This is a convenient and busy hotel near YEG. I stay here frequently for a week at a time but forget to check in on Yelp.
Counter service for check in and any other needs is always fast and friendly. While there are not a lot of amenities around, there are lots of delivery joints like Papa John's (total crap but that is for another review). The desk staff are happy to provide menus, just ask.
Across the street is a Sheraton with a Ric's Grill which is ok. Walking there is a little crazy as there is little lighting in the evening and no sidewalks. There is a liquor store nearby as well. A trip into Leduc is easy enough with plenty good restaurants to choose from.
The rooms are clean and well kept. If you have stayed in a Hampton Inn before, you will know they are consistent with decor, layout, and comfortable beds.
The only drawback at this hotel is that (warning: rant about to begin) it has terrible television viewing. It is unfathomable to me, in this century, that basic cable is so hard to come by. This is a better than decent hotel and it cannot provide cable TV viewing that at least provides channels consistent with the channel guide. There are no sports channels available. The printed tv menu card is for show only. It is bizarre that the HGI about half a km east provides good tv viewing and sports channels. This may seem petty, but it annoys me enough to always try to stay at the HGI.
The best part is that I complained and got a very heartfelt form letter from the GM assuring me that this was to be fixed. That was well before Christmas.
Carried away you may say over a trifle? In my experience, it is small details like these and a failure to remedy them that hurts a business - especially when social media is so available to trash a business for this sort of thing.
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