Lodging Review: Hilton Quebec
I used points again for a room at the Hilton Quebec. Overall it was a nice stay, with friendly service and updated rooms. I also got turndown service which included chocolates, a bottle of water, the curtains drawn, the lights turned on, and the TV set to the jazz music channel!
Being on the 21st floor of a hotel already situated on a hill gave me great views. My view was onto the newer part of the city and the Laurentian mountains and river. If I had paid even more points, I could have gotten a view of Vieux Quebec or the Parliament building.
I was on an Executive Floor, but unfortunately the Executive Lounge was closed for another week or so. Instead, I was given vouchers for the full buffet in the downstairs restaurant (vs. continental breakfast in the lounge), and two $5 vouchers for the bar. I redeemed these for a bottle of water both days.
The breakfast was good, including scrambled eggs that were actually creamy and tasted like real egg. I don't think I've ever experienced this before in a buffet! Overall, though, I thought that the Hilton Garden Inn's breakfast was even nicer, because I could get made-to-order eggs (or crepe, french toast, etc.) in addition to the buffet.
The staff, in particular the enthusiastic hostess, was very kind in assisting me with my breakfast for the morning of my departure. I asked them the first day what I should do, since I had an early flight that meant I would leave before the restaurant opened. They gave me a box, like a rectangular Happy Meal box decorated with various clip art of food, and said I could load it up with things and just keep it in my room.
I didn't realize that my room didn't have a mini fridge (unlike the Hilton Garden Inn where you are guaranteed a fridge and a microwave worldwide) so I had to eat the yogurt right away. But the rest I had either the morning I left, or on the nearly 3 hr flight from Quebec City to Chicago with only beverage service.
