we stayed here for one night in apr 2007. the hostel is in a rundown area. the hostel itself is ok without being outstanding. no individual sink in the room as in some hostels. the chinese lady who runs the hostel is very chirpy. so much so she offered to telephone through our order for a chinese take away - she seemed pleased to do this. what wasnt so endearing was she stood over us whilst we began to eat our food, staring at what was on the plate. No doubt she was curious, but it was off putting.

the only tv channel that was working in the tv lounge was fox living....oh,great!!

the lady asked me whether i wanted a drink of cola with my chinese food, so I said yes, and she said that'll be 50 cents. i wish this had been pointed out to me properly and verbally beforehand. not that im hard up for 50 cents, its the principle.

all in all we were glad we just spent one night here (how long does it take to see niagara falls after all) before moving... more