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website is still up, though: http://www.baystreetmotel.com/

horror stories via TripAdvisor: http://j.mp/56A7pm

"Pleas do not stay here — Bed Bugs!!!" (9/28/09)

Please do yourself a favor and stay somewhere else. I stayed one night (had paid cash in advance for 10 nights) was bit all over my body by bed bugs. Upon inspection bedbug casings were under the mattress, and bedbug poo stains were all over the mattress. The sheets were clean upon arrival, but when I woke up there were a couple of streaks on them and now I know they were my blood from the bed bugs.

I called the health board and the woman told me she's been getting complaints about bedbugs in this hotel for over 2 years.

I only gave this hotel a star because I had to in order to submit my review, TRUST ME - it does not deserve any stars. The worst part is the bed bugs may have gotten into my things and I could infest other places, even my home. Look online to learn how to check for bed bugs & always check before you pay, even at expensive hotels.

I am super itchy alll over, look like a freak, and am so traumatized that I feel dirty, can't sleep, and when I do I have nightmares. This is what staying here will get you. P.S. They refused to refund me any of my money (they have a no refunds policy at this stink hole) and they say I agreed to the room, which is true - the room NOT the bedbugs!!!

"Welcome to Hell" (1/27/09)

Ha! Remeber the last time you told somebody to 'go to hell' ? You might as well had sent them to Bay Street Motel...

I can't believe that they actually charge you to stay there.... I would not stay there even if somebody would pay me lots of money to do so. I soo wish I 'd read the reviews for this deep hole before making a mistake of booking a room there....

And now to the 'good' stuff. I arrived at the motel on Friday, well after 7 pm. I was so excited to find out that it is so close to the bus station. It was freezing and I was quite tired after a long bus drive. I entered the reception and right away I noticed that the place looks rather run down. This did not deter me from proceeding to book a room for two nights (oh, lordy!) as my expectations were already low due to the cheap price of the place. All I wanted was a bed to sleep on and a shower.

The man at the reception showed me to my room on the 2nd floor.There was nothing there but the bed and a desk with a tv on it. There was also a sink there in the corner. I didn't take a good look at the room although I was majorly let down by the poor condition of everything inside. Since I was in a hurry as I was meeting someone downtown I left my bag on the floor in the room and I left. I came back around 10 pm and I opened the door, sat down on the dirty looking bed and had a first good look about the room. There was a weird musty sweet odor in the room, which I was about to discover is a tell-tale sign of bed bug infestation.I looked around the ugly orange walls of the dimly lit place and I started to panic as I was quickly realizing that I made a huge mistake by staying in that place.

Just when I thought that things can't get any worse they did! My neighbors got it on and I could hear every noise they made through the wall!!! It was very disturbing and I was horrified and disgusted. I quickly turned the tv on and sat on the bed still in my jacket as I had no intention of taking it off to sleep. Sitting on the bed I heard the sound a plastic foil makes when it is hit by wind and to my horror I discovered that there is no glass in the window frame! My room had plastic foil instead!

Then I noticed that there is some kind of an insect crawling in my direction on the bed and looking at it I knew that it had no good intentions.... I've never seen a bed bug before but I've heard of them and I knew instantly that I have to get out of there in that very minute. BUT!!! if only it was so easy... I grabbed my bag and turned the little knob in the door handle to open the door and.... it broke! I got trapped in that room! I've felt my hair stand on my head from fear that I will be trapped there for the rest of the night. Of course there was no phone in the room. I thought about screaming but I figured that with the shady business that was going in the next room I don't want to attract any unwanted attention... Luckily I had the number of the motel written down and my I used my cell phone to call the reception.... to no avail! No one was picking up for several minutes! I thought I am in some horror movie! Then finally the guy at the reception picked up only to come to my room and declare from behind the closed door that the 2nd key he had to the room is not working!!!!Then he told me to slide my key through a 5 cm in diameter hole in my door!!! I didn;t like that idea in the least but i had no choice but to trust him and I gave him my key through that hole. He finally opened the door and I immediately told him that I want my money back. He was not happy and asked why and I went on a rant and I guess I was persuasive enough because he gave me all my money back. I went into the street at 11:45 pm in downtown Toronto. It was so cold and I was so upset that I got back on the first bus back home. 

"Worst Ever!" (5/21/06)

This place is one of the worst place to stay on earth. I may be exaterating, but it may be true. This place is not even a motel. It's a drug addict and prostitude's home.

In every floor there is only one bathroom for everyone to share.
our first floor was the worst. there is a sink in the middle of the hallway for us to use.
The shower was broken and spelled out the problems wrong because it was owned by non speaking english chinese.

My room number was written in pen and had only one double sized bed and a 10" TV.
There was no room for any other activities. the ceiling top was opened and linked with the ceiling of the bathroom. being able to listen to everything in the shared bathroom and also smell it. It was the worst ever.

the lights didn't even turn on. toilet was not working. only shower on the third floor was working and it looked like a haunted house.

DON"T GO TO THIS PLACE. ITS THE WORST.