Recently we had meetings here for the course of three days and I stayed two nights at the hotel.
What was nice:
The hotel has a very fresh modern feel to it. I would say in some ways they have copied the design of W hotels. Very modern and clean design. The swings in the lobby are a bit kitschy for me but hey what do I know of design? My room on the 16th floor had a spectacular view of the downtown core. Room was comfortable modern and the bed was very comfortable. For our meetings the meeting rooms (Indigo) was very nice with great views and large windows to let in the natural light. The other day we were across the hall and views were equally nice but a bit less spectacular.
Location in Griffintown is very central and very close to the old port and easy to get in and out of!
What I didn't like:
We had AV issues in the larger room and needed to call the attendants a few times. They seemed a bit miffed and never really apologized. Really for the amount of times we do meetings a year it was a pain and although they tried to help solve it was sort of " that's the way it goes" attitude which I didn't appreciate for the most part.
The food was so-so. Actually our meeting planner asked for different sandwiches each day however there was salmon and chicken wraps day one. A selection of cold cuts plus chicken sandwiches on day 2, and day 3 had chicken sandwiches again with some other pulled pork like selection. Each day there were fresh salads and they were okay however the food was really meh! No one was very impressed in our group! We have eaten much better at many different hotels.
Some in our group liked the hotel others didn't and I'm somewhat neutral on my liking of this place. Maybe because it's new that they gave bugs to iron out. Maybe it's a young inexperienced staff?
We did another meeting at the Alt in 10-30 and the experience was somewhat similar.
We will keep this place in mind for the future but we will look to other locations.
The fact that there is no loyalty program with Alt hotels is a big minus. Try competing with the big chains and you understand why frequent business travellers select their locations. Loyalty matters. Lack of no points or loyalty program will mean it's not on the top of our list for the future!
For me my overall review is 2.75/5