Aloft Montreal Airport

There is no restaurant

Pros: The staff were great. We stayed in a king room with "oversized" shower. It wasn't oversized, but it was nice. Room was great: modern decor and nicely furnished. The airport shuttle comes every 15 minutes during "prime time" and by request in the middle of the night, if required. Leaving the hotel on a shuttle, I was through security and at my gate in 20 minutes. Perfect.

Cons: There are ice buckets in the rooms, but no ice machines in the hotel. The front desk has some little bags of ice available, which is strange but okay. N.B.: There is no restaurant at this hotel. This was not at all clear to me when I looked at their website. We stayed here because we had an early morning flight. We did not have a rental car and had planned to have dinner at the hotel. The food options were disappointing. There is no restaurant, just a very basic bar. The bar has some frozen food (chicken fingers, pizza, coconut shrimp, etc.) that the bartender reheats in a toaster oven and possibly a microwave. We ate chicken fingers and shrimp, and they were rather pathetic. Along with three drinks between the two of us, the bar bill came out to >$90. The food and drinks were not worth anything close to this - this is not good value.

Pool not functional, airport shuttle slow

Pros: Liked: comfy beds, dark window shades, large shower

Cons: Pool didn't work and the staff didn't tell us about the alternative option to use the pool at the Sheraton until the second time we talked to them. Also, the airport shuttle was supposed to come every 15 mins but it was at least 30 -- those extra minutes at the airport could have saved us a lot of stress.