背包客客棧(The Only Backpacker's Inn)

I stayed at this hostel while going to Toronto to visit a close friend. Finding a place to stay in Toronto is expensive, but this hostel offered what I need: a safe, clean place to stay for the night. I also enjoyed eating my breakfast outside on the porch. I'm 37 and sometimes feel a little old for hostels, but that was not the case at this hostel! Very diverse group of folks staying there, which made the experience all the more comfy. My only suggestion for improvement is considering adding another bathroom or shower to the building.

Je faisais un roadtrip avec mon chum et on faisait une petite alte à Toronto. J'ai bien aimé le Only Café. La chambre était "ben correcte " et sympathique. Les toilettes étaient partagées, mais je peux vivre avec ça pour une nuit ! Je me suis sentie revenir à mes jeunes années de collège et je dois dire que je n'ai pas détesté ça !

Je suis restée 4 nuits dans cette auberge colorée à l'ambiance amicale. Sa situation géographique est, selon moi, avantageuse car à l'écart du centre, dans un quartier plutôt tranquille, mais avec un arrêt de métro (Donlands) se trouvant à peine à une minute à pieds. Le personnel sur place est agréable et disponible pour tout besoin d'informations : ils connaissent bien le quartier si vous recherchez quelque chose en particulier 😉 Les dortoirs sont propres et bien entretenus, les draps et couvertures nous sont fournis. J'y ai bien dormis ! Le seul souci peut-être, c'est l'absence de rideaux ou de volets. Quant aux douches, en nombre insuffisant selon moi, elles sont parfaitement nettoyées et suffisamment grandes pour qu'on y apporte nos affaires de toilettes. Pour le petit déjeuner, nous avons droit à du café-thé-lait, fruits, céréales, pain et confitures, bref tout ce qu'il faut ! 😁 La cuisine partagée est d'ailleurs très bien équipée, on a tout ce qu'il faut pour préparer nos repas et des frigos sont à notre disposition pour stocker nos achats. Je recommande fortement cette auberge si vous voulez visiter Toronto quelques jours, il y a tout ce qu'il faut pour passer un agréable séjour ✨

Not for solo travelers looking for a strong social scene or if you’re looking for organized activities. This is a hostel operated by the cafe/bar downstairs, and you can tell the cafe/bar is their number one priority. Don’t expect any organized activities to promote socializing between guests. In fact, you start to realize how reliant you are on a front desk (that doesn’t exist here) for advice for things to do, general help, tours to purchase, etc. Staff here veered between friendly and “just alive”. Lockers are very small, just enough to fit a laptop and valuables. Bedding was definitely old and my roommate complained of hair and bloodstains on her sheets. They charge you a $10 credit card deposit for your key, which they refund, but charged a $2 transaction fee for the refund. Weird in the little ways. My roommates checked out the lounge but complained it was small, TV didn’t work, and was dingy. It’s a somewhat affordable hostel in an expensive city. The proximity to the subway is the best thing going for it, but it’s an out of the way neighborhood. My roommates and I didn’t like that the showers looked into the guest only patio and the only thing separating it were window screens (so yes people outside can see into the shower room - great pressure though!). One night we found the door separating the downstairs bar patio open which would have allowed bar guests to enter the upstairs guest patio and look into/enter the showers. Definitely freaked us out.

Horrible pas de confort et absence de propreté personnel non accueillant. Les lits son inconfortable j ai eu froid 4 lits dans une seule pièce. Trop de bruit et de proximité salle de bain degeulasse C est importe quoi cette auberge vraiment. Petit dej entre 08h et 10h et à 09h on te dis plus de café quad tu en demande on te dis y’a n’avais à 08h c fou !!!!

In the rooms, the beds are pretty standard but rather comfy with you sinking into the mattress and not feeling the bedsprings under you like many hostels. Inside the rooms, there isn’t a huge amount to complain about other than the space and the lack of sidebars for the top bunks. There are some rooms with a great amount of space in them but there are also some where you feel packed in like you’re on a Japanese Bullet Train at rush hour, it’s just the luck of the draw. In every room, there isn’t a safety bar alongside the top bunk which gives you the burning fear that you’ll fall 6ft to your imminent death, or just a big boo-boo, even with you sinking into the mattress pretty deep. The hostel is rather small but not compacted where you’re suffocating over the lack of space. The largest space is the kitchen situated above the TV room but below the outdoor area. The kitchen is rather large with plenty of space to sit and eat your food whilst having plenty of room to cook your food. Everything about the kitchen is large in hostel size, including the fridge and food storage space. The TV room below is also rather intriguing with a creepy basement feel to it but not a Fritzl basement feel. It’s just rather dimly lit with some artwork and other bits and bobs packed away to the side along with what seems to be a heating system or something that seems very significant to the hostels’ livelihood. The basement TV room is genuinely the best if not one of the best things about this hostel. It’s perfect to watch the cable tv until 4 am but also perfect to chill out and do some work or watch Dora The Explorer on your laptop without people judging you too much. For full review check out the website in my bio (loser travels) and have a wee gander at this review and more!

Very nice Inn, very clean and very good organized. Lots of good conversation and music - very inspiring. Toronto is a vivid city with a lot of interesting places.