Stayed at Executive Inn for 2 nights. The hotel doesn’t have a swimming pool, but does have 2 small (4 people size) Jacuzzi, and 2 small steam rooms (it look like a shower, that can handle 2 people inside). The hotel has one restaurant, the Graze Grill; but have a few restaurants that are within walking distance, which includes Hooters, Earls, Tony’s Roma, Joey's Tomato and a pub across the street.
About the previous poster that mentioned missing belonging; I personally did not have that problem. On Tuesday morning, I was worried about leaving my $2,000+ laptop in the trunk of my car, at the same time I was sceptical about leaving it in my room. I decided to leave the laptop behind in the room; at the same time I left my jacket, with loose change inside my pockets behind too. Furthermore, while my luggage was zipped up, I left it on the sofa. When I returned, none of my personal belonging was touched, it was exactly the same way I left it. My bed was made up perfect, and the washroom cleaned perfectly as well. From my personal experience, the complaint about missing belongings has no merit.
The reception was nice and polite, and when the Spa ran out of towels, I went to the front reception to inform her, and within 10 minutes she showed up with more towels. The Graze Grill Restaurant is a pure beef place, check out their website to see their menu. They have a 5 lb steak challenge, which I tried, but I only finished 3.5 lbs before calling it quit. The service is spectacular, would rank the service as good as being on a cruise.
As for the room I had no problems with noise, and the bed was comfortable. The room is a little dark, the hotel uses the low energy light bulbs, and takes time to warm up, even then the room is still a little dark for my liking. Executive Inn does offer free internet in the room. The connection is not on the lamp, but if you follow the telephone line to the face plate on the wall, you will find the data port right beside it. The jacks you see on the lamp is for telephone. Make sure you bring an extra Ethernet cable with you, not sure if the hotel provides one or not, but there was no cable in the desk. To my surprise the high speed internet is pretty fast, I would say about 5 Mbps….I had to download an upgrade for my laptop, and the file came in about 300k/s.
While Executive Inn is no 5 star hotel, from my personal experience, the staff tries their very best to make you stay as comfortable as possible, and I have no problems recommending this hotel to anyone that like staying at a 3 star hotel. Next time I’m in Calgary for business, I know where I will be staying. Thanks for the great hospitality.
