hotelHotel Impossible · Season 3, Episode 10 · Aired October 14, 2013
Ritz Inn
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
What happened after
Motel-style hotel; official site directly fetched, active Booking.com reservation link.
What happened on the show
Just off the tourist crush of Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Ritz Inn was a motel-style hotel competing for the enormous visitor traffic the falls draw year-round. The episode, Niagara Falls Down, played on a property that had slipped in a market where travelers have hundreds of options within a short drive of the same natural wonder. A budget hotel in a tourist mecca lives on location, value and reviews, so any decline pointed to an operation that needed sharpening rather than a shortage of potential guests. Melchiorri studied how the place actually ran day to day at 5630 Dunn Street, urging the operators to lift standards and give visitors a clean, dependable base for seeing the falls at a price that made sense. His guidance followed the show's line for a value property in a crowded destination: deliver consistently, and let the location do the rest.
After the cameras left
The Ritz Inn is still serving Niagara visitors. As of our 2026 verification the motel-style hotel at 5630 Dunn Street is open, with a directly checked official site carrying an active booking link, ranking in the lower tier of the many Niagara Falls hotels but confirmed operating. In a market with more than a hundred competing properties, staying open and bookable more than a decade after the intervention is its own quiet success. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.