My husband and I absolutely LOVED staying at Francois's place while visiting Montreal! The apartment is spacious, stylish, impeccably clean, well-appointed and the location couldn't be better. We walked everywhere from the apartment: downtown to take a tour of old Montreal and the port, uptown to the Jean-Talon Market, to restaurants and events at the Just for Laughs Festival, etc. There's plenty of nightlife along St. Laurent Boulevard (including a charming neighborhood bar, Darling, just a few doors down) but we found the apartment very peaceful and quiet. Francois is a wonderful, responsive host. He always responded to questions I had within a matter of hours (sometimes minutes!), and he had great suggestions of things to do while in Montreal. We visited some of the places he suggested and we were never disappointed. To the list of suggested restaurants he provides, we would add one brunch place: L'Avenue on Mont Royal, about a mile from the apartment. The food was sensational and plentiful, and I was delighted that they served St. Viateur bagels, which I hadn't yet tried. (They really are the best bagels I've ever had.) We hope to visit Montreal again and we will definitely try to stay here when we do. Can't imagine a better place!