The Most Selfie-Worthy Bathrooms Across Canada
Selfies are serious business.
The restaurant restroom selfie is a social media staple. A decade ago, pulling out your camera in a public bathroom stall would garner curious looks. Now, a background toilet and some colourful wallpaper sends the Instagram likes rolling in! In the age of aesthetic-seeking millennials, restaurant design—from the front door to the loo—is increasingly important. We do our business… then we get to business. And sometimes, we even invite our friends to join us!
Whether it’s a disco light or glow in the dark graffiti, restaurateurs are smart to add a little something special to keep selfie-seekers coming back for more. From all across Canada, here are eight of our favourites.
Locals Only
589 King St W, Toronto
The wallpaper of this downtown snack bar bathroom is on constant rotation, keeping Toronto’s keenest selfiers coming back for more. Past backgrounds include: a Playboy collage, the Supreme logo, a Drake meme and aesthetically pleasing pink flamingos. To top it all off, the mirror light looks like one of those fancy LuMee phone cases Kim Kardashian has. Fancy!
Mandy’s
2067 Crescent St, Montreal
Gourmet salads and fresh juices with a side of aesthetically pleasing bathroom decor? Oui, s’il vous plait! (That’s French for: yes, please.)
Otto’s Bierhalle
1087 Queen St W, Toronto
At Otto’s Bierhalle—which FYI does brunch just as well as it does beer and bratwurst—pressing the red button is highly encouraged. With disco lights and a bumping sound system, you can drop the beat after dropping a load.
Tomo
109 Clarence St, Ottawa
This trendy Japanese restaurant/night club has lined its bathroom stalls with blown-up Manga images. There’s ample space in these pretty private toilet rooms, which is a plus for seflie-takers after an #OOTD post.
Caclutta Cricket Club
340 17 Ave SW, Calgary
This highly Instagrammable Indian restaurant was 2017’s “Best Restaurant Design in Canada” winner. You’ll want to take a pic in the hot pink bathroom—and you’ll want to photograph every other corner of the millennial pleasing space, too.
L’Avenue
922 Mont-Royal Ave E, Montreal
The restaurant’s very appealing Google description reads: “Hearty upmarket brunch & diner dishes (like chèvre-topped burgers) plus hip digs & quirky bathrooms.”
Bauhaus Restaurant
1 W Cordova St, Vancouver
This fancy-shmancy “$$$$” modern German restaurant is on The Diner Club‘s list of “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.” Its second highest achievement: cool, colourful graffiti bathrooms.
Grey Gardens
199 Augusta Ave, Toronto
Jen Agg’s Kensington market wine bar is perfectly captured in three emojis: ?✨?.
 on Jun 1, 2018 at 6:06pm PDT
Locals Only
589 King St W, Toronto
The wallpaper of this downtown snack bar bathroom is on constant rotation, keeping Toronto's keenest selfiers coming back for more. Past backgrounds include: a Playboy collage, the Supreme logo, a Drake meme and aesthetically pleasing pink flamingos. To top it all off, the mirror light looks like one of those fancy LuMee phone cases Kim Kardashian has. Fancy!
Bathroom #selfie galore ⚡️ I want that wallpaper ?
A post shared by Mary (@maryamrahimi25) on May 17, 2018 at 6:20am PDT
Mandy's
2067 Crescent St, Montreal
Gourmet salads and fresh juices with a side of aesthetically pleasing bathroom decor? Oui, s'il vous plait! (That's French for: yes, please.)
Washroom #discofever #ottosbeirhalle #washroomselfie
A post shared by Jen_ty_lem (@jen_ty_lem) on Mar 17, 2018 at 6:39pm PDT
Otto's Bierhalle
1087 Queen St W, Toronto
At Otto's Bierhalle—which FYI does brunch just as well as it does beer and bratwurst—pressing the red button is highly encouraged. With disco lights and a bumping sound system, you can drop the beat after dropping a load.
@filausa sponsor me? :-)
A post shared by Ella Stewart (@e.llastewart) on Jun 2, 2018 at 5:40pm PDT
Tomo
109 Clarence St, Ottawa
This trendy Japanese restaurant/night club has lined its bathroom stalls with blown-up Manga images. There's ample space in these pretty private toilet rooms, which is a plus for seflie-takers after an #OOTD post.
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A post shared by Jocelyne Devonshire Johnson (@stylefixation) on Mar 3, 2018 at 10:03pm PST
Caclutta Cricket Club
340 17 Ave SW, Calgary
This highly Instagrammable Indian restaurant was 2017's "Best Restaurant Design in Canada" winner. You'll want to take a pic in the hot pink bathroom—and you'll want to photograph every other corner of the millennial pleasing space, too.
still my favorite bathroom. ???✌?? #montreal #forevahh
A post shared by Marcelle De Moya (@marcelledm) on Jun 14, 2018 at 8:33am PDT
L'Avenue
922 Mont-Royal Ave E, Montreal
The restaurant's very appealing Google description reads: "Hearty upmarket brunch & diner dishes (like chèvre-topped burgers) plus hip digs & quirky bathrooms."
girl, my birthday is not in march. まじ無理 (or something)
A post shared by ❥ FANG (@fvng._) on Mar 10, 2018 at 12:07am PST
Bauhaus Restaurant
1 W Cordova St, Vancouver
This fancy-shmancy "$$$$" modern German restaurant is on The Diner Club's list of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants." Its second highest achievement: cool, colourful graffiti bathrooms.
Wondering if I can rip this paper off the walls and take it home with me ?✨?
A post shared by Thansha Sadacharam (@thansha) on Apr 1, 2018 at 8:09am PDT
Grey Gardens
199 Augusta Ave, Toronto
Jen Agg's Kensington market wine bar is perfectly captured in three emojis: ?✨?.){kind=link}