Cathryn G.
Yelp
Y'all, this place is epically beautiful. When I went to U of A, I could only dream of staying here. Many years later, my dream has finally come true. An organization that I belong to was hosting a conference here and as soon as I saw the location. I jumped at it and signed up to present. The location of this hotel is just serene. The walking trails are magnificent. The sunsets are amazing.
My room was very nice and nicely updated. My king size bed was very comfortable and I also had a sofa bed. Interestingly, I was upgraded to a two room suite. The sad part is it was just me since it was for a conference. So I ended up with a large living room a second TV and a second bathroom. This would be phenomenal when traveling with family . Alas, mine was not here but as soon as they saw that room, they wished they were. The rooms are well appointed and updated pretty well. My room had a small refrigerator and Keurig. I wish it also had a microwave. My only real complaint about my room was the television, as I could not figure out a way to stream Netflix or other services on the TV. I will say the Wi-Fi was a bit of a struggle as well. The bathroom was very nice and the tub was huge, like you could fit two large people in it huge, like bigger than my son's splash pool for the summer huge. I am a huge fan of baths and so I did not mind this enormous tub, not me, not one bit, however, it may not be the most ideal set up in a state that is struggling with water. Did I also mention the towels were full on bath sheets? Again, such a nice touch!
As I stated, I was attending a conference at this hotel, and they did a great job with the conference. We were served continental breakfast in the morning, which came with excellent coffee and stellar choices of hot tea. Some conferences don't have tea, or they have bad tea, but this had Harney and sons, which is good stuff . The pastries for the continental breakfast were also above average. The lunch they served was really quite good. It was a lime chicken piccata and that was really yummy. The desserts were also really good. The risotto could use some work, but it's really hard to serve risotto to a large group of people as risotto requires a ridiculous amount of patience.
The property is just gorgeous. The one thing I would say is that you can tell it's a little bit older by all of the glass block everywhere which sort of screams 1990s to me other than that though it's just really outstanding would definitely recommend. Service was top notch as well.