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.
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.
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.
Downtown Stratford’s weekday takeout institution for house-made sandwiches, salads, baked goods, daily specials, and Market Square lunch runs.
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.
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.
Downtown Stratford breakfast fixture with cookie-sheet portions, French-toast Benedicts, and a smoked-meat thread running through brunch and lunch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
