Name: Riverview Bed & Breakfast
Address: 354032 80th Street E., High River, High River, High River, T1S 1A9, Canada
Rating: 7

Reception desk

General

Non-smoking rooms

Slippers

Toiletries

Rooms

Iron and board

Laundry

Telephone

Services and amenities

Coffee/tea for guests

Restaurant

Microwave oven

Meals

Internet access

In-room internet

Internet

Library

Recreation

Parking

Swimming pool

Pool and beach

Conference Hall

Business

Sauna

Beauty and wellness

Playroom

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Calgary International Airport

Riverview Bed & Breakfast

High River

My mother, sister and I enjoyed a wonderful weekend at the Riverview Bed and Breakfast.  The location and house are beautiful, with gorgeous views of the Sheep River from the back of the house.  The house itself is clean and extremely well appointed, with large, comfortable rooms.  Spacious common areas are also available for guests' use.  The owners were friendly and helpful but not intrusive, and the breakfasts were delicious.  Do not be mislead by the negative reviews:  this is a great place to spend a weekend or a few days while you are exploring southern Alberta.

Lovely weekend!

This place is AMAZING. The view is postcard worthy on the bank of a river. The house is perfectly decorated, cozy, and clean. The owners are lovely, and always go above and beyond to make us comfortable! Breakfast is fabulous. I've been lucky enough to stay here a handful of times, and cannot wait to return! 

Loved It! 

The views are truly amazing, my husband just wanted to hang out by the dining room (that's where the best views are in our opinion). We saw three deers in the field while waiting for our breakfast! I bet the views are even more amazing in the summer! The house itself is pretty awesome, nicely decorated (my fav was the tapestries hanging on the bannisters), lots of space (theatre, games room, two sitting area/living rooms, dining table, etc.). The best part, the bed at the Riverview Room, its like sleeping on a cloud. My husband and I are night owls (our normal bedtime is midnight or so) but we fell asleep every night at 9 pm! That's how awesome that bed & pillows was! Also, I forgot to mention, you will love the road from the turnoff all the way to the house/B&B part. It is lined with beautiful trees on each side! 

Breakfast was typical bed and breakfast food (i.e. eggs, bacon, toast, waffles); they were delicious, of course but wasn't expecting the fresh fruits so that was a nice surprise!

Tiffany made us feel very welcome (even though my husband found it weird that were staying, basically at someone's house, as he's never stayed at a B&B before lol) and we had a good chat with Chad on our last day during breakfast (he even suggested good fishing spots that my husband can check out later on). Tiffany even sent us an email a couple days before our stay to let us know about the pool (currently out of service) and if we had any allergies!

Only two things that we think they could improve or comment on (the reason for the 3 star and not 4 or 5): First, we think the place could use a thorough cleaning before guests arrive. I mean the place was clean enough at first look but once you're roaming around the place, you see things. I'm not sure if its because its winter and not many people book them during this time (we were the only guests there that weekend) or if it was because we booked it like 4 days before and they didn't get a chance to do a thorough cleaning. The reason I'm saying this is, when we were in the theatre room (which is awesome btw), I lost a book in one of the chairs and I went to lift the chair to check if it was there, there were chips, crumbs and other things under the chair. We also noticed cobwebs everywhere. Second, they had some kind of get together while we were there, which I found weird and a little bit uncomfortable. I've stayed at many B&B all over the world (UK, Spain, Italy, etc.) and haven't had this happened to me. I mean it was fine (and it is their house after all) but was just weird lol

Overall was a great B&B and would probably stay again if we needed another short getaway.

Awesome view, delicious breakfast and fab customer service

This review is from a wedding this weekend.

First impression:  This bed and breakfast is located on a beautiful piece of land with stunning views.  The home itself is absolutely beautiful and spacious and decorated very cozy.  Upon first arriving, the wedding party all fell in love and were planning on booking group stays.  Even the hair and makeup crew wanted to host staff parties there.
I wish this stay and review stayed on such a positive note, however the terrible 'customer service' destroyed every favourable impression any of us had.

The bride and groom and several family/friends spend the night before the wedding at the inn and rest of us arrived the next morning.  The inn had been rented as the wedding ceremony site.

First off: they advertise a game room/lounge but get upset it you use it.  The pool table had wedding photos on it and the balls were hidden.  Owner was upset that it got used the night before.  The air hockey table is wobbly and doesn't work right.

There is NOT tvs in every room and when there was there were no channels.  Also the pool / hot tub were closed.

The next morning the bridal party arrived to get ready and this is when things really started going south.  The free breakfast was counted out and they got upset if someone shared a piece with someone who didn't spend the night ( even though it didn't effect them as you only got allocated amount)

Then they announced that anyone that didn't spend the night couldn't shower there.  Not sure why anyone would?? Maybe because I showered before leaving home and blow dried my hair there before having it styled by our hair team? (My own hair dryer I brought).  Maybe those that didnt spend the night were not allowed to use the power either??

Then as everyone was doing hair and makeup with our style team the room was getting warm, so we opened the windows.  They were quick to come close them and say we weren't allowed.

Shortly after in the middle of the bride getting her hair done, they tell us to pack up and move everyone to a smaller downstairs room as they were showing the place to another potential wedding couple.  I guess the current wedding no longer mattered as they had already been paid?? They should have scheduled for another time obviously.

Here's the best part... The entire morning, their 3 year old grand daughter and dog was running around unattended, following everyone in the wedding party.... ALL morning.  Guess we were babysitting / dog sitting?

They were supposed to provide music for ceremony and owner didn't know how to operate it.  Bothered one of the guests into running the music for it 🙄

Also, please know that if it is raining, there is nowhere inside your guests are allowed to wait.

They told us we could keep our belongings inside until everything was over.  That would have been great were it true... They threw our shoes outside in the rain, told a guest to tell everyone we had to have everything out in minutes and locked us out.  Oh but left the dog out who chased us around while we were trying to get wedding photos done with photographer.

Later they said they were charging for the empty room they had as they believe someone slept there as a sheet was messed up.  Couldn't have been unattended grandchild?
What they don't know is the bridal party that didn't rent rooms, had a limo bus drop us off that morning so we can easily verify that we didn't sleep there.  Why they believe we would pay for so much and try and sneak a room is beyond me.  

I never got my sneakers as they apparently didn't put those ones outside when they locked us out.

So if they think they are charging for a ridiculous false assumption, they better believe they will get a bill in the mail for my sneakers, babysitting and dig sitting fees.  And I don't run cheap.

Do yourself a favour.... AVOID AVOID AVOID.  Especially all you brides... Once they have your money, it's hard to contact them, and the day of service is horrendous... They will make you feel guilty of every little thing

Wedding review

When you put aside the truly breathtaking views, and look just at the house, Riverview is indeed very special. This is a family home, and as such it is slightly more relaxed - there is a friendly dog and gorgeous cat running around - but still beautifully appointed. Everything was clean, and our hosts were friendly and helpful. Tiffany made fresh delicious breakfasts for us in the morning, even when I changed breakfast time in the morning. Thank you so much for such a wonderful stay.

Riverview Bed & Breakfast

Main amenities of the hotel

Location

Available rooms

Location

Description of the hotel

What other amenities are there?

Policies

Check-in terms and conditions

Additional information

Payment