Hilton Burnaby - Glitz & Glamour New Year's Eve
by Anonymous on 2015-01-05Hilton Vancouver-Metrotown - BurnabyRating: 4 out of 5We attended the dance only and wished we had made it to dinner also. We felt like we'd missed half the party and everyone had hats, streamers, glowsticks, necklaces that we didn't get as dance-only guests. Decorations were very colourful, festive and classy. The crowd was good and diverse - I would say definitely 25+ as there were some beautiful young people but majority of people were 30++. I love that everyone really goes all out and dresses to the nines for this party, without being the downtown ritzy crowd. Drinks were $7.50. The dessert & snack tables were lacking a little, I thought. Music - the different rooms were fun and I enjoyed the music but, there was too much repetition of songs and the "latin" music room rarely had any latin music playing and instead had dance/urban music with the occasional latin themed song thrown in. This was a bit of a disappointment for me. Had a great time, though, these are just things I noticed.
We stayed at the HIlton and the room was great, parking was cheap and they have great room rates for nye if you book early. Also, their security isn't overzealous and we were able to go up to our room without being harassed each time (which has been an issue at other nye hotel events I've attended in the past).