Toronto, Canada · Four-Star · ★★★★
Hotel X Toronto
A 30-acre lakefront resort masquerading as a city hotel. Nine tennis courts, four pools, and the entire Toronto skyline as a backdrop.
A 30-acre lakefront resort masquerading as a city hotel. Nine tennis courts, four pools, and the entire Toronto skyline as a backdrop.
"A resort masquerading as a city hotel. Lake Ontario at your feet, nine tennis courts, four pools, and a Falcon Sky Bar rooftop that takes the whole skyline as a backdrop. Toronto's only true urban resort."
When Hotel X opened in 2018 as the newest member of the Library Hotels Collection — Henry Kallan's New York group of intellectually-themed properties — Toronto suddenly had something it had never had before: a genuine urban resort. The 14-storey, 404-key tower rises straight out of Exhibition Place, on the western edge of the downtown waterfront, with thirty acres of grounds, lake on three sides, and the CN Tower aligned with the eastern facade. It is the only hotel in the city where the experience begins outside the building, not in the lobby.
The location is the property's first surprise. Princes' Boulevard runs through Exhibition Place itself — the 192-acre cultural and event grounds that include the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), BMO Field (home to Toronto FC), the Budweiser Stage amphitheatre, and Enercare Centre. The hotel sits within the perimeter, on the lake side. Walk five minutes south and you reach the Martin Goodman Trail, the lakefront cycling path that runs the length of the city. Walk fifteen minutes east and you are in the heart of downtown. It is close enough to be useful and far enough to feel like a holiday.
The resort facilities are where Hotel X earns its category. The Ten X Toronto health club — accessible to guests at no charge — includes nine tennis courts (six outdoor clay, three indoor hard), three outdoor pools (one heated to 84 degrees year-round), one indoor lap pool, a basketball court, squash courts, a yoga studio, and a 50,000-square-foot wellness floor. For a family with two children who play sport, this is unmatched in any Canadian city hotel. The Petros 82 spa runs a thoughtful menu of Mediterranean-inspired treatments. None of this exists at Four Seasons or the Ritz. None of it could.
Falcon Sky Bar, on the 27th floor — actually the rooftop above the 14-storey hotel, with mechanical floors hidden between — is the highest licensed venue on the western waterfront and the city's most quietly atmospheric sunset address. The drinks list is competent rather than cult, but the view across Lake Ontario at dusk, with the CN Tower lit pink and the Toronto Islands silhouetted, does not require a curated negroni programme. Reserve a table on the south-facing terrace. Order whatever they recommend. Stay for a second.
Ten Restaurant on the lobby floor is the in-house signature — a brasserie-format dining room with an open kitchen, broadly Italian-leaning menu, and the kind of service that gets a family of four through dinner without anyone losing patience. Petros 82, the lobby-level Greek-Mediterranean room, is the destination address for a longer evening. For BMO Field nights and Budweiser Stage concerts, the proximity is the entire argument: walk to the show, walk back, sleep where you started. There is no other hotel in Toronto where this is true.
Hotel X is Toronto's clearest answer to the family-of-four question. Four pools, nine tennis courts, a basketball court, an indoor playground, and the entire Exhibition Place grounds as a backyard mean children are entertained from the moment they arrive. Connecting room layouts and lake-view family suites are standard inventory. The CNE in late August, the Royal Winter Fair in November, and Toronto FC matches at BMO Field next door are reasons to plan the visit around. Few city hotels make travelling with children feel like a holiday.
For couples returning to Toronto for an anniversary, Hotel X offers something the downtown five-stars cannot: space, water, and air. Request a south-facing lake-view suite on a high floor. Sunrise over Lake Ontario, breakfast on the balcony, an afternoon at the pool, dinner at Petros 82, and a nightcap at Falcon Sky Bar with the city lit below. The pace is slower than Yorkville, the views are better than Bay Street, and the resort feel makes a milestone weekend feel like a proper escape rather than a city break.
The Ten X Toronto facilities — 50,000 square feet of fitness, four pools, nine tennis courts, indoor lap pool, hot tub, sauna, steam, and a serious yoga studio — make Hotel X the only city hotel in Toronto where a wellness-focused stay is genuinely viable without leaving the property. Petros 82 spa adds Mediterranean-inspired treatments. Add a morning run on the Martin Goodman Trail and an afternoon swim with the skyline behind you, and the case for a long weekend writes itself. Bring tennis whites.
Rates checked May 2026. Price may vary by date.
Hotel X turns a city visit into a lakefront resort weekend. Tennis, four pools, the CNE next door, and downtown fifteen minutes away.
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