Vancouver Rising

By Russ Rymer - November/December, 2003

To gauge the success of the Yaletown experiment in commercial and design terms, one only need enter the Opus Hotel on Davie Street. The rooms are high-concept - bold colors, glass-walled bathrooms, furniture clad in jazzy weaves and even faux fur - without being low on comfort. Design aside, the Opus Hotel is popular for two bedrock reasons: its attentive and professional staff and its location. Within blocks are a number of popular new restaurants, as ethnic as Simply Thai, as open-face friendly as Rodney's Oyster House, or as ambitiously refined as Glowbal Grill and Satay Bar.