
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (604) 687-5618
        Primary Fax
      • (604) 689-3009
        Other Fax

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      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      0 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      2 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Mina K

      1 star

      02/03/2023

      Absolutely the filthiest *** **** ********** place ** *** ***** (even if youre booking a private room). I travel a lot as * *** * *** ********** ********* * **** ****** ** * ****** ***** *** frankly Ive never been through a more disgusting experience than this one. Once you arrive youll be greeted by **** ******* ***** **** **** ******** *** * ****** *** have slurred speech. ** *** ***** *** ******* ***** *** ****** ** **** ****** ******* No, these are the staff. ** *** ** ******* *** ***** **** ** ** *** **** *** ****** ** ************ *** ******* *** *** **** **** *** ****** **** ** ********* ** ***** ** *** ***** *** ** **** *** ******** ** *** *** ******* ********** *** ******** ** ****** *** **** ********* ** **** ** *** *** **** *** ** **** claiming he wont accept locals in the hotel although I provided him with my international ID he would say I dont care ***** ***** ******** ***. ** **** *** **** ** ***** ********* * **** ** definitely stay away from that person if you absolutely need to put yourself in a place like that. He kept bugging out and yelling at us and causing a whole scene where he got other guests to intervene and try to kick us out as if we were threatening him or yelling back at him. We were just trying to check in. We felt absolutely unsafe and disrespected *** ***** ******* **** ***** *******. This happened at 2 am after a long day of snowboarding the day of the storm. My house was about 2 and a half hours away. ***** ******* **** * ***** ** ***** **** * **** ****** ** ** ********** ******* **** **** ***** * **** *** ** ** ******** ******** *** * ***** **** **** ****** *** ****** Legal action seems only appropriate in this situation.

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