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| - I literally booked this place the night before, and having checked reviews out online, I lowered my expectations a lot. But this was the only place left in Toronto...YOLO?
The staff was cheerful and a pleasure to work with. I got in late (8:45ish) and had warned them ahead of time and it was just fine. The room was a bit small but had HUGE in-room lockers. I've stayed in a bunch of hostels before and this was the first one with lockers so big I could fit my daypack, my check-in size travel backpack and some souvenirs. Unfortunately the beds creaked a lot so my sleep was less than ideal. The bunk beds also didn't seem particularly stable as I was climbing up either. The showers didn't have a changing area so it was just awkward to change in a wet shower environment. BUT I found everything to be rather clean. No insects or anything, unlike the reviews I had seen at hostelworld.
Pretty basic breakfast. Toast with jam, peanut butter and Nutella and cereal. Coffee and milk available. Full kitchen. Plenty of seats and a flat-screen TV. One of the better hostels I've stayed at in terms of wifi.
Otherwise, everything was pretty tidy. I stayed three days and felt just fine, but apparently the neighborhood can be a little shady. The morning I left, the TV in the lobby had a ticker saying a man was stabbed at a bar near College/Augusta...and I was like, "wait a second, this hostel is at College/Augusta...at least I'm leaving today?!" But if you're careful, it can be fun to hang in the Kensington area! It feels like a hippy/counterculture sort of area.
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