Name: Best Western Plus Dartmouth Hotel & Suites
Address: 15 Spectacle Lake Drive, Dartmouth, Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CA
Price range: $108–$398 per night
Rating: 8.78

What guests think

At Best Western Plus Dartmouth Hotel & Suites, travellers consistently mention clean, spacious rooms and friendly service, with families especially praising the pool, waterslide, and generous hot breakfast, while the quiet, convenient location near Dartmouth Crossing suits trips and shopping.

Common drawbacks are noise from sports teams and busy pool hours, and some rooms face a brick wall or have dated fixtures or noisy A/C. Breakfast quality and the on-site restaurant receive both praise and criticism, and removal of in-room coffee makers split opinions. Housekeeping is generally solid but occasional lapses and rare pest reports appear. Expect a family-friendly, convenient stay with lively periods.

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Facilities

The indoor pool with waterslide and splash pad is a major draw, though it is small, crowded at peak times, and occasionally over chlorinated or closed. Free parking, an on site restaurant bar, an adequate gym, and limited lounge outdoor space are noted; occasional elevator issues reported.

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Amanda

Sep 14, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Great hotel for our week long vacation! - Service was excellent and the front desk was very friendly. - The rooms were slightly outdated, but we liked that our King suite had a separation area. It was a great room if you have kids! - Breakfast was pretty good in comparison to other hotels we’ve stayed at. Tons of space to eat and it wasn’t overly crowded. - The surrounding areas were very convenient to the highway and nearby stores, restaurants, etc. They even have a trail nearby, which was enjoyable to walk through. - The pool and splash pad was a big hit for my 3 year old. However, it can get quite busy during peek hours. Overall, it was a great experience!

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joe

Aug 21, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

We came with another family. We had two rooms. The problem is that there wasn't a place where we could have hanged out... no terrace outside and no lounge area inside unless u go to the restaurant beside the lobby. The Lobby area was not a good place to be as it was small and alot of traffic there. Would be nice if there was some lounge area or even an outdoor place to just hang out...with tables and chairs.

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Catherine

Aug 22, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

To elevator flooring was all torn,but maybe still being fixed. Floors around elevator constantly wet from people using the pool-hazard for falls and slippage. Staff was great and pleasant. Plenty of well-lit parking. Great option for breakfast .

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Ashley

Sep 11, 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Clean pool n slide for kids

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Patrick

Jul 5, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Newer hotel, comfy beds and a big breakfast with options. Breakfast is very busy and a bit chaotic. Pool is rather small. Lots of sports teams stay here, so the pool is always crazy. No hot tub.

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Jasmine

Sep 6, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We were there for an overnight for my son's birthday before we flew out the next morning.The front desk staff were wonderful. Super friendly and kind. Breakfast was good. My young kids chose the hotel for the water slide and pool. They had a blast. I will say the chlorine levels in the pool were extreme. We all had red eyes and my swimsuit was ruined from it. We still had a great time but the chlorine was a bit much! We all had a lovely time. I would still recommend the hotel. Just maybe it would be a good idea to check those levels! 😬

10

Murielle

Nov 15, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The reason for our stay was to celebdate our grandaughtrr's 10 th birthday. We chose it for the waterslide and it definitely ticked all the boxes. Dinner was delicious and our waitress was absolutely lovely. The hotel is clean and the staff are very courteous. We enjoyed our stay

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Jamie

Aug 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The on site restaurant was very good. The continental breakfast was adequate with enough space for sitting with food.

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Celina

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Free parking, small but serviceable gym and pool, free breakfast hours great, 2 queen bedroom was large and comfortable. Could still hear neighbours. Used their coin laundry machines- dryer not very effective. Location in a business park area so limited dining out options but close to downtown Halifax via bridge. Attentive staff. Would stay again.

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Kathryn

Jul 31, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Rooms were clean and quiet. My daughter unfortunately got stuck in an elevator for 20 minutes creating some anxiety and stress

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Cleanliness

Many guests found rooms and common areas very clean, with housekeeping generally effective. However, some reported missed cleaning and maintenance, occasional pool cleanliness issues, and a few isolated pest mentions.

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Stephanie

May 26, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

great service, but room and pool area was dirty.

10

SHelley

Nov 19, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great stay. Clean property.

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SHERRIE

Oct 13, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The bed and pillows were clean and comfortable. Nothing had been dusted or cleaned on the bedside table for quite some time. The toilet seat kept sliding off to the left. When showering, the drain was so clogged, that the shower was more like a bath unfortunately, as the water was very, very slow to drain. It made me feel gross and unclean. I'm commenting only because it was likely clogged like this for a very long time and no action to clean/fix it was taken. Reporting it to the front desk was met with disinterest. She did not know what I meant by "drain", she was confused so I said the shower didn't work well, but she still said nothing. So maybe it was a language barrier thing. I will assume that it won't be fixed for the next traveller either. Safe travels everyone!

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Talisha

May 30, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Found old KFC take out and coleslaw in the fridge in my room, a sock and bottle cap under the bed. Aside from that, the room was clean and in good condition. Staff was super friendly!

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Gary

Sep 15, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

We found some bugs in our bed

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Amanda

Jul 14, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Our stay was pretty good . We did find around pool could have been more clean and water looked murky. All in all it was good .

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Fatima

May 29, 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

In lobby there’s rodents moving around and in the room there were 2 rodents moving around that we’ve noticed.

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Diane

Nov 9, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Yes the room was spotless and the staff was great

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Randy

Nov 25, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Bed was not clean. Breakdast was not good. Bland food limited selection

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Maria

Jul 13, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Daily cleaning was great, rooms were a big size and very clean!

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Rooms

Rooms are typically large and comfortable, with suites that work well for families. Some guests note dated decor, limited views, hallway or A C noise, small bathrooms, and the removal of in room coffee makers.

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Derek

Nov 21, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

the rooms have a lot of space and the building is very clean.

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Lisa

Jun 6, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

No room safe. Wasn’t aware of the remoteness of the location.

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Heather

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The room was big with a separate bedroom and living area. Bed was very comfortable but pull-out couch was not great. Breakfast was okay.

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Richard

Oct 7, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Cons: Our room on 2nd floor faced a brick wall/structure where humming noise from what we assumed to be an industrial fan or air conditioning unit appeared to be originating from (trouble sleeping until got used to the sound or it shut off). Large power lines overhead weren't appealing either. Location in Commercial / industrial park area - but amenities within short driving distance. Pros: Staff courteous and attentive. Room clean. Breakfest ok. Plenty of parking spaces.

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donna

Jul 30, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Breakfast Buffett just okay . Bathroom in room small.

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Marcus

May 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Clean, plain room with comfortable beds and a shower with great water pressure. Very quiet

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Alastair

Jan 19, 2026

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Stayed 4 nights

Pleasant check in, clean room but hotel feels a bit tired. Short walk to a few fast food options. Was good for overnight stop just off the highway.

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S Rao

Jul 28, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The rooms are spacious, clean and very comfortable. The only complaint is that they removed coffer makers in the rooms and installed a coffee machine 24/7 in the lobby with many choices. Also they removed sofas from two queen bed rooms claimin all their sofasa are stops-beds. Need at least regular sofa or additionalchairs.

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Tammy

Aug 21, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

It was okay. Really enjoyed the breakfast items and area; friendly staff. Would have been better if: we could see anything out the window (all we could see was a wall); there was a coffee maker in the room (first hotel I’ve not had one); if there was a table and some chairs; if there had been enough light to see what we were doing. Thankfully we didn’t spend a lot of time in the room but these are just things we’ve come to expect with every hotel stay for the same price

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Darlene

Aug 30, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

So noisy hardly got any sleep. A/C was so incredibly noisy but it was too hot to shut it off. Also had a herd of elephants in the room above us. Absolutely no sound proofing in this hotel. The view out our window was a solid brick wall. You know you’ll get the worst room booking through Expedia.

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Service

Staff are widely described as friendly, accommodating, and efficient, with quick check in out and helpful gestures like locating lost items or offering late checkout. A few reports mention curt interactions or slow responses during busy times.

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Lois

Jul 23, 2025

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Stayed 8 nights

We were very appreciative of the night clerk, Dave when we arrived on a later flight, rented a car and got lost trying to get to the hotel. When i called for help with directions, he stayed on our phone until we arrived. Because it was so late by this time, he provided us with light snacks and water. My husband is diabetic and we were very much appreciative of his attentions. Thanks Dave!

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Jim

Sep 24, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Easy and quick check-in and check out.

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SHERRIE

Oct 13, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The bed and pillows were clean and comfortable. Nothing had been dusted or cleaned on the bedside table for quite some time. The toilet seat kept sliding off to the left. When showering, the drain was so clogged, that the shower was more like a bath unfortunately, as the water was very, very slow to drain. It made me feel gross and unclean. I'm commenting only because it was likely clogged like this for a very long time and no action to clean/fix it was taken. Reporting it to the front desk was met with disinterest. She did not know what I meant by "drain", she was confused so I said the shower didn't work well, but she still said nothing. So maybe it was a language barrier thing. I will assume that it won't be fixed for the next traveller either. Safe travels everyone!

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Holly

Jan 4, 2026

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Stayed 1 night

My husband and two kids booked there to enjoy our children’s birthday. It’s what the chose to do, go to a hotel with a waterslide. We were on a floor with what we think was a minor hockey team. We have no issue with that but we do have an issue with the whole team running up and down the hallway for 2 hours (9:30-11:30), constant door slamming (leaving the tab in the door and the door hitting it) this happens probably 100 times and then when the parents returned they stayed in the hallway right by our room yelling and laughing for over an hour. We called the front desk 3 times for them to contain them into their rooms and that didn’t happen until 11:30 about 3 hours after it all began. If it hadn’t been for our kids already sleeping we would have packed up and left. They did offer us another room but our kids were already asleep and if we were gonna pack the room up it was gonna be only when we were leaving! My husband and I barely slept! Was not enjoyable!

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julia

Jul 27, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

service was great! very friendly staff. overall just ok hotel, good for a night or two. the one thing i will say is one of the bartenders at the restaurant was quite rude to one of us, we were going to just take a look at the drink menu and come back. my friend was wearing a bathing suit top and her pants, as we were coming back from the pool. one of the female bartenders said quite rudely that she’d need to put a top on to come in. and i completely understand that, it’s just the way she said it and gave us dirty looks when we were just trying to get a quick look at the drinks they had and we were on our way, but the way she said it made us not go to the restaurant or order any drinks after!

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Naomi

Nov 24, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Yes, staff were friendly and quick to get us checked in. Room was clean. Needed extra towels because we had extra showers from having used the pool. Very quick to get us extra towels when I asked

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Claude

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My stay was great. Only small thing in the room is that the TV did not rotate to watch from the bed ( very minor detail) staff were great and breakfast was good, it could have had bacon and sausage and maybe variety of eggs( boiled, fried etc…)

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Tracy

Aug 22, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Comfortable beds, nice bedding and towels. Breakfast was a bit of a zoo but plenty of choice. My husband had to empty coffee maker for guests as it stopped working and staff were not attending to it. House keeping did not make our beds and we were there for two nights.

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Laurie

Nov 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The food was not good. The breads all tasted old, not fresh at all. This was the only thing we did not enjoy, everything else on the property was excellent.

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Wayne

Oct 26, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I left valuables behind and they were quick to retrieve them for me

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Location

Quiet business park setting close to Dartmouth Crossing and major highways, with easy driving to Halifax and the airport. Walkable dining is limited, so a car is useful.

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David

Sep 24, 2025

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Stayed 8 nights

This hotel was very pleasant to stay in. The room was a generous size, clean and comfortable. The staff were very good though the people in the Trendz restaurant varied from excellent to not very good. The breakfast was very good, and excellent choices. It is in an industrial area and there is not much scope for walking anywhere. There are restaurants close by and it it is easy to get to the main roads.

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Anton

Oct 18, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice chain hotel close to highway to get to your destination and major shopping.

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Andrea

Oct 15, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Very quiet area and very close to Dartmouth Crossing.

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Paul

Jun 9, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Located to Dartmouth Crossing.Shopping Area. Easy access to main highways.

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Ghislain

Apr 13, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Great location, clean and beautiful rooms and amenities

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Eric

Aug 18, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Residing in a quiet place but with some distance to downtown

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Paula

Jun 24, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

It is a great location. Close to Halifax without the Halifax price. Great shopping all next door. Great breakfast

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Brenda

Aug 31, 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

No restaurants, it is in industrial area and everything closes early

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Jessica

Sep 29, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Convienient location

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Celina

Sep 1, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Free parking, small but serviceable gym and pool, free breakfast hours great, 2 queen bedroom was large and comfortable. Could still hear neighbours. Used their coin laundry machines- dryer not very effective. Location in a business park area so limited dining out options but close to downtown Halifax via bridge. Attentive staff. Would stay again.

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Dining

The free hot breakfast is often praised for variety and space, but some guests found it bland, repetitive, or crowded. Trendz restaurant gets many positive remarks, though a few diners experienced closures, limited menus, or uneven food and service.

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Kevin

Dec 30, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The stay was booked with the understanding restaurant and lounge is open as there is little else around there. Showed up oh sorry its closed because of low occupancy. Didnt stop you from charging full price. The room was nice.

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Gretchen

Oct 9, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

This is a great hotel, convenient location for touring Nova Scotia and quite comfortable. We had an odd room, however. There was a wall three feet outside our window, so no view. And the floor was quite uneven. Aside from these two things, the room and hotel were great. Good breakfast but we don't recommend the restaurant for dinner. Poor quality food there - chowder was old and way too salty, and the staff acknowledged that others had complained but they sold it anyhow. Ugh.

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Kenneth

Nov 17, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

The breakfast area was very spacious and well stocked. I particularly liked the EV Charger that had a very reasonable rate for charging.

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Christine

Aug 1, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

My only issue was with thr Trendz Reatautant. Had placed our order around 7.30 and around 8.45 they came and told us they had no wings left and it was wing night. All other tables gor served but because ours was a bigger table we never got any. Then they still charged us for our drinks with a discount tho. Then asked if we wantes to have the kids meals while the adults had nothing.

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WILLIAM

Sep 21, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Excellent breakfast service and choices, and the help there courteous and very on-the-ball for refilling stages.

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Curt

Oct 9, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This hotel is exceptional. It is kept very clean and the breakfast and dining facility is spacious and kept very well stocked with hot breakfast items. Staff and overall facilities were A+.

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Jamie

Aug 17, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The on site restaurant was very good. The continental breakfast was adequate with enough space for sitting with food.

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Michelle

Nov 2, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The rooms were nice and clean and the staff were friendly. There was a great variety for breakfast and it was good.

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Laurie

Nov 5, 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The food was not good. The breads all tasted old, not fresh at all. This was the only thing we did not enjoy, everything else on the property was excellent.

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Alan

Sep 10, 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Breakfast was not good. No cooked oatmeal, no brewed coffee (there was a machine where you pushed a button to get your drink and it mixed hot water with a brown liquid). Very disappointing. The room door didn’t close completely unless you yanked it shut.

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Month	Average price
January	$134
February	$132
March	$162
April	$139
May	$180
June	$196
July	$203
August	$214
September	$188
October	$169
November	$161
December	$133

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17 $398	18 $320	19 $287
20 $230	21 $276	22 $307	23 $275	24 $282	25 $304	26 $365
27 $180	28 $189	29 $175	30 $195

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $177	2 $201	3 $187
4 $170	5 $287	6 $293	7 $262	8 $242	9 $174	10 $153
11 $108	12 $173	13 $186	14 $188	15 $209	16 $196	17 $190
18 $177	19 $174	20 $164	21 $168	22 $212	23 $177	24 $155
25 $109	26 $126	27 $126	28 $114	29 $114	30 $112	31 $114

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Suite, 1 King Bed, Refrigerator & Microwave (With Sofabed)

Suite, 1 King Bed, Kitchen (Shower Only, Full Kitchen)

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible, Refrigerator

Executive Room, 1 King Bed, Refrigerator & Microwave (With Sofabed)

Business Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible, Refrigerator & Microwave (Walk-In Shower)

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds (Shower Only)

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave (Shower Only;With Sofabed)

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