Le Cardinal Golf Club Tours and Activities

Room and public areas are generally clean. The decor is somewhat unusual with a large tree trunk on each floor near the elevator. It does not have parking, but it has agreement with the hotel next door (Le Mount Stephen) that one can park there overnight for a cost of 40 CAD/night. It has free breakfast though minimal (pastry, bread, cereal, yogurt, coffee) in a small room right across the check-in desk. The room on the top floor (3rd) has a large rectangle opening ceiling that lets natural light to come through. The hotel hangs a white thin cloth over the opening to minimize direct sunlight from entering. This is good in the day time because the room is very bright, but the downside is that as soon as the sun comes up, one can no longer sleep due to the room brightness. And even though the room has AC, it heats up quickly, particularly when the temperature gets above 85F.

It was our first visit to Sonolux. A lovely boutique property but this was a case of style over substance. The check-in process was muddled by the use of automation. We had to wait for a staff member to ok us for check-in at the iPad kiosks. The whole process took 25 min. Once we were told that the system had the room ready, the kiosk would not acknowledge our reservation. I tried 10 times. I then had to wait for the 1 staff member to finish another service call before having him deal with the computer issue. That aside, the room, design and spaces were beautiful. The staff were also very friendly and helpful. I just think they need to re-think the whole check-in process.