I have recently had the opportunity to stay at the Glen Grove Suites in North Toronto...

Where do I begin? I arrived 2 weeks ago, fresh from moving out of a large home, cramming my worldly possessions and loved artifacts into storage, and with exhaustion, a few bags and treasured photos of my children I arrived on the door step of Glen Grove.

From the moment I arrived, every attention to detail was taken care of. Efficiency just isn't a big enough word for the staff at the Glen Grove. The check in was seamless, I was treated with respect and kindness...So off to my room...the building holds a Hollywood glamour and you instantly get the feeling there have been many wonderful stories created here. There is no clamoring of crowds like a large hotel, just a quaint, quiet aura. As you ride up the antique elevator, you are aware you have arrived somewhere unique....the rooms are adorned with beautiful finishes and my room happened to have a spectacular view...so it is no surprise when you wake up the next day that there is a gently knock and you are greeted with a team of warm and engaging personnel ready to meet all of your needs. They usher in, change you sheets and actually treat you like a person...this is a different kind of housekeeping, they are part of a family and over time you become a part of that too...

This is a place you call home.....so if you are looking for a place to stay that is not a large hotel, but a place that makes you feel at home,,,this is where you belong.....it is a historical gem, run by people that cater to your need for serenity...

Last summer, my wife and I stay at the Glen Grove Suites at 2837 Yonge Street in Toronto. We live in Saudi Arabia and every summer, we vacation in Nova Scotia, Canada. Before taking the long return flight to the Middle East at the end of our vacation, we stopover in Toronto usually for a week. Last summer, for the first time, we stayed the Glen Grove Suites and we have no regrets about doing so.

We stayed in a studio suite with a kitchenette, dining area, double bed and bathroom. It was on the first floor near the reception area and the main door. It was a good choice because my wife has some mobility problems. The room was nice and the bed was comfortable. I don’t think there is a pool and we can’t comment on the quality of the TV and the cable options available because my wife and I spent most of our time in Toronto sightseeing, walking, taking the subway, and riding the buses.
This is not a secluded location. The hotel is in great location. A Metro supermarket is within distance, TTA (Toronto Transit Authority) buses stop nearby and the Lawrence and Yonge Subway station is also near. Everything is within walking distance. Restaurants and a public library near and a drugstore is not too far if you don’t mind walking (or you can take the bus). There isn’t a restaurant in the hotel but, as I wrote above, many restaurants are within distance so this is not a major problem. In the morning, the hotel offers, in the lobby, some breakfast amenities like coffee and tea. If they offer anything else, I simply can’t remember. There is a laundromat on premises in the basement accessible by the very quaint elevator.

I don’t drive in Toronto so we got a taxi from the Toronto International Airport to the Glenn Grove Suites. Because we were traveling with four large suitcases, we took an airport van to the hotel. We did our research before arriving in Toronto and the driver requested, if I remember correctly, $62.00, which is, I think, the official fare. The hotel very nicely arranged our taxi back to the airport and that went without incident. I should stress to the reader, that when it comes to taxis to and from the Airport in Toronto, it is always best to know posted rates in advance. This avoids any chance of misunderstanding between you and your driver.

We found the staff at the hotel all very nice and courteous and the General Manager at the hotel, Mr. Brian Pereira, was extremely nice. If I had any needs (like an extra towel or pillow for example), the staff were quite timely in handling all requests. Finally, the room was cleaned very nicely.

Our stay was great at the Glen Grove Suites in Toronto and we would recommend this hotel to anyone planning to visit and stay any length of time in Toronto.

This review is for Glen Grove Suites @2837 Yonge St. Toronto.
We found everything great and staff very pleasent. However there is a couple of things that may be improved upon. 1) the sink taps in the bathroom run very slow, almost a dribble. The shower is fine. 2) The kitchen cold water was not very cold.

All together it was a great experience.

Thanks
Bob & Ken room 304

I stayed in a 2 bedroom 'suite' with 5 other friends over new year's eve. I am normally a backpacker traveler and am used to living in no frills budget accommodation, but the apartment and experience we stayed in was worse than many of my hostel experiences. At $225/night we were expecting at least decent service and a good night's sleep, but we got neither. We had booked the room for 6 people (2 slept on the sofa pull-out) but were not given enough towels or pillows to sleep on. When we called reception, the overnight desk staff was extremely rude to us on the phone and said we would have to wait half an hour to obtain the items. We said we would come down and get it ourselves as we wanted to sleep, but then he decided to bring them up himself. We let him in and he said "How many of you are there?", I answered 6, and he said "well you are not to make any noise". We were not making any noise and we were going to bed (which is why we wanted the pillows in the first place) and did not appreciate being talked to like schoolchildren.

The pillows were so old and rotten that I ended up sleeping with jackets and sweaters underneath so it actually felt like a pillow. The walls were smeared with suspicious looking substances and some of the towels were stained with said substances. This place tries to pass itself off as 'quaint' but I'm sorry, the last time I checked the dictionary, dirty and unsanitary did not come up under 'quaint'.

It is an OK location but a good 15-20 minutes by subway from downtown. Yonge St is one of the biggest streets in the world so simply saying that being on Yonge St = good location does not fly. Management should not be charging such a high amount of money for such a dump. DO NOT STAY HERE.