Definitely recommended.
I took my bike to Gord at the beginning of the summer for a tune up. I met him at his house after setting up an appointment time, and we went over the bike and what kind of tune up I needed. I'm by no means a bike expert and am always weirdly paranoid that 'experts' will scoff at my dumb questions and laugh in my face (give or take), so I was relieved at how friendly and patient he was at listening and explaining things.
I left my bike with him, picked it up a few days later, and everything was good as new (he had even cleaned my bike up with some steel wool to remove some of the rust forming).
I've been riding it for a few months now and it's been great. This is my new bike repair place; if you're in Parkdale, I'm not sure why you'd go anywhere else.