Best Western Golden Lion Hotel

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 20 Oct 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

The elevators are rickety and scary sounding. The floor in each one is wobbly.

Positives: Had a fridge and microwave in room and close to all.

Negatives: It's run down.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 07 Oct 2008 rated 2 out of 10.

I specifically stay at Best Western because I was under the impression they were a nice hotel. I usually stay at Motel6, but I thought I'd live it up a little on vacation. ~loll~ If Best Western is a nice hotel chain, they need to jerk the franchise contract out from under this location. Rude staff. Awful food. Dirty rooms. Bad, no paint job in room. This particular Best Western is way below any Motel 6 I ever stayed at.
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Positives: Hard to say. Ummm, I liked the stuffed animal heads on the wall. Interesting decor.

Negatives: Rude staff. Awful food. Dirty rooms.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 08 Sep 2008 rated 4 out of 10.

Poor restaurant. No shuttle service to airport. Poor appearance. Over priced.

Positives: Nothing.

Negatives: No shuttle service.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 25 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

Prices are outrageous in this city so it's no surprise that a moderate hotel would charge so much for a room. The muted brown and beige decor make it look older and dingier than it really is. Comfortable beds, large rooms, adequate restaurant and room service. In-room microwave & refrigerator. Nice place to start or end a vacation. Not very convenient to airport but that also avoids all the noise.

Positives: Easy access for disabled traveler.

Negatives: Noisy party upstairs. Had to ask hotel staff several times to ask them to be quiet.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 18 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

This is a nice hotel near the edge of the center of town and by car it takes 5 minutes to shopping, theatres, and restaurants. You can walk and it would take 10 to 15 minutes to walk to things you would like to do. Staff is very friendly and work hard to make you comfortable.

Positives: Nice clean hotel near the center of town, theatres, shopping, and restaurants.

Negatives: Small elevators.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 15 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

It was fine for a night stay to get you from one place to another.

Positives: Convenient restaurant and lounge.

Negatives: Toilet kept running.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 09 Aug 2008 rated 5 out of 10.

Back in the day this way a nice hotel. Now it is just mediocre at best. The restaurant is terrible but it has a nice bar. The rooms were clean however and well taken care of.

Positives: Fairly nice hotel overall with nice bar area.

Negatives: No shuttle service, terrible restaurant and too far from everything.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 09 Aug 2008 rated 4 out of 10.

Basic room, good bed and marginal pillows, but clean and adequate. Restaurant was slow and forgettable, and the location requires driving to Downtown Anchorage or anywhere else. Had a nice little exercise room and laundry facilities. Next time I'd probably pay a bit more and stay in a bit nicer hotel Downtown.

Positives: Exercise room.

Negatives: Slightly seedy, run-down appearance.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 03 Aug 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

They were very friendly, helpful & was a good value for the price. Parts of the hotel were kind of outdated (stairways & restaurant area), but looks like they are in process of replacing carpet & updating.

Positives: They were able to send a fax for me at no charge.

Negatives: Workout area & Sauna open to main lobby.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sat 02 Aug 2008 rated 10 out of 10.

The TV & cable was ok. I would love to see upgrades, that of course is big bucks. A centralized location & a theater a block away. I like it.

Positives: This one has the best parking situation I've seen in a while & a restaurant.

Negatives: I wish they would upgrade the cable & larger TV's but, many need to do that.

Reviewer: Not provided on Wed 30 Jul 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

Very helpful staff at the desk. The room was large and had a microwave, refrigerator and television. Climate control worked well. Tub was run down with patches which didn't match the base color very well.

Positives: Convenient to Downtown.

Negatives: Hallways and elevators a bit run down.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 28 Jul 2008 rated 5 out of 10.

I would not recommend this hotel. It had no shuttle from the airport, no breakfast so I had to buy that and it was already really expensive to stay at the hotel.

Positives: There was enough room to move around.

Negatives: No breakfast and beds were hard.

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 17 Jul 2008 rated 7 out of 10.

I was pleased at the room and the location overall. Unfortunately it is a bit rundown.

Positives: Location was excellent.

Negatives: Rundown feel.

Reviewer: Not provided on Tue 15 Jul 2008 rated 8 out of 10.

The staff, from the reception area to the maintenance staff, is extremely friendly. Our room was quite spacious and included 2 beds, a desk, plenty of chairs, a fridge and microwave. The room was clean, as was the bathroom. They provide coffee, shampoo, lotion, soap & a shower cap in the bathroom. My only complaint is that they only have about 8 channels, and with 2 little ones and quite a bit of down-time in the room, there wasn't much to watch.

Positives: The staff is extremely friendly!

Negatives: The building is outdated, somewhat gloomy looking and there aren't many channels on the TV.

Reviewer: Not provided on Mon 14 Jul 2008 rated 2 out of 10.

The mattresses had to be over 2 years old, the carpets were stained, the complete building smelled old and dirty. I would never have stayed there had I known it was that bad.

Positives: The staff was friendly.

Negatives: It was too expensive, old and dirty.

Reviewer: Not provided on Fri 11 Jul 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

I was so scared to stay at this hotel. Everything was perfect.

Positives: Exceeded my expectations, for the price.

Negatives: Handicap facilities are a bit lacking.

Reviewer: Not provided on Sun 06 Jul 2008 rated 9 out of 10.

The rooms were large and pleasant. Front desk staff very friendly and helpful. Free Internet service. Restaurant food was surprisingly good. Enjoyed our brief stay and will stay there again when next in Anchorage.

Positives: Friendly staff and excellent food in restaurant.

Negatives: Did

Reviewer: Not provided on Thu 03 Jul 2008 rated 3 out of 10.

Golden Lion has been here a long time, but it's my first stay. We were on the back side, away from the Seward Highway, so it was fairly quiet. Shower heads are about five feet from the tub floor. Limited TV selection.

Positives: Convenient. Friendly staff.

Negatives: Bad bed/sheets. Only entrance to floors was the elevators.