COMPLETE Bathhouse Review (GI JOE, Montreal) | Patrick Marano

[@theone5668]

I lived in Montreal for some months in 2003 and frequented the various (there were then many) bathhouses in the city and my favourite was definitely GI Joe. It was always full of people, and I liked the size and did not mind the stairs. Some years later, I was in Montreal for a few days for a convention and found time to go to GI Joe again. It seemed a little worn out and there were not as many people as in 2003, which surprised me. Notwithstanding, I always had a good time there. I do not remember "the throne", so it may be something new after the fire. From your description, then GI Joe is back and popular after the renovation. If I get to Montreal again, I will make sure to visit it. Thanks for the review, in 2003 I would also have given it a 8.5 rating out of 10.

[@PatrickMarano]

Thanks for the comment. I guess these businesses go through up and downs, and hopefully they are on an 'up' swing

[@rv9900]

Im so fucking depressed

[@13aphometchannelling50]

YEARS AGO AT G.I. JOE THE MEN WERE TRYING TO INFLUENCE ME T0 PRACTICE UNSAFE SEX, THEN HIV + MEN TRIED MANIPULATING ME INTO UNSAFE SEX EVEN TRYING TO NORMALISE GETTIN' A I.D.S. AND ALSO SOME OF THE STAFF WERE CREEPS! I AM NOW 58 YRS OLD, CLOSETED & SEXUALLY INACTIVE WHILE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE VILLAGE! V¡VE LE QUE13EC L¡13RE!

[@lancelessard2491]

Thanks!

[@PatrickMarano]

Hey thank you for the tip!

[@JLR-z8u]

Loved the bathhouses in Montreal. Was extremely fun!

[@adamstepic8083]

I'm from the Cleveland area and I started going to Flex, I absolutely love it

[@fearsomebeard4290]

I’ve been to GI Joe, love that place and I’m not a huge bathhouse fan. I’ll go back next time I’m there.

[@gregorykollarus8190]

Sounds fun!!!! Would love to go one day. Thank you forever telling us all about it.

[@PatrickMarano]

Any time!

[@rogermusser7268]

I was in Montreal pre-pandemic. Don't remember GI Joe. Maybe I missed it, whatever. If I ever go back to Maple Leaf Land again, it would be Montreal. Quebec City...not much. Did not care for Toronto. There isn't as much there as I thought. Did go to Steamworks and Cock Bar and Church Street. Cock bar--Fri. night--the guys were not very good. Steamworks Sat. night...there were 75+ guys there and I had to take a locker. Didn't like it because it's small, no snack area or bar, no outdoor or rooftop patio, nowhere to relax and just talk and socialize. No pool or cold splash. Very dark inside. There were a hundred Queer guys running around in circles so fast they were bumping into each other and falling over each other and 3 trying to get thru the same door at once. The baths in my area, altho' not too fancy, have the things I just mentioned. Not a fan of dark rooms at all. I want to see face and body.

[@PatrickMarano]

The things you're looking for are at GI Joe

[@rob_gay_poz_art]

Torontos scene has shifted since pandemic a lot of closings. We used to have about 5-6 baths and a few darkroom or porn theatre/sexplay places. But since the more difficult times with HIV, it’s changed some and pandemic added to that.

[@rob_gay_poz_art]

@PatrickMarano if you ever want an account of the baths in older days, I can share. I’m 64 and have been in the scene since the 70’s.

[@RJHadleyFlorida]

This sure brought back good memories. Not sure if it was GI Joe's though. While at the Gay Games in Montreal I went to more than one bathouse. I'm well overdue for a visit now

[@trevaush]

2024-08-09: Thanks for this. I thought that once burned, twice gone, but your vid showed me that GI is still up amd runnung. So, next week I will visit and spend the night there.

[@neilschipper3741]

Curious about something............. I've never heard the subject brought up until recently. I've always enjoyed going to the tubs. Here in Florida we have a lot of gay resorts . Going to the resorts and tubs you need to be cautious about your health and safety. I have heard recently that people have brought bed bugs home, how can this be avoided😮❤

[@PatrickMarano]

Great question. Of course you can get bed bugs anywhere. A hotel, the subway, the cinema... try to frequent places you think are cleaned properly.

[@mariosousa7750]

Only the second floor was renovated.

[@PatrickMarano]

ah, thanks for the clarification

[@jasonkoyama6096]

Have you ever been to “The Woods Campground” in Lehigh Pennsylvania United States? It’s soooooooo good on weekends and the main popular event “Illumination” is coming up and gets around 5,000 guys show up in average

[@PatrickMarano]

5,000?? holy crap (no, I have not been...)

[@johnensslen]

When I went to the Woods camp ground I wanted to participate in a picnic with Gay organization However I didn't bring enough cash for the both of us It's because they also charge for parking too.Which ate most of my cash on hand . Plus while I was there it coed men and women naked guys were extra horny I didn't go naked because the event was required to clothing no nudity required I also participated with IMEN Camp which is about 300 gay nude men staying about a few days to week to ten days. I could only stay one night because I another event in Las Vegas Nevada planned before this Next year I am attending three nights I hope.

[@brinthorne]

I'm so happy that you finally reviewed a place that I've actually been to. When I go to Montreal I personally prefer Oasis over GI Joe, but I think I'm probably in the minority there. Any chance you hit (& reviewed) Oasis while you were there? As for room size - how big does a single room need to be? lol

[@PatrickMarano]

True lol. I didn't hit up Oasis this time, but I've been many times. I'd have to go back to do a proper review (just in cast they changed anything)

[@czarf]

@@PatrickMaranounfortunately Oasis hasn’t been renovated since the dawn of time. They absolutely did not take advantage of the GI Joe Hiatus to be able to compete. Now The main attribute is that when GI Joe gets to capacity, the overflow ends up at Oasis

[@brinthorne]

Well that's not entirely true. A few years back they redid the gloryhole area (mostly for the worst) and the darkroom area (totally for the worst)

[@alancrisp1582]

😅 Sounds like fun Patrick. But because it has been quite a while since I want to a both house, I might never want to leave !. Although I Really don't need it ,I would still take a little blue - pill with me just in case !. 👍

[@gregorykollarus8190]

Love ur videos🎉🎉🎉 so interesting

[@PatrickMarano]

Glad you like them!

[@markmh835]

Patrick -- since this was Montreal, i have questions about a topic you havent addressed before: language. Was French the dominant language among the staff and clientele (and do you speak French)? Or are the staff fully bilingual? Were the local French attendees rude if you didn't speak French? I'm just wondering how a monolingual American would be treated by the Quebecois. Thanks.

[@PatrickMarano]

Everyone is bilingual. Montreal is used to welcoming tourists from the US... you will have no problems there with staff or clientele.

[@Unique_555]

I just came back from Montreal. I live in Toronto. Everyone speaks ONLY French in Montreal, period. Well, if you speak to someone in English they’ll answer back in broken English with a thick accent but you’ll feel like a foreigner there. People laugh, joke and hit on each other in French. There’s no single sign in English, even the STOP road sign says ARRET in French. If you don’t speak French you’ll feel dumb and people will ask you with a lot of surprise in their voice “you don’t speak French???” English isn’t liked much, it’s rather tolerated. All I heard was French, everywhere, well you hear tourists speak English here and there but Montreal is a typical French city.

[@Unique_555]

@@PatrickMaranowell I politely disagree, maybe at saunas the staff is bilingual but the city itself is 100% French. No one speaks English but the visitors from Toronto and the US. People get surprised if you talk to them in English and some of them legitimately don’t know a single English word. It’s not 70s anymore when Montreal was bilingual it’s very much monolingual nowadays. One will enjoy visiting Montreal with basic French knowledge, otherwise you’ll feel like an American in Paris and it’s 100% true.

[@gregoryneill1234]

​@@PatrickMaranoThank you Sir that's correct. I'm a Anglophone here in Montreal and we have a very large English population and the French population is mostly very kind and considerate and many are totally bilingual. I don't know what these other people are talking about. 🤷 Great video! 😊

[@briandworkin3089]

@@Unique_555 where in montreal did you experience that? i've lived here all my life and it's always a mix...so i'm sorry your experience was like that...

[@seangildersleeve1270]

Why is that I feel that most steam rooms have a weird smell?

[@PatrickMarano]

hahaha I don't know

[@JordanjamesX]

Thank you for your analysis. I don't speak French but the English speaking cashier was nice.I went there once four years ago during the pandemic. Gi Joe is the best one. But the other bathhouse Oasis unfortunately when I went wasn't busy. GiJoe is huge the largest bathhouse in Canada four floors. I had a fun experience at GI Joe the six hour bus ride sucked. I wish I stayed longer than one night.

[@PatrickMarano]

Thx for sharing!

[@johnensslen]

I going during Montreal Pride 2025 . I might try to visit this place.at least once if I have a chance.

[@jackrideout]

Wish if you could have shown some shows that you watched in there

[@PatrickMarano]

That would be too hot for KZbin lol

[@jean-yvesgirard8954]

You are so funny I ❤ it!

[@PatrickMarano]

Cheers!

[@NeonJ1]

Idk, me and my friends were discussing the necrophilia incident. Where someone died and ppl kept going at it. Happened after the fire

[@PatrickMarano]

ohhh nooo, that's not good. I wonder if they knew...

[@marlonelias]

I wonder if this place is ASIAN friendly?!.

[@PatrickMarano]

Seemed that way

[@RoughNeckDelta]

Wait, why wouldn't it be?

[@marlonelias]

@@RoughNeckDelta Because a lot of GAY people don’t like ASIAN guys!.!.

[@EdwardM-t8p]

Sounds like Montreal's still the happening place for the type of fun we can only get at a bathhouse. Here in New Orleans we used to have two bathhouses but both of them fell to gentrification 😢

[@PatrickMarano]

That sucks. I'm gonna be in New Orleans in October and was looking forward to visiting one...

[@Meyerc-yv2bi]

Loved the Bath House in the French Quarter, I think it was Club New Orleans, especially the rooftop. New Orleans needs a bath house considering it's a gay mecca and party city. Never went to Flex, but heard it was fun too.

[@EdwardM-t8p]

@@Meyerc-yv2bi I had fun in a harness with a hot guy 🔥🔥🔥 and a very large tool* 🍆 on the roof at the Club New Orleans a while back. 🤤😋🥰 * "Dill Dough" 😉😁

[@thorshammer8547]

Patrick is so cute! Wish I could go to the bathhouse with him. ❤❤

[@mpinmaui]

Dearest Patrick - you SO remind me of my little (well not so little - he's 6 ft 5 in while I'm only 6 ft 2) brother who is more gay than you. Alas - he's straight, married... and bro and sis-in-law gave us (my husband and I of 28 plus years) a wonderful niece and nephew - still waiting to find out the outcome of their sexuality... will keep you posted - but I digress. My point is: I know you're Canadian - but I swear we're related genetically somehow. I should send you pics of my bro. You two are almost twins. Hugs - and thanks from both hubby and I for the continued entertainment. You rock! xoxo

[@PatrickMarano]

Wow, a long lost brother? Thank you for watching and for the support!

[@periscope7731]

I visited GI Joe in May 2016, the week before the Grand Prix. The wet sauna and jacuzzi was as Patrick described. Not very busy when I visited. I didn’t get off. A trio of hot looking guys started bareback fucking in that big room with the fuck bench. It seemed as if they were hired to perform because their behavior was perfunctory and rehearsed. They quickly left to go hang out and chat in another area of the sauna. I may have been there too early in the evening. I enjoyed Stock Bar and hanging out in the village. Montreal is very age inclusive for nightlife.

[@PatrickMarano]

Age inclusive, I agree. As for the guys you saw. I saw that as well. It might just be exhibitionism

[@periscope7731]

@@PatrickMarano 👍

[@wolfbear7]

The bath houses in my the LA area were not open past 2 or 4 am. They actually closed most of them 18 or 20 years ago. Only the one that seemed to bribe the city council of Los Angeles was able to remain open. It's called slammer and it's still open. I did have a lot of fun there years ago. I now live 90 miles away from Los Angeles and haven't been to a bathhouse in years and the last time was legitimately so I could use the hot tub to help my back pain. I'm very happy that my sexuality has actually increased and matured and I survived the kink shame that I was subjected to by my ex to actually be happier now at age 69 then I ever have been before. I still believe in love and sex and I am starting my life over. I'm Ukrainian American and I have several relatives in there late 90s who are all there and very much alive. So I'm looking forward to the rest of my life. I now know who I am and who other people are and that's a very good thing.

[@PatrickMarano]

Great attitude

[@wolfbear7]

@ I must confess when i see that tattoo on your right arm i have thoughts. I can be vanilla or kinkier than hell but always for pleasure. I briefly was a slave and my friend begged me to be his master so we played for a while. We had really good fun and our friendship deepened.

[@philturgeon2947]

Is it mandatory to be fully naked in the public area ? Or we can be in underwear or "sexy" underwear?

[@PatrickMarano]

You can do anything you want. Most are wearing towels, some are in underwear, other are nude

[@suninmymouth78]

I made the mistake of visiting GI Joes the 1st of January during a particularly freezing winter (2013). The only guys there that night had been there since the night before (NYE) 🥴 I finally met the hottest middle eastern man who took me back to his room. As soon as we entered the room he picked up a meth pipe, smoked it and offered it to me. I politely declined and said I needed to get something from my room. I ran to my room and called a ride!! If I ever find myself in Montreal again, I’d try again 😅

[@PatrickMarano]

Well, your timing was off for sure. People usually party during NYE and tend to stay the night at the tubs... it's messier than a typical night for sure

[@John-hz8kq]

skin care routine please

[@PatrickMarano]

aww cheers for that

[@claudiogenson]

I LOVE A GUY WITH A BEARD - THE VIDEO IS SUPER NICE I LOVE IT SUPER SUPER SUPER BEAUTIFUL

[@PatrickMarano]

wow thank you!

[@mirandapillsbury7885]

if you were there id go immediatly lol

[@SailorGreenTea]

Oh my gosh

[@oWIZARDO]

Is it men only? Me and my trans gf were curios to visit 😂

[@PatrickMarano]

Great question. Most saunas do have more inclusive nights. Best to check with them directly though

[@conmaster69]

Damn Daddy! Ohhh you look good! Good job 💪

[@PatrickMarano]

Cheers!

[@montalentjeanalain2391]

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[@rdbwdc774]

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[@PatrickMarano]

Will do!

[@Thesheeplove2sleep]

😮

[@PatrickMarano]

You should go!

[@RandallRedman-sq2hk]

No one wants me.

[@PatrickMarano]

I don't think that's true

[@Meyerc-yv2bi]

Same here. I understand.

[@michaelcipollone50]

Don't like bathhouses.

[@PatrickMarano]

You have every right Michael