Royal Oak Inn

Historic small hotel located in south Cabbagetown area. Room was adequate size and clean. My room was quiet. Window air conditioner worked staff were friendly and helpful. Not sure about parking but unlikely, the streetcar stop conveniently just by the front door.. basic nothing fancy. I had a good stay

The hotel contains only the basics, but that's all that's needed.

There was no parking even though it was advertised, and I couldn't warm up my room because the second I turned on the heat it smelled like something was burning.

Parking was very strange but since we were not driving in town it was adequate. The ventilation in the room was not good. The room was small and one would probably be comfortable if they were staying for a couple days as you adjust to the room size. To be perfectly honest the neighborhood is very dicey and if that bothers one then you should not stay there.

I booked the suite. I arrived at the hotel after dark and was told that the suite is not in the hotel itself, but is down the street at another building. I asked if I could switch for a room in the hotel they said they were full. The desk clerk helped me take my bags down the street and let me into a basement apartment of a row house. It was clean but I didn't feel safe. The room door opened onto the street. There was another exterior door at the back of the unit with only a handle lock. There was another door that had a sign in it saying do not use this room, it is under maintenance. That felt sketchy. I closed the bathroom door before going to bed and when I got up in the morning the bathroom door wouldn't open. The knob mechanism has fallen out while closed and made it stuck in the closed position. So I had to get fully dressed and walk up the street to use the bathroom at the main hotel. As a woman traveling alone this whole situation made me uncomfortable. Had I known that I would be in the basement of a house and not in a staffed hotel I wouldn't have booked it. The staff were friendly and helpful but I was very uncomfortable all night and would not book here again.