Hotel Review Pinnacle Hotel Whistler

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Nov 17, 2009
We stayed in a queen size bed with Jacuzzi bath with a balcony with mountain views. Also had a plasma TV, dishwasher and fully self contain room. Good location walking distance to everything, good size room clean, serviced daily, friendly helpful staff. Good value for money. Would recommend this hotel.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Nov 7, 2009
Just for Reference I am a 21 year old and I went with my girlfriend.
The hotel was nice. The room I stayed in was the deluxe room with kitchen and Jacuzzi tub. For how expensive whistler is, this place was reasonable. The room was clean and well stocked. It had a good sized flat screen tv, DVD player, alarm clock radio with ipod/mp3 hook up, electric fireplace, A/C, sliding door with balcony and view of mountain. The room isn't super fancy, but as long as your plans involve staying out of the room (which they should be, it's whistler), then this room is perfect.
One of the best things about it was that it was very close to food, entertainment, shopping and the grocery store. You can walk to the lifts but it is a far walk, I wouldn't recommend the walk with any kind of ski equipment.
The staff is very friendly and they were willing to accommodate our needs. I highly recommend getting a room with the Jacuzzi tub, and cooking a few of your meals in the kitchen is an excellent way to save money.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Oct 22, 2009
My husband and I stayed here from Oct 2nd to 4th for a weekend getaway. I booked a standard studio for CAD$89/per night plus taxes and were pleasantly surprised when they upgraded us to a deluxe studio on the fourth floor when we checked in.

Pros: The staff were very friendly and the room itself was quite big and clean. It had a kitchenette with a fridge, stove w/ oven, microwave and a dishwasher, so it would be great for families not wanting to eat out for every meal. It had a two person Jacuzzi tub and a flat screen TV, perfect for watching while lying in bed. There was also an IPod alarm clock which was a nice touch. The location was great - about 5 minute walk to the village.

Cons: The bathroom was really small. There was only room for one person to be in at a time, and not enough counter space to put your toiletry bags. The window above the sliding doors didn't have any curtains, so it got bright early in the morning. The room was a bit musty smelling. Parking was $15 per day.

Overall, I'd say that it's an average hotel. If you're looking for something luxurious this is not the place for you. If you're looking for basic, clean accommodations for a decent price, I'd recommend it. For me personally though, I wouldn’t pay more than the CAD$89 a night in the off season.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Oct 15, 2009
We were upgraded when we arrived because of the Travel online reservation. We had a junior suite that had a Jacuzzi tub in the room and nice view of the mountains. The staff was very pleasant and helped us find our luggage from the train. We were very happy with the service and room.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Oct 7, 2009
My son and I stayed here for a week vacation. The hotel is not fancy but we were very satisfied. It's clean and neat, the rooms come with a small kitchen that is quite functional (though the supplied set of dishes / utensils was perhaps a bit sparse). Housekeeping did a great job keeping our room clean. The front desk staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Considering the very reasonable price (for Whistler, which is quite expensive overall), the location is great; it's only about a minute's walk to the "Village Stroll" and within five to seven minutes of everything in Whistler Villager, including the lifts to both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. It's near the biggest (and most reasonably priced) grocery store and the convenience store. It's right across the street from the only rental car place in town and one can up the airport shuttle right across the street. The main queen bed was a great (my son slept on the pullout couch and was much less enthusiastic about it :-). It has laundry facilities which we did not use. It also has a pool and hot tub located outdoors; we didn't use them but we saw a number of others using them. There is an Italian restaurant in the same building as the hotel; we didn't try it. The room has a very large jetted tub right in the room which my son used several times. Plenty of hot water. Cable TV with plenty of channels. Individual room air conditioner. Gas fireplace in the room. In summary, we enjoyed it, it was a great value for the money and we wouldn't hesitate to stay here again.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Sept 29 , 2009
Excellent place to stay, very close to everything and the staff was great. Having a kitchen in the room made breakfast convenient and quick before hitting the slopes. Grocery store is very close by and the bus from Vancouver drops off and pics up across the street.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Sept 12 , 2009
The upper village was a great location for us. Also the parking was secure with a keyed garage door to enter. The parking spaces small. The room and bath were clean. The hot tub next to the bed gave a cluttered feeling to the room.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Sept 6, 2009
got a good rate of 113 including tax. the room was spacious and clean albeit noisy as we were on the road side of the building. the pool is very very small but this was almost an advantage as we almost always had it completely to ourselves as most people came in and looked at it with sad faces and left. the location of the pinnacle is excellent with secure underground parking.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Aug 26, 2009
The room had its own kitchenette and a two-person whirlpool bath, as well as a balcony. It was literally five minutes walk away from the town center with all its shops and amenities. Parking was $15 cdn a night, though.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
Aug 12, 2009
My husband and I with 2 young kids arrived at Aug 8 for 2 nights. We booked a Family Fun package that offered by the hotel. The package is ok, you paid what you want., however, the hotel room is not as good as we read from reviews.
We're arranged a corner unit on 3 floor, the views is great with lots of windows and 2 balconies, but the bedding is quite dirty with some sort of "saliver stain" on pillows. The sheet on the sofa bed is also has red-brown stain. These are the things I never see in hotels I ever stayed. The renovation job done poorly, with wallpaper peel off a bit, blinds miss some pieces, The facial tissue paper holder cover not properly install...etc. The real thing that turn me off from cooking breakfast inside the unit, is when I wanted to brew coffee with the provided coffee pot , I opened and found a old coffee is still sit inside, yaak!

Also, when I book the room by phone, I was confirmed that I would have 2 queen beds, but when we arrived, it was just a queen bed with a sofa bed. On the first night, my family cannot sleep well at all with so limited space on the queen bed. The sofa bed bedding is dirty, so we don't use it at all. Then the second night, we request to move to a room with 2 beds, and we're granted. The second room in the second floor is cleaner and more comfortable and tidy than the first room.
This is my first time to stay at Pinnacle Whistler, I really reluntent to suggest my friends or family to stay this hotel again.

Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
July 20, 2009
Located close to Whistler Village - easy walking distance - 5 minutes to centre, 10 to Gondolas.

Bright and cheerful with comfortable good sized rooms with kitchenette, and good shower/bathroom - which doubles as jacuzzi - OK but intrudes a bit into the bedroom. Staff are helpful and pleasant at all times. Wireless internet did not work for us - but there was a another accessible router to pirate!!

We did not use the breakfast or restaurant facilities - Quattro's Italian which is on the premises. Plenty of good dining in Whistler.

Take a trip up the Gondola for great views but if you are visiting in Summer there is not much of interest otherwise - Whistler is geared for winter sports. Come or go on the Whistler Mountaineer train (doesn't run in winter) - but not both - take a Seaplane, bus or drive one way!

Pinnacle is highly recommended for value and quality.


Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
July 10, 2009
The rooms at the Pinnacle are a mini home. They have everything you could possibly need - bed, sofa, full kitchen, flat screen tv, dvd player, bathroom with jacuzzi etc. The hotel shows its age but is in ok condition. We had a corner room with two balconies (small size). One of them had views of both the Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Not much more you can ask for in terms of location. The main village area is just a 5 minutes walk.
The hotel has late check-in (4pm) and early checkout (10am). Please have one or the other. If you have late check in then you should allow late check out.
The parking fees of $15/day is excessive and uncalled for. The bathroom was a little cramped and had enough room for only one person at a time.
Overall it was value for money in terms of amenities and location.


Hotel Review of the Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
June 12, 2009
If you want a quiet place with a full kitchen that is 5 minutes walk from the main village then look here.
From first blush, the outside of this hotel looks like any other, until you get to the front door which is a little less fancy with the unpowered double glass doors with metal handles. The lobby is quaint with a small check in desk. Nice polite staff.
Going up the one of two elevators to our deluxe 4th floor suite, a faint odor was detected which was prevalent even in our room. I will grant that for a snow resort that gets a lot of wet patrons over the years will tend to leave a musty wet smell...don't hope for lemon fresh.
The room was a fair size with a high steepled ceiling. We only noticed that the upper set of windows did not have black out curtains, nor any curtains at all. If you have to, use the sofa cushions to cover the upper window.
The TV is oddly placed on top of the very high fireplace, so viewing is not easily done from the sofa. The bed is better. As per other comments made, there is no drawer space for clothes, only two closets. Not very convenient as most of our stuff spent their time sprawled over chairs.
For Ipod owners, there is a convenient Ipod radio that you can hook your tunes up to.
The kitchen is the right size and stocked with all that you would need to cook. Warning, the range hood does not vent outside but instead back into the room so don't try cooking anything that will smoke excessively as the smoke alarm 14 feet up on the ceiling will not be accessible. There is a nice small table for eating.
There is a big jacuzzi in the room. Probably best in winter.
The bathroom is small with little counter space for your stuff.
Finally the temperature. In the warmer weather the room, being on the top floor heats up. If you like sleeping with an air conditioner on, with both the cold air issues and the noise issues, then this place is for you. If you can't sleep like this then perhaps a different place with a more modern, and quieter air conditioning system.
Overall, like i said, it was okay, but not great. It may have been our particular room, but there are other hotels in Whistler that are a bit more up to date that I think are more impressive.

Pinnacle Hotel Whistler
4319 Main Street
Whistler, BC V0N 1B4 CA