Novotel North York

A very nice hotel at a good price. Not extravagant but certainly comfortable and clean. Front Desk was very accommodating and even offered us a preferred floor location. Subway to Toronto is $2.75 but on Weekends it's $9.00 for a family (Including Buses & Trolleys). Parking next door was $17 & a lot cheaper than the city. We didn't try the restaurant but it is brand new.

Unique Quality: Located about 15 miles from Toronto but easily accessible by Subway. Located above a shopping Mall with access to the Train Station.

Directions: North of Toronto on Yonge Street.

As we wanted to be close to Jane (CdnJane), we chose the NOVOTEL TORONTO NORTH YORK. It was a great location as it was close to the TTC ( Metro) and had lots of shops that Kat and I could explore.

Unique Quality: Our room was standard size with two double beds, full bath, TV, desk, mini bar (contents extra charge) iinternet access ( extra charge).

Directions: 15 minutes from Pearson International Airport
Metro station close by

I had the opportunity to stay at The Novotel North York for a VT meeting September 2005. Located in the Northern section of the Toronto area this Novotel was a great place to stay with easy access from major highways and the hotel offers on site subway access to Toronto. I stayed in one of the "Novation rooms" they are recently renovated and boast: In room coffee and tea maker (first time I have seen Red Rose tea used) Room service was adequate and the checking in and out was quite good (however they did not mention the tax rebate for non-Canadian citizens, it was pointed out to me by Lori, otherwise I would not have known. The other two things I did not care for was The Mini bar...Big Brother is watching you...if you removed an item there was a sensor that automatically charged your room. The telephone never seemed to work, despite several attempts to use it. It did however, work for wake up calls. My cell phone charges .79 cents per minute and roaming charges, so I would have liked it if the phone made outside calls (even if it worked they still tacked on a useage fee. I recommend that Novotel make local calling free.

Unique Quality: The views were great from the room. Being a solo traveler I appreciated the dead bolt locks on the doors, pay per view channel(s) Radio in room (this thing drove me crazy as there was no way to change the radio station and the alarm, despite turning the volume to off, the blasted thing managed to go off at strange times but never the at the time you would need it), Voice mail, WIFI Wireless Internet access High speed transmission line are complimentary or Web TV for a nominal cost, a Hair dryer in bathroom which was a very good dryer. The bed was large and comfortable (i needed a compass to navigate that bed! ;-) The shower is what I would like to highlight here. This shower was excellent, it had excellent force and it could be used either as a hand held or mounted shower nozzle. I took 2 showers a day because that spray was the best!

I actually live near here, and while I haven't stayed here, I've had friends and family stay here, as well as knowing of business people that have as well.
The location has been what has sold many of the people I've known - they like being so close to the 401, the main freeway through Toronto, the selection of restaurants in the area, and the subway right there, with no need to go outside.

Unique Quality: From what I've seen of the rooms, they are quite nice and spacious. The southern view is now not so great as there is a complex of highrise apartments and business towers being built to the south. The North gives you a great view to see how far the city stretches.
There is also a food court down stairs in the attached North York City Centre.