Recently renovated, and I'm told one of the oldest hotels in Grande Prairie. Quite nice work. I'd…read morecall it a success. Not all rooms completed yet. They are looking forward to being fully modernized.
Lots of crystal chandeliers, sparkly button tufting on the chairs in the lobby. The room is well appointed, a couple of maintenance items I'll mention at check out. The facilities seem to be able to accommodate pretty much any size of gathering, wedding or special occasion.
Two entrances to the lobby, and you use your room key to access the elevator.
The Women's only floor is quite unique. As you exit the elevator, the Lounge and fitness room is right there. Snacks, tea, coffee, beverages in the fridge. A full jar of smarties, apples and oranges, granola bars, and I found some lovely crackers and cheese with strawberries this afternoon. Keurig with several types of Starbucks coffee and Timothy's English Breakfast tea K-cups. I did request that perhaps some other kind of herbal tea or hot chocolate would be nice, and wouldn't you know, the next morning, there was green & herbal teas waiting with some fresh fruit. Very nice. Oh, and there's a corkscrew in the lounge in case you forgot yours. ;-)
Fitness room has a treadmill, elliptical and bike, some free weights, mirror and a ball as well as a water cooler. Towels and sanitizer for cleaning off the equipment when you are done. There's a washroom as well shared with the lounge.
My room wasn't quite what I had expected when the booking agent said there was a dining table - I thought like the one in the first photo. The dining table is like a dining in bed table tray on wheels, but made of nice dark stained wood. As I set up a number of computers to work on, I usually have anywhere from 6-10 units that need a flat surface. Lining up the sofa table, dining table and the TV unit, I had enough space for 8 units. It worked out well.
It was very clean. No grunge on the remote or light switches, and ample power on every table or nightstand. It has a King sized bed with great pillows, a cute little pull out seat in front of the mirror under the coffee/Keurig station with a bottle of water provided, a mini fridge & a microwave tucked under the TV. There's an iHome clock radio with a 30-pin iPhone/iPod port - you may need an adapter to use it with the newer iPhones, but an Aux cable, so you can plug ANY device in including an iPhone for music. With a power outlet on the lamp, you can charge and listen to your music.
Bath robe, slippers, hair dryer, plenty of towels, a DEEP shower/tub combo, pull-out magnifying mirror for your makeup etc, and Aveda toiletries. Although the shower curtain is one of the nice current ones that has the sheer top to let the light in, it could use a whiff of an iron. Seems it had a rest in a ball before being hung. It's clean, I'm not worried about a few wrinkles. Means they at least care to wash it!
Pretty quiet - although the walls aren't as thick as you'd hope. I can hear my neighbour sneeze, cough and their TV. And somehow there is a Rail line close by that the Engineers feel a need to blow the horn at night.
My room is right next to the icemaker, but with the walls, I guess I only have one neighbour.
Dining - they offer a 10% off discount for all your meals if you eat in at the restaurant The Office for hotel guests, as well, there is a lounge. Both seem well set up and are great for larger groups to have semi-private meetings and gatherings.
GLUTEN FREE FOOD AVAILABLE HERE! I successfully dined on a lovely breakfast - they have gluten free bread, all the meats (ham, bacon and sausage) are gluten free. I'm not certain the wee potatoes might have been fried in a shared fryer - I'll ask tomorrow. Lunch that was catered for our meeting was soup and sandwiches, but WHAT soup and sandwiches! The soup was delicious egg drop vegetable soup. Really, really good. Also reheated well in the microwave in my room while I was working. Gluten free buns for the sandwiches, and there was lox, veggie, ham & cheese, and tuna to select from. The regular sandwiches were made with a nice white thick slice bread that seemed to be devoured happily.
The Business centre is a decently sized alcove off the lobby, with a table and chairs, you could have a small meeting, and several PCs with plenty of counter space to work.
Chair in the room and business centre are decent, although I find the dining table/ workspace in the room a little tall.
Recycling bin as well as appropriate trash containers in the room.
There is a pool and other water-type amenities, however, I haven't had a chance to check them out.
Located next to a mall - although weekdays the mall closes at 6. Shoppers Drug mart is open until 9, if you need a later one, there's a midnight closing one a short drive away. There's a Moxies across the parking lot at the back of the mall, and if you have a vehicle, you can get to anywhere in 10-15 minutes.