Jarvis House — Hotel in Toronto

We spent four nights at Jarvis House on a recent summer getaway to Toronto. The good: Excellent location and unbeatable price (about $115 US per night, including parking, for a room with king bed and adjoining bathroom). If you're okay climbing two steep, narrow stairways, Room 9 on the third floor was exceptionally quiet as it faces the back and does not share common walls with other guest rooms. Now the bad: This is NOT a hotel. The only staff we ever saw was an inept young man sent over to let us in on a Saturday afternoon. No maid service, of course, but a handwritten sign pinned to the bedsheet that serves as a door to the basement linen closet admonishes guests NOT to take extra bedding or towels. It's also NOT a B&B. Although some other commenters praised the morning coffee, there was no food service offered. Your first vision upon entering is a filthy, stained carpet on the stairs. Bring your own soap and shampoo. The cheap plastic venetian blinds did little to keep out the morning sunshine. The king bed was lumpy. Wireless internet was sporadic. So, if you're not too picky about accommodations, shopping for a bargain in central Toronto, and not planning to spend much time in your room, Jarvis House might be ideal, but we won't stay...

We were very disappointed in the Jarvis House. I have stayed at many B&Bs that were 'old and quaint', this one is just old and run down. The rooms were decently clean but very musty and dingy feeling. Room 11 on the top floor had one window that was so small and the bottom half of it has an old dilapidated a/c in it. I'm sure we could not have gotten out in an emergency||There was a dirty towel on the floor in the main entry for wiping feet that was never removed or changed while we were there. ||There were not bathroom toiletries aside from a tiny bar of soap and very small bath towels. ||The location was good and there was wifi in the rooms but the tvs were about 30 years old and so tiny it was difficult to see them from across the room. They mention in the review that even though it is on a busy street the rome are airtight and very quiet....NOT AT ALL!! Road noise in most of the night in the room at the front of the house and also very noisy in the from at the back of the house. ||We did not stay for breakfast as the "dining room" was just as dingy. WE saw the lady that runs the house on arrival but then not again, even at check out. ||All in all....false...

Stayed for a long weekend, 3 nights. The hostess was nice and the place looked clean outside of the rooms. We had a small room on the 2nd floor and a tiny bathroom. Some recepticals in the room didn't work. The carpet was dirty and needs replacing in the rooms. The decor was very old fashioned. We stayed 3 nights and our room was not cleaned once, towels were old and ripped and also never refreshed, and the small garbage can was never emptied, and only 1 roll of toilet paper. I had to go down to the basement and ask for more towels and toilet paper. I told them our towels were used and ripped after 2 days, but nobody did anything about it for the last night. The price was decent, but the place itself is in need of some refreshing and updating. The only plusses were it was close to everything downtown and the subway and offered offstreet parking. I don't think I would stay here...