Fairly clean, good location for just lingering in Montreal but not for seeing the major sites (bit far from the main drag and Old Montreal). Unfortunately, we went during the Jazz Fest/Canada Day weekend so our prices were quite high but I'm told the off-season prices are great. But it seemed to be one of the more affordable hotels with 2 queen beds in Central Montreal on that weekend.

Staff is great. The place has some quirky charm like a creaky European urban hotel. Breakfast is pretty mediocre. Rooms are fairly comfortable and clean but there was a bit of a lingering odor of smoke and orange cleanser from a by-gone era as a smoking room. Bathroom was clean and functional.

It's nice and close to the Plateau neighborhood and the famous St. Laurent and St. Denis areas. Great restaurants and funky shops. If you want to go the St. Cat drag or Old Montreal, you'll likely want to cab (about $8 to $10). Parking's minimal an you need to reserve a spot well ahead of time.

If I had no other options, I'd gladly stay hear again ... but I've always been able to find other options. This occasion was just a bit odd due to the Jazz Fest.

What a mistake is all that needs to be said!! My fiancee and I were on a road trip after graduating from university. We needed to try and stay at some of the less expensive locations as we were on a budget. I was very excited to stay here as the price was right and the pictures from their website actually made it look quite nice.... well I was WRONG!! Things seemed a little off from the moment we stepped inside but we already has reservations so we decided to go down to our room. It was disgusting!! There was dirt all over the floors, there were stains on the furniture, the bathroom was not cleaned, there was no alarm clock and the best part of all was our view from our window. Talk about creepy!! I have posted a picture of the view just so you can see.

After driving all the way form Nova Scotia we were very excited to stop and rest. And we had been told that parking was on site at a fee... which was understandable. When we got there we were told to either find parking along the street or park at the rear of the building which I would not have parked my bicycle in as it was not the best area if you know what I mean.

The staff were very rude and ignorant. It was actually so bad that we did not feel safe staying there and I did not feel sure that our car would not have been stolen when we woke up in the morning. So we went to the front desk and tried to get our money back but we were told that they have a 72 HOUR CANCELATION POLICY!!!! We only booked 24 hours in advance. But they would not budge. I said that we would even pay for that night as we did go in the room but they wouldnt give us our money back for the other two nights that we were staying either. In the end I got so fed up we just left and lost the $150 from that reservation as well as we had to find another (more expensive) place to stay.

In the end I need to say... if you are young and enjoy night life such as bars/stip clubs (which is pretty much right across the street) then this may be the place for you. But if you are a couple/family that is from away and are on vacation then STAY AWAY!! Having just graduated from University my fiancee and I are used to dorm rooms but this was just disgusting!!!

I really hope that if you are reading this that I have discouraged you because that is my end goal because I do not want this horrible hotel to stress out another family going on a "fun/relaxing" vacation.

Great value but the hotel is a bit old....no elevator. If you dont want to spend more than you have to then this is the place

Spent a weekend there in the summer of 09. The room was clean, but had no windows, and we came back to the hotel to find one staff member painting at 4am! Upon entering our room, he promptly knocked on the door to tell us to be quiet, which made no sense as we hadn't even had a chance to make any noise.