Great location to stay! St. Denis is full of great resturants, bars and even some shops. The hotel is on top of the Shrebrook metro and right up the street from the latin quarter which has more great bars and restaurants. Much cooler than the super-touristy Vieux Montreal.
The front desk staff were very helpful and professional. Some concerige employees were helpful others just opt to do a google search for whatever your looking for; which didn't help much when we have free wifi internet in our room.
Our room was on the 8th floor with a balcony that overlooks town. It was very neat, clean and newly renovated.
On top of all that, it comes with a free breakfast - and not just the standard hampton inn style "continental breakfast" with a lousy muffin and warm oj. L'Institute's free breakfast featured full sit-down service with your choice of eggs, pancakes, french toast, omletts, or ceral, etc. All in all, a great deal.