Econo Lodge Downtown Montreal

My apartment building was having major plumbing work done for three days, so I had to vacate the premises. My landlord would only pay $70/night, so my choices were limited. I only checked reviews after I had booked, and then began to be concerned. But my experience was fine. I paid for a room with a double bed, and they gave me a king size. Check-in was simple, and the guy at the front desk, Denis, was great. It is true that the wifi signal sometimes drops, but it was adequate for me to work from my room (I usually work from home). The signal was more than adequate during the day, but gets really slow around 6:00, I suppose because that's when most guests come back to their rooms. If you need a strong wifi signal, tell them - they told me it's best on the 1st or 2nd floors. Breakfast is basic, and the coffee is, well, awful, but that's a minor complaint. When it came time to leave, the work at my apartment wasn't done yet, so I paid $30 for a late check-out. That was easy, too. So all in all, no major complaints. It's a 2-star hotel, so don't expect the Ritz, but my room was clean and comfortable, and it met my needs.

Hotel des Arts was filthy and smelled like a horse barn. The lights did not work in the 1st room we were given and there was no TV. In the 2nd room, TV did not work. We ended up leaving and going to another hotel.

This is the grimiest and dingiest hotel we have ever stayed in , fooled by the reviews, I thought as it was only for one night ...... wrong. Seedy, dirty , gross. There is no redeeming feature here, how people can descibe this as value for money, I would have preferred to sleep on the streets , but the area did not lend itself to this idea. Ants in the bathroom, peeling paint, filthy light switches , even more filthy carpets , stank of smoke in a non smoking room, spatterings of something disgusting on the walls and doors, , oh and the besy part, hairs (not ours ) in the sheets , a blanket (the type that you would have have incinerated to clean it ) with cigarette burns, holes , we slept on the bed not in it, we passed on the "Breakfast " think thats what they called it , this is the first time I have reviewed a hotel in this way, and I definately hope it is my last . ugh, ......,makes me shiver