DAKOTA INN MINOT - Minot

We always love staying at Candlewood. Although we paid over 150 dollars a night for a one bedroom suite, we were still satisfied with the value. The room was clean and the hotel was obviously very new. I love the aspect of the small grocery store in the lobby. The only problem we encountered was at midnight on our first night, a snow plow plowed the parking lot, right outside our window. This went on for at least 45 minutes. He kept dropping his plow and dragging it alone the very icy parking lot which created a crazy amount of noise. I kept wondering how long it would go on! I have lived in ND for a LONG time and never been in a situation where I was subjected to a snow plow right outside my hotel window. Totally unnecessary. We spoke to the front desk, the GM was notified and was displeased with the snow removal service. My question is..... why didn't someone at the front desk tell the snow plow operator to leave and come back at a more opportune time.... like the morning around 9 or 10?

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friendly staff. Clean place bit its brand new!

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The breakfast is nicer than most hotels we've been to, and the breakfast hostess, Christine, goes out of her way to make sure you get enough to eat and enjoy your meal. There is fresh fruit available all day if we needed a snack on our way out, and the most fabulous chocolate chip cookies served all afternoon too. Then they put out supper too; things like ravioli with garlic bread, meatball sandwiches, sloppy joes. Every request we had was immediately seen to and EVERYONE we spoke with was friendly and greeted us with a smile. That is so rare and we really appreciated it. We left feeling as though we had new friends in Minot. The only thing that was less than stellar was the mattress. Of the five adults in our party, one hated the mattress, one liked it and three were neutral. The hotel is super clean, and is right by the mall, so shopping and dining options are plentiful. We used the pool and hot tub each night and thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this hotel and it would absolutely be our choice on our next trip to Minot.