River's Edge Resort

The name River's Edge is a joke unless you happen to get one of the half-dozen rooms that actually overlooks the river. Our room faces the highway. The patio touted in the marketing materials is the size of a postage stamp, and it's in front of a hedge see photos. So there are no views at all. The rooms are pretty dinky. The breakfast costs $20/head. We are at least ten minutes out of the city. We were booked for a two-night stay, but two people came around to tell us that we were only booked for one night and we were supposed to check out this morning. We were able to fix that, but thank goodness we hadn't left yet for our hike or we might have come back to find our belongings out on the pavement. It's cheap - $189/night - but you get what you pay for.

Overall this is a nice place to stay. I loved that I could park right outside my door. I loved that we didn't share walls with anyone so it was quiet and peaceful. The rooms have Arcadia doors with screens to let in the cool breeze. The room also had a ceiling fan which kept us cool at night.

This is a nice clean property. Good complimentary breakfast in main building/office and a good restaurant with at least a veggie burger for non meat eaters. Good solo live music the night we ate there. This was a bright spot for an otherwise disappointing string of accommodations the tour company booked for 7 day trip.

Front desk staff could not have been more unhelpful and unpleasant on the morning of our stay, 8/21.nnWoman at front desk attitude the person without a mask could best be described as adversarial. Told my husband there was no path to take and view the river on the property at the hotel, which of course there was.nnDespite 2 different employees saying we could get the hotel shuttle to drop us off in town, woman at front desk told us NO.nI called from my room to ask about a local taxi phone number and was told to come to the front desk for that information.nnWe returned for an overnight to Fairbanks and found much friendlier and accommodating staff and great amenities at Princess Resort for about $50 cheaper!!nnLove to support what seems to be a local business, but the staff was such a turn off, I would not stay here again.

We stayed here for only one night passing through Fairbanks. Wish we had stayed longer. We had one of the cottages and it was very clean, spacious and comfortable. A nice walk to the Chena River and the surroundings. It was quiet and peaceful. We highly recommend.