Cecil’s Brewhouse & Kitchen

2018-09-08. Walked into a large birthday party singing happy birthday which was disorienting and mildly exciting. Sampled a flight of beers which were okay but with some interesting unexpected flavours. Friendly servers. Woody taverny / hotel restaurant feel fits with the old photos and historic building overall impression. Beer didn't really inspire, but it's a nice venue if you are in town.

Établissement visité le samedi 18 février à l’heure du souper. Ambiance: Grand restaurant qui vient de se doter d’une microbrasserie. Il y a aussi une petite section bar. L’endroit était plein. Service: Comme j’étais assis au bar j’ai eu un bon service avec présentation des bières maisons. Sélection: 8 ou 9 bières maisons lors de mon passage. Autant des régulières que des saisonnières. Nourriture: J’ai pris le menu saisonnier du Mardi Gras. Le tout était excellent. (274e rating d’établissement)

This would have been a decent stop in North Bay had they had this brewing system a few years before New Ontario came...but now that New Ontario is in town...there are better craftbeer choices. As for food...which I didn’t try but read about and observed while there...and noting what the previous rater said as well as my local guest hosts...I’m thinking a good food and beer choice in town (being New Ontario does not serve food) would be Raven & Republic which I did eat at and drink at and really enjoyed (nice beer selection there too). Cecil’s is a decent enough place to visit if in town for an extended period...but for 1-3 days...you’ll do just fine with New Ontario, Raven, and Station Taphouse. As the previous rater notes...this is an all in one brew system...makes decent beer...but not great beer (my opinion).

Nothing special. The best beer i think is the sam adams. The food is boxed stuff from a local distributor, just run of the mill deep fried pub food. The sevice is good, but not very knowledgable about beer. The prices are ok, in a beer wasteland like orth bay, its a decent stop. Edited. Place has gotten better. Food is still the same old crap, but they now brew their own beer out of a DME brewing system. Beers seem to be home brew kits just on a much bigger scale, but they are decent. North bay is still a beer wasteland, this is welcome.