We went to Pyramid Lake Resort, part of the Mountain Park Lodges, the first weekend of March 2013 as a group (individual reservations). My husband and I were staying for 2 nights and this was our first visit. We booked through a third party booking website and paid $266.64 for the whole stay
The location is fantastic, 5 km north of Jasper town site, with views of Pyramid Lake and surrounding mountains. Jasper happen to receive some 70 cm of snow during our stay, so Mother Nature made it all the more enjoyable for us.
They offer different type of rooms and some rooms are better than others with lake views and updated bathrooms. Ours was the more ordinary kind (Cavell Room - 2 double beds), but clean, comfortable and all we needed. The rooms are guarantied until midnight, which makes it convenient when driving on a Friday night after work, as we did.
Parking and WiFi is free, although we could never connect from our furthest away room, it was working from the dinning room. We rented a car that weekend (front wheel drive) and had some difficulty making it up the hill to park. It could have been hazardous, a bit more sand on the hill would have been appreciated. There is also a outdoor hot tub, but we personally didn't use it.
There are trails accessible directly from the Lodge, as well as skating and hockey (nets) on the Lake. Although with the amount of snow pilling up, the ice wasn't open until late afternoon.
Here is where I was mostly disappointed. I was really looking forward to the Saturday night dinning experience, as the menu seemed really interesting. For a restaurant that boasts they have an "award winning menu", I found that the execution was not up to par with other restaurants in Jasper.
We were a group of 10 adults and one child having dinner. Two people had the Halibut & Chips (my personal choice) ($18), three had Charlie's Salad Bowl ($18) and others had spaghetti, burgers and risotto. For my part, I didn't even eat the fries that came with ... And I LOVE fries. The fish was ok, but everything tasted of old frying oil. I don't like returning food, so I ate the fish and just felt disappointed. Everybody that had the salad said it was ok, but that the rice noodles on top needed a bit more cooking (maybe they were supposed to be crispy, but if so, nobody liked it). The Chocolate Pyramid ($8) for dessert was great though. Breakfast was ok, but they could use an espresso maker (seriously!).
So go for the location, but go eat somewhere else if you can. read more