Murray W.
Yelp
I recently stayed at the Lord Nelson for date night on the town with my wife. This hotel frequently comes up as one of the nicest in the city, but I think that 's more based on reputation than the facts.
The good:
- Location, location, location - the views of the Public Gardens are fantastic, not to mention being walking distance to everything that downtown Halifax has to offer.
- Old school charm - they don't make lobbies like this anymore, with its dark woods, chandeliers and the mezzanine overlooking it all. The Arms, their hotel restaurant run by RCR, puts other hotel restos and their generic modern designs to shame.
- The halls and rooms seem to have been recently renovated/updated.
The Bad(ish):
- The free wifi was suitable for minor browsing and such, but if you want to stream some Netflix while you wind down for the night, you're gonna be SOL.
The Ugly:
- Like many other reviews here and elsewhere will state, the rooms are small; at least the one we got was. Maybe you can get bigger by shelling out for it, but this room was easily less than 200 square feet, and with no hall between the bedroom and the main hallway, you easily here passerby. Whenever they updated this place, they should have went the whole nine yards like The Hollis did, which has much bigger and nicer rooms for a similar, and often cheaper, price.
- Sometimes it's just the small things, ya know? There was a noticeable lack of power outlets at either side of the bed, which is a faux pas in the day and age. And you know what's worse than bland hotel room art? The empty, boring walls in our room that did't have anything on them.
It was cool to see the interior of this Halifax fixture, but even in our little city there's better options just a few blocks away.