We would definitely stay at Samantha's guest house again. When we arrived everything was super clean and we found everything from shampoo to kitchen stuff. Thanks to the restaurant recommendations, we ate amazing pizza after a long flight. Having breakfast every morning right by the koipond was soothing. Samantha has a great taste in interior decorating. We walked or went by bike (25 minutes to Stanley Park). Supermarkets and a small local store are in walking distance. I would only suggest avoiding Hastings street: never seen so many homeless people in a big Western city. Only small minus: the mattress.