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Reviews of The Drake Inn

2.5 out of 5
The Drake Inn
909 Railway Ave, Canmore, AB

Reviews

7.0

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 342 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 260 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 131 out of 1002 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 71 out of 1002 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Darren

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

8/10 Good

Blake

Liked: Staff & service
Lots of things to do in walking distance.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

NASHIR

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rohit

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
There was nothing unique. The room was not clean. I have seen someone else cloths in the room. In a nutshell, I would just say, I never had such a bad experience
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Scott

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Not too bad
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Steven

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
First off, great location, friendly staff. Chicken wings at pub are excellent. For under $100 in Canmore you can’t beat it. Bed was comfortable and room was clean. Furniture is dated and worn,as is the bathroom. Location is awesome, you’re able to walk to downtown in minutes and most good restaurants are also in walking distance. Wednesday night is wings night and music from bar was heard in room. Stopped after 1am. If your on a budget and you get a good price compared to other options in the area, this is a great place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael Ken

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is very accommodating. Had a great first time experience in our stay. Room is neat, cozy and had a beautiful mountain view. Mjst recommend to our family and friends
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Nicholas

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awesome location. The pub is well worth a visit to sample the excellent craft beers on tap.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Merrin

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay. Liked the natural soaps and hair products. Thank you!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

april

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
NEAR TO RESTAURANT'S AND MORE
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lucinda

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great location. Lady on reception was friendly and chatty.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Molly

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The exterior is a little dated and the parking is a little confusing to get into but everything else was great! The room was updated, large and very clean. Beautiful view from the room and a very nice little trail to walk just off the parking lot. Front desk staff was very helpful and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a gem of a place! The location is perfect & close to eating options, shopping options & if you want an adult beverage, lots of options for that too. If you're using GPS to get here, be sure not to turn onto 8th because that's the front of the building, stay on the road you are on & the parking lot is just up a little on your left. Staff was super friendly & they had this amazing fan in the room that I'll be looking for when i get home lol. My room was huge, nice balcony & for the price, I would definitely stay here again & recommend it too.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mikayla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Ian

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Jay

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Dongsheng

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alain

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Graham

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Olivia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room, incredible view
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

M Violeta

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

SANG YOON

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
From the beginning, she gave the unfixed toilet and stinky room. Even the 3rd floor room without an elevator was given to us.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Brenda on Nov 1, 2023
We are sorry you had a broken toilet but she moved you right away to a new room.As for the elevator, it is listed on the website prior to your booking that there are no elevators at this property, while you are booking "Know before you go" it says no elevators at this property and after you book there is a message sent to you with more information and "No elevators" is listed on this message. Sorry you missed them all.

6/10 Okay

Laurence, Chilliwack

Traveled with partner
The shower was terrible and the taps loose...very difficult to adjust temperature.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Courtney

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic stay at the DRAKE! We chose the Drake due to VERY convenient location. Little bit of an older hotel but had exactly everything we needed it for a 1 night stay. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING STAFF! Tried to see if we could check in early and Brenda was amazing and got us in 2 hours early! They even gave me a birthday gift at check out which was completely unexpected and so kind!! Discount at the pub as well was a bonus! Absolutely would recommend and stay here again if needing an affordable, cute and convenient Canmore stay! Thanks guys!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Pranjali

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very peaceful, scenic, convenient and close from Banff and other tourist spots
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sigrid

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
all good, staff was friendly.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jordan

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Susanne

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We got to the hotel checked in but did not feel comfortable with the whole place, it is in pretty rough shape. The room had a hockey stick in between the window by the balcony so there would bot be any excess from outdoors . it looked like you could not lock the balcony door from the inside. we tried to cancel the room , but they were not willing. So they charged us the whole amount.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

YANLING

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lines of the parking space are faded
It is better to have the parking space repainted. The lines are faded, not easy to see.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Ken

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven A

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to my destination.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Bring your own pillow
Amenities were pretty good, love the Rocky Mtn Soaps and shampoos. The pillows are AWFUL but the mattress was great. Quiet despite the bar being right below us. Hot water seems to be influence by every flushed toilet on the floor; hot cold hot cold hot cold. Keeps you on your toes. Nostalgic feeling with the same linoleum my parents had in the 1980’s.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Emma

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Over priced
Bed was comfortable. Facility old and in need of some major TLC. And the place is totally overpriced as is most if not all of the accommodations in the area
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Lindsay

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not impressed at all.
I like to look at the best in places but after shelling out 600 dollars for this room for two nights I was really upset when the couple who was also in the wedding party, paid the same price for a room booked after we did the with WAYYYYY better conditions. The carpet in the room was so dirty so I had to put blankets on the floor to walk on as I brought my two 6 month olds. Nothing is updated. I was also upset when asking for an extension cord because there is only 2 outlets, that front desk said no. Yet when I asked the cleaner she said yes right away. The fridge was turned down to 0. No air conditioning. An unbelievably poor room to stay in for the price we paid. I cannot believe the difference in rooms from the 3rd floor to the bottom.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Philip

Staff were friendly and accomodating
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Riley

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were nice, clean and updated. However small for the price but good for just sleeping. Our issue came when we checked in and found out there would be a live band at the pub downstairs from 10-2am. This was a lie, as the loud music started at 7:30 pm. Went till after 2am and all we could hear was loud thumping from the bass all night long. Our sleep was terrible as we were right above the pub / patio. Over all for the money not worth it. Be aware when booking they have a lot of late nights at this pub. If had known before hand we would have booked elsewhere.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Brenda on Sep 26, 2023
Hello, we have it posted on the website prior to you booking under "Special Check-in Instructions" it says - This property hosts live music on Fridays and Saturdays. Guests should expect a high level of noise until 2 AM on these dates.Then we have it listed while you are booking under "Important Information" - This property hosts live music on Fridays and Saturdays. Guests should expect a high level of noise until 2 AM on these dates.Then we send another message right after you book with a bit more information because Expedia said they cannot post it all on their website, so we made sure to add more information. This is what it says - We feature live music on Fridays & Saturdays until 2am & the odd events on Tues or Thurs.Guest's with "Three Sisters Standard Two Queen rooms" and “King Supreme rooms, are beside the pub. These rooms are not recommended for light sleepers.We are very sorry if you missed this information but we do warn guests about the live music on the weekends.

10/10 Excellent

Iwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will definitely stay there again one day!
The room was lovely and airy, with a balcony overlooking the creek and wide views to the town and mountains beyond. The beds were comfortable and the food in the adjoining pub was excellent!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Brenden

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Christopher

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
There were dead, squashed flies on the bathroom ceiling. The corners were dirty. The floors are so old they are uneven in the bathroom. $300 per night is expensive for the condition. The only perk is the location.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful scenery going to the room. Stayed here for a little get away. Nice welcoming staff, clean facility and an overall positive warm experience. Would recommend others to stay. Thank you Drake Inn.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff but the hotel is extremely tired and doesn’t represent value for money
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

donna

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very dated and poorly kept property. Very overpriced for what you get. Many areas in rooms to upper patio that need repair or were done halfway. I would return again
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Marjorie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The property is walking distance to the town center. Very convenient. However, it doesn’t have air conditioner and microwave in the unit which makes it uncomfortable to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Mike

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location is good.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023