My friend and I had a 'girls day out' here over the weekend and we were delighted with our room, the breakfast and the location...somewhat! It is right across the street from the Metro, which is wonderful, but when we went out at night to get dinner, there were police all over and someone stretched out on the curb where we had to cross the street! Not the most impressive initial impression!
It is an easy 5-10 min walk to Old Montreal's northern edge. The breakfast buffet was great, although there was a big line and when we got inside there were lots of empty tables...I don't know if they just didn't have enough servers on duty?
I made my reservation via Expedia and I am sure that I specified a nonsmoking room, however when we checked in they said that all they had were smoking rooms, and asked if I would like to upgrade to a business room for USD$20, more, so I did.
The hotel is great once you are inside, although on the street outside there were all kinds of 'characters' hanging aroung. The room was beautiful with lots of ammenities and a great view, from which we were told we could see the fireworks...we could see the smoke and hear them, but there was a huge office building blocking the view! Indoor parking is discounted for guests, with in and out priviliges, although you have to walk up and down the ramp to get to your car.
All in all, I might stay here again, but for the price USD$205 (including parking & breakfast), I think I could have done better elsewhere.

We stayed at Place Dupuis for 4 days for the Canada Day long weekend. The hotel was clean and so was the room. The price was quite high for what was offered, but it was a long weekend and no other hotels nearby had any openings.

The staff is friendly enough, but you do sometimes get the old English versus French issue, but it only happened a couple of times. We had a Superior Room which costed $20 a day extra than the standard room, but it came with breakfast, which was your standard hot/cold buffet. The view from our particular room was awful, one side of the hotel faces a business complex. The parking was expensive, but it was underground. Had a mini-bar that we used to store food that had to be kept cold. The room was not very spacious, but had wireless internet that was very reliable. For an expensive hotel, the decor was dated, but doesn't matter all that much I guess.

We were satisfied with the hotel itself - helpful staff, generous, spotless room with great view of Mont Royal, decent restaurant, and convenient parking garage, but this is not one of a Montreal's charming neighborhoods! Rue St. Catherine is a sea of strip shows and fast food joints and panhandlers block the street day and night. It's also a long walk to see the historic sights of Old Montreal.

I stayed here as part of a group, for OutGames 2006. It was a perfect location, for the venues on St. Catherine Street. The hotel was very clean, the rooms were big, and the staff were very very helpful, considering the large number of non-french speaking aussies who were staying there.

I would definitely recommend Hotel Place Dupuis as a place for future visits to Montreal. The breakfast was cheap, for buffet only about $15. The room we had, was quiet, overlooking the park and high enough to not hear any street noise. The fact that the subway station was so close was great and also the shopping mall with fresh fruits and other snacks was just down stairs also.

Only point that i disliked was that unless you upgraded to "deluxe" there was no fridge in the standard rooms. The ice machine was also on the floor above, so it was a bit hard to keep drink cold.