Annex Quest House

Can’t beat the price for the location. If you are just coming in from the airport the Spadina station is literally right next door. As far as Toronto accommodations go this place is cute and in a safe residential neighborhood. The rooms are Vastu-​inspired and cozy with dark wood floors and furniture. The bathroom is cute with a copper bowl sink. This place does the trick if you don’t need a lot of space, but want the privacy that a hostel can’t offer. The fridge, microwave and coffeemaker make things easy for longer stays too. There’s a washer and dryer on site as well. Management is friendly and helpful, they provided a comfortable experience. I highly recommend staying here.

Absolutely loved this place. The staff were super friendly, the rooms were clean and cozy and the location was perfect (next to a subway station and walking distance to Bloor St., a library and a street car. They even provided free snacks to us to keep us from getting hungry throughout our day. Can’t recommend the place enough.

This is a quirky place, in a good way, imaginatively decorated in an Indian theme. A great value for the location, right next to the Spadina station on the union line. Dion, who runs the office, couldn’t have been more friendly and helpful. This place is really convenient to a lot of things to do in Toronto; it’s a 10 minute walk to Casa Loma and the Spadina Museum in one direction and to the main museums on Bloor in the other. This hotel is on the edge of the Annex neighborhood, where there are a lot of good ethnic restaurants.

I only stayed here for a night-​my first choice was booked out for the first night of my stay and it was the weekend of the G20 fun and games so ended up in Annex Quest House. I was a bit concerned having read a good few suboptimal reviews on Tripadvisor but was pleasantly surprised!
It’s not somewhere you feel very pampered but I don’t think it’s really what they’re aiming for. They say it’s Vastu inspired. It felt more like an upscale hostel in a way-​but in a positive sense!
The welcome was pleasant and I was shown to my room on the 3^rd floor. I was glad I’d left my big suitcases in the B&B I was spending the rest of my time in-​there was no way I could have taken them up the steep narrow staircase. The room was pretty basic but open and spotless. Firm queen bed, big dresser, some hooks on the wall and a tiny TV. I liked having a coffee maker, microwave and fridge. The bathroom was also spotless with a copper sink and small tub. Tea, coffee and granola bars were provided in the room with more in the lobby downstairs.
It’s pretty much a self sufficient experience. No staff are on site after 7pm although there’s an emergency number to ring. There’s no breakfast-​extra granola bars and some oatmeal packets are left downstairs but they weren’t replenished until I was almost ready to check out. The location is good though at Spadina/​Bloor and literally next door to the Spadina North subway station.
So, not the home from home of some B&Bs but spotless and convenient if you just want to do your own thing!