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This is more of a no tell motel. I booked this for my boyfriend, children and I. They billed our room hours in advance. I’ve never stayed in a hotel where they take your “deposit” as a means to bill you for the room. It was MORE than the room cost. Even GWL is half or so what the room costs. Then they don’t bill you for the room (that part I was ok with afterwards). The “breakfast nook” in the lobby is 90% out of service. What they do offer for breakfast is literally a brown bag lunch. I didn’t even bother looking at what was offered, as they were all literally in brown paper bags. Nothing was laid out so you had a choice to see what was there. It’s like it was a homeless shelter. Like I said in the title - no tell motel. The whole building is only 2 floors so there is no elevator you have to carry everything upstairs if you’re on the second floor, the door to which isn’t easy to do and if you have children with you it either means carting them up and down with you on stairs or leaving them alone in the hotel room. The one stair case smelled like urine and a musky basemen. Our room had 2 sticky spots on the carpet, holes in the screen, the room REEKED of cigarette smoke they tried to mask with a glade plug in (speaking Erin someone else who rented a room theirs did as well but they only got spray in their room, they were below us), there was cereal under the one desk, and a massive chunk of hair in the bathroom behind the door! If you’re wondering my hair is purple not black, my children have blonde hair. The beds were doubles, and were the shortest doubles I’ve ever slept on in my life, I’m 5’8” and when I stretched out my feet they were off the bed. When I mentioned these things to the desk they were Iike we can’t do anything about these because you booked through a third party booking site (it’s their PARENT SITE by the way, I just had a corporate discount). There is no excuse for lack of cleaning. The fact that most vehicles were gone by 630am just confirms this is likely a no-tell motel and not a hotel. I’d never stay there again. Next time we go to Sudbury to see Science North and Dynamic north we will pay a bit more for a proper hotel Vs a dive. The only thing I’ll give them is we didn’t get bed bugs.

It's hard to describe...the room has a strong smell of Indian aroma...but it's still liveable...

The room was much different then my previous stay. I opted for a queen bed room instead of a double bed room and was surprised to find my fridge was half the size of the other one I had and this room had carpet which wasn't vacuumed very well. Also found a child's sock when I pulled the bedsheets back. That tells me they were not changed and also found dark black hair in my bed. The pool was also down for maintenance however I never saw any maintenance being done on it at all. Staff were still amazing and polite and friendly.

As I was looking for a central location while I spent the month touring the area. Spanish was central for touring and reconnecting with friends from the past. As well looking up the many Lions Clubs in surrounding areas. Central to Elliot Lake, Espanola, Sault St. Marie, Blind River, Little Current and many other small communities, lots of history. From Day one Diane and Steve made me and my dog Hunter feel right at home. Room was fresh, bed comfortable, washroom and amenities good. Hunter loved the dog treats and own towels. Lots of amenities near buy, groceries, take out food, banking and lots of history. Any issues that arose were quickly dealt with by management. Hunter and I will be back for sure. I had my own Covid self test kit that I used weekly, always negative.