Reviews on this site led us to this small hotel, and we were not disappointed. Madame and Monsieur Demers are aging but are still running this place, and very eager to please. However, their son definitely has not inherited the hospitality trait, and before reserving I suggest people make sure the hotel management has not been passed on to him. Rooms vary in size. As noted in other reviews, #4 is biggest and best. It has 2 double beds, a couch, a breakfast table, a hotplate, refrigerator, balcony, and en suite bath, as well as iron, ironing board, and hair dryer. This room is spacious enough to accommodate 4. Room #7 has one double bed, massive furniture, one easy chair, and is much less spacious; the bath is shared. Room #1 is on the ground floor and is almost as spacious as #4, with en suite shower. Several rooms are smaller than these. All rooms cost the same. For our 4-day stay, we stayed in 3 different rooms as they became available. Prices are high and rooms small in the old city, so at $70 Canadian (in Sept.) these were very good values. The hotel is on a quiet street which has many small hotels, well located near the St. Louis gate, in easy walking distance of most sites and restaurants. There is no web site; the Demers are from an earlier generation, and so are their rates.

For the first time, TripAdvisor has let us down. My wife and I were very excited to be staying at Maison Demers based on the previous reviews. I agree that Mme Demers is pleasant to meet. (She and M. Demers were celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary at the time.) And the location is good. But that's as far as I can stretch to find positive comments. Whatever it takes, DO NOT stay in Room #1 downstairs. We seriously considered leaving to find accomodations elsewhere after seeing (and smelling) the room. In hindsight, we wish we had done so immediately. The room smelled terrible and the floor obviously hadn't been vaccuumed in some time. The tattered towels and sheets appeared to be holdovers from the early 1980s. It is impossible to sit squarely on the toilet because it is about five inches from the opposite wall. We were seriously afraid to touch anything. I even had trouble sleeping because of the bad smell. The second night, we were moved to the above-described Room #4. It was much better, although the balcony had just been removed, apparently condemned by the codes department. (We were told it will be replaced soon.) Room #4 is adequate and reasonably large and contains a fridge and hot plate, as previously described. It is cleaner and somewhat more up-to-date. I would give Room #4 three stars, but since Room #1 gets one star since there is no lower rating, we give Maison Demers a "two" rating overall. As to the breakfast, it was basically croissants, butter, jam, and Tang instant breakfast drink (or something equivalent -- certainly not "orange juice"). It was left to be picked up in a dark hallway along the upstairs rooms. While our adequate experience in Room #4 made us feel a little better about Maison Demers, we certainly can't recommend it.

A friend and her 14-year-old daughter, my 18-year-old dughter and I spent three nights here in mid-April. Thanks to the comments of previous guests, I decided to check out Maison Demers, and I loved Madame Demers the first time I spoke to her on the phone. She dn't need my charge card #. My name was enought to hold Room #4.
Loved the size of the room, the balcony, the windows running along the street side, iron, ironing bd, fridge, hair dryer, small couch and a perfectly sized round table that we used in the morning for our breakfast of freshly baked croissants, fruit, coffee, o.j. & hot chocolate, and, after we returned from supper, late-night UNO games. I even loved the ceiling fan. It reminded me of another one of my favorite places - New Orleans. And, in case former guests are interested, the little dog is still there......

This is one of the best places I've ever had the privilege to stay. The woman who owns/runs the place is so very nice (the little dog too). You can't beat the price. The location: great, right in the old city. I've been coming up to quebec for the snowmobiling for the last 16 years. If room a room is available I stay there. #4 is my favorite, its infront on the 2nd floor and has a balcony. I'm coming up this January/February and am unable to stay there but will just stop by to say Hello. Thats how much I like the place/people.....