French's in Orillia

Lightfoot Dr, Orillia, ON L3V 1Y5, Canada

★★★★☆
(118 reviews)
Categories: Hamburger restaurant Fast food restaurant
Address
Lightfoot Dr, Orillia, ON L3V 1Y5, Canada
Plus Code
JH7P+W2 Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Services

Service options
Takeaway Dine-in
Payments
NFC mobile payments

Reviews

4.2
★★★★☆
118 reviews

Most Mentioned

ice cream (9) nostalgia (3) poutine (3) summer (3)
5 stars
73
4 stars
22
3 stars
7
2 stars
2
1 stars
14
August 7, 2024

Says was open walked down far to it was closed I’m pissed

★★★★★
May 13, 2023

The best milkshake you will ever have! Have been coming here for over 30 years and look forward to when they finally open for the season.

★★★★★
March 14, 2023

I’ve been going there for years. I very much recommend going there for ice cream. You get a nice view of your surroundings. The staff are always polite.

★★★★★
August 17, 2022

Fresh and great portions. The price is right for what you get. You can tell that the fryer oil is clean and changed regularly. The fries were a perfect golden brown. Staff are all young and friendly. Sweet kids who you can really tell love their summer jobs.

August 27, 2021

Went there today because of reviews. Would not go back. Fries were extremely dried out like sitting under a heat lamp all day , cheese curds were cold and gravy was not that warm. Burger tasted like a frozen patty and was over charred. Very disappointed

★★★★★
August 10, 2021

Great fries, cool young staff doing their best and affordable prices. Must-try nostalgic spot in Orillia.

★★★★★
July 16, 2021

Hot dogs have a smokey flavour and are very hearty. The fries were great. The poutine looked amazing but didn't try it.

★★★★★
May 17, 2021

Best freaking fries I've ever had!!!! Can't be beat. Awesome staff, great location. Parking is sometimes hard to fine. But seriously so worth your time.

Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Not open

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Great burgers, fries, and milkshakes!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Lovely place!

December 22, 2023

It is not open due to construction. Web site and Google should reflect this Parking: No parking, full of concrete culverts from construction Service : 1/5 Parking space

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ive had many drinks and meals from Frenchs and have always enjoyed them. Fast friendly service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Tried and true. Perfect place to hit during those summer days, at the beach, for hot and cold eats.

December 22, 2022

Great place but need more restaurants on the water like Huntsville Ontario

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Not open yet. Will open when the weather gets nice

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Yummy ice cream

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Expensive and not all that great. Ok for a quick fix but nothing worth writing home about.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Last 5 times I went there the employees were too young to think let alone work. Food sucks for the last 5 years or so too.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great fries and icecream by the park...love it not open yet thou may24 weekend I think it opens

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Awesome people and good food always

December 22, 2022

mid at most

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The nostalgia is better than the food. Its always fun to go to the stand when youre at the beach. Grab a poutine and bring it back to the beach. Love it.

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great sandwiches for great prices!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

This place is a gem. The have truly reasonable prices and quality food (not like competitors that have mediocre food and sky-high prices). I strongly recommend stopping by for lunch!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Parking: Not only is there a small parking lot on the property but right across the street like a stones throw away theres a big parking lot. Kid-friendliness: The workers are very nice to everyone in general and they have lots of patients for kids Wheelchair accessibility: There is some dirt and gravel but there is a way to go up if you have a need for wheelchair accessible

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Awesome !!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great beach food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Amazing place to eat during the summer, cheap food and tastes amazing!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The right place when you are at the park on a sunny day.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Amazing food, staff, location & prices!! 5

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food and extremely fast service would recommend

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

French s Food Stand, Orillia-Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario, Canada. The town was built around a waterfall on the Muskoka River in the centre of town, and is known for its other nearby waterfalls. It was first incorporated in 1875. District: Muskoka, ON (Photo: Mat/collected)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Of their hot dogs always have ice cream there

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great Service Friendly Staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

The Students that work there are the most friendly people i jave ever met. The owners keep the place clean from head to toe they are very friendly as well the wife Carol works very hard and is a beautiful person inside and outside.

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Was not open

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Every year I start the summer off with a milk shake and end every season off with a milk shake. And I drive from Oakville to get it.

December 22, 2021

If I could I would give a 0 star. An hour wait after ordering a cheese dog which they did not have and suggested sausage instead. After 1 hour still did not get anything even though ppl were ordering after us and left. When they finally brought that sausage to the window and the girl was about to give it us other girl came and give to other ppl because their food was ready and apparently they had sausage too. So disappointed. Did not eat and waited for one hour to get explanation that they just opened this weekend.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

We love Frenchs stand! A lot of nostalgia for me... my home town and I have been going to Frenchs stand for as long as I can remember...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good old fashioned burger shack, a staple on the Orillia waterfront area.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Geeat prices, delicious food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Fries were good

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Excellent service and staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Very interesting, just had ice cream it was 100 years old in 2020

★★★★
December 22, 2020

last time I went they got my order wrong, but the food is always delicious

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good fries, quaint old hamburger stand

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Best in Orillia

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Nothing better then a Frechs Hot Dog on a summer day!

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Fries or Ice Cream by the lake... whats not to like?

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Consistently good food.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Shredded cheese doesnt belong on poutine

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great food, hilarious customer service. They know what theyre doing!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Always great food and service and the views are spectacular

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

We expected hand cut fries and battered fish, but we got what seemed like fish from a box and fries from a bag. Disappointed to say the least.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Always love Frenchs. Best fries, icecream and customer service. I love this stand.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

The burger toppings were good. Loved that they offered fried onions. The patty was average frozen patty. Would love to see this place offer fresh patties and fresh cut fries.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Best place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Fantastic piece of history by the waterfront. 100 years in the sunshine city! Fantastic fries and ice cream by the lake on a hot or cool day. Highly recommend. Support local.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Time to get rid of this ghetto over priced place..

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great staff, great food, should be a historical site

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Amazing food and staff! Classic food stand, great conversation/meeting place, right at the heart of our park.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Orillia landmark for close to 100 years. Good food, friendly service.

December 22, 2018

Well...we stopped at Frenches for an order of fires and a cola !!!! Costs us $5.75 and it took us approx. 20 minutes to get the order and the fries are on a paper plate thingie, not boxes as previously was the case and it was patheticely short in size, half of last years and was not hot as expected. Im not sure who is running it this year but I can tell you we are not stopping there anymore! Who waits 20 minutes for simple order of fries for crying out load !!!! I was wonder what visitors from out of town 5hink of Orillia after going there for something to eat. The people running it this year should be ashamed !!!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

Growing up in Orillia always went there through the years and still going

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Hands down best ice cream place in town!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Fabulous place. Friendly staff and hands down the best burger I ve ever eaten. So good in fact that we went back the next day for more.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Excellent food! Staff very friendly

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Excellent fast food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Older then I ever will be. Great place to stop while going for a walk in the park.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Dont forget to try the fish n chips or the chicken burgers .

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

My favorite thing is going there for Frenchie fries with my kids

December 22, 2017

Terrible. Fries were tasteless, and cold, burger was horrible. Never go there again!

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

Great food and fun servers. Thanks. Please keep this establishment open

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Great place to get a drink or something to eat while docked in Orillia! This place has been there forever it seems!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Good outside food truck. Fries are good.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

The atmosphere was lovely, but my pregnant wife was given a sausage that was uncooked in the center.... Cold. But at least the weather was nice.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Hamburgers and milkshakes done the old way! Super thick and creamy milkshakes and fluffy hamburger buns w/ sweet and tangy relish. The fries were fried to crispiness. I wish they had little cups for me to put some ketchup in though. Really good to come here and have a picnic at one of the tables under the trees by Lake Couch.