Thought the place was great. Nice interior, with some minor repairs still on going. Had the loft room, and it was great. The pool table was a very cool touch. The staff were very nice, and breakfast was wonderful. The cook made what we asked for, in this case waffles, woth a side of fruit. The food was good, as was the presentation.

Even staying 6 weeks in Canada this accommodation will be the only one I write a comment about. I booked the room with the jacuzzi and really enjoyed it after a couple of weeks in backpackers and budget hotels it was a great delight spending an hour with the sun shining into the bathroom, sitting in a jacuzzi. The staff Sharon and Kent were really inspiring and even the encounters with the owner (referring to the previous comments) I found very interesting. Usually I don't prefer staying in B&B's because I don't like to take part into a foreign family, but this stay was very different and amusing. All together I really enjoyed it and would recommend this accommodation. If I ever get back to Calgary this will be the place to stay.

Sabine
Germany

Having decided to go to Calgary I searched Trip Advisor and found this B & B. It had many negative reviews from last year and this year. It had also been highlighted that things had changed for the better. I placed this as my wild card for my trip through Canada, I was not sure. On arrival I found that the front was a car park with stairs upto a wooden veranda over the garages and then the house met us. The front car park and first visual sight was not exciting and the house looked OK from the front. BUT, on entering the house it was a really beautiful wooden panneled house. The room we were given was exceptional with a jacuzzi bath. It was a massive double room. Apparently there were other rooms similiar one with a snooker table. Kent our host was delightful and extremely friendly and helpful. The owner was never seen. Breakfast in the morning was served by Sharon who was also lovely. This venue was just minutes from the main river across the road, this led to lovely nature walks where you can literally walk for miles. To main Calgary (8th street), its a good 20-25 min walk,. We were on 5th but if you go to 4th you can get a bus straight to the City centre. Also on 4th are lots of lovely restaurants and bars, well worth looking at, all at our end of the area, easy walking. The reason I have titled this place Fawlty Towers is that although lovely there was no structure or plan, the place appeared to bumble along day by day. There are apparently great plans by Kent and Sharon to do the place up next year. I would definately recommend this place to for people to stay if visiting the city or passing through, now and especially next year if the place is done up. Its quirky, fun, relaxed, chilled and thats just the staff. You can't but help liking the place it has character its just not organised

We were very pleased with our experience at Elbow River Manor! The house is a lovely old Mission home with much of the original wood and period details retained. The inside was spotless and neat as a pin. Our room had 2 very comfortable double beds with our own bathroom across the hall and plenty of lovely fluffy white towels , bathrobes, and accessories. The situation is very convenient for the shopping and restaurants on 4th St. and it was a short walk to the Stampede grounds. Rae, the housekeeper, brought some ice water to our room when we arrived and we were served a beautiful fruit plate and tea before bed.
The next morning we were served a delicious bacon and egg breakfast (our choice) by Sharon , the hostess.
Originally , when I had first made enquiries about staying here, my calls were not returned, so we stayed instead at Twin Gables (which I have also reviewed) , where we were very happy . But as it was Stampede ,TG could not accommodate us for our entire stay , so we moved next door to Elbow River Manor for our last day . But I would have been happy enough if we had spent the entire week here.
There seems to have been a major revamping since the previous reviews, as there were no car wrecks and no smoke smell that I could detect. Apparently, it has been recently painted and some new staff hired since my first attempts to book with them.
Sharon and Rae were lovely hostesses.
Roger, the owner, is definitely an idiosyncratic guy, and he and his young friends, can be a little bit boisterous, but they were always friendly and helpful, letting us leave our bags , send an email, booking our cab for us, etc.
And we had a great view of the Stampede fireworks from our window. I would be happy to recommend this place .