Stayed one night after a 1 wk cruise. Spacious, clean room with kitchenette. Great location. Beautiful flowers. Would have loved to spend several more days there, but clearly on my list of places to stay. No opportunity to use dining services. Staff very helpful. Comfortable. Working amenities. A definite "A".

Nice spot, with plenty of room. Clean, well appointed. Big, big problem, however, with our 3rd floor room overlooking the parking lot. Nonstop tour buses and support vehicles loaded and unloaded luggage and tour groups from early in the morning until close to 11 pm. This made opening the windows or using the balcony not feasible. As fresh air is important to me, I had to trade off excessive noise and some fumes if I wanted some.

I was in Fairbanks Alaska for a whole month working on a science research project. Every person at the Sophie was a delight. The front desk staff were always friendly and as accomidating as they could be. There were always a few people at the front desk so I rarely had to wait at all. All you have to do is ask and they always have a new adventure. I was a little late for the dogsledding, but they pointed me to a wonderful hotspring and an ice festival that I thought were amazing. There were only two sets of laundry machines($6/load) for the guest laundry, but they were never full. I never had to wait at all, and every room in the hotel was booked all month. The most remarkable was the efficency of the maid service. Every single day they cleaned the room to make it look just as it did when I checked in. When one person checked out, I happened to walk past their room to see them steam cleaning the back side of the couch. That struck me as incredible. I would never think to clean there. Always clean, always friendly, always warm. A great place to stay!

I found this hotel based on reviews from this site. This is a comfortable and roomy hotel. The suites are nice but not considered luxurious. The service is friendly and the atmosphere is comfortable. I ordered food from the restaraunt at the bar and it arrived in a timely manner and was pretty good. Joe, the bartender, made excellent recommendations on some of the local things to not miss such as the Chenega Hot Springs. The hotel is close to the airport and is easy to find and it is easy to navigate around from there.

We were here in early June on a roadtrip through Alaska. This was our first visit to Fairbanks, and this hotel was a luxury I didn't expect to find. The hotel was much, much larger than I expected. With a name like "Sophie's Station" I was expecting a much smaller hotel with "quaint" dripping all over it. Instead, this felt more like a condomineum complex with large bedrooms and fairly decent size livingrooms. BEDROOMS: Huge beds, very comfortable, extremely clean. LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN: If you're in the mood to cook, there's a large kitchen available for that. There's a big TV in the livingroom and another one in the bedroom. If you have to sleep on the couch, there's a large one in the living room that's big enough to sleep comfortably. RESTAURANT: There is a nice, almost European-style breakfast served in the morning. It's very open, and the daylight peeks through the large windows. Very pleasant. CUSTOMER SERVICE: A few other people have mentioned this, but I'll chime in as well: the people at the front desk are very helpful and attentive. I had to leave a day early, and I was positive they would charge me a late cancellation fee. Instead, the lady at the front desk gave me a refund, smiled, and said "no problem." I usually remember people like that during future visits. Fairbanks is pretty easy city in which to navigate. The airport is not far, and there is some great wildlife to observe. I particularly enjoyed the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station at the Univ of Alaska/Fairbanks.