I stayed at the resort September 9th to the 11th in the cabins. The resort was very clean and the cabins were like a hotel room with coffee and amenities. The one thing I appreciated was that they were quiet. Each cabin has a seperate outside seating area with table and chairs. You can walk right along the Chena River. The resort features a great breakfast buffet daily in the main building. Also on site is the Chena Alaskan Grill. The resort is five minutes from the airport and just down the road from grocery and shopping. Good for business travelers

This was a wonderful trip. I stayed at Rivers edge resort for 3 night and it was everything I hoped it would be.... clean, cute. It had a front door and back. A cute little patio out back to watch the ducks and boats.. Lots of room to walk and roam. I truely loved this place and will come back again!!

First understand that there is almost no reason in the world to go to Fairbanks. The city is as appealing as a 1957 strip mall. It's all spread out with no real downtown. So staying at the River's Edge, not too far from the airport or the one serious attraction in town, the Museum of the North, makes a lot of sense. The rooms -- actually they are individual cottages -- are spacious and nice. We needed laundry done and the desk took care of it and got it back to us on time. We had an easy walk from the River's Edge to a very large Fred Meyer that had everything from socks to salmon. One big complaint -- no refrigerator in the room.

We thought our impression might change several weeks after our stay, but it did not. We stayed two nights in the lodge, described as “classically designed.” It’s less charming than old. The lodge is surrounded by 82 or so cottages. Our king-bedroom in the lodge was reminiscent of 1960s (or earlier) décor with dreary floral pictures, a small bath, little space for clothes and no elevator to a second-floor room. The crowning touch was an enormous but strangely managed breakfast room called Chena’s Fine Dining. It was a huge and hugely deserted room with no clear explanation of what’s happening. Everyone including us arrives with a puzzled expression. A hostess needs to explain since there is no signage: That row of items is the full breakfast; this row of items is the continental breakfast ($7.95) which most “chain” hotels include in the price. This clearly isn’t a “chain” hotel. Late afternoon, we chose to have hors d’oeuvres and drinks at the River’s Edge’s nearby Chena Alaskan Grill. Okay, but slow service in at a tight corner spot near the front door.