Aurora Bayside Inn

We had just returned from Yellowknife staying 5 nights at Aurora Bayside Inn. John the owner & his assistant were very helpful & timely in resolving some minor issues. We occupied the 3 bedroom executive suite with a kitchen & the cabin with 2 beds. We love the deck, nice garden at the back where we can see the lake & water planes taking off & landing. ( We took professional Aurora tours 4 out of 5 nights we were in Yellowknife.) On the last night, we saw some aurora but it was smoky & there was too much neighboring light for us to be able to take good photos from the deck. We like the location of the Inn & was thankful to be able to immediately have our first meal downstairs of our suite at Flamecraft restaurant. Throughout communications prior to our arrival, John obviously is a very thoughtful owner who always does his best to accommodate his guest. Yellowknife is an expensive town. We were thankful to be able to buy from grocery stores like “Independent” to prepare our breakfast & some lunch- very good cost savings. Below are a few comments/recommendation for even better stays for future guest: 1. there are 2 medium size mirrors, one in each of the 2 bathrooms within the executive suite. If you are short like one of my siblings or young children, you will not be able to use the mirrors. Adding lower or narrow full length mirrors in bedrooms or the living room will be really helpful. 2. The bathroom to be shared by the outside 2 bedrooms had no shelf space whatsoever except the little space around the sink or on top of the toilet . The guest has to transport in their personal items each trip which makes it very cumbersome. Installing one or two narrow wall shelves will be really helpful especially when you have 2 or more women with their own toiletries. 😀 3. Electronic outlets can be improved with some not functioning or not working consistently. 4. Flamecraft- the restaurant on the ground floor of Aurora Bayside Inn’s menu is rather limited. They are relatively pricey too. If they can expand their menu & include some breakfast items (omelettes etc.) with their menu (especially after a late night of Aurora chasing), it will really benefit the guests staying upstairs to simply walk down to enjoy their first meal of the day after late nights. 5. Beware that there is a good stack of stairs to walk up to get to the Executive suite. No elevators. If you have really heavy luggage, you may have to break them up & bring contents up or down in multiple trips. Not suitable for anyone with mobility issues. The cabin is on level ground but is accessible with a short walk through a small stone/sand road. If we were ever at Yellowknife again, we will definitely stay at the Aurora Bayside Inn again. Thank you John for all your help and coordination, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Aurora Bayside Inn!