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Reviews of Hotel Arts Kensington 5 stars

1126 Memorial Drive Northwest, T2N 3E3 Calgary, Canada

#35 of 104 hotels in Calgary

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 117 hotel reviews

8.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.8

  • Comfort

    8.9

  • Location

    8.7

  • Facilities

    8.5

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    7.8

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 31 August 2025

    9.0
    Very lovely place. Nice and helpful staff with a good attitude
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Breakfast good. Dinner was great

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 June 2025

    9.0
    My husband and I had a very nice stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Executive King Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    None

    The staff is very friendly and the location is very good. It is clean and comfortable

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 January 2025

    9.0
    great stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    nothing

    great location

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 15 October 2024

    7.0
    Sadly we won’t return to this location in future.
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Parking was tricky and the breakfast was not great. The coffee was cold, the yogurt was warm and the fruit was mushy.

    Clean and very very nice staff!!!

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 October 2024

    8.0
    Beautiful hotel in a great location. But you can find better service for this price.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The breakfast was good, but it could have been presented a bit nicer. For instance, no spoons to eat your boiled eggs. A bit more thought would have been nice for a hotel of this price. I did not like the large number of unusual emails from the hotel (through booking.com). At the end I sent an email questioning the hotel if it did indeed receive my recommendation - I started getting nervous about being a victim of fraud. Unfortunately, I never received a reply. But finally everything worked out.

    Fantastic location, and not the usual (boring) hotel chain setting.

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 September 2024

    8.0
    Very good for a short stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Few options at breakfast

    Location, nice room

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 August 2024

    7.0
    Restaurant/food and staff were the highlights but at the end of the day - not a 5* experience.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Breakfast was very poor, far away from 5* hotel; cheap French brandy served and priced as if it was French cognac; underground parking space not available - offered a reserved back alley parking instead

    Location is very good, very clean place, polite staff, dinner menu was good and food was great - many thanks to the chef;

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 July 2024

    9.0
    Great location in a beautiful city.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Luxury Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bit of snafu in that Booking confirmation was for room with king bed & pullout couch (2 beds). Actual room had no pullout couch. Staff brought in rollaway & worked hard to help accommodate. But bit of a bummer way to begin the stay.

    Location! Breakfast. Staff.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 July 2024

    8.0
    Great room
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    See above re the breakfast

    Breakfast was the only thing I thought was not up to standard. There was no cooked breakfast options. The options for cereal etc was very limited.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 June 2024

    8.0
    Fine for a quick stay in the city.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Standard corporate hotel feel with no personality.

    It's a clean and comfortable stay for the money. It was a well-equipped gym, but the steam room was broken the last two times I stayed there.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 January 2024

    8.0
    Clean and functional with good location. Bathroom was excellant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Executive King Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No fridge in room for milk

    Limited choice for breakfast no cooked available

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast could’ve been better

    Clean and comfortable

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 November 2023

    9.0
    The staff and basic amenities plus location are excellent for our needs
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    As mentioned above

    Breakfast was ok. However on the weekend no ordinary brown bread, no fruit at all, no basic black tea bags. Minimal offerings

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 October 2023

    8.0
    Great hotel in Calgary
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The balcony

    Great hotel, so nice people, breakfast ok, very good situation in the city, bed very confortable, bathroom perfect. We loved our stay there <3

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 September 2023

    7.0
    Adequate
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Executive King Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Area around hotel noisy no view and a little acary

    Adequate rooms. Recently done and modern

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 September 2023

    8.0
    Great location and comfortable accommodation, but breakfast left a lot to be desired.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    — The included breakfast was quite limited - especially given the price paid. Further, the first morning there was no milk for cereal or cream for coffee. — On a related note, one morning the breakfast was quite busy and ran out of breakfast item such as yogurt and coffee and it seemed that the front desk person was also the breakfast attendant -- and perhaps the only staff on site — slowing down the process of getting breakfast items restocked.

    Room and location were great.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 August 2023

    9.0
    Hassle free stay in Calgary
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing as such, is next to a busy road

    Great location for our needs, clean and upmarket rooms

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 July 2023

    9.0
    Very clean, well-appointed room in a nice area outside downtown
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Executive King Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Everything was great. The only small issue was that the shower was very slippery and there was no anti-slip mat. However, we never reported our concern to the front desk, so maybe they had something available if we had asked.

    Comfortable spacious rooms. Located in a quiet(er) hipster neighborhood and across the street from the river and its pedestrian walkway. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 June 2023

    8.0
    Loved Calgary and all the great day trips and some great restaurants.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    we didn’t get free parking because we didn’t book directly through the hotel. the lighting was not good in the bathroom and the tub was slippery. there was no bold coffee choices and real cream in the fridge would have been good. the breakfast was mediocre.

    The location and the size of the room.

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Prefer a firmer mattress. Prefer kingsize

    Breakfast was good. Location excellent

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2023

    8.0
    good place to stay just across from the city centre and near the river.
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Executive King Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great location a short walk from the river and city centre. Neat quiet hotel. Spacious lounge for breakfast.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 January 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    - No fridge - No hot water jug in room - TV with fireplace screen instead of a real fire place

    - Well situated

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2023

    9.0
    Luxury with a personalized feel in the heart of Kensington
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The outside doors and windows in our room need maintenance. The breakfast pastries looked very good, but they were stale. Small issues that did not diminish the experience, but you asked!

    The hotel has a boutique luxury, yet personalized feel. The front desk manager was very friendly and professional. The room and deep bathtub were very nice. It was quiet for a downtown location. The Continental breakfast exceed expectations. Awesome location in the heart of Kensington.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 20 December 2022

    8.0
    very personable because of the size of hotel this is.
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Luxury Suite
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    more TV channel options needed

    the cleanse, and not a large facility.

    Stayed in December 2022

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