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The Broadview Hotel
A 58-room boutique hotel in a restored 1890s Romanesque building at Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue, with a glass-walled rooftop restaurant and bar overlooking the skyline.
At a glance
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Riverside, Toronto, Canada
- Price
- $$$ · Upscale
- Official site
- thebroadviewhotel.ca
Good to know
- Rooftop restaurant and bar
- Bistro
- Event spaces
Why we recommend it
The Broadview Hotel occupies a Richardsonian Romanesque landmark at the corner of Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East in Riverside. It was built in the 1890s as Dingman's Hall for the industrialist Archibald Dingman, to designs by Robert Ogilvie, and served as a public hall with shops and offices before being converted into a hotel in 1907. The hotel describes itself as an East End landmark with a richly colourful past.
That past included decades as a boarding house for low-income tenants, with the Jilly's strip club on the ground floor. In 2014 Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited bought the building, closed Jilly's and, with ERA Architects, restored and redeveloped it as a boutique hotel, which opened in 2017.
The hotel has 58 rooms, each described by the hotel as distinct. The Rooftop, a glassed-in restaurant with a bar and patio, is the highlight for many visitors, with views of the downtown skyline and the Don River. The ground-floor Bistro and Bar, described by the hotel as Riverside's hub, has large windows onto the street, and Archie's is another option for dinner and drinks.
Check opening times for the Rooftop before planning an evening there; for example, it closed from 2 to 6 November 2026 and reopened on 7 November.
The Broadview suits couples, design lovers and travellers who want to stay in a neighbourhood east of downtown rather than in the business district. The hotel calls its bistro Riverside's hub, which gives a sense of how closely it is tied to the neighbourhood. The 1907 conversion into a hotel was carried out by the architect George Wallace Gouinlock, and the recent renovation was completed in late 2016 before the hotel opened in 2017. The glassed-in rooftop restaurant sits on the north side of the roof, with the bar and patio alongside. Guests can text the hotel as well as call, and events have their own email address for weddings and private gatherings. Its Richardsonian Romanesque style is one it shares with the Gladstone, another restored 19th-century hotel in the city.
Dining bookings go to a dedicated email address, separate from general enquiries, so use that one for a table on the Rooftop.
The Broadview Hotel FAQs
When was the building built?
In the 1890s, as Dingman's Hall.
When did it become a hotel?
It was first converted into a hotel in 1907 and reopened as a boutique hotel in 2017.
How many rooms are there?
58 distinct rooms.
Is there a rooftop bar?
Yes. The Rooftop has a glassed-in restaurant, a bar and a patio with views of the skyline and the Don River.
Where is it?
At 106 Broadview Avenue, at Queen Street East, in Riverside.
What other dining is there?
The ground-floor Bistro and Bar and Archie's.
Who restored it?
Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited, with ERA Architects.
How can you contact the hotel?
By phone on 416-362-8439, by text or by email.