For a hostel, this gets a full score. It was clean, spacious and had a few facilities. It was easy…read moreto check in and I was happy with the private room - clean with a comfortable bed. I enjoyed the communal space; there were couches, billiard tables, darts, a guitar, books and the option to just relax & look out onto the Main Street. I recommend this place if you're in the area and want affordable comfortable lodging close to everything in town.

Excellent hostel, great service. Absolutely spotless and the nicest bathrooms I've ever seen in a…read moreHostel. Each bed has a little light and very big lockers. The whole hostel is beautifully designed and decorated. My only complaint is there are no standing fans or small bedside table fans in the rooms so when the temperature is 32 degrees Celsius the ceiling fan does nothing. I was tempted to sleep outside. I have stayed at many other hostels which have fans not sure why this one doesn't.

This was a beautiful hostel. Right on the water, the views from the rooms are not to be missed…read more Apparently it fill up during the summer but was fairly empty when my friends and I went in February. The staff were great and were very forthcoming when it came to telling us about the town. The place itself is huge. Giant kitchen. Great big lounge area. A great place for single travelers, families and everyone in between.

Just returned from my 5th stay at this hostel. It's wonderful! Big, clean, bright, safe, friendly…read more The sauna is a nice touch too, great for warming up after a long day on the water. Great location, gorgeous views, affordable price you can't beat it!

After a long week in Campbell River helping run a veteran healing event, we just needed a place to…read morelay our heads and catch some rest before heading home. We checked into Big Rock Motel, thinking it'd be simple enough. But as soon as the owner saw my brother's service dog -- a certified, working dog that helps him get through each day -- he said "no pets" and refused to listen when we explained. Then he noticed we were using our prescribed medical cannabis and used that as another excuse to kick us out, telling us "no smoking." We're two veterans who just spent a week helping others heal, only to be shown no respect or understanding ourselves. Getting kicked out over a service dog and legal, medical cannabis felt like a slap in the face. Veterans deserve better than this kind of treatment. Yance

The best thing about this motel is definitely the view. The staff are also very friendly, but when…read moretrying to think of positives not much else comes to mind. My room was really dirty, which I felt was pretty unfortunate. It's not pictured but the walls are concrete and prison like, which would have been forgivable had it not been for the bath having a ton of dirt in it like someone had just washed off. I had been traveling and working for several hours prior and was really excited to take a bath, but once I filled the tub I was it was filled with dirt. I don't think I would revisit this area if I am in Campbell River again.

Loved it! I stayed in the water tower and it was lovely! I brought my bicycle and toured Denman…read moreIsland. Donna and her family were very helpful. At the end of a long ride I enjoyed sitting in the hot tub while looking at the stars. If you want to get away from it all this is the place.

From the owner: A unique hostel within a 100 year old farmhouse on Denman Island, licensed bistro, hot tub, music…read morevenue, organic vegan and gluten free options, organic food buying club, The Bistro is a beautiful spot to chill with friends among ambling deer

This hotel was accommodating and friendly. Most affordable stay in the city. The bed was clean. My…read morebiggest complaint is the bathrooms were not clean and smelled bad. There was buildup of dirt in the showers.

It's a very nice hostel in a very nice location. But badly…read morethere weren't many people around. Badly, when you want to charge your devices, you also have to turn the light on (at least in the b dorm), what is quite annoying, especially for overnight. This hostel is not suitable for big and heavy suitcases, because there's no elevator, but when you're with a backpack/ smaller suitcase it works just fine. For your convenience there is a bar right around the corner, and the super market and a drugstore/ banks are just about a 10 minute walk away.

I will never recommend this place... For the following reasons…read more 1. The owner( nick) is very judgemental. Staying at his guesthouse felt like your soffocated. He negatively criticizes the whalers on the point grey saying the whalers are corrupt and don't give money back to clients that cancels. Well in fact it is not true, when I canceled they were happy to assist me and give me no hassle. 2. The guest house have curfew , that the living room needs to be emptied by 11pm and everyone must be extremely quite. 3. If you bring your car, you must put your keys in their common box, which I find very invading in privacy. Did I say "MUST", yes! It's a must to place your car keys at their common box. 4. They only serve waffles every single morning!,, waffled out when I stayed there for 4 days!! 5. The owners helper don't provide food and salary to his helpers which I find very abusing to someone who is in need of accommodation. This guy( the owner) is taking advantage of international students. 6. When I canceled my last night of stay, the owner was extremely mad and told me off. I didn't even confirm my last night of staying there, but he said he have refused customers bec. He was saving my bed space. I find it very strange bec. Check out tie is at 4:30pm and when I told him I'm not staying for additional night, he was madly pissed. 7. The house is so cramed that you have to pass tru the bathrooms in order to get to your bed space, it's discusting, bec he does not allow people to wear house slippers and just before you enter your room, you must pass tru the bathrooms!! Yikes!! 8. The dish cloths are beyond the word disgusting. 9. Don't leave water bottles within the house bec. Somebody will try to put something in there that will make you NAUCIOUS!!!.be superly cautios!!! 10. Lastly the owner is very pretentious portraying himself to be so calm and collected, but his freaking greedy... Ps. When I arrive early he was so annoyed that he told me to come back at 7:30am and he wouldn't let me in..even though I missed my first day of reservation!, So piece of advice to my fellow travellers, no matter how desperate you are finding a hostel in tofino, don't dare to even call nor check this hostel. Trust me you will be in safe hands if you just stayed at Whallers where you feel safe, comfortable and would really feel the tofino atmosphere!,

I spent two weeks in the Pacific Northwest this summer with my boyfriend, and this spot was…read moredefinitely our favorite accommodations! Nick and Erica have transformed their home into part bed and breakfast/hostel and part home. They live upstairs and there are 2 or 3 private rooms with a lock and private bathrooms, as well as a bedroom with 5 bunks and a communal bathroom for them to share. There is a communal kitchen with fridge and cupboard space allotted for each room - this is a huge money savings! They cook a fresh salmon dinner for guests on Wednesday night for a nominal price ($5 maybe?) and they could not be more gracious about welcoming all travelers into their home. We stayed in a private room so we had the luxury of privacy, with the companionship that you find in a hostel. It was right by the water with a great deck/view and you had full use of the grill and two rental bikes. This is such an amazing find and we highly recommend it to anyone traveling to Tofino (which you should do!).