Opus Hotel

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Style: Cutting-Edge

Atmosphere: Happening

97 Rooms

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Located in a converted warehouse in the once-seedy, newly rehabilitated district of Yaletown, Opus is that most uncommon of hotels: the brand-new, impossibly cool, ultra-stylish boutique hotel that actually has the goods to back up the image.

Notice we do not typically use the word "hip," as it is something of a curse word here at Tablet Hotels. Hip usually connotes a prevalence of flash over substance, of "buzz" over quality, a cultish idolatry of the newer rather than the better. To be selected by Tablet, a hotel must impress in dimensions beyond the visual, and must pay as much attention to guests as to press releases. Delightfully, this hotel meets our demands - beneath the flash, Opus deals in practical luxury; hence, not just Playstations, but high-speed internet as well. Bathrooms, for example, have floor-to-ceiling exterior windows - a risqué design choice, to be sure, but add a translucent shade (which they have), and suddenly you have the most precious and practical of hotel amenities - a bright, sunlit bathroom.

The 96 rooms and suites are available in five separate décor schemes, and gone are the "muses" once used to describe them (New York doctor Mike, Blahnik-wearing fashionista Susan, Method-acting L.A. ingénue Dede), replaced by, sensibly enough, colors. These are colors with character, mind you - from Stylish & Sophisticated Blue to Artful & Eclectic Green, and for the most aesthetically advanced, Daring & Dramatic Taupe, described as Hollywood glam, decked out in faux-fur and titillating artworks.

Like any aspiring hipster hotel, Opus is home to a trendy nightspot, (Opus Bar) which attracts the most stylish element of the Vancouver scene. The neighborhood, Yaletown, is Vancouver's Little Soho, the north-of-the-border stomping grounds for actors and musicians who have fled the celebrity spotlight (or spiraling production costs) of Hollywood, and Opus Bar is the most likely spot for a (seemingly inevitable) celebrity sighting, after, perhaps, the lobby.

Elixir, the restaurant, is a French brasserie, and a local favorite. Chef Don Letendre's menu starts with traditional French country cuisine and (no surprise, given the environment) adds a distinctly modern element. And Café O serves beverages and such lighter fare as croissants and panini.

Opus has a fitness room on-site, and arrangements with a nearby health club and two neighborhood spas, although the in-room spa service might prove more tempting. In fact, for all of Yaletown's charms, and those of greater Vancouver, it may be difficult to venture outside; a 1-to-1 ratio of staff to guests makes for intensely personal service, and there is no shortage of social life downstairs, in the bar.