As of May 2026 the hotel is undergoing renovations. Serious renovations. The room was finished and clean with excellent work showing, but the elevator is nonfunctional and the floors have to be reached on stairs stripped of flooring, carpets, and even paint. If you have difficulty climbing 48 stairs to reach the rooms on the second floor, you may want to spend your stay in Kenora at a different Hotel. If you are interested in comfortable rooms, reasonable rates, excellent facilities within the room, with a fine restaurant, and are not put off by a hefty dose of exercise, then please be aware that the Kenricia Hotel is a wonderful spot for a good night's rest.

I stayed at this hotel for two nights, and during that entire period I was only able to take one proper shower because there was no hot water available. My wife was on her menstrual period at the time, which made the situation even more uncomfortable. Spending almost three days without access to a proper hot shower is simply unacceptable and far below the minimum standard expected from a hotel stay. When we first reported the issue after check-in, we were told that too many guests were using the hot water system at the same time and that the system could not handle the demand. We were advised to “try again later.” I continued trying every 30 minutes until nearly midnight, and the water was still cold. In addition, the property appears to be under renovation, although this was never clearly communicated beforehand. The common areas are in poor condition and create an uncomfortable and somewhat unsafe atmosphere. Even the hallways appear damaged and unsettling. To be fair, the rooms themselves are renovated, clean, and look modern inside. However, the lack of basic amenities such as reliable hot water, combined with the overall condition of the property, significantly affected our experience and made the stay very disappointing.

It was a nice room

Made me wait 20 mins in the cold because there wasn’t anyone at front desk,I paid for a partial lake view that didn’t exist (was all alleyway) elevator didn’t work so had to carry luggage up to third floor, zero hot water after letting it run for 10 mins, and there was a dead bird under my bed that when I brought up to staff they did absolutely nothing for me. It was unhygienic and disgusting, the health department should shut it down, and atleast refund me

parking easy secure

NOTHING HERE WAS GOOD! DONT STAY! KENRICIA HOTEL IS SO UNSANITARY AND IT SMELLS LIKE DRUGS, NO STAFF IS AROUND AND DONT EVEN GET ME TALKING ABOUT THE CREEPY PARKADE. WE LEFT AND DID NOT STAY.

My review is similar to many here. The property is in the midst of a renovation. The rooms they rent are all completely renovated, clean and comfortable. But as yet, there is no elevator. My room was on the 3rd floor. The hallways were clear, but it’s clearly a construction zone. The parking was secure, but a bit unconventional. Your key card unlocks the door, then you have to slide it open, drive in, and close it behind you. But it was nice to have my car warm and secure.

Lacking staff no one working from desk. Hotel is in bad condition. Bad odours in hallways. Would never stay here again.

Great location but the whole hotel is very sketchy. The actual room itself was pretty good but getting to the room was a bit scary!

Hotel under reno but so far it's pretty quiet and rooms are really nice

There was no hot water in my room. Driving 11 hours today and all I wanted was a hot shower. No carpet or flooring in hallways just floorboards. Elevator doesn't work and we're on the 3rd floor. Front desk gave us a number to call for help with the water....and that person's response was "we're not there, sorry". Awful place...

This hotel is under renovation and should be in the market. No elevator, going up the stairs to 3ed florr, cold air blowing in the room from around the window AC, staris are not carpeted and are noisy, for parking you have to go around the hotel and open the manual gate and close it manually. The reception staff was nice and helpful, but the hotel condition is uninhabitable. Dirty carpet in the room.

Clean, Quiet room, Under renovation but easy acces

Motel is being renovated. Offered us a third floor room but elevator was out of order. Very bad. Cancelled reservation.

Under innovation and did not informed I get there after 12 hours drive Situation was disgusting

This facility should not be sold thru Expedia. I had already paid you therefore had no choice. I wanted to walk off the poprety. Totally misguided but under renovation. No Elivators. no signage. I should get reimbursed...

The people who own the place are rehabbing it, so there is no lift, you must use the stairs. The stairwells are bare and because of the area you need a code to get past the first floor. The room was a generous size, had a good bed and decent shower with good fluffy towels. It has a coffee machine fridge and some dishes along with a couch sitting area. There is locked safe parking for your vehicle.

Really need to fix hallways and elevator. They are very smelly, however rooms are okay

Dirty rooms,no hot water in the washroom,they didn’t provide the blankets,smell from the room,they gave us room on the third floor and elevator was not working, they didn’t give any head up about the elevator..carpet was not clean in the room and there was a dead bee in the room and the floor was not clean

The Landlord (owner/operator) is a very hands on person and will do anything to make your stay go pleasantly . The building will be beautiful when he’s done his renovations . Definately come back