Anytime that your favorite part of a hotel stay was the water pressure in the shower, you know that the hotel didn't provide anything worth writing home about.  Let's break down the Marriott Chateau Champlain experience, and the reason for a 2 star rating:\n\nPros:\n- Water pressure in the shower\n- Beautiful views of Montreal (if given a high floor room)\n\nCons:\n- Perhaps this is just the French-Canadian stereotype playing itself out, but the front desk staff were not helpful at all.  Ever get that feeling the person \"helping\" you out would rather be doing anything but helping you out?  That's how I felt there.\n- The rooms with the double beds were tiny.  As in this is what I would expect in Manhattan tiny.  But it isn't Manhattan.  And for the price you pay, I expect to have enough room to not have to squeeze in like a sardine.\n- No toilet paper rack.  Seriously, WTF?  What Marriott property stacks a roll of toilet paper on your toilet, and makes you unroll when you shit?  Weird.\n- Location is close to St. Catherine's, but far from Old Montreal, St. Denis etc.  It's in an isolated part of town.\n\nSummary:\nDon't expect a high end hotel experience, despite what you are paying for your hotel room.