We did arrive in Montreal without a place and then looked through a search engine for a relative cheaper place (EUR 80), still centrally located. the hotel comes accross rather old and a bit run down. its located at a main street, but our room was on the side and we looked toward parking. the room was very small and we had a king size to share (1,40m) for 2 people. here was not much room to move around. air condition was with cables hanging down and a warning to not use airco and hair dryer at the same time. breakfast was simple and in the basement.
there was an extra fee for parking at a neighboured parking place.

The guy that checked us in was awesome!!!!! Aside from that, it's a great place for what it is. It's across the street from the bell center and a 5 minutes from down town. It's a great place to crash, and it's really cheap, which is perfect for a few broke college students.

If you're at a conference in one of the big hotels (Sheraton etc), or looking for budget hotel then this is a great alternative that is very cheap in comparison and ticks all the boxes. Good location. You'll want to eat and drink out anyway as there are some great local places (rather than the expensive, characterless large international chains).
I joined my partner who was out at a conference but booked into here as the cheaper alternative - we went onto B&B for the leisure part of our stay (which is better alternative again). Check out Bob & Mariko's for B&Bs

STAY AWAY! They have bedbugs and eventhough the cleaning lady found a living bedbug and we didn't have to pay for our room, they don't want to admit it afterwards. We got bitten all over and now our house is infected and we need to have the pest control to spray the whole building! Wish I never booked a room there, it is horrible!