I'm VERY fond of the downtown Novotel in Toronto . We've stayed there several times and have been very pleased. Not too big and not too small. Rooms nice size, room service, nice bar (f you care about that stuff). Parking situation is expensive though, but that may be generally true of Toronto.

I've been lead to believe that the Novotels in Europe (never stayed at one there) are not as nice as the Novotels in North America.

Chris in Suburban Houston