360 The Restaurant at the CN Tower: Toronto Travel Guide

A dining room that moves

The floor turns, and you stay seated. 360 sits 350 metres up the CN Tower, and the ring of tables makes a full rotation roughly every 72 minutes. A two-course lunch is enough time to watch the whole city go past the glass.

On one side you get Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands and Billy Bishop airport. Then come the Rogers Centre roof directly below, the Financial District towers, and the grid of the city running north. The menu is regional Canadian fare. Prices are at the top end of the city, and the posted menu online has the current figures.

Reaching the tower

The CN Tower stands at 290 Bremner Blvd, south of Front Street. From Union Station (TTC Line 1 and GO Transit), follow the covered SkyWalk west. It brings you out beside the tower’s base without crossing a street.

• On foot: about 10 minutes from Union Station via the SkyWalk.
• Next door: Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada and the Rogers Centre share the base.
• Up: glass-fronted elevators climb to the restaurant level in about a minute.

You pass security screening before the elevators, just as tower visitors do, so allow extra time before your booking.

Booking a table at 360

Reservations are the normal way in, and this is one of Toronto’s most visited attractions. Book online well ahead for weekends. If you’re booking a window seat, ask for it, though the rotation means every table gets the full view sooner or later.

• Quietest: weekdays 12pm–4pm, when the room is calmest.
• Avoid: weekends 5pm–10pm, the busiest stretch. Those are also the prime sunset tables, so book early if that’s your plan.
• Hours: currently 11:30am–10:30pm every day this week. Check the official site before you go, because holidays and special events can change them.

A dining reservation usually includes access to the tower’s main observation level. Confirm this when you book, because it can make dinner better value than a separate observation ticket. Cards are standard, and in Canada a tip of 15–20% on the pre-tax bill is expected at a sit-down restaurant like this.

Smart casual clothes fit the room. Put your bag on the inner ledge, not against the window frame. The window sill stays put while the floor turns, so anything left there ends up several tables away.

Before and after the meal

Give the whole visit two to three hours, including screening, the meal and the observation levels. One level down from the main LookOut is the Glass Floor, where you look straight down at Bremner Boulevard. EdgeWalk, the harnessed walk around the outside of the tower roof, is booked separately.

At ground level, Ripley’s Aquarium is right beside the base. A short walk south takes you to the Harbourfront boardwalk along Queens Quay. A lunch booking followed by an afternoon at the waterfront makes an easy day without needing transit.