We stayed at The Waddell while attending the town's Vintage Film Festival. We arrived late after a long drive from Ottawa. As mentioned in other reviews, the front desk was closed but a friendly waiter at the adjoining restaurant checked us in with no problems. There is an elevator in the old, three-storey brick building in the centre of town, but it's a bit slow so when we weren't hauling our luggage, we took the stairs.
Room 304 was really nice - and huge. The main room features high ceilings, a queen-sized four-poster bed, two desks, a large flat screen TV inside a wardrobe, several lamps, an electric fireplace, two wing-backed chairs, several other chairs, a coffee table and two bedside tables. There were several large windows overlooking the street on one side and the river on the other. I appreciated the many lamps, as I think lighting makes or breaks a room. The room is nicely designed, with a good mix of modern decor, antiques and neutral paint tones.
They also provided bottled water at no extra charge.
The bathroom is okay. The products are nice but the shower head was all cockeyed and sprayed everywhere and I thought the counter top was a little cheap when compared to the rest of the room. Nice quality towels.
I must say though, that at $200/night, I was surprised the bed had cheap sheets, a thin synthetic blanket and only two pillows. Frankly, this is the kind of place where I expected nice sheets, at least two pillows each and a duvet. We requested two more pillows in the morning. Still, the bed was comfortable and we slept well on the second night, once we got the extra pillows.
Breakfast is included with the room and it's not a boring old Continental breakfast either. The eggs, toast and hashbrowns were delicious. You may also get a different breakfast and pay the difference, which works out to be about $2 or $3. One morning I upgraded to eggs Benedict and my partner had fruit and granola - it was all delicious. The dining room/restaurant is beautiful...nice wood floors, charming decorations and windows overlooking the river. THere is also a nice patio that even at the end of October, was being used by people crowded around one of those gas heaters.
We didn't eat dinner there but we did have a few glasses of wine at the bar opposite the dining room and it was really cosy.
On checkout, they gave us someone else's paperwork.
We will definitely return.
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