Niagara-on-the-Lake's first rooftop bar anchors a new walkable district at the edge of Old Town, in a 102-room hotel named for the region's own clay soil rather than any place in Australia.
The Clayfield, a 102-room Unbound Collection by Hyatt property, has opened at the gateway to Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake, anchoring the new Clayfield Commons district. Designed by Montreal's Sid Lee Architecture around the region's clay-soil geology, it brings the town its first rooftop bar and a chef-driven restaurant, Terrain.
The essentials
Group
Hyatt (The Unbound Collection), developed by David Feldberg and John Hawley, managed by Urgo Hotels & Resorts Canada
18 Clayfield Commons, at the corner of Niagara Stone Road and Niven Road, at the gateway to Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake: anchoring Clayfield Commons, a new district of restaurants, cafés and retail around a public square, next to the existing Village residential community and Stratus Vineyards from the same developers.
The concept
Canadian entrepreneurs David Feldberg and John Hawley, also behind the adjacent Village community and the LEED-certified Stratus Vineyards, developed this 102-room hotel as the anchor of Clayfield Commons, a new walkable district at Old Town's edge. Despite the name, "Clayfield" is not a reference to Brisbane's Clayfield suburb; it comes from Niagara's own layered clay soils, a piece of local geology that also shows up as a design and spa motif. Montreal firm Sid Lee Architecture designed the building around vertical wood elements and layered concrete meant to read as integrated into the landscape, with interiors following a seasonal narrative: winter-toned guestrooms, a spring-inspired lobby, a harvest-toned restaurant and a summer-toned spa. Rooms opened in late summer 2026, with the restaurant and rooftop bar following in September: the town's first hotel built around a rooftop format rather than a historic-inn conversion.
Dining & wellness
Terrain, the flagship restaurant developed by Toronto's Ascari Group under Niagara-native chef Joel LaBute, serves seasonal menus built on Ontario producers. A quieter Lobby Bar and The Rooftop, described locally as the town's first rooftop bar, round out the food and beverage program, alongside a spa built around the region's clay-soil treatments.
