Taigh Ice Hotel

Wonderful location in Cabbagetown with great restaurants within walking distance. Safe parking. Super clean. Comfortable warm bed. Very kind, sweet owner who made my boyfriend and I feel very comfortable (i.e. showed us our room and asked if we liked it). Nice public shared kitchen available for use and leftover storage in fridge. Very modern amenities and style. Free WiFi.
Room for improvement: hand towels/​wash clothes appreciated. Coffee, tea, juice would have been nice to offer guests in the morning.

So unfortunately for me– I looked up «hotels in Toronto, such and such area» hoping Google would help me out (why not Unilocal???)
Here I would like to add, the woman that helped us in her house was a lovely woman… Although the accommodations were something else and afterwards (maybe just my emotional self) I nearly cried from lack of my better judgement and researching skills.
So
gave me various suggestions! «Last room with a queen»! Oh no! Alright– well the pictures posted to the site are seemingly pretty– but otherwise misleading… Here I was thinking I was booking a night for my boyfriend and I to stay at a hotel– when in reality, it was a two story house between other houses and a narrow backroad to the parking (which you pay an additional 13 $ for a gravel tight fit).
When we got in– I’ll admit, it was late, around midnight– so we got a bit lost not knowing exactly what we were looking for (as there was no sign indicating «taigh ice»).
We got in– and to our room, and found it with no air conditioning on a mildly hot night; thin blankets and a pretty awful mattress (bf said it turned out to be just a foam mattress on boards)
The next morning– we go to turn on the tub (because I was excited that, I, a tall person would be able to comfortably fit in the moderately large tub!) and find out that the many faucets (including the 2 shower heads in the shower) in conjunction with the bathtub– made for awful water pressure. The Tub ranged from seriously hot to no cold water pressure…
Needless to say– I was actually really really upset. (The one late night trip to Toronto cost 168 $ including tax… I would say that it is not at all worth that cost…)
BEWARE OF THE ONLINE HOTEL BOOKING SITES. YOU MIGHT NOT BE SO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.