I stayed here when it was a Days Inn on 3 separate occasions... I've heard they've done renovations since becoming Hotel Espresso, but I know some people that stayed there recently and their pictures clearly show they're the same rooms. I even saw some Days Inn logos in the background of the pictures.
For me the appeal of this place is the location... It's only a couple of streets away from the Centre Bell, and intersects with Ste-Catherine right in the heart of downtown. As far as the hotel is concerned, it's ok at best. Cheap prices, it was only around $80 CAD per night. The rooms were clean and big enough to fit 4 guys. (2 beds & floor space) It definitely has one of the better garages in the city. It's roomy, with high enough ceilings to fit a decent sized SUV and only $11/night (when I stayed there). The one down side I remember was that the staff was a bit on the stuck up side, and they also had a guy posted in all the halls, "shushing" you if you were talking at night... Not even loud, drunken noise type stuff... but just simple conversation while walking down the hall got a "shhh" which really rubbed me the wrong way.
All in all it's a 2 outta 5 hotel, but the good location bumps it up to a 3...