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We had seen good things about The Honeyrose Hotel in Montreal and booked a few days to try a new place while revisiting a city neither my hubby nor I had visited in some time. As we decided to drive to Montreal from an earlier travel stop in the Catskills, we also chose the Honeyrose as there is a parking garage for the hotel where we could leave our car for a reasonable daily fee. The hotel worked out very well. It's in the heart of the city and we could easily walk to Old Montreal as well as the main thoroughfare of Rue St. Catherine. For sightseeing farther afield, right around the corner from the hotel was a Metro stop to access to take around town. Excellent system, by the way. Clean and efficient with maps to see your stops or where to change for the line (green, orange, blue) that would take you to where you wanted to be. As for the hotel itself, our room was large and very comfortable for a standard King. Plenty of room to spread out with a very comfortable bed. Interesting shower and bathroom setup as frosted pink glass doors and walls for both shower and bathroom walls that weren't part of a solid room wall. But, also a thick curtain at the entrance to pull closed if needed. We had no issues with that. I also appreciated that the shower was large and had a handheld shower head as well as a separate rainfall shower. You could use one or the other or both together. At the sink area, there's a large mirror with wrap around lighting that could be adjusted for brightness as well as a separate makeup mirror to pull out from the wall for any close-up, detailed work to be done. That made me very happy. The hotel also had a beautiful Wellness floor with a pool, outdoor area with chaise lounges to relax on with a full gym as well as a workout studio where one could book a class. Looked wonderful, though we didn't take advantage, given our schedule. There is also a very nice restaurant along with a separate cafe. We took advantage of both, having nightly drinks at the restaurant bar before heading out to explore as well as having a proper dinner on our last night where we had the delightful Delphine as our waitress. She was charming and lovely and answered any questions thoroughly. The food was quite good and well prepared. The cafe area off the main restaurant was perfect for a simple light breakfast, which was our preference. Croissants and coffee before heading out for our day, though there were other light breakfast and lunch bites. The main hotel restaurant also serves breakfast and brunch but more for a leisurely, full start to one's day--eggs, French toast, potatoes, etc. All in all the hotel worked out well for us. Good location. Lovely, helpful staff. Comfortable large room. And good location for many of Montreal's places to see.