Ultra (photo by Device 222)
INTERIOR DESIGN
The adage that we eat first with our eyes applies not only to the presentation of your entree, but also the room in which it’s served. Recognizing this, many Toronto restaurants feature interiors courtesy of premier design firms. Posh luxury pervades the dining room at the Hazelton Hotel’s One, resplendent in smoked glass, cowhide and tiger-eye onyx sourced by Yabu Pushelberg; eclectic elements like a wall of 15-foot-tall rooster photographs soften the nightclub-style ambience of Ultra, as envisioned by decor duo Munge Leung. Not content just to create the theatre for your dinner, local design group Castor operates its own hip restaurant, OddFellows, which offers Canadian comfort cuisine as well as a distinctive aesthetic.
