Coast Fort St. John Hotel

“An excellent, quiet, and moderately priced hotel. ”

The hotel is a newly remodeled facility. The exterior is modest but the lobby and rooms are very nice, clean, quiet, and modern. My room was large, well laid out, and nicely furnished. My wife would be very comfortable staying here alone. It has no bar which is a feature, not a bug. You will have … more

The hotel is a newly remodeled facility. The exterior is modest but the lobby and rooms are very nice, clean, quiet, and modern. My room was large, well laid out, and nicely furnished. My wife would be very comfortable staying here alone. It has no bar which is a feature, not a bug. You will have no loud, tipsy lounge patrons making a racket all night. However, there are a variety nice establishments within walking distance if you wish to partake. There is no food service except for a complimentary continental breakfast. However, there are several nice restaurants serving a variety different kinds of food, Canadian, Asian, Indian, just a short walk away for when you feel like eating. The managers act as if they are the owners which means that they are motivated to make you feel at home. I enjoyed being a guest here. I am sure you will too.

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“Has potential to be great. Too many other hotels in the area to "waste" your money on this one”

Stayed during our 9 day drive from home to Alaska - this was the 7th hotel we stayed in this week so I have LOT to compare this hotel to. If you stay here you won't get bugs, the bed is comfortable, you can walk to restaurants. It's not a horrible place, but if you can book elsewhere that has be… more

Stayed during our 9 day drive from home to Alaska - this was the 7th hotel we stayed in this week so I have LOT to compare this hotel to. If you stay here you won't get bugs, the bed is comfortable, you can walk to restaurants. It's not a horrible place, but if you can book elsewhere that has better ratings in Tripadvisor, do it. I did cancel my reservation on my return trip to home and booked with the Number 1 rated hotel on trip advisor. Pros: Bed was comfortable. Place is clean. The two staff we dealt with were friendly. We were there on a hot day and the air conditioner worked well. There is a refrigerator which worked well. It was not a mini fridge, it was a small fridge with a freezer. Cons: ROOM: There was a strong unpleasant chemical smell that some hotels have when you walk in the room. The smoke detector was sitting on the freshly dusted shelf with the battery sitting next to it, so it obviously was not working and the cleaning staff MUST have been aware it was there. The bathroom door would not stay closed, the latch on the handle did not line up with the hole for it. It was not pleasant to hear my husband in there using the toilet. (I placed a washcloth in the door to keep it closed.) The tub drained so slowly I was standing in 3 inchies of water during my shower. I just felt "grimey" staying in this room, did not feel confident in this room. HALLWAY: Ice machine on my floor was broken. It did have an out of order sign on it which appeared like the paper had been there a while. You know, the paper gets kind of wrinkly and old looking after a while. There were many dents and scratches in the walls. BREAKFAST : I have had 6 other hotel breakfasts this week and they are never "5 star" food, but usually tastes good and are edible (you know what I am talking about - are the scrambled eggs real eggs? But they taste good.) This was VERY cheap. Offered round, flat, cooked eggs - bad texture and did not taste good at all. The seemed like they were pre-cooked, frozen and heated up type eggs of poor quality. The hash brown potatoes were frozen, cheap, but did taste OK. There was cereal, pancakes and bread for toast. No fruit offered. Unfortunately, the owner does NOT put any money or effort into maintain the building and rooms. This owner has a great building with a little but of fixing, could be a very comfortable place to stay.

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