Ace Hotel Toronto
When you book Ace Hotel Toronto in Canada through our Fora Reserve partnership, your stay includes a $50 hotel credit per stay and a welcome amenity. You also receive a room upgrade, early check-in and late check-out when available. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Early check-in, late check-out (subject to availability)
- Upgrade (based on availability)
- Welcome amenity
- $50 Credit per stay
Guest feedback
9.8/10 from 1,070 guest reviews
By category
Guests liked
- Great location
- Excellent service
- Outstanding food
Points to consider
- Room size was tight
- Fire alarm disruption
Location
The property sits in Spadina,Fort York, a neighbourhood where Toronto's industrial past meets its creative present. Brick warehouses converted into loft spaces line streets punctuated by new glass towers, and the area hums with the energy of design studios, independent coffee roasters, and late-night jazz bars. This is Toronto's cultural engine room, blocks from the Art Gallery of Ontario and the boutiques of Queen West, where you're as likely to hear Cantonese, TagAlog, or Portuguese as English on any given corner.
Toronto itself stretches Along the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, a city that grew from the Mississauga territory through British colonial ambition into one of North America's most diverse metropolises. The ravines that cut through the urban fabric, remnants of ancient glacial meltwater, create unexpected pockets of wilderness amid the density. The harbour front, once dominated by grain silos and rail yards, has transformed into parks and pathways.
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport sits just two kilometres away on the Toronto Islands, while Pearson International is 19 kilometres northwest for long-haul connections. Union Station, the city's Beaux-Arts railway hub, anchors the financial district a short streetcar ride south.
On-site, Alder brings Chef Patrick Kriss's deft touch to Mediterranean cuisine in a light-filled space where dark brick floors anchor sleek wood finishes and sunlight streams through generous windows. The same chef's one-Michelin-starred Alo sits just 300 metres away, a French-inflected fine dining room where walk-ins at the bar receive the same warm treatment as reservation holders. Book a table at Edulis, less than a kilometre distant, where a quaint house filled with bric-a-brac provides the setting for one-starred Mediterranean cooking that feels intimate rather than formal. The Art Gallery of Ontario, a Frank Gehry–expanded institution housing everything from Group of Seven landscapes to contemporary installations, commands Dundas Street West nearby.
St. Lawrence Market South, a 20-metre-high heritage hall two kilometres southeast, has operated since 1803 and remains the city's premier food destination: peameal bacon sandwiches, butter tarts, aged cheddar from nearby dairy farms. Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market, 1.6 kilometres northwest, draws weekend crowds to its organic stalls. HTO Beach, an urban strand on the harbour front, lies 1.3 kilometres south, while the Toronto Islands, reachable by ferry, offer car-free cycling and Gibraltar Point Beach nearly four kilometres across the water.
Summer in Toronto, from June through August, brings temperatures in the low to mid-twenties with humid air that makes the lakefront parks essential. The city moves outdoors: patios fill, street festivals multiply, and golden evening light stretches past nine o'clock. September extends the warmth into early autumn, when the ravine maples turn scarlet and the harbour breeze carries a new crispness.
Winter, from December through February, sees temperatures hover around freezing with occasional plunges well below. Snow blankets the city intermittently, and the PATH network of underground walkways becomes a parallel city. The cold is dry rather than penetrating, and indoor cultural life intensifies.
Spring arrives tentatively in April and May, with temperatures climbing into the teens and the city shaking off its winter reserve. This is Toronto at its most unpredictable: morning frost giving way to afternoon warmth, sudden rain showers, magnolias blooming against lingering snowbanks.
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