The Only Backpacker's Inn

Name: The Only Backpacker's Inn
Address: 972 Danforth Ave, Danforth , Toronto, M4J 1L9, Canada, Toronto, Ontario, M4J 1L9, Canada

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Fast facts

Check in from:	14:00
Check out before:	11:00

Amenities

Wi-Fi

Parking

Bar

Fire extinguishers

First aid kit

Library

More about The Only Backpacker's Inn

The Only Backpacker's Inn

Great care is taken to ensure guests experience comfort through top-notch services and amenities.Remain linked during your visit by utilizing the complimentary internet access available. Parking is accessible, supplied by the hostel for guests who arrive by car. Reception services featuring luggage storage are available to cater to your requirements.Repeatedly enjoy your best-loved attire with the aid of the laundromat available at The Only Backpacker's Inn - Adults Only. Need some relaxation? Your room features daily housekeeping to make your stay even more comfortable and enjoyable. The hostel is completely smoke-free. Begin your day on a delightful note with a scrumptious complimentary breakfast, consistently served at The Only Backpacker's Inn - Adults Only. Begin your holiday mornings right with your essential cup of coffee, offered daily at the cafe on-site.Experience a fantastic evening effortlessly! Relish an entertaining night without venturing beyond the confines of the bar.For those with discerning taste buds, having an on-site BBQ facilities and shared kitchen at your disposal will undoubtedly be appreciated.

Reviews from

Mentioned by travellers

Solo traveller

Comment: 19 Apr 2024

Stayed in: Apr 2024

Inspiring and friendly - thanks a lot!

Very nice Inn, very clean and very good organized. Lots of good conversation and music - very inspiring. Toronto is a vivid city with a lot of interesting places.

Solo traveller

Comment: 10 Aug 2023

Stayed in: Aug 2023

Great place for those on a budget!

I stayed at this hostel while going to Toronto to visit a close friend. Finding a place to stay in Toronto is expensive, but this hostel offered what I need: a safe, clean place to stay for the night. I also enjoyed eating my breakfast outside on the porch. I'm 37 and sometimes feel a little old for hostels, but that was not the case at this hostel! Very diverse group of folks staying there, which made the experience all the more comfy. My only suggestion for improvement is considering adding another bathroom or shower to the building.

Couple

Comment: 3 Aug 2023

Stayed in: Jul 2023

It took me out of my zone, but I liked it!

I was on a road trip with my boyfriend and we took a short trip to Toronto. I liked the Only Café. The room was "ok" and nice. The toilets were shared, but I can live with that for one night! I felt myself returning to my younger middle school years and I have to say I didn't hate it!

Other

Comment: 9 Jul 2022

Stayed in: Sep 2021

The Only Hostel for Me in Toronto!

In the rooms, the beds are pretty standard but rather comfy with you sinking into the mattress and not feeling the bedsprings under you like many hostels. Inside the rooms, there isn’t a huge amount to complain about other than the space and the lack of sidebars for the top bunks. There are some rooms with a great amount of space in them but there are also some where you feel packed in like you’re on a Japanese Bullet Train at rush hour, it’s just the luck of the draw. In every room, there isn’t a safety bar alongside the top bunk which gives you the burning fear that you’ll fall 6ft to your imminent death, or just a big boo-boo, even with you sinking into the mattress pretty deep.
The hostel is rather small but not compacted where you’re suffocating over the lack of space. The largest space is the kitchen situated above the TV room but below the outdoor area. The kitchen is rather large with plenty of space to sit and eat your food whilst having plenty of room to cook your food. Everything about the kitchen is large in hostel size, including the fridge and food storage space. The TV room below is also rather intriguing with a creepy basement feel to it but not a Fritzl basement feel. It’s just rather dimly lit with some artwork and other bits and bobs packed away to the side along with what seems to be a heating system or something that seems very significant to the hostels’ livelihood. The basement TV room is genuinely the best if not one of the best things about this hostel. It’s perfect to watch the cable tv until 4 am but also perfect to chill out and do some work or watch Dora The Explorer on your laptop without people judging you too much. For full review check out the website in my bio (loser travels) and have a wee gander at this review and more!

Solo traveller

Comment: 18 Jun 2022

Stayed in: Jun 2022

My roommates and I (all strangers) definitely agreed it was the worst hostel we’ve ever used!!!

Not for solo travelers looking for a strong social scene or if you’re looking for organized activities. This is a hostel operated by the cafe/bar downstairs, and you can tell the cafe/bar is their number one priority. Don’t expect any organized activities to promote socializing between guests. In fact, you start to realize how reliant you are on a front desk (that doesn’t exist here) for advice for things to do, general help, tours to purchase, etc. Staff here veered between friendly and “just alive”. Lockers are very small, just enough to fit a laptop and valuables. Bedding was definitely old and my roommate complained of hair and bloodstains on her sheets. They charge you a $10 credit card deposit for your key, which they refund, but charged a $2 transaction fee for the refund. Weird in the little ways. My roommates checked out the lounge but complained it was small, TV didn’t work, and was dingy. It’s a somewhat affordable hostel in an expensive city. The proximity to the subway is the best thing going for it, but it’s an out of the way neighborhood. My roommates and I didn’t like that the showers looked into the guest only patio and the only thing separating it were window screens (so yes people outside can see into the shower room - great pressure though!). One night we found the door separating the downstairs bar patio open which would have allowed bar guests to enter the upstairs guest patio and look into/enter the showers. Definitely freaked us out.

Location

3.8

972 Danforth Ave, Danforth , Toronto, M4J 1L9, Canada|4.81 km from city centre

Check in and check out

Check in from:

14:00

Check out before:

11:00

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Extra beds

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Cot

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