Name: Neill Wycik Hotel
Address: 96 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, ON
Telephone: (888) 428-0221

I wanted to love this,...

Liked: Location is great. Not far from the "gay neighborhood." Walking distance to a lot of food options. The grocery store down the street was top-notch! Lots of prepared foods.Busy street but quiet. No ambulance or police sirens all night long. I felt safe walking alone at night.Breakfast is great. You get to select 5 items from quite a few items - water, juice, soda, pastries, yogurt, continental essentials. The staff serves you at the counter. The staff was really nice!Check-in: pretty standard check-in. Check-in staff was very friendly.Security was friendly and present 24/7. They check everyone's key tag as they enter.Elevators all worked while I was there.
Disliked: I WANTED to love this place, but couldn't find its charm.It's not a hotel, it's a hostel. Call it what it is.Each single room has a bed, a desk, a fan (no air conditioning). No lamp. No clothes hangers.You get a pillow (a really shoddy, lumpy one), sheets, a blanket, a bath towel, and a face towel. I think they left a bar of soap. I'll give you this, though - the mattress was comfy and I actually slept comfortably the entire night.The doors stick very badly. Likely from lots of coats of paint. I had to really put my back into it to get my room door to close and lock.The hallways were dirty (carpeted). They smelled a bit, worse in the evenings for some reason. The whole placed is quite aged.No visitors after 11pm. I found this odd, considering I'm an adult and I paid for the room. I didn't have any late visitors, but I wanted to - I was visiting friends and it would have been nice to host them a bit into the evening.They give you a LONG list of rules to follow. I got so lost in the rules, I checked out late and they charged me $40 without even trying to contact me. They said they were very busy and needed the room, yet housekeeping hadn't even been to my room yet. Regardless, I would have appreciated a phone call, at least.The room floors (tile) were dirty. Looked like they hadn't been washed in some time. I noted that housekeeping didn't have mops with them. They had a cart with linens and basic cleaning supplies and that was all. No vacuum, no mop.Kitchen and lounge are shared. They were clean, people cleaned up after themselves. But there were no dishes to eat on or utensils to cook with.Bathrooms are shared. I didn't feel comfortable showering in a public shower that hadn't been cleaned between uses, so I only used the sink and toilet, which were fine.

Great place for a great...

Liked: I love that it was right off Church Street, so within easy walking distance of the Village. Very convenient for the trip.

Good will still go back...

Liked: Location and staff
Disliked: Room by deck 5 p 6 and people partied all night I requested a room on the Guérard street

Would recommend this hotel to...

Liked: I like how safe I felt in my stay. Both the security and the front desk were very helpful and always polite. I also enjoyed the breakfast variety. Thank you for giving me a positive experience :)
Disliked: I have no complaints!