Great place to stay if you plan on exploring the city!
It was VERY VERY clean - which is the most important thing to me. The place is a basement apartment. This means that you wouldn't get any natural light in there. I didn't find this to be an issue at all since I was in Toronto to explore, and didn't spend much time in the apartment except at night. The place does get quite hot since there is a water heater in a cupboard there.
In terms of location, I found it was very easy to walk to nearby shops and restaurants. The Queen West area is very hip, lots of boutiques around, small eateries as well.