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BED BUGS.
I wrote the review below first and upon leaving the hotel realized I had been eaten alive by bed bugs. I would not have known, except the friend I was travelling with had gotten them in NYC before. Perhaps they are not everywhere in the hotel, but who cares? Gross.
And if you DO happen to get bed bugs anywhere - go to Chinese pharmacy and get this cream called Piyan Ping - Camphor and Menthol. Cleared everything right up after trying other remedies.
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Shabby Chic fo' sho'
Well, at least in the basement rooms where we have been relegated to spend three nights.
Upon check-in the clerk verbally noted that we had 'just made our reservations'. Which we did, via hotwire - somehow I feel this is why we were given the, ahem, SMALL subterranean rooms. They call the basement floor, floor 1, but they ain't foolin' me. It's BASEMENT, baby.
Meanwhile, in the SMALL lobby there were a gaggle of people crowding out the whole room which was, in a word, ANNOYING. Not the hotel's fault.
But still. ANNOYING.
Especially after a looong day of travel
In short:
PROS: Sort-of cheap- but not really cheap, decent location which I did not find scary at all, Next to a Tim Horton's for coffee, Good showers- hot and decent water pressure, decent Wifi. Meh decor overall and needs updating especially in areas like CARPET, and wallpaper. Nothing says WELCOME like peeling wallpaper, right? Quiet - at least in the basement level. The pillows rocked.
CONS: Basement-level rooms. SMALL rooms. Basement hallway smells like a** and the basement hallway carpet is slightly horrifying.
Would I stay here again? No. Not after the bed bugs.
No one puts baby in the basement!
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