Primrose Hotel - Student Accomodation, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Where to Start.. I so beyond any emotional capability of even being being generically pissed off.
This is a Blog for all future prospective students reviewing the Primrose Hotel as a possible means of accomodation whilst studying in Toronto. Actually.. why not open the floor to cater for universally anyone wishing to stay at this half way house of a hotel.

1. Primrose is not a Hotel.
2. Best Western? - Expect a room akin to the quinticential Super 8 motel chain.
3. This is going to cost you $1150.00 CAD per month, including generic breakfast/dinner similar in appearance and taste to the foods supplied at the Homeless Shelters.
4. Saving the best til last. These are SHARED rooms.

Picture your standard run of the mill $45 USD a night motel. Its small, has a bed, bathroom & no opening windows. Now add a partition directly half way through the room, then add a partition half way through that partition. Herein will lie 2 single beds, a desk and a 1M sq cubicle referenced as a wardrobe. Total walking distance between the bed, desk, wardrobe and door.... 0.5M !!! Oh don't forget, push your chair right in to your desk, else you will not be able to open or get out of the door.


Don't get me wrong, I am not out to knock the company, I am highlighting, or more like, publishing the facts of what this accomodation actually is.
The pamphlet which your local university may supply, will not detail any specific facts on hotel location (on the corner of the Prostitute & Crack Addict intersection). Spend 1 night and leave the hotel at night... You will be hit up for cigarettes, change or if your really lucky, a wonderful platformed tranny looking to perform tricks for $20.
BUT... if your like me, the local night workers merely gave the district a bit of culture, compared to the lack lustre service provided by the Primrose service desk.


Recommendation - DO NOT STAY AT THE PRIMROSE HOTEL
There are much better choices available for exchange students.


Neill Wycik College Co-Op is an excellent choice. Floors set up with 6-7 apartments with 2 bathrooms, kitchen, rec room etc.
If I had the choice of where to stay again, then this would totally be it.


Note - Flatting is also a much better option. You can get a 1-2 bedroom flat in Toronto for less than 1K per month.

TBC.....