3 years ago
Clean hotel, friendly staff, great location.
Clean hotel, friendly staff, great location.
I went for Ai-kon and stayed because this is the "official" hotel of the convention as I understand it.
My room was comfortable, with a nice pretty soft and comfortable King size bed. I had a chair with a small table near my patio door, a nice big desk to work at which I used more than expected, and the T.V. was plenty large enough with convenient connectors at the desk, so if I wanted to connect a computer to stream something it was easy. Netflix was built in to the T.V., as was Chromecast.
The bathroom has a heated floor and a nice sized shower. Like most tubs today, there's not much chance you're going to soak in it, but I didn't have time for that anyway.
The hotel is conveniently located near two Japanese restaurants, a Boston Pizza, two Starbucks a grocery store and plenty more I didn't notice since I was there for a convention.
The hotel also has a restaurant and coffee bar located inside. You can get some Starbucks drinks at the coffee bar, but your can't use your app. I found the walk to Starbucks (the store) nice.
I could see the swimming pool from my room but didn't use it. it looked clean and very nice.
The skywalk between buildings is great. Your can avoid bad weather and still get around downtown quite well.
If you've never been to Winnipeg, be prepared to drive a bit through town to get there. If you use the parking garage for the hotel, be prepared to search a bit for a spot and be warned, the ceiling is low.
My stay cost $300+ for 3 nights for the room (taxes and fees), plus $18 per day for parking. You can stay parked until 6 so, if you're like me, you can check out but leave your car parked for a few hours while you were more of the area or finish at your convention.
Overall, I recommend this hotel.