Introducing: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, the haute brand’s new flagship
Introducing: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, the haute brand’s new flagship
Less than a week ago, Toronto hotelier Issy Sharp cut the ribbon on the new Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, a 55-storey tower at Bay and Yorkville containing 26 elevators, hundreds of iPads and a $15,000-a-night royal suite. As fond as we were of the old Avenue and Bloor location, we have to admit that the new hotel—the brand’s new global flagship—is a step up. (For anyone wondering, the iconic old Four Seasons is well on its way to becoming condos.)
Take a photo tour of the new Four Seasons »
The interior was designed by Yabu Pushelberg and features over 1,700 works by Canadian artists and a slightly whimsical dandelion motif. There’s also a watering hole and a “casual fine-dining” restaurant masterminded by Michelin-star chef Daniel Boulud, and a massive spa with views over the city. We recently stopped by to take a look.
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- The Bay Street street entrance, with dBar downstairs and Café Boulud upstairs
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- Café Boulud serves food inspired by classic French cuisine, locally sourced ingredients and the flavours of the Mediterranean. It features stone floors quarried in southwestern Ontario and a collection of paintings by pop artist Mr. Brainwash
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- The interior makes use of walnut, black lacquer and plum-coloured fabrics. In the summer, dbar will have outdoor tables
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- The hotel features a restaurant and a casual bar by New York chef Daniel Boulud. The lounge, dbar, is located at street level and features casual food and cocktails by mixologist Albert Kirby
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- The spa has 17 treatment rooms, including couples’ suites. There is a nail bar for manicures and pedicures (pictured above), a hair salon, a boutique and change rooms with lounges and steam rooms
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- The indoor relaxation pool features Italian glass tile and skylights as well as an outdoor terrace for sunbathing during the summer months
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- The spa spans the entire ninth floor (as well as part of the eighth), and is the largest Four Seasons spa in the world
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- In-room treats include organic juice by Toronto company Treehugger Organics, chocolate from Thomas Haas and a personal Nespresso machine
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- They also have television screens in the mirrors
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- The guest room bathrooms all have rain-head showers, large, fast-filling soaker tubs and silent-close toilet seats
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- The hotel offers 15-minute room service
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- The rooms all have an oversized desk with an ergonomically designed chair. Each room, whether a guest room or a suite, also includes an iPad for ordering room service, booking a spa treatment or shopping online
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- A standard room. The neutral fabrics and wood are meant to create a soothing ambiance
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- The hotel has 217 guest rooms and 42 suites. This is a standard guest room
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- The lobby lounge
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- A lounge at the front entrance features just a few of the hotel’s 1,700 works of Canadian art by artists like Attila Richard Lukacs and Daniel Hutchinson
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- The art above the front desk also plays into the dandelion motif
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- At the heart of the hotel is a dandelion centrepiece by Alissa Coe, surrounded by book-matched wood panelling, stone floors and hand-painted walls
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- The entrance, leading to the main lobby and front desk
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- The entrance also has a mosaic “carpet” of brick that was inspired by Persian rugs. The driveway is heated, natch
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- Four Seasons Toronto’s Yorkville Avenue entrance features a huge Claude Cormier fountain
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Take a photo tour of the new Four Seasons »
The interior was designed by Yabu Pushelberg and features over 1,700 works by Canadian artists and a slightly whimsical dandelion motif. There’s also a watering hole and a “casual fine-dining” restaurant masterminded by Michelin-star chef Daniel Boulud, and a massive spa with views over the city. We recently stopped by to take a look.
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Took a friend for a drink to check it out the other day. Very excited. Went to the bar only to be treated as if we weren’t welcomed. The hostess needs to learn how to deal with guests properly. Ritz, Trump, Shangri-la, here I come.
LOL Brad. The hostess was probably in shock that people actually WERE at the bar. LOL.
Also tried to have a drink at the bar only to be told there was a wait list because all the seats were taken/reserved, and that they didn’t want to create “that kind of atmosphere”–what kind of atmosphere??? It’s a bar.
Glad I’m not the only one. The hostess at the bar told a friend and I on a gloomy Tuesday afternoon that all the seats were reserved and that we could sit in the lantechamber and review the menu and she would come and get us when a table was available. If you are going to lie, make sure your customers don’t have a full view into an empty bar.