We stayed at the Bond Place Hotel during a business trip to Toronto. We had booked a Business Queen room. We were in room 1718, which was far away from the elevators. The large window had a view of the Eaton’s Centre and Yonge and Dundas streets. The best thing about this hotel is the fact that it is in such a central location. Other positive points was the fridge,the coffee maker and the fact that the rooms had no carpeting, but had fake wood flooring instead. The service at reception was friendly and professional.

The room was tiny with almost no storage or closet space. It seemed like it was about 12 by 12 feet, but luckily with the large window, it didn’t get too claustrophobic. The shower was big and the bathroom had enough room and the toilet flushed like a Boeing jet! The towels were small and very very rough - great for exfoliating your skin, or sanding the fake wood flooring. There were no glasses, but rather cheap, thin plastic cups. The sound-proofing between rooms was about as thin as these cheap plastic glasses.

There was free wifi, but it was soooooooo slow that by the time you checked the weather on your iphone, the seasons would have done a full cycle. And forget watching a streaming video, or rather a stttuttterrring video, there just wasn’t enough wifi juice. but it was free.

We had booked the Business Queen room, so we were surprised that there was no safe, which was a drag as we had to carry all our valuable stuff ( including a laptop computer ) with us all day long. It didn't seem the type of place where you would want to leave anything of value.

On our first morning there was no hot water - it wasn’t cold, but it was warm...ish. It was just warm enough to have a shower, but you had to go quick, because it seemed like it would soon turn into a blast of freezing glacier water at any moment. We were not impressed.

The gym was very limited with 2 treadmills, a seated bike and one of those elliptical machines. There were free weights, but the heaviest ones were 25 lbs. There was also this weird cable machine that made a lot of scary noise and didn’t seem to do much. The gym was also super hot ( maybe that’s where all the missing hot water went ?)

The Bond Place Hotel is a good clean cheap hotel in the middle of the action in Toronto. It was okay for 2 nights, but if you want something for longer, you might want to look for something with more room and better soundproofing.

NO FREE WIFI!
That's the only thing I can mark this place down on. The staff were extremely attentive, polite and efficient, the rooms clean and adequate. The beds were large and comfortable and well laid with clean linen that was made or changed daily. The rooms were also cleaned and the towels changed daily.
The location is superb for the town centre and the Eaton Court Shopping Mall. Toronto has its own version of Times Square and this hotel is right on the edge of it.
Underground parking is available at $15 a night which seems expensive but is really close by and accessible and is manned 24/7.
There is a breakfast/snack bar concession next to the hotel which is accessed through the lobby. This is a bit hit-and-miss and the day we tried it there was a language problem with the waitress and we didn't get quite what we asked for. We asked for the option of 'hard-boiled' eggs and got fried (which were not even on the menu) as the boiled eggs would have taken too long to do.(?) As everywhere else we experienced in Toronto, with the single exception of a small chain of coffee shops by the name of 'Balzac's', the coffee was terrible. If you leave the hotel lobby and walk up the sidestreet opposite towards the Ryerson University, there is a very welcome Balzac's on the corner to the left (100yds max). Go there. It's good.

Poor guest service, untrained staff, poor area to walk around. Inside room was nice, dusting & cleaning needs more attention to detail. Do not expect a lot. Fine if you just need a cheeper room to stay in but by far not a great hotel.

Very nice and clean hotel. Right in the centre so there is a bit of noise at night but not too bad. Its next to the public transport and also near many places to eat for example Hard rock café. Its also only a 2 sec walk to the shops.