Kingston · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Queen's University
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
These are my five favourites in Kingston, out of the 17 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.7.
All five are inside 1.1 km of Queen's University, so you can walk it.
Highest rated of the five
Frontenac Club Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 287 reviews
Frontenac Club Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 287 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under poi and around $347 a night on the dates we checked.
17 hotels in Kingston qualified for this list and five made it. Secret Garden Inn - Bed & Breakfast is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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Frontenac Club Hotel
★★★★★4.9 from 287 reviews
1.0 km from Queen's University, about a 12 minute walk
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Secret Garden Inn - Bed & Breakfast
★★★★★4.8 from 266 reviews
800 m from Queen's University, about a 10 minute walk
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3The Rosemount Inn
★★★★★4.8 from 334 reviews
700 m from Queen's University, about a 9 minute walk
- Bar
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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4The Belvedere Hotel & Spa
★★★★★4.7 from 120 reviews
800 m from Queen's University, about a 10 minute walk
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5The Smith Hotel
★★★★★4.8 from 243 reviews
1.1 km from Queen's University, about a 14 minute walk
How this list was put together
17 Kingston hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Queen's University second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
Works weekends at an animal shelter and saves the pay for off-season flights. Hostels, night buses, and volunteering at animal sanctuaries for a bunk. Six countries in three years.
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