The apartment is beautiful and isn't too bad of a walk from major areas to see around Toronto. It was clean and can very comfortably fit two people. The views from the apartment are unparalleled. This room is on the highest floor, and it's quite breathtaking to witness day or night. Instructions on how to receive keys and enter the building and floor are very clear.
However me and my friends experience wasn't that great, while the apartment itself is beautiful our encounter with our host left us both extremely uncomfortable with the area.
Leading up to our arrival to the apartment, we had a friend come with us to help drop off our luggage and hang out with us while we visited Toronto. As we are on a three week vacation we understandably have quite big luggage's.
As we entered our floor and exited the elevator we found a woman who was about to enter into it after us, as we were walking away and I happened to tell my friend the room number we were staying in, we noticed the woman look at us and try to stop the elevator doors from closing.
Thinking nothing of it, the three of us entered into the apartment, about 10 minutes later, there was a very aggressive, persistent knock on the door.
When I opened it I found the same woman holding keys in her hand at the door, she first informed me that she was Sabah (the host) and immediately followed up by telling me that only two people are allowed to stay in the room. Completely understanding, I informed her that it was just the two of us and our friend was just helping us bring our stuff up and hang out for a while. She then said that she saw four people and implied that I was lying.
Feeling on the spot, I invited her into the house so she could see for herself. While she refused, she then told me that we had a lot of bags, which I agreed on, and gave me a disbelieving look. She ended the conversation saying that she would be telling the concierge to keep an eye on us during our stay and proceeded to walk away.
I understand wanting to make sure guests comply by rules that are set by the host. But the way this particular encounter went was not it. My friends who heard the conversation from the living room, felt equally as uncomfortable as me. She did not ask me if I was hiding another guest from her, but automatically assumed and the way she came off was very aggressive. Our friend was seeing Toronto with us for the first time and we like to come and go as we please, after this encounter we all felt like we were not welcome into the space and avoided it until we needed to sleep.