On Banff Trail in northwest Calgary, Ramada Limited Calgary Northwest carries an unusually low overall rating, 1.9 out of 5 across more than 860 reviews, and the honest, necessary summary of that feedback is that a substantial and specific pattern of serious complaints runs through recent reviews, information any prospective guest, and particularly any Doggy Deets user considering the property, needs before booking. Multiple detailed reviews describe genuinely alarming conditions: one guest describes finding old, dried blood in their room and receiving what they characterize as dismissive, run-around treatment from staff when raising the issue, ultimately calling it the worst motel experience of their life and explicitly warning it isn’t worth risking one’s health to stay there.
Cleanliness and maintenance concerns extend well beyond that single account. Another reviewer describes having to personally clean their bathroom shower due to visible grime on the walls, alongside a persistently loud, poorly functioning bathroom fan and exposed wiring, concluding that the entire building appears to need a comprehensive renovation rather than isolated fixes. A separate, particularly serious allegation involves the hotel’s security deposit process, with one reviewer describing the property in stark terms, alleging deposits are effectively withheld with guests given repeated, weeks-long runarounds about when or whether funds would be returned, language strong enough that the reviewer directly questions the legitimacy of the hotel’s business practices around deposits.
Additional reviews reinforce this overall pattern rather than standing as isolated complaints. One guest explicitly and strongly advises against staying at the property, describing their own vacation stay, used primarily just for sleeping and basic needs, as terrible despite low expectations for a budget stay. Another review, while more colourfully written, describes the lobby and overall property condition in similarly harsh terms, suggesting the pattern of complaints spans a genuine cross-section of guests rather than a small handful of unusually dissatisfied reviewers.
Given the volume of reviews, over 860, and the specificity and severity of the recurring complaints, biohazard-level cleanliness issues, structural maintenance problems, and serious allegations around deposit handling, this property represents a meaningfully higher risk profile than typical mixed hotel feedback about noise or dated decor. The location itself, in northwest Calgary near Banff Trail, isn’t highlighted as a particular strength or weakness in the reviews sampled, suggesting the property’s core issues centre on room condition, cleanliness, and business practices rather than any positioning advantage that might offset those concerns.
For Doggy Deets users, given the severity and consistency of health, cleanliness, and business-practice concerns raised across a substantial volume of independent reviews, bringing a dog into this specific property carries the same risks described for guests generally, potentially compounded for a pet given the specific cleanliness allegations. Doggy Deets users considering this property are strongly encouraged to review the most current available guest feedback directly and weigh it very carefully, alongside the property’s markedly low overall rating, before booking with or without a pet.
