Chez Dube Country Inn
A piano lounge and game room, minutes from the island
About this stay
Chez Dube Country Inn offers something genuinely different from the chain hotels that dominate Wood Buffalo's rated stock: a piano lounge and a game room alongside warm, individually decorated rooms and suites, all with free breakfast, free WiFi and free parking included. It sits five minutes by taxi from McDonald Island and two minutes' walk from Fraser Avenue, with BLUE IVORY Habesha Bar and Restaurant six minutes away on foot for a meal outside the guesthouse itself. Kid-friendly status and a smoke-free policy round things out, and the twenty-minute run to YMM airport places it within the broader downtown-adjacent band rather than the shorter Gregoire Drive cluster. The overall effect is closer to a bed-and-breakfast than a standard motel, a genuine point of difference in this particular market.
- Piano lounge
- Game room
- Free breakfast
- Near McDonald Island
Our take
This suits a traveller who wants a genuinely personal, characterful stay over a standard chain hotel room, with the piano lounge and game room offering something to do without leaving the property. It's a strong pick for a family wanting easy access to McDonald Island's recreation complex, five minutes away, alongside a quieter evening back at the guesthouse. Anyone prioritising the shortest possible airport run should look toward the Gregoire Drive corridor instead.
- ✓Use the piano lounge and game room in the evening rather than defaulting to a night out every time.
- ✓Visit McDonald Island, five minutes by taxi, for a full day of recreation beyond the guesthouse itself.
- ✓Walk to BLUE IVORY Habesha Bar and Restaurant, six minutes away, for a genuinely different dining option.
Why we love it
- A genuine piano lounge on-site
- Game room for evenings in
- Five minutes from McDonald Island
- Warm, individually decorated rooms
Why guests love itChez Dube Country Inn is the personal alternative I would choose in Fort McMurray for a family who likes character over a chain: rooms and suites are warm and individually decorated, there is a game room for evenings in and a piano lounge. Breakfast is free. Fraser Avenue is two minutes' walk away and McDonald Island five minutes by taxi for a day out. A 9.4 rating from 54 reviews is excellent.
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