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Reviews of Brewster Mountain Lodge

3 out of 5
Brewster Mountain Lodge
208 Caribou Street, Banff, AB

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 689 out of 1026 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 249 out of 1026 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 59 out of 1026 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 17 out of 1026 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 1026 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and clean
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Chad on 26 May 2024
Thanks for the wonderful review, Donna. We hope we can see you again someday!

10/10 Excellent

Mohini

Travelled with family
Good location. Close to everything, eg down town, restaurants…
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Jack on 25 May 2024
Hidden away right in the heart of Banff! We are happy to hear you had a great stay and hope to welcome you back in the future.BestBML

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Property was clean and centrally located.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Chad on 22 May 2024
Thanks for your positive feedback, Dave. We are glad to hear you liked our downtown location and thorough cleaning procedures. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Chad on 22 May 2024
Thanks for the kind review, Trevor. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Shojiro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
とても満足です
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Jack on 21 May 2024
Arigatō!

6/10 Okay

Allan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No pool! Charge for parking!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Chad on 22 May 2024
We appreciate you giving us your feedback, Allan. We are sorry that you didn't have a look at our hotel website or give us a call ahead of time to see that we don't have a pool, in which we don't advertise having. Yes, we do charge to park in our underground parking garage that is located in the heart of downtown Banff but our price is quite low compared to the 6/hour parking fees in the parking lots around us. We hope that we can see you again in the future!

10/10 Excellent

JIANGBO

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Excellent location. Amazing staff. Jack showed us how to get the breakfast nook by taking elevator with us together. Parking is underground and not crowded when I was there.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Chad on 20 May 2024
We really appreciate you taking the time to provide us with this positive feedback. It is really nice to hear that our staff went above and beyond to make your stay with us more enjoyable. Our mission is provide the best guest experience so it is nice to hear that Jack is fulfilling this. We hope we will have the pleasure of hosting your stay again!

8/10 Good

Harry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central location in Banff with great choice of restaurants and shops. Underground parking very convenient.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Chad on 20 May 2024
We are happy to hear that you enjoyed our perfect downtown location and our convenient underground parking garage. We hope that we can see you again!

6/10 Okay

Kelli

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Unfortunately I was scolded by staff at the front desk while checking in. I was originally going with my son and booked a room two queen beds. My hubby and daughter decided to join us last minute, the staff member told me I had to pay an additional $40 per person which was fine. It was the first thing out of her mouth and telling me I did it wrong. If I had done it correctly, the higher price would have shown up. Very annoyed with me and very rude. I was kinda speechless. I have never had to call a hotel and change something unless I needed more beds or rooms. I did not appreciate it her discord for me. If I was trying to hide two people I would not have brought them into the tiny lobby with their luggage. She then told me we were not guaranteed to get in until four, that is our guaranteed time. I understood that as well. We stood by the fireplace, soaking wet and frozen while watching other families check in and get their keys. We did not feel welcome, Only when I mentioned placing a review to my son did she walk over with the keys. We also had some kids knick on our door and run after we settled down for the evening. And again early in the morning. I did not realize there was no air conditioning, but they had a large fan…my bad. The location was amazing but we will never stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Chad on 25 May 2024
Hello Kelli, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We are sorry to hear that your recent stay with us wasn't up to our high standards. Our mission is to provide the best guest experience possible, and we are sorry to have let you down. We take all feedback seriously, and we appreciate your honest feedback. We apologize for any inconvenience or frustration you may have experienced. We do have an extra person fee of 30 per person/night (adults only) due to the cost of extra amenities, our complimentary continental buffet breakfast, etc. Also, we need to ensure we have the correct number of adults/children entered into each reservation as part of the fire code, if there was an emergency the first responders need to have an exact list of the number of people in each room for obvious reasons and if we are at fault we can face a hefty fine. Most importantly though we want all our guests to feel safe and that we are doing our due diligence to ensure that. We do apologize that it came across as scolding, we never want our guests to feel that way and the staff member in question has been followed up with, to ensure this doesn't happen again going forward. Our guaranteed check in time is 4:00pm and I do see that you were checked in at 3:43pm, you had paid for a balcony upgrade, and we had selected a specific room for you due to this balcony upgrade. That is why the front desk staff member couldn't move you to another room, we had to wait until your room was thoroughly inspected by our Housekeeping Manager, like we do with all our rooms, before giving the keys. The staff member did say they were actively checking the status of your room to get you checked in as soon as they could but again, we couldn't move your room and had to wait until that specific room was ready. We had no other rooms complain about their door getting knocked on so it is odd that it was isolated to your door, if you would have called our 24/7 front desk then our staff member would have happily investigated this as this isn't something we tolerate here, we have a strict noise policy. If you want to, I would like for you to give me a direct call and I can look at options to hopefully amend our relationship and bring you back as a guest of ours. My name is Chad and if you call the front desk then they can transfer you to my office and we can explore options to hopefully fix this bad experience you had with us. I look forward to speaking with you and I hope you are having a great week so far!

10/10 Excellent

Jag

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
its location
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 20 May 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Jag. We hope to welcome you again sometime!

2/10 Terrible

Fatima

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Response from Jack on 16 May 2024
Dear Fatima,In order to treat all our guests fairly and as a key element in hotel fire safety/security, all of our reservations need to accurately reflect the number of adults and children in each room. We truly appreciate that plans change or booking details can be easily missed, but we do need to update the details to reflect what is right. We do apologize if this seemed more forward than intended at check-in and we had hoped that your discussions with our Front Office Manager had left you feeling more assured - sorry that this doesn't seem to be the case. Should you wish to continue the discussions or share any more feedback please reach out.Best regardsBML

8/10 Good

Noela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location First time I have ever stayed in a hotel without a fridge in the room
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Chad on 15 May 2024
Hello Noela, thanks for the kind review. Well currently our standard rooms don't come with mini fridges, however, we do have mini fridges available for free upon request. Next time you return just let us know you'd like a fridge and we can have 1 in the room for your arrival. We look forward to seeing you again!

8/10 Good

KA KEUNG

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Centrally located and good service in general. Room service overall good but the cups provided in the room is full of coffee stain.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Response from Jack on 15 May 2024
Dear Ka Keung,We are pleased to hear you were happy with the service and enjoyed our location. We appreciate your feedback and will always work to improve on our short fallings!Best BML

10/10 Excellent

elaine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very central great underground car park
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Chad on 14 May 2024
Hello Elaine, thanks so much for the kind review, we are glad to hear you liked our convenient location and underground parking garage. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Jack on 15 May 2024
Dear MarkThank you for staying with us and leaving a perfect score!Best BML

10/10 Excellent

Darlene

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed the views from the balcony and just the friendly staff could have been more variety for complementary breakfast, but overall extremely satisfied
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 13 May 2024
Thank you for your wonderful review, Darlene. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your balcony room after the upgrade! Thank you for your feedback for our complimentary continental breakfast and we will take into account. We hope to welcome you again next time!

8/10 Good

Lisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
There was no fridge or microwave in the room, given we are in 2024 this should be a standard. The hotel is clean with. Unique decor but should be updated. Staff is very friendly. Beautiful location
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 13 May 2024
Thank you for your review, Lisa. We are happy to hear you find our hotel clean and staff friendly. Our standard room doesn't come with a fridge or microwave but it's available upon request. We certainly hope next time we can get you into the room with both fridge and microwave! Have a wonderful day!

8/10 Good

Eric, Queanbeyan East

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an older property with a very specific look. It is mountain lodge and the theme is carried thru the property very well. We had a 4 poster bed which was very tall but what we expected. The bathrooms are in need of an update but are serviceable. The continental breakfast is barely adequate, and the breakfast room tries to fit too many inside it. It is safe and walkable. Location is perfect.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 13 May 2024
Thank you for your detail review and feedback, Eric. We are happy to hear you like our mountain lodge theme and our convenient downtown location. We will definitely take into account with your dissatisfaction of our complimentary continental breakfast and bathrooms for future improvement. We hope to improve your review in future but we do hope enjoyed your time in Banff

8/10 Good

Sheldon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 12 May 2024
Thank you for your nice review, Sheldon. We are glad to hear you find our staff friendly and helpful! We look forward to welcome you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 12 May 2024
Thank you for your kind review, David!

10/10 Excellent

Paul Curtis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful centrally located hotel
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 11 May 2024
Thank you for your nice review, Paul. We are happy to hear you like our convenient downtown location! We hope to welcome you again next time.

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 11 May 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Mike. We hope to welcome you again.

10/10 Excellent

Taylor

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Karleen on 10 May 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Taylor.

10/10 Excellent

LICHANG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good service
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024
Response from Chad on 20 May 2024
We are very pleased to hear that you had a good stay with us and enjoyed our friendly staff. We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Vince

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ideal location in center of Banff.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 10 May 2024
Thank you for your nice review, Vince! We are glad to hear that you like our convenient downtown location. We hope to welcome you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 7 May 2024
Thank you for your nice review, David! We hope to welcome you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Karleen on 6 May 2024
Thank you for your review, Jeff. We hope to see you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A property that reflects its authentic historiy in Banff. It is in the heart of the action but a block removed from the mosh pit known as Banff Avenue. It is a welcoming unpretentious property.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carin

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Love everything about Brewster Mountain.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel it self was very nice, all the staff were friendly and helpful. The 1 thing off was the housekeeping, not consistent, and when they did show up, they didn't do much, kind of strange.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 5 May 2024
Hi David,Thanks for the detailed review and feedback. We had recorded your housekeeping preferences as every other day at check-in, but we apologize that this fell below your needs. You are always welcome to speak to our Front Desk team with any queries. We do hope you enjoyed the room upgrade and we hope to host you again!BestBML

6/10 Okay

Jillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Jack on 4 May 2024
Dear Jillian,We appreciate you taking the time to complete a review of your stay and we are happy to hear things were overall positive. We have reached out to you directly to ask what we could do better and we hope we get the chance to improve the score in future.All the best,BML

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property was convenient for everything we wanted to do in Banff
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 3 May 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Christopher. We are glad to hear you liked our prime downtown location in Banff!

10/10 Excellent

Vanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My favourite place to stay in Banff! Amazing location! Gorgeous decor. Only “bad” thing - no fridges in rooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 3 May 2024
Thank you for your review, Vanda. We are glad to hear you liked out downtown location. While our standard room doesn't come with a fridge, it can be put in room upon request! And all the room types from our Deluxe room onwards will have fridge in them as well. We hope to welcome you again next time!

6/10 Okay

Phyllis

Liked: Cleanliness
Wasn't a good match for an order adult. Not good for physically challenged person. Breakfast was available at the basement level with no option for an elevator. The room was noisy due to plumbing issues which explains why there was ear plugs on the table between the beds.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 2 May 2024
Dear Phyllis,Our breakfast area does have alternative access options, however we avoid mentioning this to limit guest activity around vehicles. We apologize that this information wasn't made available to you during your nights stay with us. Earplugs are provided as standard to each room, for lighter sleepers or those that prefer, but we will be sure to follow up on the mentioned plumbing issues.We hope to improve your review in future but we do hope enjoyed your time in Banff!BestBML

8/10 Good

Kareen, Brampton

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Amenities
Try getting fridge in the rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 2 May 2024
Dear Kareen,Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Fridges can be available on request via our Front Desk, or are readily available in our Deluxe room types. We hope you otherwise had a great night in Banff with us!BestBML

10/10 Excellent

Kaci

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its in the heart of the city and underground heating parking friendly staff and can walk around the city easily and conveniently
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 3 May 2024
Thank you for your wonderful review, Kaci. We are happy to hear you enjoyed your stay with our friendly staff and you made good use of our on-site underground parking. We hope to welcome you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

Lyle

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Chad on 20 May 2024
Thanks for the great review, Lyle. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Jocelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel with amazing front desk staff! I loved sitting on my balcony and sipping coffee while looking at the mountains and the soaker tub in my room was fantastic. The bed was very comfortable, and the complimentary breakfast was delicious. Thank you for a lovely mini-vacation.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 30 Apr 2024
Thank you for your wonderful comment, Jocelyn. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the balcony with mountain view from your room. We hope to welcome you again next time!

6/10 Okay

Charlotte, Abbotsford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very cute hotel. Free breakfast was quite nice. However, my room was above an alley and I was awakened by garbage trucks, then later, delivery trucks. The underground parking lot is very, very small and designed for small vehicles.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 30 Apr 2024
Thank you for your review, Charlotte. We are glad to hear you are satisfied with our complimentary continental breakfast. We are sorry about the noise of trucks from the alleyway. Being in the prime downtown location, most of our Standard rooms are indeed facing the alleyway side unfortunately. All the other room types except Standard rooms will face either Bear Street/Caribou Street/our inside courtyard. We also have an option for guaranteed balcony with view room with additional charge. Hopefully next time we can get you some other rooms facing the other side of the street.

10/10 Excellent

Kaitlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 30 Apr 2024
Thank you for your nice review, Kaitlin!

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The property its self was nice and I enjoyed the room. The staff was really not trained and seemed to freak out at everything at the front desk. To be fair it was mainly one stressed out girl who was fairly rude and didn't listen. The breakfast nook staff was very nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 2 May 2024
Hi David,Thank you for sharing your experience. With the seasonal nature of Banff, training new staff is fundamental through our shoulder seasons. We aim for this to be as little of an impact on our guests as possible but we were all new once!We hope we can improve on your experience next time and wish you safe travels!BestBML

10/10 Excellent

Catherine Durham

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Great location! Room was very clean and quiet. Breakfast was included and was much better than we expected, with hot and cold items (sausage, oatmeal, pastries, bagels, cereal, yogurt, boiled eggs, etc). We would definitely stay here again.
Response from Jack on 29 Apr 2024
Hi Catherine,Thanks for taking the time to complete a review and we hope to welcome you back in future!BestBML

8/10 Good

Sebastian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 30 Apr 2024
Thank you for your review, Sebastian.

8/10 Good

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 18 May 2024
Thank you for your nice review, Stephen. We hope to welcome you again next time!

10/10 Excellent

Byron

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, clean and comfortable rooms and a great location.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 29 Apr 2024
Dear ByronWe appreciate your kind words and are glad you enjoyed your stay with us. We hope to see you again on your next trip to Banff!Best BML

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 27 Apr 2024
Hi Joshua,We are super happy to hear you enjoyed your stay and appreciate the review. We hope to see you again soon!Best BML

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Great location
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Jack on 27 Apr 2024
Hi Susan,We are glad you enjoyed being in the heart of the beautiful town of Banff! BestBML

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Located within walking distance of al amenities.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Karleen on 23 Apr 2024
Thank you for your kind review, Frank. We are glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with our prime location!

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place in the centre of everything
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Chad on 22 Apr 2024
Thanks for the kind review, Kevin. We hope to see you again someday!

10/10 Excellent

Alan, Cochrane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024