We stayed 4 nights and used it as a base for downtown - a lot cheaper than staying downtown itself. The Blue Line train is a 15 min walk from the hotel. You pass a Hooters restuarant and a supermarket on the way to the station. The journey on the train is about 45 mins but there's some week-end works that add about 20 mins to this on those days. This worked fine for us as the kids (5 and 7) liked the train journeys and there's not much else we would have done with the travel time.
We arrived at the International terminal and to get picked from there by the free shuttle you have to call the hotel from the hotel telephones in Arrivals.
Our room was very big, with 2 large double beds, a good TV, seating area and kitchenette space, decent bathroom. All very clean. It's a no-smoking hotel which is also a big plus.
There's a small pool in the basement, not used much so it's fine and the boys liked it. Also a gym with loads of machines though I didn't use these. Again all seemed clean and well looked after.
Breakfast was included and plentiful, if not great quality but the basics were okay and the kids liked the waffle making device. Nice coffee - free all day. Only problem with breakfast is that it's in a rarher desolate space in the lobby area - not helped by the door being open allowing an icy gale to blast through whilst goods were being loaded/unloaded. this is probably temporay due to some construction work closing off the normal goods entrance. The construction itself caused no other problems.
The staff were friendly too.
Overall I'd say a good budget option and about half the price of an equiavlent downtown hotel when I looked (which was about a week before travel).
There's also a steakhouse restaurant attached to the hotel. I thought this was poor - my steak was not that good and the sevoice was a bit sloppy although the staff were pleasant enough. We also tried Hooters, which was actually okay for taking kids in and okay overall. There is also a little pizza restaurant on the road to the station which has a few tables - mainly does takeaway. My pizza was a bit wierd but the family liked theirs and the staff were great.
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