Timur Kholodenko (.
Google
If you only concern about hotel's location - then you are all set. The rest of the experience, unfortunately, didn’t leave the best impression. While the location of the place is wonderful, the hotel itself feels rather dated, dark, and only questionably clean, especially considering the high nightly rate, and nearly everything comes with an extra charge, even self-parking starts at $50 per night, and valet is $70... and then + taxes, taxes, and more taxes.
Reaching the Niagara falls also isn’t as straightforward as expected; you either need to pay for the funicular or walk a fairly long distance. Ok food, mediocre coffee, and basic items are noticeably expensive as well.
What concerned me the most, and still does, that almost immediately, just as soon as I got my key and enter the room, I received notifications of the unexpected charges on my credit card, especially made on early-morning, while I still slept, charges that appeared on my credit card around 5 a.m.
When I asked the front desk, I was told it was “not a big deal,” and that the hotel “automatically checks whether the card still works.” Why would Marriott charged my cc some random sums, after it already got full charge for the whole stay? No clear explanation was offered. Desk agent reassured me these were only pending authorizations and would disappear after checkout.
And yet, several days after I left hotel the charges were still there. Overall, it’s not a terrible stay, but for the price, I expected a much better experience and greater transparency.
My recommendation; if you are planning to spent your time sitting in the room, then maybe you should bite the bullet and pay per night about $350US+parking. If you are there to enjoy the scenery and be outside, it would be prudent to find a cheaper place to sleep/stay and just drive around.