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1150 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario
M6J 1J3


The Drake

Toronto, Canada [view map]

Style
Cool, cultural cutting-edge
Setting
Art and Design District of Parkdale

Boho rock star hipsters sit comfortably next to 40-something businesswomen in The Drake, a retro/industrial-chic-look little hotel with a big personality.

Need to know

Toronto hotels: The Drake, need to know
Rooms
19.
Rates
From CA$189 to CA$299.
Check-out
Noon; earliest check-in, 3pm.
Facilities
A venue fit for a night owl, there’s eating, drinking and dancing opportunities galore. Guests get a special deal at 99 Sudbury gym. In rooms: flatscreen TVs and CD/DVD, full-size Malin+Goetz products, safe; spa treatments possible.
Children
As this is somewhere with so much nightlife it’s aimed more at adults, but if you do have nippers in tow, while they aren’t especially well equipped for them they are welcome.
Eco-friendly
The hotel has its own organic garden; daily tours at 10am in spring/summer. All cleaning products are environmentally friendly, and this being Canada, recycling is excellent.
Also
Smoking is not permitted anywhere except on the terrace. No pets. During Toronto International Film Festival in September, there’s a three-night minumum stay, and a 10-day cancellation policy.

In the know

Our favourite rooms
Crashpads and Dens are cosy and have cute glassed-in showers; Salons and Suites are more spacious. 203 has a cool exposed brick wall; 301 and 302 face the street and are beloved by honeymooners for the artwork/lighting.
Packing tips
No need to take a new paperback; thanks to their Book of the Month arrangement with Harper Collins, there’s a novel for you to keep on your bedside table.

Food & drink

Toronto hotels: The Drake, food and drink
Hotel restaurant
Beloved-by-locals Corner Café is legendary for its melt-in-your-mouth scones and bistro fare. For a mean steak frites, plump for a banquette in The Dining Room. For oysters and sushi thrills, pull up a bar stool in the Lounge at the Raw Bar.
Dress code
Edgy and modish; elegant but effortless.
Top table
For special occasions or events, book Room 222 at the top for dinner-party fun overlooking the Sky Yard.
Last orders
Corner Café: 7am–11pm and 12am Fridays and Saturdays. The Dining Room: 6pm–11pm and 1am Fridays and Saturdays; Sunday brunch 11am–4pm.
Room service
24-hour; Snacks and drinks available in some shape or form around the clock.
Hotel bar
Drinks and good times roll in the Lounge and on the roof terrace bar, Sky Yard, until 2am. For some serious choons with your cocktails, the Underground is the basement club that has seen the Killers through to MIA perform. They do a mean Caipirinha.

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The Drake

1150 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario

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The Drake

Toronto, Canada [view map]

Local restaurants

High-ceilinged and impossibly chic, Nyood at 1096 Queen Street West at Dovercourt (+1 416 466 1888) is perfect for a romantic supper picking up over tapas-sized servings of Med-accented fare.

Local bars

The Beaconsfield at 1154 Queen Street West (+1 416 516 2550) just over the road from The Drake is a cute bistro for a beer and a bite.

Nightlife

For after-hours capers, seek out Wrong Bar at 1279 Queen Street West (+1 416 516 8677).

Worth getting out of bed for

This is a hotel heavensent for cutting-edge culture vultures. As well as all the museum grand dames uptown, for a tour of  more contemporary and buyable works, take a trip down Queen Street West, right here in the heart of  the Art and Design Design District. Or escape all things urban and go for a great walk through the formal gardens or wooded thickets of High Park, just west of the city. 84 miles south of the city flows the ultimate in natural watery spectacles, Niagara Falls (www.niagarafallstourism.com). Closer to home, on the other side of town are the cobbled lanes of North America's largest Victorian industrial complex, the historic Distillery District, (www.thedistillerydistrict.com)  are now a delightful pedestrianised area of warehouses converted into cute cafés, galleries, craft shops.

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