Overall, if you want a safe neighbourhood with shops and boutique stores within walking distance, then Georgetown is a terrific location. We spent almost one week in a Fairmont Gold suite, with access to the Gold Lounge. Breakfast was the best serving of the day, but unlike Fairmont Chateau Frontenac, evening hors d'oeuvres were briskly removed at 9:30 pm, including all snacks. No, they did not have any jelly candies or chocolate and fruit left until closing; no sparkling Eska water in tap, no specialized desserts that differed every night, unlike Chateau. In fact, I found it quite distasteful that they served the same exact dessert several nights in a row. I was suprised to see NO snacks after 9:30 (even bars, chips, chocolate, fruit,) AND they only had fibre bars once. There was a char of chocolate that was only kept out during the service time, and even that disappeared on day 3. To make it worse, dinner is not ima restaurant, but in the lounge. The picture below is our food on one bar table that we ate admist screaming over the World Cup. The dinner tool 40 plus minutes to arrive, and we almost left. Who ever heard of a supposed five star hotel with no indoor restaurant?! We walked to the Exorcist steps (and both concierge staff at the main hall didn’t even know what it was, when I asked about them- which should be their job?), and the riverside is a walk as well. It’s not close to the Smithsonian, and we just took an uber everywhere. The bed was firm. VERY firm. As in, in all my luxury hotels I have stayed at, it has been the firmest. The one side table charging ports connected to the lamp did not work, which was a major inconvenience since there were no plugs nearby! We had the usual steamer, hair dryer, robes, slippers and everything else was fine. I found the shower handle for the water temperature very quirky and felt loose. I had to spend some time fiddling with it to get a warm shower started. The room was large and they quickly provided us with a roll away bed. Long sofa and good space for the tv. It was quiet on our floor. We didn’t try the pool oe workout room since we were so busy with sightseeing. This is my fourth visit to the city, and will stay elsewhere next time.
