BEST WESTERN PLUS Saint John Hotel & Suites
An indoor pool 850 metres from McAllister Place mall
About this stay
The 850-metre walk to McAllister Place shopping mall is close enough to manage on foot even without a car for the afternoon, and the indoor pool covers the part of the stay a mall trip cannot: a place to unwind after check-in or before dinner rather than heading straight to a restaurant. Rooms run larger than the exterior suggests, with a 42-inch flat-screen TV, a microwave and fridge for stretching a takeout meal into two, and coffee facilities that skip the need for a lobby run every morning. Cherry Brook Zoo sits 5.7 km out, and Saint John Airport is a genuine 20-minute drive, workable for an early flight without a pre-dawn wake-up call. A gym, business centre and on-site laundry round out a property built for a practical multi-night stay over a scenic one.
- Indoor pool
- Near McAllister Place mall
- 20 min to airport
- Free WiFi
Our take
Couples travelling for the location score this one well, and the 850-metre mall distance holds up as an actual walk, not a rounded-up marketing number. Families splitting a day between the indoor pool and Cherry Brook Zoo get real value from the microwave and fridge combination, since a zoo-day lunch reheats easily back at the hotel. Anyone wanting an Uptown, harbour-facing address should book elsewhere, since this sits closer to the mall corridor than to Market Square or the waterfront.
- ✓Walk to McAllister Place rather than drive if the weather cooperates, since the 850-metre route runs along a proper sidewalk the whole way.
- ✓Book the 20-minute airport transfer with a buffer for morning traffic on the connector road rather than cutting it close.
- ✓Reserve a fridge-equipped room ahead of a Cherry Brook Zoo trip so a picnic lunch can be packed and reheated leftovers cut a dinner bill.
Why we love it
- An 850-metre walk to McAllister Place mall
- Indoor pool included, not a paid add-on
- A 20-minute, genuinely workable airport run
- Rooms sized larger than the exterior suggests
Why guests love itA family splitting a day between Cherry Brook Zoo and the indoor pool tends to use the room's microwave and fridge more than expected, turning a zoo-day picnic into reheated leftovers back at the hotel rather than a second restaurant stop. The 850-metre stroll to McAllister Place fills a spare afternoon without needing the car, and the 20-minute run to Saint John Airport the next morning stays predictable rather than stressful, even with an early check-out.
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