The Aloft Hotel Calgary University is a nice hotel and, if you ask for rooms in the back of the hotel, you could be very happy here.
I stayed on business and needed a quiet room with good wi-fi.
I was given a front room which had great wi-fi. Unfortunately, the bed began to behave like one of those coin-op massage beds which shook so dramatically that I thought we’d had an earthquake. Then it happened again.
I called the front desk.
“Oh,” they said, “that’s the train.” There’s a light-rail train across the street. “Do you want to change from your King to a Double?”
No, I don’t want to switch rooms now that I’m all unpacked, in my pajamas and my feet have already been hanging off the end of a Double bed.
“How long does the train run?” I ask.
“Should end at midnight.”
“Okay, I’ll just stay here,” I say.
That was a bad choice for me. I was up all night.
And a 2-light smoke detector blinking every 5.6 seconds on the ceiling over the bed at the Aloft Hotel Calgary University made it that much worse.
Everything else about the Aloft Hotel Calgary University, from room design (a long upholstered bench for your luggage or to put on your shoes), to amenities and even the morning breakfast were all good things.
But if you are in town for early meetings and can’t sleep, what’s the point?
Here are some other places to explore in Calgary.
Stayed April, 2016.
Aloft Hotel Calgary University
2359 Banff Trail NW, Calgary, AB T2M 4L2
