Description: The Clearwater lodge is a 3-star hotel in Clearwater, British Columbia. The hotel advertises that it offers modern, spacious rooms and has good transport connections. Particularly its mostly self-catering accommodation, because many of the rooms are equipped with a kitchenette. The hotel front desk is staffed around the clock.
As we drove into the parking lot of the hotel, which incidentally is very large and free, the hotel made a good impression immediately. The facade is painted a light apricot and looks very well maintained. The house sits on a large pitched roof, which is supported by columns, so there in front of the hotel is a very large covered area. The hotel has at this point, so in the lobby, a very high ceiling and thereby acts generously. Except for the entrance of the building, it is otherwise fairly flat. The rooms are all on the ground floor and first floor.
So we entered the hotel and immediately noticed that everything here is very generous. Either via stairs or a ramp takes you half a floor up, where the reception is. The entire hotel is accessible and when I think of the really wide hallways, then I have no doubt that you get here easily by using a wheelchair. After we received our key card, we had only a few meters turn left to the passage of the front desk because our room was located on the first floor. Also on the way to the room was immediately obvious that this hotel corridor is at least twice as wide as in other hotels. This one comes here, all very large and spacious front.
Spacious was our room. Our room had two queen beds from just 1.50 meters width. As we slept in a bed, we could use the other as a wonderful storage space for luggage. However, in this room that would not have been necessary, since the room was very spacious - so as promised.
Entering the room, you stand right in the middle, because there is an entrance hall with cloakroom, it is not in that sense. However, located just beside the door, a large wardrobe closet, where you can put everything important. Relatively close to the door, there is also a large luggage rack. Additional storage space can be found in the dresser, the TV is also on. There is also a table with two chairs. Besides the closet is still a desk. Both here and on the bedside table between the two beds is a phone. All furniture is made of very light wood and not necessarily modern, but still seemed fairly new and showed no signs of wear.
The bed is very comfortable because the mattress has a nice thickness. Also, the cushions are in order. Unfortunately, it is in the blanket by two sheets with a blanket between them, which I find not so nice, but in North America is part of the standard. Hence, the usual.
The Clearwater lodge has a restaurant and a breakfast room. Breakfast is included. However, one must not expect too much of it. Breakfast is served in the ground floor and is a typical breakfast, as it is commonly found in North America. There are multi-grain toast, white toast, plus jams, peanut butter and honey. In addition, muffins and other sweet baked goods available. Who would rather eat cornflakes will also find it here. So that the hotel be allowed to call Continental Breakfast Hot Breakfast, there are also eggs and sausage. The former either boiled or scrambled-Patty to reheat in the microwave, the latter also pressed into a patty and also for heating. You may just get the Pattys simply out of the fridge and then heat it in the microwave itself. , there are also detailed instructions. I refrained because I had bad memories at the scrambled eggs in Jasper and Patty did not seem so delicious that I wanted to try it. Besides coffee and tea (from the bag, but of good quality), there are also fruits such as apples and bananas. Various yogurts round out the breakfast buffet. The disadvantage -- there are not washable dishes - as often in North America. Plates and cups are made of Styrofoam, the cutlery is plastic. In the end, everything is thrown away, which of course is not necessarily environmentally friendly. The breakfast was not outstanding, but we had not anticipated it would be. It was average and that it was free, it was fine.
The Clearwater lodge is a clean 3-star hotel, with lots of space. Everything is very generous and you can feel quite well here. The decor is old-fashioned for my tastes, even if the furniture is in itself very new. The service at the hotel restaurant is very slow, so I forgive a total of four out of five stars and a recommendation.
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