The Spruce Grove inn is an ok hotel. It is a bit dated (like many of the hotels in the park) but has many of the amenities that are needed (but no safe or minibar). We received breakfast as part of the room but it was a very limited continental buffet selection, bizarrely held in a second floor conference room in an adjoining hotel (that had no lift). The food itself was ok but compromised pre bought items including packet croissants which were at best dry.
It is located towards the end of town but with lots of free parking everywhere this wasn't an issue.
The staff were friendly even though there didn't seem to be many if them which meant a 20 minute wait to check out.
On the plus side there was free wifi & underground parking.
We would stay there again but only because of the gorgeous location.

A few minutes walk to town centre ,but very nice room very spacious.A plus for this hotel is continental breakfast is included which is a refreshing change in these parts.good value for money.

My 3 friends and I decided to go to Banff for May Long 2011 and we had a blast! The hotel is quite a ways from downtown, but we got lots of exercise walking everyday! The breakfast wasn't anything special, but we weren't there for the food. The room was huge! Didn't expect that at all, and the service was excellent. In case anyone reads this who was there for May Long as well, we had a digital camera go missing. It's a black Casio in a black camera case. Don't really care about the camera, but having the pictures back would be awesome! If you know of anything please email erinnd_17@yahoo.ca. I would definitely recommend the Spruce Grove Inn if you are looking for a nice, quiet, comfortable place to stay.

The Spruce has a lovely suite at the back of the hotel, which is very spacious. We had a balcony and an enormous jaccuzzi beside the bedroom. Towels galore as well (which seemed to contradict their Project Planet policy a bit I thought), however it's always nice to have a dry towel!

No problems with the internet and the staff were all very nice. The hike into town was just a tiny bit long for total convenience in the cold - but I did get to see an enormous seven point buck grazing in the park as I walked pass which made my day!