Parq is the sleekest casino-hotel in Canada: a downtown complex that stacks two genuinely high-end hotels — the full-service JW Marriott and the boutique Douglas, around 500 rooms combined — over a design-led casino, a rooftop park and a dozen restaurants, right beside BC Place.
Parq's floor is style-led rather than sprawling — a smart, contemporary room of table games, a poker room and slots designed as part of a luxury complex rather than a hall bolted onto a hotel. It is a polished night out in the heart of the city.
Two distinct hotels share the tower — the four-star JW Marriott for full service and the boutique Douglas, an Autograph Collection hotel, for something quieter and more design-led. Around 500 rooms in total, both genuinely high-end, a lift-ride from the tables and the restaurants.
The dining is the headline: around a dozen restaurants and bars, plus a spa, a large event space and a landscaped rooftop park six storeys up. For a luxury city break, nothing among Canadian casino-hotels offers this range on one site.
Parq sits downtown beside BC Place, steps from the seawall, Yaletown and transit. You pay city-centre luxury prices, but you are at the centre of Vancouver with a stylish casino downstairs — the pick for travellers who want the city as much as the gaming.