Lord Elgin Hotel Hotels in Ottawa – GayOut Guide
GAY-FRIENDLY
Stay at Lord Elgin Hotel
Check availability and book your room.
🚶 6 min walk to Club SAW · 5 / 1 km
Book a Room Now
Gay Hotels ⭐ Featured LGBTQ+ Friendly

Lord Elgin Hotel

Google (3491) 4.3
Tripadvisor (270) 4.4
Been here? Rate it in 3 clicks
What reviewers say

Visitors praise the Lord Elgin Hotel for its classic charm, cleanliness, and comfortable rooms, with many appreciating the helpful and pleasant family ownership. However, some guests have reported issues with outdated exterior conditions and cleanliness concerns like leftover food in the fridge, while others experienced rudeness from staff.

87
/ 100
GayOut Score
G4.3 🦉4.4
✅ Link copied!
Address
100 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5K8
📞
Phone
+1 613-235-3333
🌐
Website
lordelginhotel.ca
💰
Price Range
$$$

Hotels near Lord Elgin Hotel

via Stay22
Hotels near Lord Elgin Hotel
Loading map…

About this place Lord Elgin Hotel

The Lord Elgin, a 1940s‑era hotel on Elgin Street, offers a central Ottawa base with mid‑range prices and a gay‑friendly label. Opened in 1941, the brick‑faced building sits opposite Confederation Park and has the sort of old‑school charm that feels more lived‑in than polished. It isn’t marketed as a gay hotel, but it does appear on gay‑friendly lists, so you’ll find the usual signals of inclusivity without the niche branding. Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal and the National Arts Centre are all a few minutes’ walk away, making a morning of sightseeing almost effortless. The ByWard Market is a 15‑minute stroll, and the Bank Street village—Ottawa’s gay strip—is reachable on foot or via a short bus hop. If you’re in town for Capital Pride in August, the Lord Elgin is a practical launchpad; just be aware rooms fill up fast, so book early. Rooms sit in the mid‑to‑upper price band, which feels about right for the location and the building’s vintage feel.

Features

Gay-friendly (straight venue) LGBTQ+ Food served Walk ins welcome Mixed LGBTQ+ Card payments accepted Walk-ins welcome Wheelchair accessible ♿ WiFi Year-round Gay-popular Pool Gym Gay-friendly (straight venue) Air conditioning

Insider Tips

Community Reviews

Write a Review

Google Reviews

Verified by Google
4.3
★★★★★
3,491 reviews

Based on 3,491 Google reviews.

Anilene Krishna
Anilene Krishna Jun 2026
★★★★★

It was beautiful hotel. Reminded us of the hotels in Scotland. The service was excellent. There was some construction work going on and we saw the scaffolding out of the window. The room was cleaned . Bfast was good

Jáchym Kubata
Jáchym Kubata Jun 2026
★★★★★
Norman Mayhew
Norman Mayhew Jun 2026
★★★★★

Myself and my wife had a booking at this hotel and when we arrived we were told that there was a problem with the room, from their demeanour and attitude. I felt that there wasn’t a problem with the room. It’s just that they had double booked. because things they were saying to us didn’t add up also I already had a message during the day about my booking so if there was a problem with the room, where they said there was an issue early in the morning they had every opportunity to contact me and discuss this with me instead they tried to put us in a cheap three star hotel around the corner without any form of compensation, apart from about $100 off of our stay being a four-star hotel and being asked to go into a three star hotel which looked like something my granny would’ve decorated. This was very very disappointing. The attitude that I had from the staff was that they didn’t really care and I had to get onto my booking company and whilst the hotel said they’ve tried every hotel in the area and couldn’t find any I found a hotel around the corner that was within 600 meters of the Lord Elgin and got stay there. however this took 2 1/2 hours to sort and by the time we’re finished it was 9.45pm by the time I’ve got to a hotel the whole evening was ruined. We couldn’t go to a restaurant or do anything so we lost an evening of our holiday and the Lord Elgin didn’t care. Think twice before you booked this hotel, because if there is a problem, they will not treat you well and will not care.

Sheila Nardi
Sheila Nardi Jun 2026
★★★★★
Jeeva T
Jeeva T Jun 2026
★★★★★

Staff was so great here. We booked a day use room at a fantastic rate.

Nathalie Lortie
Nathalie Lortie Jun 2026
★★★★★

Beautiful and a good company.

Alain Sobaszek
Alain Sobaszek Jun 2026
★★★★★

The ideal location in Ottawa. The rooms are great. The inside pool and the gym are definitly a plus.

TripAdvisor

Powered by TripAdvisor

Write a Review

20 reviews so far — add yours

Last updated on 6 November 2026

Stay in the Loop

Get the latest LGBTQ+ events and venue openings in your inbox.

Enter your email to receive Pride event updates and new-venue alerts.

Already a subscriber? Unsubscribe

Your privacy choices. We use cookies to run GayOut and, with your consent, measure usage. Learn more