The Lamplighter Inn & Conference Center by Best Western Plus has been a hotel that sets itself apart from all others in London, Ontario. Beyond the incredible customer service, the Lamplighter Inn provides guests with plentiful and modern amenities. The Atrium Oasis transports you to a tropical paradise the moment you step inside. From travelling for fun or jetting around for business to hosting family events, work conferences, or weddings, the Lamplighter Inn & Conference Center is the unparalleled choice within the city.
The hotel’s accommodations are crafted for maximum comfort and provide you with the conveniences of home with the luxuries of vacation. Guests will feel completely taken care of from the moment they enter to the moment they leave. You can head to the attached restaurant for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or drinks. If you’re enjoying the award-winning pool and don’t feel like changing out of your bathing suit, savour the luxuries of poolside service. If you’d rather stay in your luxurious bathrobes and order a movie for your room, relish in ordering up room service so that you don’t have to leave your cozy and lavish room.
If you’re looking for a place to host an event of any kind, Lamplighter Inn & Conference Center has everything you need or want under one roof. Their experienced staff, culinary team, and incredible facilities can bring to life the vision for your event.
The Lamplighter Inn is an incredible part of London Ontario and is one of the top hotels in the city.
Amenities
The Lamplighter Inn feels like a tropical paradise. With live palm trees and lush exotic gardens in the stunning Atrium Oasis, you’ll feel like you’ve escaped the city to a warm getaway. It has an award-winning, indoor, heated, Olympic-sized pool. The pool has the incredible Roaring Mountain Waterslide. The hotel also has a hot tub and a roaring indoor waterfall. Above the Atrium Oasis is a retractable glass ceiling that feels sky-high. You can get food and drinks while you enjoy the oasis with poolside service or you can walk over the stunning indoor Atrium Gazebo Bar.
The Games Room is sure to keep the kids busy when they’re done splashing around in the pool. Staying fit and healthy while you’re away from home has never been easier with their incredibly fitness room which is fully equipped with free weights, universal weight machine, treadmills, recumbent bike, arc trainer, towels, water cooler, and wall-mounted TVs.
Accommodations
Lamplighter brings comfort and convenience to every single night stay. Whether you’re a couple looking for a romantic getaway, a family with small kids in need of entertainment, a business person needing to work on the go, or a hospital visitor, the Lamplighter Inn can accommodate your needs and wants.
The hotel has 172 rooms of pure comfort, including 63 sumptuous suites. All rooms feature free WiFi, alarm clocks with USB ports to charge your phone, large HDTV, AC, premium bedding, cable TV, Coffee/tea maker, mini-fridge, and a desk. Some rooms have fireplaces, jacuzzi, double jacuzzi, kitchenette, walk-in shower, and a separate living room area. Some even have atrium views and balconies that look out over the atrium.
The hotel is inclusive and has accessible rooms with bathtub seats, rails in bathroom, wheelchair accessible, raised toilet with grab bars, and a safety bar in the shower. It’s a 100% smoke-free hotel.
Lamplighter has 24-hour front desk service, dry-cleaning service and room service. You can rent movies in your room and there are ice and vending machines available to you. Guests can find breakfast at Shelly’s Tap and Grill. Check-in is at 3 pm and check-out is 11 am. There is free parking on-site and even parking for trucks and RVs.
Shelly’s Tap and Grill
Guests don’t even have to leave the hotel to enjoy a delicious meal or to have a few drinks with Shelly’s Tap and Grill on site. The restaurant uses locally sourced products and offers family-style dining experiences. They have amazing food at incredible prices. They have all-day breakfast and Tuesday burger nights. Those with dietary restrictions will enjoy the fact that they have a gluten-free menu. Their extensive breakfast menu has everything you could ever want for breakfast from skillets, cereals, and omelettes to waffles, pancakes, and the classic eggs with home fries and choice of protein.
Event Facilities
Whether you’re looking to have a family event, a business conference, meetings, large parties, a birthday bash, or anything else you could possibly think of, The Lamplighter Inn has the facilities to make the event of your dream come to life. From groups of 8 to parties of 800, whatever your party is, they can help you make it happen. The staff at Lamplighter have years of experience and can help you pull off a perfectly planned and executed event.
With over 20,000 square feet of meeting space, 17 meeting rooms, 3 beautifully elegant ballrooms, and 15 different room styles and setups, you can be sure that whatever your event needs are, you’ll be able to find the best space. For banquet-style seating, they can accommodate up to 500 people. Theatre-style seating can have up to 800 guests. If you’re looking to host a trade show, 50 8×10 booths can fit comfortably. With the largest room being 7000 square feet, the Lamplighter staff can help you bring your most elaborate ideas to life.
If you’re looking for a space to conduct your business meeting or conference, Lamplighter Inn has everything you need. Each room is equipped with advanced technology to meet all of your meeting needs: wifi, high-speed internet, and advanced AV equipment. They can provide you with screens, flip-charts, and podiums. If you need it, they have breakout space, private boardrooms, and executive retreat rooms. Your attendees will enjoy stress-free on-site free parking as well.
The hotel has an incredible catering staff that can work with you to create a menu to suit any style of event. Their bar staff can whip up delicious cocktails or help you find the perfect airings to compliment your food choices. A popular choice for many events is to host cocktail hour in the Atrium Oasis, which is an incredibly stunning backdrop for your occasion. Guests can roam past the exotic gardens, through the palm trees, listen to the sounds of the waterfall as they head to the Atrium Gazebo Bar for a drink.
Hospitals
London has world-renowned hospitals and incredible health care options that bring patients from all over to this city. The Lamplighter Inn understands this and is a great choice for people who are staying in London because they have loved ones in the hospital. They offer compassionate rates for those who are visiting family in the hospital. They also offer a free shuttle for their guests to all of the hospitals within the city. They also have 24/7 wheelchairs available for guests complimentary.
Location
When it comes to location, The Lamplighter Inn is perfectly situated in the city for maximum convenience.
Whether you’re coming in from out of town, are attending an event, have a family member in one of London’s world-renowned hospitals, are seeking a place for your business event, or are spending your holidays in this beautiful city, the Lamplighter Inn’s location is incredibly appealing.
For business, the Lamplighter Inn is located just 4kms from the downtown core! If you’re in from out of town, the hotel is just 4kms from the 401 and 4kms away from VIA Rail. For those seeking entertainment, Budweiser Gardens is just a short 5kms away, Boler Mountain sits 11kms from the hotel, 5kms can take you to the Western Fair District and Storybook Gardens is just 10kms away. While you’re here, shopping and restaurants surround the hotel, within walking distance or just a short drive away. Even White Oaks Mall is just 3kms from the hotel. There are two of London’s incredible hospitals right across the road from Lamplighter. Even though the hotel offers free parking, if you don’t have a car, there is a transit stop right across the road from the hotel to offer convenient access across the city.
Best Western PLUS
The Lamplighter Inn is a Best Western PLUS hotel. What exactly does that mean? It means that you can expect a certain level of quality from their hotel. You know that the hotel will have modern amenities and has been thoughtfully designed with you in mind. You can rely on the fact that if you’re travelling for business at a Best Western Plus, you’ll have everything you need: FREE long-distance calling, FREE high-speed internet, access to a Business Centre where you can copy, fax, print, and more, plus access to either on-site laundry facilities or same-day dry cleaning service.
The Best Western International Inc has over 4000 hotels across the world. The hotels are independently owned, which means that your happiness as a guest is of paramount importance to someone. Best Western also has the Best Western Rewards which is a free loyalty program where you earn points for every dollar spent on rooms or with partnered airlines. You can spend those accumulated points on free rooms, travel cards, shopping, dining, and more.
Weddings
Having your wedding at the Lamplighter Inn means the ability to have everything under one roof: ceremony, reception, catering, and even the accommodations. With the stunning atrium Oasis, you get the feeling of having a tropical destination wedding without the price tag and without the stress of travel. Plus, you can enjoy stress-free planning as every wedding here gets you seasoned wedding planners that have over 30 years of experience at no extra cost.
Every couple that books their wedding with Lamplighter Inn gets to enjoy the Honeymoon Suite complementarity. The suite comes with a jacuzzi and a cozy fireplace as well as free champagne to toast the occasion.
Your guests can party without worrying about how they’re getting home as they can have suites and rooms right in the hotel. There are three elegant ballrooms with crystal chandeliers that can easily be transformed into jaw-dropping backdrops for your reception. A ceremony in the Atrium Gazebo with the tropical Oasis backdrop is an incredible setting for you to say your vows and get married.
There are two different packages to choose from. The All-Inclusive Package is for 60 or more people. The package includes champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres for a cocktail reception. You and your guests will enjoy an incredible three-course meal with bottle service during dinner. Champagne before and after dinner allows your guests to toast the occasion and celebrate thoroughly with you. There is also an open bar for four hours after dinner so that your guests can party the night away as they celebrate you. Your wedding coordinator will create a professional seating plan and put beautiful decorative touches in the room. You and your fiancé will enjoy deluxe honeymoon accommodations. The package also includes inserts for wedding invitations, an on-site wedding specialist, and the cake-cutting fee. If that doesn’t suit your needs, there is also the Custom Wedding Package. This package is open and customizable with a number of great options to choose from. You can choose from an open bar, cash bar, or a subsidized bar. Decide between a DJ or a live band. Food choices include a show-stopping chocolate fountain, personalized ice sculpture punch bowl, seafood late-night buffet, poutine bar, candy bar, antipasto bar, cocktail reception, plated dinner, or dinner buffet. You can choose a stunning on-site ceremony, to have a photo booth and so many more options.
The catering team can work with you to create a menu to delight you on your big day. They have drinks and bar services and an incredible three-tiered chocolate fountain that is an option to use which can wow guests and comes with marshmallows, pretzels, fruit, and wafer cookies to dip. You can also bring in an outside cake. The catering team has incredible options for dietary needs and have such incredible culinary expertise, they can work with you to find the most perfect options for your big day. The head chef is more than willing to develop a menu based on different cultures.
