Sure there are fancier places to stay in Dawson City but the question is.... why? The bunkhouse is the place to be for an authentic Dawson experience. This is indeed the real deal. This was our first time and we liked it so much (the CIty and the Bunkhouse) that we changed our plans to stay longer. Small but clean rooms with a choice of facing the Yukon River (Right across the park!) on facing the town and the mountains behind. Young crowd which might explain a lot of the other lower ratings I see here. But, People! Get with the program! If you wanted upscale comforts you should have stayed south! The atmosphere was friendly and the staff knew their town well enough to direct us to everything we wanted to see.
Would definitely return and plan to for a longer stay sometime in the future.