I stayed at this location the last weekend of November 2011 while on business. This hotel is kept up very well. Upon entering the lobby to check-in, I thought it was a brand new facility, the check-in clerk informed me the hotel is close to 10 years old. The floors and carpets are immaculate and the entire interior was absolutely spotless. I had a spacious room with a KING BED, I must say, in all of the places I have travelled to, it was probably one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in. The decor in the rooms was impressive with a newer model flat screen TV. The hotel location is on the corner of a very busy McLeod Trail and Sun Valley Blvd, but it is situated far enough back from the street that road noise will not be a factor unless a moron with a hole in the muffler of his Harley decides to drive past at 200 KMH!!! The continental breakfast was better than most typical breakfasts at other locations. I didn't use the pool, but I did go and check it out, it looked to be small, you won't be doing any olympic laps in the pool.

The Wingate is walking distance from shopping and restaurants. The Darby Arms is across the parking lot and if you like a great steak, try the Cattle Baron which is also near by. The Wingate is a great place to stay if you are travelling through Calgary, you won't regret spending your money to stay at this location.

Very spacious King room, clean, comfortable and bright. I always hate when hotel rooms are lacking on lights, this one definitely was not. There were lights everywhere. The pool was a little small for swimming in but was warm and has a nice waterslide. The hottub was clean, what more can you ask for. Breakfast was adequate with the usual toast, waffles, coffee, juice etc. Overall I had a great stay accept for on my second night in the hotel the service was a little lacking, this one incident is the only reason I didn't rate it higher. I had gotten left overs from a resaurant the night before and was wanting a plate and some cutlery to be able to eat if from. I called guest services and asked if they had any paper plates and cutlery I could use to eat my food with, the person on the phone seemed a little annoyed? but said he thought so and asked what my room was in, I offered to come down and get it but he said that is fine. I never heard from him again and those kinds of things are just unacceptable to me.

Overall great stay.

I can't say much about Calgary that you don't already know. It's one of the coolest cities on the planet and one of my favorites. This Wingate was also one of my favorite hotels.

This is a classic Wingate: new, big, clean, crisp and everything you want in a hotel. Well, I wish it were about 15-20 minutes closer to downtown, that's the only thing I would have wanted. But it's close to the train which was nice. The room was perfect, a huge comfortable bed, a big, nice, clean, well-stocked bathroom with nice thick towels and nice toiletries and the room also had a fridge and microwave. The breakfast was great with some hot items in addition to the usual cereals, oatmeal packets, coffee/tea/juice/milk, breads/bagels, etc. There are quite a few restaurants and fast food places closeby and shopping of all kinds. I hope to be back in Calgary next year, it's such a great city.

Nice clean rooms, only problem was the air conditioner points right at the one queen bed closest to it and blows into your face at night unless you turn it off and then there is no air movement in the room at all. Free breakfast was nice as we are not huge breakfast eaters. Staff was very helpful with directions to where ever we needed to go. We would stay again.