The 66th annual Forbes Travel Guide has been released, and the 2024 Star Award Winners have been revealed. The list features the world’s most luxurious hotels, restaurants and spas. Among them, over 10 Toronto hotels and spas have earned stars including a handful of 5 stars!

Here are the hotels and spas among the 2024 Forbes Star Award Winners in Toronto.

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The recognized Forbes Travel Guide is known for its worldwide rating system of luxury hotels, restaurants, and spas.

To compile the list, Forbes Travel Guide uses an objective, independent and data-driven process. Incognito inspectors pose as everyday guests and stay at hotels, board cruises, receive spa services and dine at restaurants around the world.

According to Forbes, they “test some 900 exacting standards such as whether a room is designed to promote sleep quality or whether the food-and-beverage choices support a guest’s well-being, emphasizing exceptional service, which accounts for 70 percent of a property’s rating.”

“Newer standards focus on the guest experience, such as ensuring “cocktails are dynamically interesting and photogenic” and even asking if the inspector would “readily recommend this property to others.” The remaining 30 percent comes from the quality and condition of the facilities.”

As for Toronto, 14 hotels, spas, and restaurants received stars while 3 restaurants and 1 hotel were recommended to try:

5-stars

  • The St. Regis Toronto, 325 Bay St, Toronto
  • Shangri-La Hotel, 188 University Ave, Toronto
  • The Ritz-Carlton, 181 Wellington St W, Toronto
  • The Hazelton Hotel, 118 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
  • Four Seasons Hotel, 60 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
  • The Spa at The St. Regis Toronto, 325 Bay St, Toronto
  • The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel, 60 Yorkville Ave, Toronto

4-stars

  • Park Hyatt Toronto, 4 Avenue Rd, Toronto
  • Spa myBlend at The Ritz-Carlton, 181 Wellington St W, Toronto
  • Spa at The Hazelton Hotel, 118 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
  • Joni Restaurant, 4 Avenue Rd, Toronto
  • Canoe, 66 Wellington St W 54th floor, Toronto
  • TOCA, 181 Wellington St W, Toronto

  • Scaramouche, 1 Benvenuto Pl, Toronto

Recommended

  • 1 Hotel Toronto, 550 Wellington St W, Toronto
  • One Restaurant, 116 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
  • Louix Louis, 325 Bay St, Toronto
  • Café Boulud, 60 Yorkville Ave, Toronto

The Five-star rating means “these properties deliver an outstanding experience and consistently offer a highly customized level of service.”

A Four-Star rating means “these are exceptional properties, offering high levels of service and quality of facility to match.” And “Recommended” indicates that “these are excellent properties with consistently good service and facilities.”

If you’re looking for an exceptional stay, restaurant experience or spa experience be sure to check out these spots.

You can see the full list of winners here and check out other Canadian cities mentioned.

Congratulations to all the 2024 Forbes Star Award Winners in Toronto!

Taylor Lucas

Regional Editor – Taylor is a Toronto-based journalist with a passion for story-telling. Whether chasing a story, writing, or editing she brings a creative spin to the media world and has a blast doing it. Taylor brings years of journalism experience in sports, local/national news, and entertainment. In her spare time, you can typically find Taylor trying out a new restaurant or cocktail bar, cooking, golfing or binge-watching true crime documentaries.

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