The Laundry Rooms - Waterloo

Apartment-Style Suites in a Converted Uptown Tower

The Laundry Rooms occupies a tower on King Street South in Uptown Waterloo, a short walk from the park and the city's restaurant row, and runs its rooms as full apartment suites rather than standard hotel rooms. Each unit comes with a full kitchen, a washer and dryer, and local artwork on the walls — closer to a serviced residence than a conventional hotel floor. A sixth-floor rooftop pool and fitness center, plus a ground-floor restaurant and bar, round out a property built for stays longer than a single night.

Why It Works

We selected this one on the strength of its numbers: 599 verified guest reviews at 9.2 out of 10, by far the largest and most reliable sample on this list, where most properties run on two or three reviews. The pet policy is equally straightforward — a flat CAD 100 fee per stay for dogs and cats, rather than the vague or contradictory policies that disqualified several other candidates in this search. Add full kitchens, a rooftop pool, and a coworking floor, and this reads like a property built for people staying a week, not a weekend.

Why This Location

Uptown Waterloo is the civic and commercial heart of a city built around two universities — the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier — and the tech companies that have grown up around them. It is a walkable grid of restaurants, breweries, and public squares rather than a university strip, with Waterloo Park eight minutes on foot and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, a working research centre, just beyond that. Guests here are as likely to be visiting a conference or a campus as sightseeing, and the location serves both without requiring a car.

Fast Facts

• Prix: €€

• Vibe: Apartment-style suites in a converted uptown tower

• Chambres: Studio to two-bedroom apartments, full kitchens throughout

• Best For: Longer stays, remote work, and university visits

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: The rooftop pool and coworking floor

• Dining: LaLa Social House restaurant and bar on the ground floor

• Amenities: Rooftop pool, fitness centre, coworking space, in-suite laundry

• Attractions: Waterloo Park, Perimeter Institute, University of Waterloo

A Rooftop Pool, a Coworking Floor, and a Full Kitchen

The sixth floor holds both the fitness centre and a seasonal rooftop pool with free cabanas, open through the summer months with city views in both directions. One floor down, a coworking space offers coffee, a portable whiteboard, and bookable breakout rooms — a detail aimed squarely at the kind of traveler who needs a desk as much as a bed. In the rooms themselves, the kitchen is a real one, with an island, dishwasher, and full-size appliances rather than a kettle and a mini-fridge, and the laundry machines in-suite mean a week-long stay doesn't require a trip to a laundromat.

A University Town Built Around Two Campuses

Waterloo's identity is inseparable from its universities: the University of Waterloo, a 19-minute walk away, anchors the region's reputation in engineering and technology, while Wilfrid Laurier sits closer still, about 16 minutes on foot. Uptown itself has grown into a dense cluster of restaurants and bars — Young Sushi, Beertown Public House, White Rabbit — within a few minutes of the hotel, and St Jacobs Farmers Market and Belmont Village are both reachable without renting a car. It is a city built for people with somewhere specific to be, which the apartment-style rooms and coworking floor both seem to anticipate.

Booking Notes and the Pet Fee

Pets are welcome for a flat CAD 100 fee per stay, dogs and cats only, with service animals exempt — a published, specific policy rather than a vague note to "contact the property." Check-in is remote and keyless, with no traditional front desk, which suits guests arriving outside normal hours but is worth knowing in advance. Parking is covered and self-serve for CAD 20 per night with in-and-out privileges, and the property is entirely smoke-free. Free cancellation applies on select rates, and with 599 reviews behind it, this is one of the better-documented properties on the list.