You will not go wrong booking this place, if only for its location! You’re close to major transit lines (the 99 and the 9 is basically right outside your doorstep). You are pretty much smack dab in the middle of all the trendy eats in Mt. Pleasant AND Commercial Drive: win-win. If you stay here long-term (my husband and I stayed for a month while we waited for our American visas), everything is within walking distance. Kim’s Mart is about a block away, you’ve got Nada Grocers kitty corner from the building for your organic supplies. There’s a 24-hour convenience store across the building. Whole Foods is about a half hour walk. Fassil Ethiopian in pretty much downstairs (seriously good Ethiopian food). Donald’s on Commercial is also about half an hour. During the summer until about September/October, there are about three or four farmers’ markets in the area you can check out. During the winter, you are about a 30-minute or so walk away from the Winter Farmers’ Market in Nat Bailey. There was secure, underground parking for us because we needed it, but because it’s summer, I pretty much also walked everywhere.
Clean place, and not a bad size for a studio suite. Nicola is super nice and is pretty much easy-to-reach if you run into any problems.