Now that I am a dad and my daughter is old enough to travel with us, I have started focusing a lot more on the bang for your buck aspect of things. When all was said and done, we paid close to 800$ for a night at the palliser. Our first room was definitely not worth 700$(gold floor room) for the night. It was pretty basic. You would have gotten charged half the price at other comparable hotels in the area for the same room for one night. The food at the restaurant next to the lobby was mediocre. The pool was very nice. That was probably our favourite part. The gold lounge on the top floor was a nice quiet place to grab a light breakfast
It is worth noting that when I spoke to the manager about my disappointment with the hotel, they did kindly offer us a suite(likely for no other reason than it was available), so that was a nice touch. The staff in general were kind.
If our first room had been 250-300$ for the night, I would see the value, but for 700$ the value just isn’t there.