Originally Posted by
ridefar
The same can be said of pretty much every Fairmont property in Canada (except the ones in Whistler and Vancouver). The interiors and infrastructure (like plumbing) are way past their expiration date, and as good as the service is the hard product seems like a trip into a distant, and fairly stuffy past. Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, QC, Edmonton are all of the same overdone English style with dated interiors.
When I stayed at Lake Louise, the regular rooms impressed me a small with identical cheap outdated furnishings, although the lakefront views were nice. Fortunately I was unpgraded to a wonderful two-story corner two-bedroom suite, which was great. However, I would have felt ripped off to pay their prices for standard rooms. OTOH, I liked some of the hotel's restaurants (but not the zoo that was their breakfast buffet) and the history of the place was fun as well as the location.