Omni King Edward Hotel

Neighbourhood: Old Town / Financial District · Address: 37 King St E, Toronto, ON · Hours: 24/7 · Price Range: $$$ · Editorial status: Not yet verified

Why Visit

If you want to step into early-20th-century Toronto luxury, nothing matches a stroll under the gilded ceilings at the King Eddy — or the decadent, double-tiered afternoon tea service in the Sovereign Room.

What Makes It Unique

No other Toronto hotel delivers architectural details like marble pillars, original crown moulding, and a restored chandelier-lit ballroom high above King Street. The afternoon tea is the city’s longest-running, with waitstaff that treat every Earl Grey pour like a ceremony.

If you want the Toronto hotel that feels the most quietly expensive, book The Hazelton. This is Yorkville at its most polished, but without the peacocking. A lot of luxury hotels in the city want you to notice them; The Hazelton doesn’t need to try that hard. It has only 77 rooms and suites, and that smaller scale changes everything. You feel it as soon as you walk in. The staff actually remembers you, the pace is calm, and the whole place runs more like a private club than a big-name hotel. The location is part of the appeal. You’re right in Yorkville, so the best shopping in the city is basically outside the door, along with galleries, cafés, and some of Toronto’s most polished streets. You can spend the afternoon drifting between Bloor’s designer stores, grabbing a coffee, then slipping back to the hotel for a spa treatment without ever feeling rushed. Bay Station is the closest subway stop, so even if you’re heading downtown or across the city, it’s easy enough to get around. What makes The Hazelton worth the price, though, is the way it handles luxury: quietly, personally, and with zero fuss. This is where celebrities stay when they don’t want a scene. You might spot someone famous in the lobby or heading to the restaurant, but nobody makes a thing of it, which tells you a lot about the place. Privacy here isn’t a marketing line; it’s part of the culture. If that matters to you, it’s one of the few Toronto hotels that genuinely delivers. The rooms are generous and feel residential in the best way. Not sterile, not overdesigned, not trying to impress you with gimmicks. Just comfortable, elegant, and very well considered. If you’re booking for a special occasion, go for a suite, and if the private terrace suite is available, take it. In good weather, having that outdoor space in the middle of Yorkville is pretty special and surprisingly rare in the city. Downstairs, ONE Hazelton remains a Yorkville standby for a reason. It’s the kind of place where you can do a proper celebratory dinner, but it also works for a late lunch or a cocktail when you want to feel like you’re in on something established. The 1 Hazelton bar has that same easy confidence. Not loud, not trendy in a desperate way, just consistently good and full of people who know exactly why they’re there. And then there’s the spa, which is honestly one of the strongest arguments for staying here even if you live in Toronto. If you can, book treatments ahead of time, especially on weekends. The service is exacting without ever feeling stiff, and that balance is hard to pull off. That’s really The Hazelton in a sentence: intensely personalized, deeply comfortable, and completely sure of itself. If you’re celebrating something, want real privacy, or just want to do Yorkville properly, this is the one I’d tell you to splurge on.