Cityside Waterfront Loft
Loft-style stay near King West
About this hotel
Cityside Waterfront Loft sits two minutes' walk from Bathurst Street at King Street West and roughly ten minutes by taxi from the Art Gallery of Ontario, close to Ruby Soho for a nearby evening option. Its loft-style layout gives a family more open living space than a standard hotel room, useful for spreading out swim gear and drying towels between days at Therme Toronto. The King West setting keeps restaurants and the Fashion District within easy walking distance, an active pocket of downtown Toronto for a family that wants more than just a place to sleep between park visits. For a family splitting a trip between the water park and the rest of downtown Toronto, the location does most of the practical work.
- Loft-style stay
- King West address
- Near Fashion District
Our take
This works for a family that wants loft-style space and a King West address, combining an Ontario Place water park trip with easy access to restaurants and the Fashion District on non-park evenings. It rewards a family that has already decided the water park, not the hotel, is the main event of the trip. Compared with pricier options nearby, it asks for less and mostly delivers what it promises.
- ✓Use the open loft layout to dry swim gear overnight rather than packing it away wet.
- ✓Walk to King West's restaurant strip for dinner on evenings away from the water park.
- ✓Book an Art Gallery of Ontario visit for a rainy or non-park day, roughly ten minutes away by taxi.
Why we love it
- Loft-style layout
- Two minutes from King Street West
- Near the Fashion District
Why guests love itThe loft layout at Cityside Waterfront Loft gave us room to properly dry out swim gear each night, and King West's restaurants meant we ate well on the evening we skipped Therme Toronto. It played a supporting role to the water park rather than competing with it, which suited the shape of the whole trip. The room itself faded into the background of the trip, which given how the days were spent, felt like the right outcome.