Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre

Stayed here Saturday night Jan 11/25 for kids hockey games in the area. I was in room 101. Another hockey team decided to have their loud parent party in the lobby. Room 101 is the first room off the lobby. At 9:30 pm I called the front desk and asked how long they were going to allow the public lobby party. They said ‘quiet hour’ was at 11 pm and that I would need to wait until then. At 10 pm I went to the front desk and asked for a room change to a quieter area. She said they were sold out and did I want to change hotels?! Again I was told to please wait until ‘quiet hour.’ At 11:15 pm with no quiet hour in sight, lobby party still going strong with 12-18 parents, I went back to the desk and demanded that they take action. I suggested he ask the guests to finish their party in their rooms. ‘We don’t have a curfew’ was his response. By this point I am overtired and just so frustrated. Then, by some divine hotel miracle, oh look! We DO have an available room! He moves us (my daughter is sleeping through this racket and so I wake her up to repack) and we trudge down the hall to 113 at 11:30 pm. I think I fell asleep around 12:30 am. I suppose at this hotel you will only see certain people enjoying certain privileges like this, while other paying customers are told to ‘wait it out.’ I understand parent hockey culture involves a lot of drinking but for those who don’t engage, we are told to suck it up here I guess. My email to the GM, since they were conveniently not available, including videos of the party and my conversations with desk staff, has gone unanswered. I was told by the housekeeping manager ‘since you changed rooms everything’s good. That’s it.’ I suppose since accommodations are limited in the area they don’t really care about guest comfort or concerns. A group of drunk hockey parents openly drinking in the lobby will take priority if you are looking for rest.

A beautiful hotel. Aboriginal themed- beautiful location looking over the North Channel. Lots of parking, a modern building. Rooms were great with full furnishings ( tv, fridge, microwave, iron, board) Good beds, good pillows. Restaurant and bar on site. Food was excellent. Check in friendly and easy.

My stay at the Manitoulin Hotel was ok. The rooms could use a little bit of renovations. There are scratches all over the furniture. The rooms were clean. Staff was nice. Unfortunately the restaurant "only" had a buffet as a dinner-option - the food was so and so .. The breakfast buffet was really good though!

We had a suite on the third floor for three nights. It was very spacious with windows on two walls, giving us a lovely view of the water and the sunsets. And indeed the lobby windows and windows in the hallways across from the elevators could have all been pictures in themselves. Bed and linens comfortable. Walk-in shower with double sinks and lots of fluffy towels. When we were there the restaurant was offering buffets for dinner and breakfast. We didn't like the menu for dinner and found the breakfast offering adequate at best. The trays were almost empty at 8:30 and the "cook" making my omelet spent more time fishing egg shells out of the bowl! We ate the rest of our breakfasts and one dinner at Elliott's.

Manitoulin Hotel & Conference Centre was a lovely hotel that we stayed at. The rooms were spacious and clean and some were lucky to have a room with a view of the lake. Not me, but I was able to capture a beautiful sunset from my friends room. The lobby of the hotel is beautiful and quite cozy with a fireplace in the middle and a view of the lake where you could capture the sunset if you did not want to go outside in the evening. The location of the Hotel is great. A few short steps to the swinging bridge the only entrance to the Island by land. The hotel is very near the harbourfront marina, maybe a 5 minute walk. There is a restaurant in the Hotel. I was with a group tour on on our first night and we had a lovely buffet dinner in one of their conference rooms. The Whitefish is very good and tasty. There are a few restaurants in walking distance, but some close early for dinner. I went to Elliott's Restaurant which closes at 9pm in summer and is a 7 minute walk from the hotel. There is also Tim Hortons a short walk further from Elliott's that is open at 5am and closes at 11am.

We stayed at this hotel for two nights which was not bad and not good the room was a bit basic but comfortable the beds were comfy there was no facilities in the room for disabled making my stay particularly difficult no aids in the bathroom ie grip rails or any where else. The restaurant was a bit like a cafeteria than a restaurant but the food was basic but not to bad. If you have disability issues I would not recommend for you to stay otherwise it’s ok but only ok.