Name: Cobblestone Manor B&B
Address: 173 7th Ave W., Cardston, Cardston, Cardston, T0K 0K0, Canada
Rating: 6

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Cobblestone Manor B&B

Cardston

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The cat urine smell is so strong it will burn your eyes and throat.  We opened all the windows, and still could not take the smell.  The outlets have scorched marks and likely unsafe to use.  The furniture is worn, dusty, and broken down.  A broken fridge in the unit.  No hand soap, towels with holes, stained bedding, visible mold on walls.  I could go on and on.  We ended up leaving early as we could not take it.

Do not stay at this location.  We call it the litter box motel.  The smell is horrible.

Well, this place was PERFECT for our family. We booked through hotels (dot) com and received a confirmation. However, well after the fact we learned that Cobblestone Manor double booked our room, and my family was left out in the cold. Ridiculous way to run a B&B.

Our room was double booked

Quaint property. Ivan had a few jokes and was friendly. The best thing...they DO allow dogs. We did not eat there so we cannot comment on that. We actually did not stay here either. We left after about an hour. Insert our declaration that we LOVE supporting small businesses and are proud Albertans, but this was ultimately so disappointing. 

So here is our experience... We unloaded and thought we’d do a quick wipe of high contact surfaces with lysol wipes to give us piece of mind for our stay in light of being Covid Concerned. So light switches, door knobs, remote, taps. I’m not sure the place has even been cleaned. The bathroom faucets were speckled in toothpaste spit and soap, hair in the sink, all our lysol wipes were filthy, the main entrance screen door handle was filthy. I didn't just wipe light fixture switches, but ended up wiping the whole plates because they were disgusting. We tried to over look this as we had had a long wonderful day in Waterton and were tired and in need of a good rest.  What put me over the edge was a used bar of soap by the bathroom sink for our use. A tiny used hotel bar of soap?  For my fiancé  it was lifting the toilet seat to have a pee and it was covered in pee and poop splashes. Obviously not cleaned between guest stays, and built up over time. And that was after he wiped the shower floor with a lysol wipe as we were starting to feel uncomfortable about even getting ourselves clean. The wipe was disgusting. Not to mention the brown stuff smeared all around the bathroom door handle he started wiping...at this point we looked at each other and said this is not worth us even thinking about getting into the bed and packed up and left. We did turn back the  bedding and I am sure, but not certain clean sheets were on the bed, but the duvet cover on the bed has probably not been laundered in many moons. We can overlook outdated bedding, decor, furniture, stained carpets (which is why they probably allow dogs) but cleanliness let alone during a pandemic is something that should not be overlooked by the business owner in this industry.  We did phone after we left (unfortunately a 3 hour dive home) to inform Ivan of our departure and why. There was no answer. We phoned back today and discussed this with him. He said he thought we decided to leave early when we did not show up for breakfast and hung on to his surprise that we were the first people to ever bring their own wipes. To some it might be weird, but to us it’s a small precautionary measure to bring us comfort. I never thought we would leave a place cleaner than we found it...and not even stay there. Ivan indicated he was not sure who cleaned it but he had been informed it was ready for the next guests and that he had processed the full charge on credit card this morning, but would refund 50%. He also informed us it would only be partial because he could have rented it to others that called later last night looking for a room. Interesting he answered their call but not ours.  That’s fine Ivan, keep the $75 and your welcome for the cleaning that we did. 

In any event, do I love quaint, small home based businesses...yes. Do I expect a basic level of cleanliness...yes. Let alone EXTRA and precautionary measures businesses should be taking and following to give clients peace of mind during this time. Not leaving them thinking about whether they are going to gets warts or not from the dirty shower floor!

Less jokes more cleaning Ivan.

Pro: cost was cheap. The couple that manage the place are nice and friendly. Relatively close to Waterton national park. 

Con: smells funnny. Beds aren’t very comfortable. The whole place, although historic, is VERY dated. The lodging is relatively clean, as is the restaurant, but everything else looks like it is on skid row, including the town. 

Needs some major updating

We had a wonderful experience at the Cobblestone Manor. We had the downstairs which had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, small kitchen and living room. Very comfortable for the 4 of us. Ivan was so sweet and wanted to do anything to make our stay a nice one. He was an excellent cook and our food was delicious! Would recommend this B & B!!!

Beautiful Historic Site

For those of you expected a Holiday Inn or Best Western, read no further and consider another hotel.

We booked this place as a stop between East Glacier and Waterton Lakes.  The town of Cardston was the largest town outside of Waterton within a 50 minute drive of the park.  When we got there, the owner was friendly and gave us the key to the room.  

We got the upstairs unit which included 2 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living area which had a couch, TV and 2 additional single beds.  We were able to comfortably fit 3 adults and 3 kids.  The grounds included the backyard which had a trampoline (didn't have safety net around it) and also a tree house.  BEWARE - there was a hornets nest by the tree house when you climb up and my 5 year old got stung trying to climb up.

The age of the rooms, furniture and bedding was worn and could eventually use updating.  Because the rooms were on the top floor, it was really warm in there.  The weather during our stay was in the upper 80's outside, so it was pretty warm inside.  They did have an AC unit within the main living area and an air purifier in one bedroom which cooled the room down sufficiently.  Because it was so hot, the windows had to be let open.  There were a few flies inside along with a pincher bug in our bed.  So if that type of stuff bothers you, you should look for a hotel chain elsewhere.

So the best part of the stay was breakfast.  It was a sit-down breakfast with a menu.  You ordered what you wanted and the owner made it himself.  The breakfast was delicious.  The best part was that it was included in the price of the stay!  So while the room wasn't of the highest quality, I think the value in what we paid for was excellent.  The price of a room in Cardston is much cheaper than staying in the town of Waterton.

BnB, not a Hilton or Western Inn

We had booked to stay here for a night well in advance (months) so there should have been no issue with the fact that we were arriving but this turned out to be the most bizarre accommodation experiences i had ever had the misfortune to be a part of.  We arrived to check in and parked and headed over to the house/restaurant.  We could see 2 doors so we decided to knock on the one closest to the accommodation.   When we did someone inside moved to another room out of sight.  So we knocked a few more times and thought we would try the other door and we did.  Still no response.  So we tried the original door again only to see someone move to one of the backrooms through the window.  So i went around that side of the house and knocked on a third door and still no answer.  So after knocking on doors for 1/2 hour in the rain.  We decided this was beyond a joke and we would look elsewhere for accommodation.  So we hoped back in our car drenched to the bone from the rain and just as we were leaving the street a police car pulled into the street and took a long look at us and i straight away had the feeling that whoever was in the house had called the police.   Anyway we ended up having to drive to another town 45 minutes away and stay there.  Thinking that i would just put it down to experience and be done with it.  But a few days later i get a email not saying i see you didn't show i hope everything is alright.  No i got an email saying i see you didn't show where is our money, demanding that i do the right thing and pay what i owed for booking the room.  So in my reply i asked where was doing the right thing when we tried to check in.  I then get a email explaining how they were out of town and didn't return until 6:30pm and that they had left their adult autistic son at home and now they understand why he was saying someone was trying to break into the house, which in turn explained the police as we were leaving.  Now im not blaming the son, i am putting the blame right at the feet of the owners.  They knew they had guest arriving, why weren't they there to greet them.  Even if they were planning on being back to be the ones to greet us, they didn't arrive until 6:30pm.  So that meant we had to sit in the rain for hours just waiting to check in and even in the second email the owner still had the hide to ask if we intended to pay.  I do not like to leave negative reviews to this extent because i understand this is someones livelihood but i couldn't just let this go and then find out they did the same to someone else.  As for the accommodation, we had a quick look to see if the owners were in there when we were trying to check in and the accommodation is actually just a renovated shed.  What the facilities are like we can not say but i know we will never even consider this place again.

Bizarre

We liked the facilities quite a bit. The bed was comfortable and the rooms nice. The breakfast was delicious. Although it has wifi, it wasn't very good in the room. When we stepped outside (closer to the restaurant) it was fine. :-)

The owner shared a lot of history about the facility and the area which was very enlightening.

Parking is right next to the room.

Very good place to stay in Cranston

This is an authentic, historic bed and breakfast. If you're looking for updated Wi-Fi, updated TVs, and updated linen, stay at a Hilton or Marriott. But if you are looking for a historic gem in Cardston I recommend staying here. It's nothing fancy but the surrounding area and the grounds themselves, and the owner makes this place special. You can get marry on Hilton anywhere in the world, you can't get this place anywhere

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