Property amenity

Reviews of Best Western Premier Helena Great Northern Hotel

3 out of 5
Best Western Premier Helena Great Northern Hotel
835 Great Northern Boulevard, Helena, MT

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 479 out of 630 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 113 out of 630 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 630 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 630 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 630 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bernadette

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an excellent choice whether you are traveling for business or pleasure. Numerous dining, shopping and exploring options right outside the door.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Mbara on Apr 24, 2024
Bernadette, thank you for your kind words. We appreciate your time to leave a review.

10/10 Excellent

Joann

A great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mo on Apr 20, 2024
Thank you, Joann for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

8/10 Good

Michael

Business traveler
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We have been putting customers up here since it opened about 15 years ago. The rooms are beginning to look dated and drab. The rooms and halls could use Different colors and paints. The TV should be smart TVs with better screens. The towels were worn. The breakfast was lackluster. The place lacked vibrancy and beginning to look like an old property.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Mbara on Apr 4, 2024
Michael - thank you for your review. I am sorry to hear you feel we are getting worn. The rooms were completed with furnishings and carpet before the pandemic, and we just replaced all public carpet in the last 6 months. 50" TV's will be added by year end. We will always stay in the rich traditional colors of the Great Northern Railway. We hope you will continue to stay with us and enjoy our historic theme.

10/10 Excellent

wayne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to everything we wanted to do, very nice room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Mo on Mar 30, 2024
Thank you, Wayne for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

James

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always a nice place to visit with comfortable beds, pillows, and high quality electronics.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mo on Mar 30, 2024
Than you, James for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

PAULA J

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room with a great view.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mbara on Mar 26, 2024
Thank you Paula for your high score and kind words. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena. Please come see us again here at the Great Northern Hotel!

10/10 Excellent

Sergey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice place
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mo on Mar 22, 2024
Thank you, Sergey for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena and you will come see us again.

10/10 Excellent

Loretta, Colleyville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Mbara on Mar 18, 2024
Thank you Loretta for your 5 Star review. We so appreciate your business and your loyalty. See you next time!

8/10 Good

Penny, Bozeman

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best place to stay when visiting Helena! Great atmosphere, nice part of uptown Helena, and good dining options.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Mbara on Feb 24, 2024
Thank you for the kind words. We hope to see you back in Helena again on a future visit!

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl, auburn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Mbara on Feb 12, 2024
Thank you, Cheryl, for your 5 of 5 scores. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Helena and have an opportunity to return!

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mo on Jan 28, 2024
Thank you, Rob for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Mo on Jan 27, 2024
Thank you, Christina for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mbara on Jan 23, 2024
Thank you Catherine for the 10 of 10 score! We appreciate your business and the positive feedback to our team. We hope to see you again!

8/10 Good

Randie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Mbara on Jan 22, 2024
Randi - we are please to see your high score. We appreciate your staying with us.

10/10 Excellent

Melody

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Northern in Helena MT
Fabulous hotel near downtown.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Mbara on Jan 15, 2024
Melody, thank you for staying here in the Helena Best Western Premier. I hope you stayed warm and comfortable!

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Mbara on Jan 15, 2024
Robert - thank you for your high rating of the Great Northern Hotel, a Best Western Premier. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena. Come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Jodi

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Mbara on Jan 22, 2024
Thank you Jodi for your high score! Hope you are staying warm, please come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Mo on Jan 1, 2024
Thank you, Samantha for the high score. We hope you enjoyed your stay in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

Maurice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Mo on Dec 28, 2023
Thank you so much for your high score and comment. We're glad you enjoyed your stay. Have a great day!

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel and friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Mbara on Dec 7, 2023
Thank you, Jennifer - we appreciate your compliments. Enjoy the holiday season!

8/10 Good

Donald, Rudyard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Mbara on Dec 7, 2023
Thank you for your great scores, Donald. Enjoy the holidays!

2/10 Terrible

Deborah

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Mbara on Dec 7, 2023
Thank you Deborah for your high scores. Have a great day.

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Breakfast was wonderful! Staff was very friendly. Facility was clean and well stocked with towels and soap.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Mbara on Nov 13, 2023
thank you so much Christina for taking the time to leave a score and review. We take great pride in our property and our team!

10/10 Excellent

Anna, Missoula

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly check in, beautiful lobby, great parking, great toom
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Mbara on Nov 4, 2023
Anna - Thank you for your 5 star review on Travelocity! I hope you have an opportunity to come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 30, 2023
Thank you for your great scoring on Hotels.com. We hope you enjoyed your time in Helena and will come back again on a future visit!

8/10 Good

Rick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 30, 2023
Rick - thank you for taking the time to submit a rating. We hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

Robyn

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mo on Nov 15, 2023
Thank you, Robyn for the high score. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen, Ammon

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mo on Oct 22, 2023
Stephen, thank you for staying with us. I hope you enjoyed Helena. Your high rating is greatly appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Traveled with family and small children, Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, safe, and quiet location.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mo on Oct 19, 2023
Emily, thank you for staying with us. I hope you enjoyed Helena. Your high rating is greatly appreciated.

6/10 Okay

Julie

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Quiet, beds we’re comfortable, staff was very nice, parking was easy and you can walk everywhere. Breakfast wasn’t good, coffee is the worst I’ve had at a hotel, shower curtain smelled like mildew. I travel all the time for work and I would probably stay here again, but let the staff know about a few things and eat breakfast elsewhere.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 17, 2023
Thank you Julie for your comments. We appreciate our guests giving us the detailed information as you have. We share all our comments with the guests. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful staff & close to dining options.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 16, 2023
Elizabeth - I am pleased you enjoyed your stay with us here in Helena. Much to do in this great city of Helena!

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 16, 2023
Thank you Jennifer for you high scoring! Come see us again!

2/10 Terrible

Harlan

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 31, 2023
Thank you Harlan for your review. I am sorry to see we did not score very highly with you. We certainly hope you will reach out to us. 406-457-5500

10/10 Excellent

SHARON, Soddy Daisy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 11, 2023
Sharon, thank you for staying with us. I hope you enjoyed Helena. Your high rating is greatly appreciated.

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service
Bed uncomfortable and heard others say same. When you spend $200.00 a night in Montana you expect bed to be comfortable not soft and worn out and cleaner than it was. close to everything, nice greeting, But…not the best…
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 10, 2023
I am sorry you were not comfortable. We replace them every 7 years and they are under a 10 year warranty should a bed fail, and they can. We know beds and pillows are not easy to please everyone. I actually just had a call from a guest wanting to know the brand of beds we have - any given day it can change. Thank you for the kind words you did share. We do hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was freindly and very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 10, 2023
Thank you for your great review. We look forward to seeing you again sometime!

8/10 Good

Tom

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean. Very quiet. Two thumbs up!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 6, 2023
Thank you Tom! We appreciate your two thumbs up! We hope to see you again!

10/10 Excellent

Reinhardt

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel all-around.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 5, 2023
Thank you for the high score. We hope you enjoyed your time in Helena. Please come see us again!

2/10 Terrible

Chad

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty also your site stated there was hot tub and pool only a pool with a ton of kids and prissy chicks drinking tall can white claws I asked for a refund after I checked in they said that was not possible after check I only reserved the room based on it having a hot tub. I would like a refund from Expedia for my reservation for false advertising I would have never booked the room knowing they didn’t have a hot tub
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 2, 2023
Our Best Western Site specifically states there is no longer a hot tub at this location (posted in June 2023) The information was sent out to all the 3rd party web sites for them to update their information in June. I am sorry you were not aware of this Chad. Thank you for your comments. As you see from other comments, this is not a typical guest experience here at the Great Northern Hotel.

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Would recommend
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 30, 2023
Thank you Mary for your 5 stars! We hope to see you back again!

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing and beautiful!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 27, 2023
Gosh Mary - we can't asked for a better review. How wonderful and so appreciated by the team here at the Great Northern Hotel. Come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 27, 2023
Valerie - so pleased to have earned your 10 out of 10 on Hotels.com. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena and have an opportunity to come back again.

8/10 Good

Tina R

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Mo on Sep 19, 2023
Thank you Tina for your score. I hope you had a great time in Helena and will come see us again.

6/10 Okay

Holly

Business traveler, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Rooms are fine, but the cleaning isn’t up to par…. IE windows (visible kids hand prints) bathroom floor and sink fixtures were dirty.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Mo on Sep 19, 2023
Thank you, Holly for completing the survey regarding your recent stay at our property. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena. I will share your comment with our head Housekeeping.

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Oct 9, 2023
Thank you Wendy for your great score!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mo on Sep 14, 2023
Thank you for completing the survey regarding your recent stay at our property. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena. Your high scores are truly appreciated.

10/10 Excellent

ava

Traveled with family
Great location
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 13, 2023
Thank you Ava for the great rating you listed. I am pleased you enjoyed your time in Helena. Come see us again!

10/10 Excellent

Travis

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place in a great location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 6, 2023
Thank you Travis for your high scores. I hope you enjoyed your time in Helena and here at the Great Northen Hotel. Come see us again is your travels bring you this way.

10/10 Excellent

Gerard

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 4, 2023
Thank you Gerard for your great score of 10. I hope you had a great time in Helena and will come see us again.

10/10 Excellent

Lorraine

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Mbara on Sep 27, 2023
Lorraine - thank you for your great rating on Expedia. I hope you have an opportunity to come see us again!