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Spruce Grove Inn: Traveler Reviews

2.5 of 5
545 Banff Avenue, Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta T1L 1B5, Canada
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Spruce Grove Inn
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Rating summary
  • Location
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Sleep Quality
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Rooms
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Service
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Value
    3.5 of 5 stars
  • Cleanliness
    4 of 5 stars
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Edmonton, Canada
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11 reviews 11 reviews
10 hotel reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
“Good Stay, Average Hotel”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 7, 2013

This will be our second year staying in the hotel from December 30th to January 1st. We book this weekend through Magic Bus Tours and the hotel is included so I'm not exactly sure of the price that is normally charged. The hotel is located close to the end of the Banff Ave strip so everything is still fairly close for walking. The staff was friendly and helpful. There was no iron in the room so we called the front desk and they brough us an iron and an iron board within 10 minutes. The rooms are clean, but very dated. We have only stayed on the main floor, the rooms on the second floor have balconys. One thing that we did notice is the walls are fairly thin, so if you are a little sleeper ask to be moved away from the front hallway. Overall decent stay in a good location!

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  • Stayed December 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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David B, General Manager at Spruce Grove Inn, responded to this review
January 9, 2013
Good day to you,

Thank you very much for your comments & observations, these are very helpful for the Hotel going forward especially when it comes to employee training, hotel upkeep and planning hotel capital expenditure.
It is pleasing to hear that the staff - even though it is always a stressful few days over the New Year - were pleasant and helpful & your request (i.e. iron & ironing board) was fullfilled in a timely manner.
The Spruce Grove was built in two stages in 2003 & 2006 and as you mentioned it is due of some upgrades to keep pace with the ever changing expected amenities etc. As mentioned observations and comments such as yours are very helpful when it comes to planning these "capital" upgrades.
Very true, especially over this New Year holiday, it can become noisy especially when one is one the "ground/entrance" floor. The second and third floors at this time of year are also noisy but definitely not as much as the ground floor.
it is true that the second & third floor has rooms - Superior Rooms - that are somewhat bigger in size and that also have balconies.
Once again thank you for your comments & observations and we are glad to hear that your visit to the Hotel & to beautiful Banff was enjoyable.
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Mundelein, Illinois
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13 helpful votes 13 helpful votes
“Great room - Won't be for long!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed September 29, 2012

Our room was well appointed and reasonably clean. Unfortunately the housekeeping in the hallways needed attention when we first arrived at about 4:00 PM and still did when we left around 10:00 the next morning. The Q-Tip and string in the photos was on the hallway carpet just outside our room the entire time. We had to go next door to the Voyager Inn to check out in the morning as both are under the same management. Just as others have noted, The Voyager Inn is a dump and we elected to pass on the complimentary breakfast. It looked scary. We will not be returning.

  • Stayed September 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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David B, General Manager at Spruce Grove Inn, responded to this review
October 3, 2012
Good day and thank you for your "Review" with the very helpful observations and comments.
It is always very good for the hotel to receive...
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Calgary, Canada
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Beware of the neighbours..!”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed September 13, 2012

On it's own, the Spruce Grove hotel is not that bad - basic, but clean and comfortable. However, they share certain facilities (including restaurant) with the neighbouring Voyager Inn, which is a dump. We ended up skipping breakfast as we were appalled by the restaurant facilities, which looked dated and dirty. Too bad really; it let down our overall experience.

  • Stayed September 2012, traveled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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David B, General Manager at Spruce Grove Inn, responded to this review
September 15, 2012
Thank you for your "review"; all observations & comments from Guests help the Hotels in their ongoing goal of ever improving Guest Service, Care and...
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Edmonton, Canada
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“BED BUGS, Stay Away from this Inn”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 12, 2012

My girlfriend and I decided to make a last minute trip to do some hiking before things got busy in the fall. We managed to get a room at the spruce grove inn last minute, at the time we thought we got lucky. We drove in Saturday morning and checked in later in the day, no problems, nice hotel right on the Banff main drag. We had a quick nap and headed out for dinner and returned later that evening. Everything was satisfactory until Monday morning when I woke up covered in bites, specifically my face and back. Several years ago I backpacked through Europe and had an unfortunate encounter with bed bugs while jumping through hostels. I know what they are, there is no mistake, these are bed bugs bites. I met with a physician at the university of Alberta and he confirmed that these are bed bugs and gave me some medication. I will not ever be returning to this hotel, I feel scammed to have paid $200 for a hotel room that had bed bugs, and potentially have brought them into my home because of this hotel. Please do not stay here and warn anyone else going to Banff to stay away from this hotel, Bed Bugs are no laughing matter.

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  • Stayed September 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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David B, General Manager at Spruce Grove Inn, responded to this review
September 13, 2012
Good day,

The Hotel is very concerned to read your report/comments as these sorts of matters are taken very seriously indeed and immediately act upon when they are reported.
What is even more alarming is that the Hotel has received no notification or feed back on the matter of Guests having bites etc from anything including bed bugs; it is obviously next to impossible to act and treat for any possible case of bed bugs if the Hotel does not know about a possible incident.
The Hotel can absolutely say that it has not received any reports or concerns with regard to possible bed bug incidents or any other insect type occurance.
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“Good Clean hotel - with uncomfortable beds”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed September 4, 2012

Overall, the staff was nice, courteous.. the hotel was clean, with safe heated underground parking.

The rooms were basic and clean - however the bed was extremely uncomfortable, worn out.. needed new spring.....

  • Stayed September 2012, traveled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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David B, General Manager at Spruce Grove Inn, responded to this review
September 5, 2012
Thank you very much for your comments and observation in regard to your recent stay at the Spruce Grove Inn here in Banff.
I am glad to hear that you received good, courtious and helpful service from the staff - Guest Service is always the number one focus of the Hotel and we are always striving to improve whenever possible. As you say the Hotel works to provide a clean, safe and quality basic enviroment for our Guests; ranging from a "secure" underground parkade to clean & functional rooms.
It is good to hear your observations with regard to the beds, I thank you for them: obviously beds - their firmness or softness is always a "personal/subjective" preference - but your observations will definitely help towards pushing for "new product" (either whole beds or at least matteress) when it comes to winter refurbishments etc.
Once again so many thanks for your comments & observations and I hope we have the chance to welcome you again to beautiful Banff.
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Also Known As:
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Spruce Grove Hotel
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Address: 545 Banff Avenue, Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta T1L 1B5, Canada
Region: Canada > Alberta > Canadian Rockies > Banff National Park > Banff
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Hotel Class:2.5 star (2.5*)
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