The Hazelton has garnered much applause and is, to some, one of Toronto’s best hotels, boasting celebrity guests and so on. Speaking honestly, I struggled to see what all the fuss is about. Whilst I cannot fault the impeccable politeness of all staff we encountered here, we found the hotel itself to be quite ordinary. Our room was pleasant, particularly the bathroom, but my mother remarked it had a rather masculine feel to it in terms of decor — indeed, it felt to me like a high quality business hotel. Some of the small touches I would expect from an exceptional hotel, such as a welcome drink on arrival, were absent. It was also a shame that the hotel does not offer a breakfast selection as standard; only an al la carte option was available — whilst decent, this was quite costly, and the grapefruit juice did not taste to be freshly squeezed. More prosaically, the hotel felt to us, as visitors to the city, to be situated quite far to the north of many of Toronto’s main attractions, e.g the Distillery district, Toronto Islands, etc. Overall, then, we enjoyed our stay at The Hazelton but would caution against expecting anything extraordinary.