Lakeside Bala

Excellent service, equipment and eating! the owners take care of their business and serve their community. it was a pleasure to eat here

Total 10 outa 10! great outsight great service great laundry board!

Enjoy a beautiful view of the muskoka lake and enjoy delicious food!

My husband and I had not been out to eat for a while, and we both love to eat good food and enjoy wine. I saw that they had a promo going on that included live jazz music which I love and my husband tolerates. ;We were warmly greeted by Julie when we came in and she happened to be our server for the evening too. We felt comfortable and made to be welcome and treated special by her for the whole evening. I had the seafood linguine with a beautiful glass of Pondview Riesling while my husband ordered the stuffed Cornish hen with a choice red wine he loved. The live music added to our enjoyment of the evening and it felt very intimate inside the restaurant most particularly from the excellent service we received. We will definitely go back and will love to experience the patio during the summer months

I was my first time to Lakeside Bala for dinner. The restaurant was lit with flickering candles which had a very calming effect. We were seated in the spacious new addition over looking the water. Our server, Louis, was very friendly and knowledge about the food and the area.We started with the baked Brie appetizer. It arrived warm and gooey with plenty of dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds and a stack of crunchy crostini. Plenty to share with people.I had the lamb shank. The meat was so tender it fell off the bone. My dining partner had the steak which was cooked to a proper medium rare. Both meals were very filling.To end the night we shared the cream brulee trio and their flourless chocolate torte. Each cream brulee had a perfect sugar crust which cracked to reveal a different delicious cream center and the torte was a slow decadent death by chocolate.I have dined in Muskoka over the past years and this is one of the best dining experiences I have enjoyed