BISHA, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Toronto

Character and identity

In the Entertainment District, Bisha trades the polished restraint of traditional luxury for something darker and more theatrical: a lobby of black marble and draped velvet, public spaces hung with works from a 3,000-piece art collection (Warhols included), and 96 rooms stacked into a high-rise topped by a 44th-floor infinity pool. The headline accommodations are 14 suites by Kravitz Design, conceived by Lenny Kravitz himself. Dining runs deep for a hotel this size, anchored by Akira Back's first Canadian outpost, with rooftop Mexican at KOST, the dim Mister C Bar, and French Made for daytime coffee and pastries.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What you're paying for here is personality and a genuinely strong food and beverage line-up, headlined by Akira Back, not a full-service luxury package. Book a Kravitz-designed suite if the aesthetic is the draw, otherwise a standard room delivers the same marble bathrooms and city views for considerably less. Best in warmer months, when the 44th-floor pool and KOST's terrace come into play.