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| - I thought this hostel was great. Many of the issues identified by dissatisfied (or partially satisfied) reviewers seem to have been addressed. The hostel was clean and quiet. The bunk beds were comfortable (mine felt like, but was not, memory foam). There are lockers in the room. You can buy locks for $5 if you are an HI member and $8 if you are not. If you want to leave your bag before or after you check in/out, there is a luggage room next to the front desk where they will store your stuff.
There were fun activities both days I was there and the hostel also serves as a pick up location for a niagara falls/winery tour. If you want to stay in town, it is centrally located, about a 10-minute walk from union station and a 20-minute walk to the Rogers Centre, Steam Whistle, and Ripley's Aquarium. It is also a 5-minute walk to the St. Lawrence Market and a 15-minute walk to the distillery district.
There were soap, shampoo and conditioner dispensers in the shower. Everyone who worked at the hostel was really nice. Free breakfast and 50 percent off dinner your first night there. There is wifi all over the hostel, fast enough to watch Netflix with no buffering. As hostels go, this was tops. I deducted a star because the bathroom was a little grimy and my free breakfast was weirdly slightly cooler than room temperature, but everything else was great!
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