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THE best boutique hotel and one of the best overall hotels I've stayed in around the world. Great attention to detail - both in-room and customer focused. Rooms are spacious and high end; bar/restaurants are really good. Great downtown location where you can walk to everything. Next time I'm in Toronto, I'll stay here for sure.
Long Review:
Just the name alone gave me an indication that this was going to be a nice hotel, but I had no idea how great the experience would be. I travel every month - both for business and pleasure, so I've seen a lot of hotels and had good and bad stays. I can honestly say this is one of the best experiences I've had.
First off, when you enter the lobby, you are greeted by at least one if not two people who are holding the door for you. As you walk out, they open the door automatically for you as well. The lobby is spacious and not overly crowded with big furniture taking up space and begging for noisy crowds to get in the way of your check in. There are two restaurants on either side, both serving different types of food (one comfort, one Chinese) and they have a full bar/lounge in one of them.
The rooms exceed expectations; the SOHO really left no detail out. They are spacious, and provide a little office space and a little comfort space, so depending what your needs are you're covered. I did have a junior suite, so let me caveat this review by saying that. The bathrooms feature walk-in space, and separate spaces for up to 3 people. They even provide you a chair to sit in while getting dressed. There is also a safe to store your valuables. Once through the closet, the bathroom felt like I was in a luxury spa: marble tile, heated floors, big fluffy towels, robes and slippers, a vanity mirror, and Molton Brown toiletries!!! The shower and tub were amazing too. Oh, did I mention the heated floors??!!
Near the nightstand is a little control center for everything in the room: lights for every separate section of the room and electric drapes! Every hotel has the crazy alarm clock, but this one comes with stereo speakers that are wi-fi connected to the speaker in the bathroom ceiling so you can get your music while you pretty up. The bed is so comfortable and they give you 4 pillows, each with a slightly different level of thickness so you can choose what you like...while you watch the 55" wall-mounted TV they provide!
The in-room bar is not just some puny little thing tucked away in the corner. They give you full 750ml bottles of bourbon and vodka, and supply the soda and juice mixers for each. There are also generously-sized snacks as well. Under the bar is a mini-fridge with a plethora of the sample liquors and additional mixers as well.
In the late afternoon, there is turn-down service for each room. The basically clean your whole room again, and of course draw the drapes, provide fresh towels, and fill your ice bucket with ice, etc. Its actually very nice.
So, how highly do I recommend this hotel? Well let's just say that of all the places I've stayed around the world, this place, for me, is 2nd for in-room amenities and comfort, and 3rd for overall hotel experience.
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