So to start by admitting I am basically a snob and B&Bs are in my mind in the same category as caravans - Something for other people! That said, when I was booking for Toronto I had no idea that I was visiting at the same time as a number of large conferences a major tennis tour etc… In what is an expensive city anyway, my budget was simply not going to stretch to a regular hotel, so B&B it was! In what may be entirely normal for B&Bs (As I say, I just don’t know!), they seem to run this place pretty “hands off”. When we arrived there were no staff in, but we had been emailed a code to the front door and the key was left in our room door so we could get in with no problems. As a cynical Londoner I was left wondering about the security of this, but the arrangement seems to work for them. This is a converted Victorian house and in places is showing its age - the entry hall and stairs look a bit tired (as we were carting our bags up and down the stairs it is easy to see why that is!). In a more modern property, tired would be bad - in somewhere of this era it just makes the place feel lived in. As a Victorian building, there are some creaks and groans - for some, read lots of creaks and groans with pretty much every footstep. We were on the back of the building with the kitchen beneath us so I didn’t feel so bad, but if we had been over another room I might have felt bad about disturbing them. Our room had a large bed which was supremely comfortable but with two peoples luggage it was a bit of a squeeze moving around it - if you were staying for longer and unpacked your clothes that would probably be less of an issue. There was a TV and cable - we didnt switch on. There was only a ceiling fan to cool us, but the old building was pretty heat resistant and even with 29 degrees outside we were comfortable. Being a B&B, not a hotel, the lock on the door was to my mind a bit flimsy, but again - Toronto seems to be a more trusting place than I am used to! The only easily available electrical point was under the tv and this was a dual socket which had been converted to something like 10 sockets by a push on adapter. Back home at 220v this kind of thing is frowned upon, I suspect that at 110v its not so much of an issue and we certainly made use of the points to charge up our devices. Wifi was a mixed bag - During the evening it was pretty slow, but overnight and in the early morning it was fast - Other residents on Netflix I guess? Either way, I wanted to backup the photos from my camera to Google and overnight they whizzed up to the cloud. Every day the kitchen was cleaned and set up for breakfast the next morning with all of the condiments on the table and eggs, cheese and milk in the fridge - cereals, bread and bagels on the side. There were lots of notices asking people not to wash their plates, but just to rinse and put in the dishwasher. Unfortunately not everyone paid attention and we came down on our second morning to find dirty dishes dumped in the sink and some of the laid out foods having been dumped about the room. Clearly relying on peoples good nature doesn't always work! Misleadingly the title Garden Inn refers to the district of Toronto not a garden - that said there is a small but lovely garden with a patio, a small waterfall and a few couches and a table. Add a few beers and it was a very nice place to spend an hour or so on a warm summer afternoon. Shared bathrooms / washrooms are clearly the downside of a B&B - this was less of an issue for us, but I suspect mainly because we had a severe case of jetlag and were effectively working on European time, waking up and sleeping stupidly early. There were two bathrooms shared between 4 or 5 rooms - I would have said that was not enough, but in practise an acceptable ratio. The real downside of this B&B is unfortunately beyond their control. The area was described to me politely as “up and coming”, which of course means it is currently rather down and has a long way to go… During the day things are ok, but early morning and late at night things are not quite so welcoming. 2 minutes down the road is a YMCA Men's day centre which I read described as a drug rehab centre - I don’t know about that, but a lot spaced out people are walking around, begging occasionally - some are pretty big and not so friendly looking… We walked to the shore of the lake once only - after that Uber whisked us safely to and from the door. On the bright side again, you are pretty close to downtown, so the taxi won't break the bank. If I was coming to Toronto to blitz the tourist attractions and expected to be out all day, or was in town for a conference etc and the price was right, I would certainly consider Toronto Garden Inn again. It’s also an OK destination if you will be around during the day - because nobody else was, just factor in the cost of taxis, because you really don't want to be walking around the local area!…