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A purpose-built resort that opened in 2021 half an hour east of downtown Toronto, with the newest gaming floor of any large property in the country.
The newest large-format floor in the Greater Toronto Area, and the easiest big property to reach from the city without leaving the region.
This is the most recent large casino hotel to open in Canada and it shows in every surface. The gaming floor is bright, high-ceilinged and laid out with the sightlines that older properties never had the chance to design in. The 245-room hotel is new build throughout, and the theatre, restaurants and event spaces were planned as one project rather than accreted over three decades.
The location is both its strength and its ceiling. Pickering is half an hour east of downtown Toronto on Highway 401, close enough that the GTA is the natural catchment and far enough that it is not a walk-in property. There is no tourist attraction attached, no waterfront to speak of and no reason to visit the surrounding area — the resort is the entire trip.
What it lacks against Fallsview or Windsor is history and character. Everything works, everything is clean, and nothing is memorable in the way the falls or the Detroit skyline are memorable. That is a fair trade if what you want is a large modern floor without a long drive.
Around 2,700 slot machines make this one of the biggest slot counts in the country, and because the floor opened in 2021 the cabinet mix is the most current anywhere in Canada. Progressive banks, seated modern slot machines with large displays and a broad denomination range from a cent upward, with the high-limit machines in a properly separated room.
The table game count — approximately 110 — is second only to Fallsview and is the property's strongest card. Blackjack runs across a wide spread of limits and rule sets, both roulette wheel types are present, and baccarat, craps, pai gow and the full carnival rotation are all in play. On a Saturday evening the pit is as busy as anywhere in Ontario.
There is no dedicated poker room, which is the notable gap: poker here means house-banked variants such as Ultimate Texas Hold'em on the main floor. The sportsbook lounge is new, comfortable and well screened. The high-limit room and VIP salons carry raised limits with dedicated hosts and 24/7 VIP service at the upper loyalty tiers.
The 245 rooms are contemporary, well soundproofed and larger than the GTA average, with a design language closer to a business hotel than a resort. Bathrooms are the strong point. Suites on the upper floors are genuinely good, though the view is of Highway 401 and the surrounding industrial edge, which no amount of glass improves.
Amenities include a spa, an indoor pool, a fitness centre and substantial event space. Everything is under one roof and connected, which suits the Ontario winter. Parking is on site and free, a meaningful practical advantage over the Niagara properties.
Around eight outlets, including a steakhouse, a modern Asian kitchen, a sports bar attached to the sportsbook lounge and a food hall for quick meals. The steakhouse is capable, the food hall is genuinely useful at odd hours, and the whole operation is priced below the Niagara Falls equivalent. There is nothing worth a special trip and nothing that lets the property down.
The theatre seats around 1,000 and programmes comedians, tribute acts and mid-scale touring musicians, with a lounge stage running free music at weekends. It is a solid calendar rather than a headline one — this property cannot compete with Windsor or Rama for names, and it does not really try. The sportsbook lounge does more work on a big fixture night than the theatre does most weeks.
Arrive after the rush-hour traffic on the 401 has cleared, check in, and start with the table pit — it is the reason to be here.
Sportsbook lounge for whatever is on; the food hall is open when the restaurants have closed.
Pool and gym, then a late checkout. The surrounding area gives you no reason to go outside.
Either the quiet weekday floor or the drive back into Toronto — the property works well as a one-night trip.
The best table game floor in the Greater Toronto Area and the easiest large property to reach from the city. Choose it over Niagara if you care about the pit rather than the view, and treat it as a one-night trip rather than a weekend — there is nothing here to fill a second day.
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