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| - This hotel gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "lipstick on a pig." Looks like this place was built in the late 70's/early 80's, and while they may have tried to renovate it, they've fallen completely on their face.
Parking- Guest parking is split into three areas: Pretty close to the door, the back 40, and separating the two, "the warehouse." You do not want to park in the warehouse. I did for two of my four nights and there was so much bird shit on my rental car afterwards you couldn't tell it was black. Also sounds like there's some type of electrical arcing inside, so you might end up with a burned out write off when you go to leave. Seriously, this is the type of building used to film horror movies. Parking was nearly full most nights. You use a key card issued by the front desk to get in and out of the lot. One of the exit card readers had something jammed in it for a couple days of my stay, so that gate was blocked.
Service: This was the lone bright spot. Front desk, restaurant, and housekeeping were all professional and pleasant. No issues here.
Elevators: Elevators are definitely showing their age. Very abrupt movements, doors stay open for about two seconds on each floor (run!), and they might get you to the right floor. In the south tower, avoid the elevator that's closest to the ATM in the lobby. This lift was incapable of letting me off on the sixth floor. Instead it always put me on the seventh. And sometimes (but not always), when trying to go to the lobby, it would let me out on the gym floor. So if you're in your room having a heart attack, the paramedics have a two in three shot of getting on the right elevator and getting to your floor. I guess those are good odds?
Room. You've probably looked at the pictures and thought "how cool! They put the beds right in the middle of the room." Because they are right in the middle of the room, they take up about 90% of the floor space, leaving you with absolutely nothing. The rooms are microscopic to begin with, and then you have to squeeze around the furniture. There are no electrical outlets near the bed if you're like me and use a cell phone for an alarm clock. The desk is tiny as well, and like everything else, is right next to the bed. Wallpaper is scratched/peeling/marked. I could also hear not only everything in the rooms adjacent to me, but people talking in rooms several doors down the hall.
Bathroom: The bathroom is even smaller. The ceiling is only about 6'8" / 2m high, so if you're on the taller side it's not going to work. They really crammed everything in there, too. They tried the trick where they put the towel rack inside the shower, however the shower (shower/tub combo) is so small that your towels will end up soaked. And I smacked my head on it a couple times. The makeup mirror is conveniently positioned behind the toilet, so it has no possibility of being useful.
Area: The hotel is right next to the airport. There is minimal aircraft noise, and a moderate amount of noise from vehicle traffic. The noise from inside the hotel is far worse than outside. Coming back to the hotel around 10-11pm, I saw a few shady people hanging around the front doors (if you're a guest, you enter the back of the hotel). Not too much around. A few restaurants, several other hotels, the airport, but you're going to need a car to get to just about anything in the GTA.
If I were to put a fair price on this hotel, I would say $65/night. Anything more and you're wasting your money. Don't forget, there's also a charge for parking (self or valet), and for internet ($20 for 3 days, $13? for one day)
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