"There may be no city in the world that takes its ice hockey team more seriously than Edmonton does, and it’s in the newly redeveloped Ice District, centered on the city-center Rogers Place ice arena, that you’ll find the JW Marriott Edmonton. You’d expect it to be a fairly sophisticated luxury hotel, and you’d be right, but you might not expect it to be so thoughtfully tailored to its setting, with artwork and design elements that evoke the natural textures of Alberta’s landscape. Braven, the restaurant, is a high-end chophouse, naturally enough, while the lobby bar and the Alchemy cocktail bar are pure urban glamour." - Tablet Hotels