Era 67

We love Era 67. We have come as a couple, with the kids, and I have had a number of business meetings /​meals in their private room. It is pricey, but well worth it. Wonderful experience, lovely ambiance, and the food is unique, beautiful, and tasty. We aren’t from Orillia, but whenever we can come up from Toronto, we are sure to stop in for some fine dining at Era 67.
Enjoy!

Probably one of the very few fine dining restaurants in the Orillia area located somewhat close to Casino Rama.
Make sure you book well in advance. We did and fortunately the staff was very accommodating right to the day of, squeezing us in to a superior time slot.
The Food and service was top notch.
We will definitely visit again.

We stopped in for lunch and had a great meal. We both had the soup, salad & sandwich combo. There is a different combination every day for only $ 13. On this day the combination was; potato bacon cheddar soup, arrugala salad with garlic balsamic dressing fresh berries & goat cheese and half of a grilled cheese Reuben sandwich. I can’t think of a much better combo for my personal tastes. Each element of the combo was well done. We also shared an order or onion rings that were delicious.

I love this restaurant! I was first introduced for lunch by a co-​worker, and have gone back often. The daily lunch specials are always a good choice. The onion rings are great and mushroom and broccoli soup outstanding. The atmosphere is cozy and service great. Cucumber in the water and other little touches make me appreciate this restaurant even more.

Passing through and glad we stopped in here for lunch! I was quite impressed with the food. Everything that can be is locally sourced. I had the PBLT, which was a thick cut peameal, arugula, white cheddar and tomato sandwich. Had it along with the hearts of romaine. The meal was superb! My colleague had the poutine and said it was great. As far as atmosphere goes, the lounge was cool. Dining room was nice but I found it dark and a bit stuffy. Service was great! I highly recommend finding your way to Era 67!

Maybe I have high expectation for Era 67. Their website looks amazing and I just love the concept of having something that is fresh, sourced locally and Canadian.
Love the atmosphere of Era 67, classy but modern and the service is excellent too!
We shared 2 appetizers and 2 mains, the description in the menu just sounded so awesome and hard to resist.
Era67 Poutine ($ 8)
— In-​house fresh cut Yukon Gold fries, seasoned with duck jus lie, duck thigh conct, garlic curds, topped with crispy fried leeks
Hickory Smoked Duck Breast and Trio of Beet Salad ($ 12)
— In-​House cherry smoked locally, raised, organic, free range breast of duck from North River Farms. Paired with a combination of candy cane, golden and cylinder Cookstown Greens beets over a bed of fire roasted lime and dill crème fraîche topped with baby arugula, stilton cheese, candied pecans and drizzled with local, orillia honey roasted garlic champagne vinaigrette
Jigg’s Two Puck Osso Bucco ($ 27)
— Thick cut veal shank braised with fire roasted tomatoes, mirepoix and fresh herbs in a white wine broth resting atop a homemade skillet seared Bala cranberry Bannock Bread Pudding and topped with a traditional gremolata
Duck Duo Risotto ($ 25)
— In-​house cherry smoked locally, raised, organic, free range breast of duck from North River Farms. Paired with a conct drumstick over a bed of saffron and Balderson 3 year old cheddar simmered in our white wine duck stock enveloped with oyster mushrooms, rainbrow of grape tomatoes and wilted baby arugula topped with Cajun toasted walnuts and a spiced port Bala cranberry coulis
Stay away from the duck as I found aside from the poutine which was the best part of the meal. the rest of the duck was a little disappointing. Most of the duck items were dry, bland and uninspiring. Sadly even the Osso Bucco was really dry…
The beer selection on tap is minimum but with selection from local breweries including Muskoka Brewing in the area.

This is an outstanding restaurant. The quality of the is excellent and the service is outstanding. Ear 67 is now a regular place to eat for us.

Excellent for lunch or dinner in Orillia. Genuinely locally sourced food, excellently prepared. The menu varies seasonally, and there is often a special prix fixe menu of seasonal specials.
Service is generally excellent, though sometimes it becomes apparent they must struggle to find fine-​dining staff locally.
They also have a shuttle service, and BYO wine.
They really have no competition in terms of quality in the area.

Went there for lunch last Sat with a group of 6. We had great experience, fantastic service & delicious food. Since that day was my post-​birthday. I received a complimentary Butter Tart from the restaurant. Thank you and will go back very soon!

Great lunch special today. I very much enjoyed the atmosphere here. Amazing service. I will be here again you bet.

If you want to eat really good Canadian and local fine dining, this is the place to go.
Check out their website for menus, events, and current news.
The atmosphere is nice, warm, walls are red colour, nice carpet, nice dining tables with white table cloth. They have live bands and a few private rooms, other than the main dining area.
The waiters are very attentive and care a lot about the customers. They are very accomodating with food allergies or food issues. They know a lot about the dishes and their wine which is very nice.
Prices are higher. Around $ 25+ for a dish of food and water. If you want dessert and wine the cost will go up to around $ 45+ per person. You can also wait for Lake Country Dining and Barrielicious which are meal testing events with a set 3 course meal for $ 25-​$ 30 which is a great deal.
I have been here 7 times for lunch and dinner.
Dishes I have had:
Appetizers:
1. Scallops & Tiger Shrimp with cucumber and tomato relish. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ This dish was absolutely amazing. It had fresh perfectly poached scallops as 1 inch in size. Tiger Shrimp was very succulent and sweet, cooked perfectly. The relish was sweet, tangy and chopped ever so small into bits. It was really refreshing and so appetizing!
2. Mushroom Truffle Soup. ⁹⁄₁₀ Very creamy, had notes of Truffle and the soup was soo creamy and you’d get a few small bits of wild mushrooms. Very nice.
3. Duck Confit with Duck Gravy Poutine. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ Just magical. It was so creamy, the cheese was a bit tangy. I love duck, so the fries that were perfectly crispy matching the mouth melting duck gravy was just perfect. The bits of duck meat were shredded and added on top for more duck! If you love poutine and duck you’ll be in heaven really!
4.Trio of Beet and Baby Arugula Salad — ⁸⁄₁₀. The combination of the beets were bleeding a bit everywhere. The vinagarette was very nice. The combination of the cucumber was nice and arugula was a good peppery taste and touch for the dish. I didn’t think it was amazing though… it lacked a bit of crunch and more acidity like nuts and tomatoes.
Main Dishes
1. Salmon Organic Cedar Plank from B.C. So it was fresh pacific king salmon fillet glazed with grainy maple mustard was absolutely delicious, fish was so fresh, cooked perfectly, not too flakey and was still juicy. The beet infused wheat berry was too chewy for me, but was kind of sweet. and grilled mixed vegetables which were cooked with little oil and herbs.
2. Sable Fish with Risotto ⁶⁄₁₀. I didn’t enjoy this dish because I didn’t like the taste of the sable fish. The boar bacon that was wrapped around it was really soggy and wasn’t very appealing (look wise) The risotto was very thick and had far too much and too starchy, however the flavour wasn’t bad.
3. Trio of Mushroom Alberta Strip loin Steak. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ The steak was one of the best I have ever had, the seasonings on it were very simple yet not too salty. They aged their steaks and hence why it’s so tender, juicy and melts in yoru mouth. The mash potatoes were perfect and so creamy with butter probably. The veggies were delish and had a little herb on them. I didn’t care for the fried onions on top, however,
4. Ontario Pork Duo. ⁸⁄₁₀ The centre cut pork loin was a bit dry surprisingly. The gravy was very nice and the mash potatoes were very creamy and perfectly seasoned. The Pork Belly Confit was alittle too greasy for me, but nonetheless very tasty and juicy. The Barbeque glaze was sweet but yet tangy, very nice.
Desserts.
1. Macintosh Apple Beignets. ⁸⁄₁₀ I had a bite of the apple beignets with caramel sauce and ice cream. Was super tasty and the batter was perfect and fluffly.
2. Pumpking Cheesecake. ⁹⁄₁₀ The crust was sweet but moist and tasted like brown sugar. The cheesecake had pumpkin flavour blended throughout the cheese cake part. Moist and tasty.
3. (I didn’t try this) Wilkie’s Butter Tarts with ice cream. Looked amazing and someone else ate it. Wilkie’s is a place that is local and has delicious butter tarts in downtown Orillia so it’s nice to have this dessert in the menu.
I think overall this place is a ⁹⁄₁₀ for me. The dishes are solid. The head Chef Ian Thompson is very talented and shows his creativity through his good quality and tasty food. Try it out for a special event, birthday, valentines day etc.