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| - Really, really wanted to like this place for it quirks, but there were so, so many flaws in our stay that I have to warn other's away.
First, free parking is simply a lie. There are a few street spots available directly next to the hotel, but they still have enforcement times that require moving in the middle of the day during anything more than a few day stay. This was a major headache after driving all day to reach Montreal and finding out that there was no place to park within an easy walk of the hotel.
Second, the room (in the Annex across the street) was a mix of broken screens, inoperable windows because of broken hardware, beat up paint, etc... (This for one of their premium rooms I might add.) Couple this with room service that seems to only make the bed (but not change towels, provide additional bath products daily, etc.) that generally seems to ignore the rest of the room issues.
Third, The lobby area of the annex was filthy, the carpet looks like it had never been cleaned and was worn to threadbare in many spots and too make this even worse there was trash, ignored dead flowerpots, and general filth on every bit of the annex grounds/yard making what should have been a lovely building look completely neglected. The highlight here though was a broken plastic laundry basket that sat outside of the annex's front door for the length of our stay.
Last, the bathroom appears to be a recent renovation by someone who must have actually never used a bathroom before. There were no surfaces (counters, shelves, etc.) to actually set things on, no hooks for cloths, no racks in the shower to place anything you'd commonly use. Couple this with a shower that is basically too small to actually do much more than step into and which seems designed to pour water out of the stall onto the main bathroom floor which meant we were stuck using (our unrenewed) towels to mop up gallons of water every day.
Montreal is lovely. Find probably almost any hotel, B&B, hostel, etc. and go, but for your sake do not stay here.
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