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| - We stayed here for a week. This is a standard hostel (the term gite is used loosely in Quebec) in a great location. The front desk staff is very friendly. Breakfast is included, which is pancakes and toast and juice yogurt, but there is a fridge for guests so you can easily supplement with more healthy choices if you get tired of pancakes and bread. We had a private room with a double bed and linens were included. I think if you are a 20 year old traveler looking for a hostel this place might be perfect. I'm 33 and not so focused on nightlife and prefer to go to bed at 11pm and have it relatively quiet. A few nights it was very loud and hard to sleep and some of the guests were quite rowdy all through the night. The front desk staff goes home about 11pm. At other hostels I've stayed at there are very firm quiet hours and staff to enforce that, but not here. The rooftop terrace closes at a certain hour, but there were people going up and down all hours of the night. Our room was right by the stairs so it sounded like a herd of elephants some nights, often very late into the night/morning. I also thought while the front desk staff was really friendly, the establishment could have tried a little harder on a few details. There is a bathroom/shower room on the 2nd floor, and half of the blinds are missing, and there is a walk out balcony. The first 2 days I hoped no one was watching me undress from the street, but another morning I went to shower a guy from the hostel and his friends were sitting out on the balcony and smoking while I was trying to get dressed. I from then on used a smaller less nice shower, but an easy fix would be for the place to put in proper blinds.
All in all not a bad place and for lively young travelers who want to party, it's perfect. For someone who doesn't fit this mould, there are better places in Montreal to stay for a similar price.
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