Name: Tidal Bore Inn
Address: 29 Truro Heights Rd, Lower Truro, Lower Truro, Lower Truro, B6L 1W7, Canada
Rating: 7

Smoke-free property

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Halifax Stanfield International Airport

Tidal Bore Inn

Lower Truro

Airport hotels were charging a fortune so I decided I’d try this motel which was less than half the price of airport hotels and only 40 mins away. I was pleased I did, we got a very clean, comfortable room with a friendly welcome. It was quiet with all of Truro’s amenities close by.  I won’t be paying a fortune for a basic soulless airport hotel room ever again.

A good choice 

Excellent service and friendly staff ..rooms are clean and well kept ..view of the tidal bore and located on a high and quiet ..have stayed here every summer for 25 plus years ..recommend as a place to stay

Excellent services 

A friend booked a block of rooms for a group of couples. We were going to a concert at River Breeze Farm about 5-kms from the hotel. We are all middle aged and not exactly part animals.
 When we checked in at 2.00pm Bill the owner, manager not sure which, seemed annoyed we were an hour early and read us the riot act. Took a $200 "security deposit" from our friends card and rather resentfully gave us our room keys. We were told that any noise or smoking near the rooms after 10.00pm would result in an extra charge. We thought nothing of it since we are a respectful group who go to many events around the maritimes and have yet to cause any issues at all. 
 We left in a cab for the show around 3.30pm and had an excellent evening. The show was over by 11.00pm and we found a cab back to our hotel. We were all in bed and asleep before midnight. The following morning we got up, showered and packed up to leave. We all went our separate ways from here.
 Around 4.30pm the same day I got a call from "Bill" again and he very rudely asked if I had had a problem with the globe in our room. I asked what he meant by "globe" and he explained there was a light fixture in the bathroom with a spherical glass cover and that it was missing. I asked if he had the right room number to which he got more aggressive. I told him I saw no "globe" nor did I believe there had been one in the room when we checked in. He snorted and said something along the lines of "yeah right" and hung up.
 I spoke with the friend who booked the rooms later when we got home and said had he seen any unusual charges on his card because of the call, he said he had been charged $57.50 on his Visa, the charge had been posted the previous evening?!?! He wasn't sure what for so he has started an investigation.
 One of our friends had spoken with a man who was a long term resident at the motel and he told us the owner has a habit of charging guests bad faith charges for made up infractions.
 Will see how this all unfolds but would strongly recommend giving this place a very wide berth.

Owner will rip you off and charge credit card for made up infractions!!!

We recently stayed at The Tidal Bore Inn in Truro Nova Scotia, and  am sorry that  I feel the need to write this review, but we had a terrible experience there.  It will be long.  When we checked in, Lisa at the office was great.  Very nice person, and we chatted for quite a while.  We initially thought it was a nice location, overlooking grass and a bit away from traffic.  However, the room itself was not in good shape at all. The beds in the room were terrible. The mattresses were very old, uncomfortable and squeaked terribly every time we moved.....very loud.  The toilet needed flushing two to three times every time used, the blow dryer did not work, ( yes we tried the reset button numerous times...simply did not work ) there is no in room coffee, ( which you would expect at this price )  but even worse was the fact that a work crew was staying at the motel, and were out in the parking lot right next to our room between midnight and about 2 in the morning making so much noise talking loudly and going up and down the outside stairs, it was impossible to sleep.  Then at 5:30am, they were out there again leaving for work, and the same level of noise.  Was awful, we barely slept all night. We wanted to complain to the office when we checked out, as there is no one in the office all night, but the office did not open til 10:00am and we left at 9:00.  So I called later as we were travelling, and I got a gentleman on the phone, perhaps Lisas husband, and told him what happened.  He argued with me about pretty much everything, then said they had other complaints about the work crew prior,  and that they tried to get them out but could not, and they will never have them stay again.  He kept saying there was nothing he could do about my complaints. Firstly, they could have told us about the work crew when we checked in,  especially as they had other complaints, so we could have chosen not to stay there.  But they did not. Well, we paid $154.00 plus tax for that night, which for what we experienced was appalling.  He did not offer at all to discount even a portion of what we paid,  nor did he apologize to me. We travel quite a bit, and after this experience, I would not ever recommend for anyone to stay at this motel.

Not a good experience. 

We chose to stay at the Tidal Bore Inn because we had an early flight out of Halifax Airport & all the (surprisingly few in number) hotels near YHZ were extremely expensive! Tidal Bore was perfectly adequate for a 1 night stay; nothing glamorous but clean, quiet, well located in the scenic countryside but only a few minutes from the highway entrance - & close to the tidal bore too, although we didn't get to see it as the tide was scheduled for 9 pm at which time it would have been dark. Leaving the hotel in the early morning, it took us 45 minutes to access the airport which was not too bad. It's not far from the hotel to drive into Truro for dinner etc. Some reviews have mentioned that the hosts. were rude, but they were fine with us.  I would stay here again if I needed a place with easy & relatively inexpensive airport access.

Very adequate stay, convenient to airport

Myself and a friend stayed here for 1 night as we were passing through....wow!!!! The managers were superb!! 
They were so welcoming and friendly and nothing was too much for them!!! 
They helped us out when we were trying to get travel information. 
The rooms were spotless and beds were so comfortable. 
We have stayed in places far more expensive but no where near as nice, clean and friendly!!! 
Cannot thank them enough!!!

Beautiful place!!!Beautiful people!!!

We spent the night from July 27 to 28, 2002 in the 34th room. We booked by email, which is always highly recommended, especially during the high season. We paid $79.00 for a total of $90.85 with taxes for our room with a double bed, refrigerator, microwave and dryer. The wifi was fine, I think. Our room was on the front facade on the street. The same goes for the one-bedroom rooms as the owner told me. There are several chairs arranged behind to admire the sunrise and sunset.

Very suitable for the price paid

Great place to stop for the night! Really enjoyed talking with the owner! It's on a hill and you get a beautiful view of the Tidal Bore area! Had a great sleep and were rested up for more traveling the next day! Thank you again so much for a great stay!

Smiley (Amanda)

Great stay!

You must check in to this place  no later than 10pm. Knowing that, and coming from different locations, my husband and checked in around 8pm. Myself and young daughter were delayed and got there at 11pm. As we were getting out of the car and going into the hotel, the office manager runs across the lawn yelling and cursing at us. She stunk of weed and alcohol. She said that she had told my husband that it was “absolute quiet time” after 10pm. We made no more noise than anyone else getting luggage from a car into a room. She continued to swear at us and repeated herself over and over until we went in our room and closed the door. She was still yelling as she crossed the lawn back to her room. Other than that, the bed was hard, and pillows flat. There was air conditioning but it was so noisy and squeaky that we had to turn it off. The room smelled stale and musty. Would not recommend staying there!

Rude host

We stay here a lot .
They make you feel like your home.
They go above and beyond
What more can you ask for great price good clean place even though it's an older place
The managers bill and Lisa are awesome people

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