Toronto is expensive, especially if you don't have a chance to book too far in advance. But I'm afraid I can't recommend this place. I gave 1/5 for amenities, but this should have been 0 because there were no amenities. There was no front desk. The room was a white cube -- they said they'd given me a "really good room," but this just meant that there was construction going on like 9am-7pm every day, like six inches away from my tiny window. The bed was so uncomfortable I felt like I was developing arthritis. Other guests included a guy who showered (in the shared bathroom) for a full hour every morning and evening; a mother-son duo in town for the Rod Stewart concert (who screamed at each other up and down the hallway for 3 hours while getting ready); and countless people sitting on heaps of towels in the hallway either screaming into their phone or watching videos (on speaker phone, naturally). Every door said NO SMOKING OR VAPING (in addition to the crazy number of prohibitions listed on the front door). Still, the entire place reeked like ********* 24/7.
It's nice that my week here cost less than $2,000. Still, if you're on a budget and the weather is good, I would recommend spending your Toronto stay either in a tent pitched in a park, or even in a cardboard box in an alleyway. Either would be preferable to this place.
