Best Restaurants in Stratford, Ontario

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a 38-seat Stratford bistro from Brian Clarke and Sarah Sylvester, built around seasonal small plates, classic cocktails, and a family-name story. The current menu moves from Crispy Devilled Eggs and Salt-Roasted Beets to Grilled Octopus, escargot, duck tagliatelle, and online reservations for a planned downtown dinner.

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South African

Braai House

Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Braai House brings South African braai into an upstairs Stratford dining room built around visible fire: wood grill, pizza oven, Chef's Bar, biltong, bobotie, boerewors, Cape Malay curry and after-7:30 pizzas.

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Asian Fusion

The Common

Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

The Common is a downtown Stratford restaurant from chef-owner Tim Otsuki and Cassandre Frost, pairing a compact global-comfort menu with local-seasonal ingredients, lunch/dinner service, and a hidden garden patio. Go for Khao Soi Gai, Black Cod, the DAMN burger, Pakora, and a planned reservation rhythm.

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Mediterranean

Pizza Bistro

Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Pizza Bistro is a downtown Stratford comeback story: a Greek-Mediterranean pizzeria shaped by a Greece chapter, current sourdough pizzas, small plates, and all-week takeout deals. The strongest read is the menu breadth, not a chef biography.

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Upscale Casual

The Bruce Hotel

Upper Downie Street / Festival Area · $$$$

Polished Stratford hotel dining built around Perth County sourcing, pre-theatre prix fixe, tasting menu, wine, caviar, and current chef Nick Benninger.

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Canadian

The Starlight

Downtown Core / Market Square · $$$

The Starlight is a downtown Stratford restaurant and bar where Megan Jones and Tim Pritchard's motel-lounge idea brings dinner, Sunday brunch, late-night food, cocktails, and recurring live music into one full-service room.

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Sandwiches

Sirkel Foods

Downtown Core / Market Square · $

Downtown Stratford’s weekday takeout institution for house-made sandwiches, salads, baked goods, daily specials, and Market Square lunch runs.

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Café

Brch & Wyn

Upper Downie Street / Festival Area · $$

Brch & Wyn is a Stratford cafe by day and Wyn Bar by night inside the Bradshaw Lofts, built around Jonny Kirwin's coffee-and-wine program. The strongest path runs through direct-trade coffee, sourdough panini, Sunday brunch, and a Wyn menu led by Mushroom Scallion Pancake, Papa K Flatbread and wine-bar plates.

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21 restaurants in Stratford

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Elizabeth

9.9

Bistro · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$$$

Elizabeth is a 38-seat Stratford bistro from Brian Clarke and Sarah Sylvester, built around seasonal small plates, classic cocktails, and a family-name story. The current menu moves from Crispy Devilled Eggs and Salt-Roasted Beets to Grilled Octopus, escargot, duck tagliatelle, and online reservations for a planned downtown dinner.

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Braai House

9.5

South African · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Braai House brings South African braai into an upstairs Stratford dining room built around visible fire: wood grill, pizza oven, Chef's Bar, biltong, bobotie, boerewors, Cape Malay curry and after-7:30 pizzas.

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The Common

9.4

Asian Fusion · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

The Common is a downtown Stratford restaurant from chef-owner Tim Otsuki and Cassandre Frost, pairing a compact global-comfort menu with local-seasonal ingredients, lunch/dinner service, and a hidden garden patio. Go for Khao Soi Gai, Black Cod, the DAMN burger, Pakora, and a planned reservation rhythm.

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Pizza Bistro

9.4

Mediterranean · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Pizza Bistro is a downtown Stratford comeback story: a Greek-Mediterranean pizzeria shaped by a Greece chapter, current sourdough pizzas, small plates, and all-week takeout deals. The strongest read is the menu breadth, not a chef biography.

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The Bruce Hotel

9.4

Upscale Casual · Upper Downie Street / Festival Area · $$$$

Polished Stratford hotel dining built around Perth County sourcing, pre-theatre prix fixe, tasting menu, wine, caviar, and current chef Nick Benninger.

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The Starlight

9.4

Canadian · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$$

The Starlight is a downtown Stratford restaurant and bar where Megan Jones and Tim Pritchard's motel-lounge idea brings dinner, Sunday brunch, late-night food, cocktails, and recurring live music into one full-service room.

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Mercer Kitchen & Beer Hall

9.3

Gastro Pub · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Mercer Kitchen & Beer Hall is a downtown Stratford hotel restaurant where izakaya-inspired cooking meets an Ontario craft beer program. The menu moves from karaage chicken, coconut curry soup and steam-bun pierogies to seafood khao soi, brunch Benedicts and a daily happy-hour drinks window.

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Romeos Corner Cafe

9.2

Breakfast · Ontario Street Corridor · $$

Romeo’s Corner Cafe is a Stratford breakfast-and-lunch cafe built around Benedicts, burgers, sandwiches, pancakes, skillets, and family-friendly daytime choices.

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Pazzo Pizzeria

9.2

Italian · Ontario Street Corridor · $$

Downtown Stratford Italian fixture for thin-crust pizza, house-made pasta, Festival-adjacent meals, and Friday/late-night value windows.

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Joe's Diner

9.2

Diner · Erie Street South Strip · $

A Stratford diner for all-day breakfast, big-value comfort plates, fish and chips, classic sandwiches, kids meals, and first-come daytime service.

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Stratford Thai Cuisine

9.0

Thai · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Stratford Thai Cuisine is a downtown Stratford Thai kitchen with a chef-owner backstory, a deep noodle-and-curry core, seafood specials like Mango Salmon, and a practical weekday lunch-special hook for dine-in, takeout, and delivery.

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Features

9.0

Breakfast · Downtown Core / Market Square · $

Downtown Stratford breakfast fixture with cookie-sheet portions, French-toast Benedicts, and a smoked-meat thread running through brunch and lunch.

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Mone-Thai

8.9

Thai · Downtown Core / Market Square · $

Mone-Thai is a family-owned Thai restaurant in downtown Stratford, open since April 2012, with curries, noodles, pho, Tamarind Fish, Thai Style Pad Thai, house sauces, and a full Dancing Lion bubble tea lineup.

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Demetre's Family Eatery

8.8

Greek · Ontario Street Corridor · $$

Family-owned Stratford standby for Greek-Canadian comfort plates, breakfast/lunch service, and early dinners built around souvlaki, moussaka, fish and chips, burgers, and family logistics.

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Bentley's Bar Inn & Restaurant

8.5

British Pub · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Bentley’s is a downtown Stratford pub-and-inn fixture where British pub staples, Chef Pascal menu cues, daily features, and the 1984 move into 99 Ontario Street all work together.

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Raja Fine Indian Cuisine

8.3

Indian · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Raja is a downtown Stratford Indian and Thai restaurant beside the Avon Theatre, built around butter chicken, tandoori dishes, curry-and-naan comfort, direct online ordering, and a community-rooted story tied to Zafar Quazi.

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The Parlour Inn Restaurant

8.3

Canadian · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

The Parlour Inn Restaurant is a heritage Stratford dining room for theatre-day meals, familiar full-service cooking, daily happy hour, and a patio-backed downtown visit.

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Fellini’s Italian Cucina

8.1

Italian · Downtown Core / Market Square · $$

Fellini's is a family-owned Stratford Italian restaurant built around house-made comfort food: pasta, calzone, stone-oven pizza, classic entrees and scratch desserts. The strongest order is menu-led: Penne Marcello, Nonna's Meaty Lasagna, bruschetta, calzone and tiramisu.

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