When my parents came to visit me in Toronto I sent them to this hotel. Not only is it a block away from where I live, but it's across the street from the subway station, in walking distance of the shopping on Bloor Street, and one of the more inexpensive hotels near the downtown area. Plus I knew my mother would love the old mansion that houses the hotel. My parents asked for a room with a queen bed and ended up in one of the suites with a fireplace and a jacuzzi for the same price. They seemed less than enthusiastic about the breakfast, but there are plenty of yummy places for brunch around so they didn't mind too terrible. For a cheaper hotel in the same location, try the Isabella Hotel down the block.

We stayed at the Clarion at the end of our holiday. The main reason for visiting Toronto was to go to Niagara Falls on our way back to the UK so we only stayed 2 nights.

The hotel has a lot of character and is quite quirky. The front desk were helpful enough and the service was generally polite and friendly. There was free use of the internet which is always nice.

Breakfast was fairly limited with little choice. There was a very wide range of nations staying at the hotel whilst we were there which made for some interesting conversations at the toaster!

The room was fine with a very good air con unit - the day we arrived it was 91F and the room was like a sauna but within seconds the unit had it feeling like an icebox!

Location-wise the hotel is about 10-15 minutes walk from the main shopping streets around Yonge and Dundas, however there is a subway station pretty much across the street which gives good access to downtown.

If you're only going to be in Toronto for a couple of nights this hotel is fine, but anything longer and you might wish to consider somewhere else.

A reasonably priced, clean and well recommended hotel. The staff are polite, the rooms are well equipped (free wireless and an internet machine in the lounge). Breakfast is good (paper plates and plastic cutlery though). No bar and no restaurant but there is an excellent pub within 100 yards. Well recommended.

Very happy with our stay in this hotel. The hotel does look a bit wierd and "unfinished" at times but it was always in perfect working order. A typical example is the door frame to our suite which looked like it was all bent out of shape, and thus the door should be a few millimeters from stuck. But after seeing the frame I checked the door and it opens and closes perfectly without even a sound. The old building has probably shifted and they kept the door frame as is and adjusted the door.
There was no mention of breakfast at the website but when we arrived there was a free breakfast service. A good selection of different food as well, but they used plastic cutlery.
Everywhere you looked things might seem a bit strange, but the service level was very good.
We did have a slight problem with a special offer from Clarions website not sticking to the booking, but great help from the receptionist staff and they got that sorted.
Not very central location but subway station was only 1.5 blocks away so still very convenient.

Would surely stay here again.

We did get a free upgrade from room to 2-room suite for free (thought I'd mention that as well).