The Shire Restaurant and Brew Pub

This restaurant is our favorite in the area. The service is always friendly, the restaurant is always clean, and the food is consistently good. There is plenty of parking available. In a town where businesses often have unpredictable hours, this restaurant is a reliable choice for dinner.

My favourite breakfast in Simcoe! All other meals are delicious as well. Friendly attentive staff even when they are filled with people waiting for a table! Dinning room is comfortable and bar area is inviting with tables, booths and, some stools. Definitely recommend this restaurant. Also very reasonable prices and great value specials. A fantastic place for the whole family.

The Shire has a decent menu and the prices are ok. The food was pub grub and mostly fried it seemed. Our server was really good. The ambience was a little off though. It looked like they had a good selection of taps.

First time visit (breakfast). We arrived. We were quickly greeted and advised that there was about a ten to fifteen minute wait, which was accurate. We were seated. Menus were printed from a laser printer on a sheet of paper, which I don't mind. Four us were provided only one of these menus. We asked for more and provided only one additional sheet of paper. I have to admit, I thought that this was not a really good start. Our order was taken quickly. There was a little bit of a wait for the food to arrive , but nothing unreasonable. I ordered the special which was a omelette with cheese, ham and broccoli. I ordered a fruit cup instead of deep fried potatoes. The fruit cup was nice, all fresh fruit. I'm happy they had an alternative to deep fried potatoes. The omelette I thought the eggs were a little over done, but pretty good none the less. Everybody else's meals received no complaints except they thought the potatoes were greasy. I did taste one and it was like fries cooked in old oil. I'm glad I had the fruit cup. One person had an error that was immediately corrected when mentioned. He ordered a fruit cup as well instead of potatoes, but got the hash browns. Prices were not bad. The restaurant is nice looking, the washrooms were clean. If back in the area, I would try this place again.

Good local breakfast for small or large groups. Nice service. A little pricey but very consistent meals