Downtown Toronto is a busy place. Cars whizzing by, honking, pedestrians roaming and bikes passing. The trade-off is, you can’t beat the location of being right downtown. The lively restaurant scene, sports, concert venues, nightlife, it’s all there. But, what if you had one of the best locations in the middle of the city, but have all the hustle and bustle just melt away when you open the door to your hotel lobby? That’s what it feels stepping into the recently launched Nobu Hotel Toronto.
Toronto’s Entertainment District has always known how to put on a show, but the curtain has just risen on a new headliner.
The Nobu Hotel Toronto, sits above the city on floors 41-45 on Mercer Street in downtown Toronto. This means elevated city and lake views.
What makes it even more intriguing is that Toronto’s location is home to Nobu’s first fully integrated hotel. This means the hotel, restaurant, and residences all in one building. It’s all encompassing and it’s playing to a discerning crowd who prefer their luxury surrounded with privacy with all of the city circling around them.
The Nobu Hotel Toronto: A Sanctuary In The Sky
Nobu’s private ground floor hotel lobby feels more like one you would find in Kyoto than Bay Street a power lobby. It’s muted tones, soft lighting and offerings from staff like a refreshing towel, welcome tea and/or water help relax you upon your first steps inside.
The hotel staff will sit you down, check you in and make sure your stay starts in a nice calming way.
Japanese-styled rooms and suites frame the same panorama through floor-to-ceiling glass, yet inside they breathe calmness and quiet confidence of craftsmanship that never raises its voice. The consistency across the rooms is just stellar and feels like a modern, yet timeless design.
The effect? You don’t feel the effects of downtown Toronto below you, you feel especially taken care of.
Wellness Is A Big Focus at the Nobu Hotel Toronto
“Shiawase,” the Japanese philosophy of happiness and well-being, anchors Nobu Hotel Toronto’s wellness program. It provides a in-suite and amenities-driven wellness menu with a lot of options to choose from.
In-Room Wellness
The guestrooms really bring variety into how you like to decompress when you arrive. Guestrooms and suites include Japanese deep soaking tubs, heated floors, Japanese yukata robes and slippers, TOTO® toilets, Byredo®, and Dyson® appliances.
Every room stocks an Alo yoga mat to help you stretch after your long trip to the hotel. Battle jet lag with blackout blinds that turn noon into midnight, and a yuzu-ginger salt bath ritual.
Complimentary Wellness Mini-Bar
The complimentary Trove Wellbeing mini-bar is a Canadian-made trove indeed: sea-algae eye masks, marine collagen, adaptogenic chocolate—little nips of bio-hacking wrapped as welcome gifts. I love how they are bringing more
Fitness Centre
Step out of your room and into the 24/7 fitness centre complete with Technogym® equipment, Peloton® bikes, Practice Pilates with on-demand classes from Frame Pilates™, and a FORME Studio mirror. A mix of function and technology.
Sakura Lounge: Guest-Only Dining
Hotel guests enjoy access to Sakura Lounge.
Mornings begin with à-la-carte breakfast served in a space that feels part tearoom, part Tribeca loft. Throughout the day, the lounge morphs into a co-working hideaway, a maple-toned cocktail bar, or a private dining room for eight when your deal requires altitude and hush.
Luxury Transportation At Nobu Hotel Toronto
If you are looking to arrive somewhere local in-style, maybe TIFF galas come September, maybe a Yorkville shopping raid, Nobu Hotel Toronto guests have access to the electric 2025 Mercedes-Benz® G 580 with EQ Technology, providing seamless transportation in sustainable luxury.
Private Access and Private Dining To The Nobu Toronto Restaurant
Of course, you came for the food. Maybe you have travelled all over the world and ate at various Nobu restaurants dreamt up by the famous Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.
At the Nobu Toronto restaurant, already the see-and-be-seen place that’s been flooding your social feeds since opening in 2024. Hotel guests get priority tables—guaranteed at the moment of booking. With the direct connection to the hotel, guests have access to more intimate dinners and private cocktail parties to full-scale celebrations at Nobu Toronto, plan an extraordinary event with us. Plan ahead, this room can get booked up quite quickly.
Late night? Tap the in-room dining line for all your favourites. You heard that right. All the dished you love from Nobu, delivered right to your room. Eating at Nobu, but in this way, enjoying your privacy while you are at it.
Why It Matters That The Nobu Hotel Has Arrived In Toronto
Toronto’s luxury scene has been steadily growing over the last few years. We have Loro Piana, Hermès, Brunello Cuccinelli, Chanel, you can purchase Mercedes-Benz, Bugatti or a Ferrari in Toronto as well, we have some of the biggest film stars shooting in Canada and coming to TIFF. All of which you can experience in one day if you plan ahead.
Adding a Nobu Hotel branded property to the Toronto skyline continues to solidify that we have a world class destination for luxury goods, services and experiences.
The idea is less about extreme opulence, although the Nobu Hotel Toronto certainly delivers that, but it’s more about adding a certain level of crafted international intention that downtown Toronto just hasn’t seen before and I am the first to welcome it.
It honours Japanese craft, collaborates with local wellness brands, sources Ontario items as part of it’s experience, and serves it all up in a very mannered way. Nobu sets it to a quieter, more resonant standard.
Book Your Stay At Nobu Hotel Toronto
If you are coming in from out of town or planning a high-level staycation, you can enjoy a new refined side to Toronto through the Nobu Hotel.
Nobu Hotel Toronto brings a new quiet luxury approach to Canadian hospitality, proving that luxury can be intimate, culturally nuanced, and sustainably minded, all while leaving you, quite literally, on top of the city.
Reservations are live, the doors are open, and look into booking. You can learn more information or book your stay at the Nobu Hotel Toronto through their website.
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