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| - I will take any excuse to go to Montreal, QC, so I've tried a lot of different hotels in that city. I've never been to the Queen Elizabeth because it's beyond my price range, but I was traveling with someone who wanted the style of accommodation to which he has become accustomed, so there we were.
I don't want to love the Queen Elizabeth, so I'm going to start off by saying that the cheese curds on the room service poutine were not to my satisfaction. On the other hand, they serve the poutine with the gravy on the side (they describe it as unctuous, but i thought it was light and lovely) and maybe if I had gotten to the meal faster I would have been able to properly melt the cheese curds over those perfectly crispy fries and it would have been a better experience. So there; a flaw at the Queen Elizabeth. If you're ordering poutine then I don't think you care if the gravy is on the side, so assume we are putting aside our calorie counting and pour it on!
But will this flaw make me overlook the bright tastefully furnished hotel room? The well-equipped gym with attentive attendants and fresh fruit on the bar? The four foot deep swimming pool where you can practice your laps and splash around with your kids before moving to the side for a soak in the hot tub, or if you prefer, a steam in the eucalyptus-scented sauna in the change room?
Will it make me overlook the absolute professionalism and pleasantness of every single person I met at that hotel? Can it make me forget that this is the best possible location in the city because I went from train to hotel instantly and had seamless access to a myriad of dining options in the food court, the shopping and restaurants of Ville Marie and the rest of the underground city and the Montreal Metro? Will it take away the memories of the gracious lobby, the scrumptious room-service hamburger or the kindness with which everyone received my 7-year-old's attempts to greet them en francais?
I know, I'll focus on the fact that they charged me $16/day for internet that was good when it was working but didn't work all the time.
That way my mind won't need to linger, wistfully on the memories of it all. *sigh*
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