We were in Fairbanks as part of a cruise tour with princess. We flew in a night earlier and stayed 3 nights at the lodge. It was not at all what I thought it would be. Picture a motel 6 by the interstate for truckers. The rooms were very outdated, old furniture and carpets. The service was ok, nothin to complain about. Princess really needs to update the place.

Although I was travelling solo I was given a large room with 2 queen beds and a great view of the Chena River (which I requested in advance). The bar food was good and inexpensive. There is a hotel shuttle which if free can take you wherever you need to go.

The Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge is a couple minutes from the Airport, on the banks of the Chena River. It has ample free parking, with plug-ins at every parking spot for plugging the car in during the winter months to keep the block from freezing. It's easy to get to. The hotel itself is very nice. The foyer/check in area is gorgeous with Alaskan accents. It has a nice gift shop, an upscale restaurant and bar on the main floor, and my room was attractive and comfortable. You will have to ask for a room on the River side. If you get a room on the other side, your view will likely be of the airport and the road.

Stayed here as part of a conference hosted at the hotel. The hotel's location more or less right across the highway from the Fairbanks Int'l Airport made its location ideal for the conference we were participating in.

As a guest, I was impressed by the hotel in that I had a deluxe room that was about as big as a basketball court. It was clean, quiet and very modern etc compared to some other comments posted re room decor. The bed was very comfortable and slept well. Restaurant food was very good and seemingly in line with prices at town restaurants (i.e., the Pumphouse Restaurant). Same for the giftshop - in fact t-shirts were cheaper priced than most (guess will see how well they wear/launder to see if I got my $$ worth there).

As part of the seminar, found their conference facilities to be plenty adequate - big bright rooms, good audio/visual support etc and their catering staff worked their tails off getting meal to seminar participants, setting up room properly for sessions, etc.

Bottom line, I was impressed and I'd be back.