The Woodward - Auberge Resorts Collection

Guests appreciate the spacious, modern rooms with top-notch amenities, friendly staff, and beautiful lake views. Convenient location near shopping and lake activities.

The Woodward is a very beautiful hotel, with rooms matching the quality of any luxury hotel in the world and reminded me a lot of Le Bristol in Paris. I highly recommend this hotel, but do think there are areas for improvement, particularly with the breakfast which was the only disappointing aspect of the hotel. One minor issue with the room is that there is air conditioning in the room, but not the bathroom area, which is separated by a hallway, so the bathroom area gets quite hot and cannot be cooled down. I wish that could be fixed somehow, but otherwise the room is fantastic. The only true disappointment was the breakfast. Breakfast at a luxury hotel should always be a perfectly choreographed highlight to start the day (if only because it is so predictable and therefore relatively easy for the hotel to plan compared to other hotel operations). But unfortunately, breakfast at the Woodward falls short in many ways. The most obvious issue is the breakfast venue - it faces the lake which is wonderful, but no thought was given to the shades, so the entire venue is blinded in direct sunlight. There are basically no seats in the shade. There is an up-down window shade, but it does not block the sunlight, and none of the balcony seats have any shade from the sun. It’s honestly really bad - all they need is some sort of extendable roof shade for the morning hours, which many hotels have, but not here. The breakfast itself is also disappointing in terms of available options. The flagship namesake “Woodward” breakfast set is quite limited. You have a standard choice of egg dishes, but the choice of topping is strategically limited in a way that feels low-class. You can’t have avocado without an extra charge, and any other types of exotic toppings that might make the dishes unique (such as “Alpine Gruyere”) are limited to the extra charge section of the menu. And the dishes they do offer have strangely small portions. The side of bacon was shockingly small, like a children’s portion - I took a picture because it was so comical at a luxury hotel to be rationed like war-time. The type of dishes available in the flagship “Woodward” breakfast set are also very limited. Do you want a waffle? Extra charge. Avocado toast? Extra charge. There is also no fresh fruit option included in the flagship “Woodward” breakfast. Bowl of berries? Extra charge. Sliced fruits or mango? Extra charge. I have stayed at several luxury and non-luxury hotels in the past month, all of which offered sliced avocado, unlimited fruit (including blackberries and blueberries and mango), french toast, and waffles as part of the standard breakfast rate. Luxury hotels often do not include these items if you choose to order to your room, which I understand given the logistics, but in the restaurant breakfast experience, all of these items should be available without additional charge, particularly at a hotel of this caliber. If you go to any luxury brand hotel (Mandarin Orient