OverviewThe Comfort Inn Winnipeg South is located at intersection of Pembina Highway and De Vos Road in Winnipeg, Manitoba, just off the Trans Canada highway and a half-hour's drive to Winnipeg's international airport.
The two-storey walk-up has 85 guest rooms and offers guests a choice of smoking or non-smoking rooms. Hotel amenities include free wireless Internet throughout the hotel, free parking for cars and buses with cold weather hook-up, free newspapers, free local calls and a free coffee station in the hotel lobby available 24 hours per day.
Free continental breakfast featuring hot and cold breakfast items including hard-boiled eggs, toaster waffles, toast, regular muffins, English muffins, tea, coffee, milk, cereals, fresh fruit, yogurt and juices is offered to guests daily. Breakfast is available Monday through Friday from 6 am to 9 am and Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 10 am.
Pets (maximum of 2 at 50 lbs. or under) are allowed at an extra charge of $9.95 per pet, per day. The hotel does not currently offer valet services, but does offer guests the use of fax and photocopy machines.
Basic room amenities include cable/satellite television, computer hook-up, electronic door lock, hair dryer, in-room A/C unit, coffeemaker, iron and ironing board, refrigerator and microwave.
Additionally some rooms offer a jetted tub, a sofabed, and a table and chairs. All rooms come with either 1 queen bed and sofabed, or 2 double beds.
Comfort Inn Winnipeg South is located within a half-hour's drive of the following sites, venues and attractions:
MTS Centre (venue)
Assiniboine Park & Zoo (with the Leo Mol Sculpture Gardens)
Winnipeg Convention Centre
Grand Prix Amusements
Fun Mountain Water Slides
Forks Market & River Walk (Manitoba Children's Museum)
Costume Museum of Canada
Centennial Concert Hall
Polo Park Shopping Centre (200 shops, services and restaurants)
University of Manitoba
(Google Maps is referenced for all driving times.)
Verified by Front Desk Agent on July 3, 2012: smoking policy, free parking, AC units in-room, free continental breakfast items and times, wireless Internet throughout hotel after obtaining password, free coffee station in front lobby 24-hrs per day
The GoodThis hotel was enjoyed by the majority of its guests who recently reviewed their stay in online reviews used for this analysis.
The staff received a lot of praise from the guests. They were described as warm, friendly and polite. Stories were told online how the hotel staff went out of their way to help the guests.
The continental breakfast was appreciated by online guests reviewers who said it was fresh and good.
The beds were considered by hotel reviewers to be clean and comfortable with good quality linens and blankets.
Parking was appreciated along with the cold-weather hook-ups. One guest inquired as to the safety of vehicles in the lot which were left behind for extended stays, and was informed that the hotel has security cameras and security personnel who drive through the parking lot at night.
Although the hotel is located on Pembina Highway close to the Trans Canada Highway, guests noted that it was quiet. The location of this hotel was considered easy to find and convenient to those traveling on the Trans Canada highway, with many restaurants close by.
One guest remarked very happily about the Wi-Fi and said that he needed to stay in touch daily with his work and found the hotel's wireless very reliable for his repeated and extended stays.
One guest seemed to sum it up by saying: "Not a real extravagant hotel, but it has all the comforts."
Guests said they planned to return to this hotel and more than one considered it a good value.
The Bad
Although most reviewers spoke favourably about the hotel, some guests provided negative feedback in recent reviews online sourced for this summary.
A couple of guests mentioned that the pet walking area was very small.
A couple of other guests also found that access to the hotel from the highway was a bit complex or tricky.
One guest mentioned that he found the air-conditioning unit hard to adjust. Yet another claimed the same about the heating unit in the room and maintained that the room was either too hot when on or too cold when turned off, but added that this was a minor problem to an overall good experience at the hotel.
One reviewer complained that the hotel lacked a pool or hot tub and another found the room to be a bit cramped.
A guest reviewer complained about a hockey group creating noise and had wished that all the hockey groups could have been put in the same part of the hotel, however this was an isolated comment.
One guest thought that the continental breakfast ended too early (at 9 am) for leisure guests.
CanadianHotelGuide.com guest ratings averaged 7.4 out of 10 points from 28 reviews. The hotel is ranked 21st out of 33 hotels in Winnipeg.
Expedia.com guest ratings averaged 4 out of 5 points with 90% of guests recommending the hotel from 10 reviews.
Booking.com guest ratings averaged 7.6 out of 10 points from 6 reviews.
TripAdvisor.com guest ratings averaged 3.5 out of 5 points from a total of 18 reviews. The hotel is ranked 31st out of 57 Winnipeg properties.
Verified by Front Desk Agent on July 3, 2012: smoking policy, free parking, AC units in-room, free continental breakfast items and times, wireless Internet throughout hotel after obtaining password, free coffee station in front lobby 24-hrs per day
