Living Room

Living Room is a restaurant located at 90 Bloor St E in Toronto, Ontario, reachable at 416-961-8000. Operating within the Restaurants category, it serves the downtown core of the city, an area known for a dense concentration of hotels, offices, and shopping along the Bloor Street corridor. The name reflects the space's intended role: a central gathering point where dining, drinks, and social activity happen under one roof rather than being split across separate rooms.

Living Room functions as an all-day dining and lounge space rather than a single-purpose dinner restaurant, which suits the pace of a busy stretch of Bloor Street East where foot traffic shifts constantly from morning commuters to evening visitors.

Morning to late-night service

The space is set up to move through distinct phases of the day: a breakfast and coffee period in the early morning, a lunch and all-day menu through the afternoon and evening, and a lounge atmosphere with cocktails later at night. This structure means the same physical space serves different purposes depending on when a guest arrives, which is a common format for restaurants attached to larger buildings in dense downtown blocks where a single venue needs to cover multiple dayparts.

A smart casual atmosphere

The dress expectation for the space is smart casual, positioning it between a purely casual coffee stop and a formal dinner restaurant. That middle-ground approach tends to work well on Bloor Street East, where the surrounding area mixes business meetings, hotel guests, and evening social plans within the same few blocks.

Menu style and dining format

The food format centers on tapas-style, shareable dishes paired with a cocktail-forward bar program, rather than large individual plates meant for a single diner.

Small plates meant for sharing

A tapas approach means dishes arrive in smaller portions designed to be ordered across a table and shared, which changes the pacing of a meal compared to a standard entrée-based restaurant. Guests looking for a quick solo lunch and guests planning a longer evening with several courses can both be accommodated by the same menu structure, since portions and pacing scale with how many dishes are ordered.

Drinks as part of the experience

Alongside the food menu, the venue puts weight on its cocktail offering, treating drinks as a core part of the visit rather than an afterthought to the meal. This is typical of lounge-style restaurants where the bar counter and the dining tables share the same room, and where a guest might come purely for a drink, purely for food, or for both across a longer stay.

Choosing where to eat along Bloor Street East usually comes down to three practical questions: how much time a diner has, whether the meal is meant to be shared, and what atmosphere fits the moment.

Time of day changes the right choice

A venue that stays open from early morning through late night removes the need to plan a meal around a restrictive schedule, which matters for visitors staying nearby or professionals working irregular hours in the surrounding office towers.

Shared plates versus individual entrées

Diners comparing restaurants in the area should weigh whether they want a traditional plated entrée or a tapas-style spread meant for the table. Groups tend to get more value out of a shared-plate format since it allows tasting a wider range of dishes, while solo diners or those in a hurry may prefer a format built around one clear dish. Living Room's tapas structure leans toward the group and grazing side of that comparison.

Casual stop versus lounge occasion

Bloor Street East offers everything from quick coffee counters to formal dining rooms, and a smart casual, cocktail-driven lounge sits in between. For a guest deciding between a fast bite and a sit-down evening out, a space that adapts across the day — coffee in the morning, food at midday, drinks at night — reduces the need to pick a different restaurant for each occasion.

Services offered

Living Room offers on-site dining across breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night hours, along with a bar and cocktail program served in the same space.

All-day food service

Food service runs from the early morning through late evening, covering coffee and breakfast items, an all-day lunch and dinner menu, and lighter late-night options. This continuous schedule is designed for guests who may want to return to the same space more than once in a day rather than seeking out a different restaurant for each meal.

Bar and cocktail program

A dedicated bar service runs alongside the food menu, with cocktails positioned as a central part of the offering rather than a secondary option. Various payment methods are accepted for both food and drink orders.

Frequently asked questions

What type of food does Living Room serve?

The menu is built around tapas-style, shareable small plates rather than large single-portion entrées, designed to be ordered across a table.

What are the hours of operation?

Service runs daily, moving from a morning coffee and breakfast period through an all-day lunch and dinner menu and into a late-evening lounge period.

Is Living Room suitable for a quick meal or only a longer visit?

Both are possible. The all-day format allows a short coffee or lunch stop as well as a longer evening built around several shared dishes and cocktails.

Is there a dress code?

The space follows a smart casual dress expectation, fitting a space that moves between daytime dining and an evening lounge atmosphere.