Kensington Market House

Jackson King a year ago

This place has become a total dump over the years. The smoke detectors in the bedrooms have been removed. No smoke detectors at all on the top floor. No soap to wash your hands in the bathroom (another guest had to go fill an empty bottle of dish soap with watered down dawn just to have something to wash with after using the bathroom) .Entire house wreaked of marijuana. Strange people knocking on my door in the middle of the night. Tiny little bugs in the room, mice (or at least a mouse). Dirt and garbage under the bed and beside the armoire. Door handle of the door close to falling off. People living there who are super sketchy. One of the two pillow cases and the comforter smelled like a homeless person had been sleeping on them. Just horrible. Please go anywhere else but here. Tried to find alternate accommodations but a summer weekend in Toronto made it impossible, asked for partial refund and denied. Used to be such a nice place for travellers now seems like a flop house for the unhoused and druggies. Shockingly you can only pay cash and don’t even have to give your name or show ID to stay

Alba Leon Fiz 2 years ago

Many thanks to Lucas, he took care of me when I arrived at the house without a reservation or anything, he gave me a very clean, warm and cozy room. And then at check out time I did it almost an hour late and did not put me any problem and was at all times very very friendly although having to have the room ready and arranged for the following people. The location is perfect, in the heart of downtown and with entertainment places nearby to enjoy the nightlife of Toronto. The price is very good for everything you find in this city... quality price ✅. Really impressed and totally grateful. Thanks again

Oleksandr 2 years ago

Very good location, but... Poor responsiveness of the owner, it was hard to figure out where the hotel was because there were no signs outside. We were told that check-in would be at 3 o'clock, in the end we waited for the owner for about 20 minutes in the corridor. The smell is terrible, the hotel is more like a dormitory where a family lives on the first floor and cooks food. We were given a small room (apparently because we stayed one night). The bed laundry was strange, the walls were cracked, very strong audibility due to the bad door to the room (which was not locked in the end). The bathroom is all covered in fungus with passive-aggressive "requests" on how to behave in it (as if I was under supervision in the army). Also it was pretty difficult to turn on the shower (cause probably the "push-up" button just refused to work, whatever). I could say it's a "sleepover" accommodation, but even in places like this you can at least minimally, but keep an eye on the premises. Don't want to book with Booking anymore, prefer to stay with Airbnb for the future.