* Nice option in downtown *
This hotel was a pleasant surprise. The room design reminded me of my current favourite hotel in Hong Kong - the Hotel Icon. It had a similar feel with somewhat modern open architecture and lots of wooden walls. Service also had a similar feel with the staff being particularly young yet professional and very friendly.
The room was nice and large with a walk in open concept closet, a comfy sitting chair, and a large desk. The washroom had a large walk-in shower and modern fixtures.
If I were to give a little feedback for some touches to consider working on for the management:
- Get rid of the $2.50 nespresso charge per pod in the room. That just seems like nickle and diming. Raise the price of the room by $2.50 a night instead.
- Consider slightly brighter lighting in the hallways - they were depressing. I can only imagine what they feel like in the winter!
- Get better bread and baked goods at the complimentary breakfast. The quality was noticeably poor compared to the rest of the spread which had very nice fresh strawberries, good quality yogurt, nice hot oatmeal, a nice selection of cheeses, a good ham, and decent coffee.
- Figure out a way to get a few more hangers into that big closet. Considering how large it was the hanging space was poorly utilized with the lack of hangers and space to hang them.
These are only small suggestions, as overall if I have to return to Calgary I would stay here again without a doubt.