the main reason i'm giving this hotel 5 stars is because they are dog friendly. and finding a dog friendly hotel in metro toronto was, i found, very, very difficult. (i have a 20-month-old belgian shepherd...)
i was in toronto for 3 days for the juno awards. when i was looking for a dog-friendly hotel, i phoned around to over a dozen hotels only to be told that they are not pet-friendly. i stayed at this hotel before and, because of its location and the good quality of the rooms, i though there was no way in hell that this hotel would take a dog. this was the last hotel i called and to my surprise, they told me they did take dogs with a $50 fee per day. i made the reservation on orbitz (surprisingly for less than $100/nite) and just made note of who i spoke to at the hotel that dogs were accepted.
when i got to the hotel, parking was a bit of a challenge. there was some sort of function going on that weekend and the parking lot was full for most of the weekend, so it took about 5 minutes or so of driving around until someone pulled out. the lobby was clean and spacious, the staff was very courteous, even taking an interest in my dog.
my room was very, very spacious and very clean. i got a corner room with a long hallway (which my dog liked to run up and down with a tennis ball), two queen size beds, and a very large bathroom. a copy of the "toronto star" newspaper showed up at my door every morning.
i hope this hotel remains a pet-friendly hotel. should the occasion come again when i am in toronto again (during non-camping season), i will make this my hotel of choice.