Le Petit Hôtel

"Start us off with an overview.Enter the greystone building on Rue Saint-Paul, a designer shopping strip, and you'll catch the mod vibe right away, thanks to low-slung white armchairs, a black lacquer front desk, and an oversize orange standing light shaped like a flower. The lobby also doubles as a café, so you'll be welcomed by the smell of roasting beans. And who else is there?This hotel offers good deals for its prime location on Saint-Paul, easily Old Montreal's nicest shopping street, so the guests are astute travelers with taste. The crowd is mostly young professionals, with some families staying in the XL rooms, which come with sofa beds. Say you're booking a room. What options are available?It's the hotel that's small—just 28 rooms—not the accommodations within it. Unless you're solo, you'll want to book at least an M (for medium) room, which comes with a king-size bed, a goose-down duvet, Marie L’Oie pillows, and custom furniture in a dark shiny wood that reflects the daylight streaming in. Are there any little details that helped improve your stay?The wifi is free, every stay includes a continental breakfast delivered daily from L’Amour Du Pain, a favorite local bakery, and the bathrooms are stocked with Elchim hair dryers. Tell us more about the lobby café.The front desk doubles as a coffee counter and the concierges moonlight as baristas, so you can easily grab a pick-me-up while soliciting insider recommendations for things to do. As you're checking out, what's your lingering impression?As its name suggests, this is among Montreal’s smallest boutique hotels. That said, the rooms are decently sized—especially the L and XL categories—and the property as a whole is designed to comfortably accommodate guests." - Isa Tousignant