Ghalib Homestay

I stay while I work every week and the host has been friendly. The price is fair and asad(the host) is great to deal with. Never had any problems will recommend to others!

Excellent Stay, friendly owner, great location to ttc. Very affordable prices. I would recommend to anyone looking for a cozy place to stay the night!

Took me in on short notice very accommodating very professional. Nice and clean. He even let me stay a little later than I was supposed to because I slept in. I felt very safe as a single woman in a strange city. I had my own keys to my room and a password to get into the house itself.

Place was nice, quiet and clean. Owner was very cooperative. Close to the subway station too, which is a plus.

Cockroaches.The first night of our stay, me and my partner noticed cockroaches in our bedroom. We took photos and caught one in a bottle as proof. The next morning we called the host and asked if we could leave and possibly get a refund, even just for one of the nights we had booked. He made the bizarre claim that the house didn’t have cockroaches, but that “they were brought in by pizza boxes and door dash”. He didn’t offer us anything, until I talked to Expedia, who talked to him. He offered to move us rooms, but was rude and hostile over the phone, saying he “knew his house better than we do” and that he couldn’t believe we were leaving after “all he offered us,” which was essentially nothing. We didn’t feel comfortable staying multiple nights because cockroaches can lay eggs in clothes/bags and spread to your own home. Another bizarre note is that after we left, the host kept texting me, pushing me to cancel the reservation so that he could rent the room out again (doubling his profit for the two remaining nights - as he already had our money, and didn’t give us a refund, if he rented the room out again, he would make make extra.)Other notes: this low ceiling basement smells like cigarette smoke, you can’t flush toilet paper in the toilet, and there is mold on the walls. I truly recommend avoiding this place.

We had a good time at Ghalib’s Homestay. The service was friendly and efficient, and the beds were comfortable. It was, however, very dark in the outhouse with the curtains sewn together, and the security cameras/CCTV everywhere did make you feel very surveilled. I understand this is for security, but it felt quite over the top, and wasn’t subtle at all. The location is okay, about a 15 minute walk from Glencairn subway station, and didn’t take too long to get into downtown Toronto. I recommend for a cheap and budget place to stay, thank you very much.

An excellent place to stay in this area. The hosts are very kind-hearted people, and are very accommodating. The owner is always outside shoveling promptly after it snows, ensuring that guests can enter/exit safely. I would recommend this place to anyone, and give it 5/5 stars!

the place is rubbish! basement and shared bathroom!! I have booked for my nieces to go and have a fun for a couple days .. I will never advise anyone to even think of going to that place!!

Room was comparative to the price paid; though could be better. The owner was welcoming and waited for me till I arrived at after 1am. I would recommend it for someone who's budget can't afford bigger hotels.

Terrible Customer Service. When we arrived, the room was uninhabitable with cockroaches and a closed room in the basement with no windows (fire code hazard). We did not stay and asked for a refund but the owner was quite rude and aggressive and we had to leave without a place to stay. Do not book here for your own safety