The Westin Nova Scotian

Stayed at the Westin Nova Scotian December 5 to 10, 2025. Mobility impaired accessible. Good location adjacent to the Via Rail station and bus terminal. Many popular locations are within a 15 minute walk from this Hotel. Lobby, meeting rooms, and other common areas well maintained. Rooms were great but there did appear to have a dust build-up, perhaps from the air handling equipment. Restaurant, serving full meals were very good. Staff were excellent. Some amenities included car rentals, gym, pool and work stations.

Loved the room and the view. Problem with TV was addressed immediately. Missing bath mat was delivered quickly.nHad another New Year dinner ruined at your restaurant. I had booked the New Year dinner on your holiday hot line but was told when we arrived at the restaurant that the New Year dinner took place on Dec 31, last year it was on New Year day. We ordered the grazing board which did not have the artisan bread as per the menu, just a few toast crisp, many cheeses were provided but nothing to spread it on. My wife wanted to order the seafood chowder but wiselly asked if there was any salmon in it, salmon was not included in the ingrediant list on the menu. Great server Tracy checked - there is salmon in your chowder. Great seafood chowder does not have salmon. My wife is practically an expert on the best chowder in Halifax and the province. Does your kitchen staff ever sample jerk chicken elsewere? Yours was not very good and there was so little of it. It came with a yam dish that I thought was bad salmon and was inedible.nThis was the second New Year dinner ruined for us and will be the last. We were given a comp future meal last year but nothing will bring us back to this restaurant.

Had a lovely 8-night stay with our two Goldens. There are 4 great strengths to this hotel: unfailingly helpful and professional staff across the services. Second, Bellhops in particular very welcoming and friendly to our dogs, as was the general manager. Third, the waterfront location is great. Fourth, the bromine pool and whirlpool are perfect, as well as gym They just need to be open for a bit longer at night.nnDownsides: the room was small, as was the closet, which also has an auto-shut which is really inconvenient. The plumbing is outdated. Simple amenities that should be basic are: more hooks to hang clothing or towels, or add towel bars; more hangers; a microwave, and slippers. As well, the cards to open the rooms and use in elevators don’t read that well.nnAs to atmosphere, this seems to have become more and more a convention centre, with constant large groups everywhere and in elevators. and hanging out in the lobby with their drinks, and loud parties tolerated there can be heard in the rooms, ostensibly allowed until midnight This is not the “experience “ or “wellness “ that Marriott touts. It isn’t elegant or restful and doesn’t provide a little extra, such as a complementary breakfastnnWe enjoy the hotel especially because it is so welcoming for our nice dogs and puts us at a really lovely and tastefully developing waterfront. Westin and Marriott need to capitalize on guests’ appreciation for this city, which conventions will not care about

My wife was unfairly treated by the staff. Here’s what happened:nn- she was attending a Christmas party and the total amount spent for the party was roughly 10k.n- she check checked out at 2:30 pm and was charged a $117 dollar late check out fee that should have been absorbed into the cost of the party, but secondly should have not been $50 but was inflated to over $100 because of a 30 minute difference in time 2pm vs 2:30pm late check out.nnDespite asking to speak to the manager the hotel staff decided to give her a hard time to the point where I now have to write this review to protect her honour!nnI myself am a Titanium member of Marriott so I am not impressed at all with how she was treated. She is a mother of two, her heels were killing her from dancing, and the last thing she needed to deal with was front desk staff that giving her a hard time about her check out time and fees, especially when this was a corporate Christmas party.nnThe staff could have simply held the fees in pending approval until Monday morning when they could speak with our corporate accountant whom had set the party up.nnI am just so disappointed at how she was treated. The hotel and the majority of the staff are wonderful. But in this instance the front desk staff was very subpar.

This has an absolutely great location. Situated downtown, you can walk to lots of stuff easily, and the boardwalk is easily accessible. The rooms are on the smaller side and the walls are quite thin, so noise can be a challenge. We had a drink angry neighbor one night and had to call the front desk as we could hear... Everything. The pool is indoor and quite small, along with a hot tub, that honestly feels like it should be much bigger, you can really only fit about 6 adults comfortably in it. Overall decent hotel with a great location.