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60 York St At Wellington St., Toronto, Ontario M5J 1S8 Canada
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#38 of 140 hotels in Toronto
Location
4.7
Cleanliness
4.1
Service
3.9
Value
3.8
Welcome to The Strathcona Hotel Downtown Toronto. Come home to the best location in Downtown Toronto. Imagine all the comforts of home combined with one of the best locations in downtown Toronto and you’ve got The Strathcona Hotel. Stay.Play.Work.Meet.Explore. We can handle it all. And just outside our doors is the best of downtown Toronto. Our downtown Toronto hotel is across the street from the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Union Station / VIA Rail and within two blocks of the Air Canada Centre, Rogers Centre, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, CN Tower, and more located in the midst of the theatre and financial districts. The guest rooms and suite accommodations at The Strathcona Hotel downtown Toronto combine style and substance and have been designed for the contemporary wireless world. We provide easy access to all you need to do by day or night including dining at The York Street Café, dinner and drinks at The Strath Pub, or a workout followed by a massage at the Wellington Fitness Club located right next door. Life here is fresh, functional, friendly, and fun. Sure you can work here, but you’ll do it with a smile. As an independently managed hotel, the good news is that we can break all the rules to do what it takes to make you feel warm, welcome, and worry-free. We get that it’s all about best value for dollar, well-maintained rooms, functional meeting and event space, accommodating staff, and, of course, location, location, location! Come to play. Come to meet. Come to get down to business. We’re more than happy to welcome you home.
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Property amenities
Valet parking
Wifi
Bar / lounge
Business Center with Internet Access
Meeting rooms
24-hour security
Baggage storage
24-hour front desk
Paid public parking nearby
Restaurant
Breakfast available
Breakfast in the room
Snack bar
Special diet menus
Vending machine
Concierge
Newspaper
Non-smoking hotel
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Ironing service
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Air conditioning
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Safe
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Flatscreen TV
iPod docking station
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Telephone
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Centrally Located
Modern
Languages Spoken
English, French, Russian, Chinese and 5 more

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301Restaurantswithin 0.3 miles
44Attractionswithin 0.3 miles
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Lauren K wrote a review Aug 2021
Waterloo, Canada29 contributions24 helpful votes
Front desk staff are not friendly or really attentive. The elevator was not working the day we checked out and staff didn’t seem to care. We were lucky we were booked on the a/c and quiet side of the building, but heard other guests complaining about the lack of a/c and noisy from nearby bars. Bed is fairly hard but comfortable. Pillows very large. Room was very clean. Good wifi.
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Date of stay: August 2021Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip: Parking is in lot around corner so need to carry luggage down street
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Amelia V wrote a review Sep 2020
Sainte-Catherine, Canada5 contributions6 helpful votes
If you have an upcoming stay at this hotel I would suggest you call ahead and see where you are staying. I showed up to the front door to be told this has become a homeless shelter and my reservation was at another hotel 3 km away. No calls or emails were made to me prior to my showing up. Had I known my weekend arrangements would have been different. They offered to pay my cab fare since I was on foot.
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Date of stay: September 2020Trip type: Traveled solo
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Leonard G wrote a review Aug 2020
Sudbury, Canada17 contributions20 helpful votes
One of the best pieces of advice I got many years ago was to stay at the best hotel you could afford because if the weather sucks, and the city sucks, you always have a nice hotel. It was great advice and so I was a bit worried about my choice to stay at the Strathcona in March when I attended the prospectors convention. It is not a luxury hotel ... but it is still very nice, very comfortable and very affordable. So why not stay there? Anyone who has been to the PDAC event in past years knows how busy it can be. I was leaving the hotel at 9 a.m. and getting back by about 9 p.m. Just enough time to get to the pub, have a nice supper, a couple of beers, watch the hockey game and then crash into bed. Getting up the next morning, I found the rooms were perfectly functional and clean. My first morning, tried the in-house breakfast. It was nice. It was also expensive. The second morning I noticed there was a huge Tim Horton's right across the street. So I went in and was pleased to see several friends already there. Breakfast at Timmies was just fine. A couple of days later, the boss was pleased to note I had saved $600 from my hotel stay over the previous year. That counts when you want to submit travel plans for future events. So yes, the Strathcona was worth it and I plan to stay there for personal travel as well. The strathcona is in a perfect location, about 100 metres away from the Royal York and close to several nice restaurants.
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Date of stay: March 2020
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Trip type: Traveled on business
Room Tip: Book ahead by a at least a few weeks. It's a busy place.
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theodorew57 wrote a review Apr 2020
Malvern4 contributions4 helpful votes
At the end of February our VIARail reservation on The Canadian was cancelled because of the indigenous peoples protest blocking the tracks. As a result we needed to cancel a pre-paid reservation at the Strathcona made through a third party. The third party refused to credit me and said that I needed to deal with Strathcona, who had already credited the third party for my reservation. To make a long story short, Michael Kashan, the Front Office Manager at the Strathcona Hotel, worked hard on my behalf to get my refund. It took a number of emails and significant time to make me a very satisfied customer. So "hats off" for a job well done by Michael and the Strathcona. I look forward to personally meeting him on our next stay!
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Apr 28, 2020
Good Afternoon theodorew57, Thank you so much for the lovely review and kind words. I'm so happy to hear that I was able to assist in getting your full refund back. I look forward to meeting you in person in the future. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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LMC wrote a review Apr 2020
2 contributions2 helpful votes
I stayed here since it was pretty close to the Scotiabank Arena. The room was comfortable and clean, and they had good service overall, too! A lot of places downtown are even within walking distance if you want to get around and see the sights.
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Date of stay: September 2019
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Apr 18, 2020
Good Morning sparrowhawk33, Thank you so much for choosing The Strathcona Hotel while staying in Toronto. I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed your full experience with us, like our centralized downtown location and exceptionally the good service. We hope to have a pleasure of welcoming you back in the near future. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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SHARINE G wrote a review Apr 2020
2 contributions1 helpful vote
These 2 guys took all my worries away and came out strong!lovely service!!!!!! I simply could not find the time to prepare my decorations for the surprise i was planning and these guys made it happen.
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Date of stay: March 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Apr 15, 2020
Good Morning 317sharineg, Thank you so much for choosing The Strathcona Hotel while staying in Toronto. I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed your full experience with us, especially the wonderful service you received by Rubino and Tiffany. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back in the near future. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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DKl wrote a review Apr 2020
1 contribution1 helpful vote
My family stayed here last week and from the moment we arrived Walid was great. He also took all necessary protocol to ashere to social distancing. He was informative and and very attentive to my toddler. Great service! Will def go again!
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Date of stay: April 2020Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Apr 15, 2020
Good Morning DKL418, Thank you so much for choosing The Strathcona Hotel while staying in Toronto. I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed your full experience with us, especially the wonderful service you received by Walid. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back in the near future. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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GlobeTrotting175909 wrote a review Apr 2020
1 contribution1 helpful vote
Because of ongoing crisis in canada and especially in Toronto, I and my daughter are heartbroken to have had to cancel our stay at the Strathcona. We very much looked forward to stay at Toronto's Gem of a Hotel. We were refunded with no penalty. Thank you for your help in a bad situation Jonas.
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Date of stay: April 2020
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Apr 3, 2020
Good Afternoon GlobeTrotting175909, Thank you so much for the kind review. I'm so happy to hear during these tough times Jonas was able to refund your funds for your future stay. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you to The Strathcona Hotel soon. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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gregorymurphy3 wrote a review Mar 2020
Oshawa2 contributions2 helpful votes
At a time of precedented anxiety and hassles about almost everything, I'm happy to tell you that Jonas cancelled my reservation quickly and politely. First class. I will definitely stay at the Strathcona in the future (once the pandemic passes). Thank you Jonas.
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Date of stay: March 2020
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Mar 30, 2020
Good Afternoon gregorymurphy3, Thank you so much for your feedback. We understand these are tough times for everyone right now, and I'm thrilled to hear Jonas was able to cancel your reservation quickly and politely. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you to our property once this pandemic is over. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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Montreal H wrote a review Mar 2020
Montreal, Canada1 contribution1 helpful vote
I had booked a stay here (had been before and very close to the train station!) and didn't realize I had reserved a non-refundable room. I ended up missing my flight out of another country and never made it back to Canada. The hotel, and Ronald at reception, was super understanding and refunded me even though it was against their policy. Will definitely be booking there again when I get back! :)
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Date of stay: March 2020
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Response from MichaelKashan2018, Front Office Manager at The Strathcona Hotel
Responded Mar 30, 2020
Good Afternoon montrealh2020, Thank you so much for your lovely feedback. I'm thrilled to hear Ronald was accommodating and understanding. We hope once you have a chance, we have the pleasure of welcoming you to our property for an exceptional experience. Kind Regards, Michael Kashan Guest Service Manager
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Frequently Asked Questions about The Strathcona Hotel
Which popular attractions are close to The Strathcona Hotel?
Nearby attractions include Ripley's Aquarium of Canada (0.3 miles), Toronto Urban Adventures (0.3 miles), and Royal Alexandra Theatre (0.2 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at The Strathcona Hotel?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and room service.
What food & drink options are available at The Strathcona Hotel?
Guests can enjoy an on-site restaurant, a lounge, and breakfast during their stay.
Is parking available at The Strathcona Hotel?
Yes, paid public parking nearby and valet parking are available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to The Strathcona Hotel?
Conveniently located restaurants include Michael's on Simcoe, Byblos, and The Keg Steakhouse + Bar - York Street.
Is The Strathcona Hotel located near the city center?
Yes, it is 0.2 miles away from the center of Toronto.
Are any cleaning services offered at The Strathcona Hotel?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does The Strathcona Hotel offer any business services?
Yes, guests have access to a business center and meeting rooms during their stay.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at The Strathcona Hotel?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, French, Russian, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, and Korean.
Are there any historical sites close to The Strathcona Hotel?
Many travelers enjoy visiting The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Centre (0.5 miles), Spadina Museum (2.6 miles), and Casa Loma (2.6 miles).
Is The Strathcona Hotel accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access and facilities for disabled guests. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.