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| - I often forget to review things other than restaurants on Yelp so this review is actually from a May 2014 stay. Not suuuuper late, but not exactly last weekend either!
As I'm not really familiar with Toronto, it was tough deciding on where to stay. After a bit of digging around, it was a toss up between up in Yorkville or down around King St W. We decided that it didn't really matter as the subway seemed convenient, we like walking around to explore a city and taxis were always an option too. We were also in town for the Hot Docs festival to see our friend's amazing film premiere and the Park Hyatt was the preferred hotel so why not stay next door?
The hotel turned out to be really convenient and located closest to the St. George subway stop. It's right across from the ROM (happened to be a free admission weekend at the ROM which was cool but also meant huge lineups!) and also high end shopping on Bloor Street. About a 30min walk to the heart of 'downtown' Toronto but we found it nice to walk through the different areas, although taxis are easy to find in front of the hotel as well.
The hotel itself is getting a little bit dated and could probably use a facelift but is still very comfortable, the rooms were a nice size as were the bathrooms with a bathtub plus separate shower. The walls are a bit thin and we could sometimes hear conversations in the hallway, although this did not disturb us too much from being so tired it was easy to pass out. I guess if you requested a hotel away from the elevators you wouldn't get as much foot traffic and outside noise.
The hotel staff are excellent, very friendly and helpful, a lot of 'certainly's' and addressing by name - from working in hotels I can't help by checking off the check boxes in my head sometimes!
Lots of restaurants in the area as well as a Shoppers Drug Mart downstairs and a Tim Hortons around the corner for something quick on the go. We did have room service and it was prompt and the food was very good. There's a Keurig in the room which is great if you're having coffee, but if you try to use it for tea, better luck elsewhere... must be used a lot for coffee or not cleaned out too often as our tea still tasted like coffee.
Note #1: there is no mini bar fridge in the room. Was not a big deal for us, but I could see some people wanting or needing one to store other items.
Note #2: we stayed on a corporate rate which was great but not sure if I would pay the regular rate
Note #3: You can get free wifi if you sign up for their loyalty program - you can do this at check-in too!
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