Castel St. Denis is a very basic budget hotel. The rooms are quite spartan with a 14" televsion, queen bed and small desk. My room was very clean, as was the bed linen. According to the hotel description the rate includes a continental breakfast that is delivered to the room. However, in the five nights that I stayed at the hotel I never received the "phantom breakfast." Despite this shortcoming, the staff are very polite and friendly.
Each room has is ensuite with a shower. Unfortunately, the wall between my room and the adjacent room's bathroom iwas paper thin so one can hear quite clearly the bathroom activities of one's next door neighbour. On the positive side, the walls between the rest of the room and adjacent rooms seem to be quite sound proof. Overall, the hotel was very quiet. The only other issue I hade with the hotel is a strong smell of disinfectant that at times permeated the lobby and my room.
This hotel has, in my opinion, great potential as a "beautique hotel,' With some bright paint colours, more modern but simple furniture, and attention to matching bed covers, drapes, etc., the hotel would take on a brighter, more modern look. Oh yes, a larger flat screen TV in each room would also add to improving the ambiance, as would the addition of a full length mirror .
For the budget traveler, this is very basic, but clean accommodation, at a fair price (for Montreal), right in the centre of Montreal's "Latin Quarter," with convenient access to a great number of bars and restaurants. It is also close to the Metro and the downtown area of the city.

Came to Montreal to attend the Osheaga music festival with my girlfriend. We selected this hotel based on the price and the reviews here on trip advisor. All we were looking for was a clean place to sleep and recharge after our days/nights out and it delivered on that. The rooms were nothing special, tv was small and the bathroom was tiny, but for such a cheap price and location it wasn't an issue. The room was clean and with the exception of one morning when children could be heard running down the halls, it was quiet.

Our only complaints were waiting at the front door for someone to let us in, and we think someone might have gone through our luggage when we left it at the front desk after checking out when we had a flight later in the evening. Luckily we didn't leave anything of value in there so nothing was taken.

Overall the place was just fine for what we needed and the price and location were great for us.

Our family is composed of 2 adults, 2 kids (ages 3 and 1). The rooms with the double beds are just so tiny and dingy you could not fit a pack and play properly on the corner. The bathroom was so ridiculously small (shower, no tub) it seemed dangerous to go in there. The neighborhood was really sketchy compared to the rest of downtown Montreal. It was going for $90/night- and would've been better priced at $50/night. Needless to say, the conditions were so poor that we decided to swallow the cancellation fee and leave the hotel an hour we arrived there.
The host, Anwar, had preferred that i pay in cash, and when I had US dollars, he said the exchange rate was equal, so he wanted to take the US dollars instead of charging my credit card. I thought that was so bizarre- because the exchange is fairly equal, but NOT equal (maybe $15 difference)- so he was making so more money with the US dollar. And when he charged the cancellation fee, he tacked on an extra $20. We were too distressed and frustrated to battle it out- but he did not seem trustworthy and reliable- we just wanted out of that hole in the wall!
The accommodations may have been OK for visitors with no kids (like no one 18 and under should ever stay in that neighborhood!!) and if the rate were about $50/night or less. It is more a hostel than a bed and breakfast. I cannot comment on breakfast, because we were not there to experience that. Overall, when we moved to another hotel closer to McGill University- the service was so much better- and you felt like you could walk outside and not get mugged. I would recommend Novotel, Omni, Marriot, and Days Inn. Those hotels I have stayed in in different occassions, and have all been good.

That was a good choice. Thank to the previous reviews by other travelers I booked a hotel room at Castel St.Denis. And it was absolutely the best choice I could have done :)))

The place is really perfectly located for on-foot exploration of Old Port and Old Town (+Metro station in the area and safe underground parking place at the Library). We had a quiet room at the rear, so it means: normal, undisturbed sleep after a long day of walking.

I need to honestly say that breakfast is... well... non-existent (almost) and you need to have it in your room. But to be honest the room price just wiped out the bad taste of the breakfast. We paid about 186 CADollars (with tax) for both of us for 2 days and we wanted separate beds so we got two double beds!!! for the same price. That was absolutely worth it. My friend was really satisfied with the choice I made booking this hotel.

Not to mention the service. Very, very nice people.