5 STARS! I highly recommend you go They did some remodeling in the past three years since I was last here and I have to say I love all of the upgrades. When you walk in, there is a cute little gift store where they also sell fudge. The fudge is absolutely delicious. Personally I think it's better than the fudge you would get at the shore in Jersey or Maryland etc. their bakery items are to die for there is always an abundance of choices so hard to choose from that. Sometimes you get maybe 3 to 5 items because you just can't choose. As always, the staff are fantastic . They hustle and know the menu. The food is always delicious. We've only ever been for breakfast, but I've heard great things about the lunch and dinner menu. read more

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This review is for the restaurant: If you're driving through eastern Maine, add this to your list of stops. Amazing food - I highly recommend the meatloaf. Delicious, perfect comfort food. Super friendly, quick service - and a great selection of treats and Maine gifts in the small shop up front. I went out of my way to go here based on the reputation and am so happy I did. read more

Brookside Inn - Meatloaf - amazing! June 2025 - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Smyrna Mills, Maine

Made from scratch? Local flavors and products? Healthy sized servings? Brookside's breakfast service checks all those off. We had a large party of ten and arrived to find our table set up and ready for service. Our server was particularly attentive and answered a myriad of questions. With a wide variety of orders, she quickly and accurately brought everything to the table. Pancakes are fluffy and two are a challenge to eat. The homemade toast choices were numerous and the cinnamon swirl was particularly well received. My corn beef hash was crisp, crunchy and soft all at the same time and was delicious. The onion hash and hash browns were warm and fresh as was every component of our meal. We left satisfied! read more

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What a jewel of a restaurant! The coffee is delish! Fresh muffins, cookies, homemade breads. Our omelettes were overflowing with ham and cheese and veggies. Homemade fresh cut potatoes crisped up and terrific service Very clean restaurant with a cute gift shop. ! read more

When I'm looking for some homemade cooking when I'm up North, this is the place I go. This time my husband had the pot roast dinner, which was very good and tender. I had the meatloaf, which hit the spot. I love the coleslaw, and both my husband love the dinner rolls!!! The desserts are also very good. The amount of food we get for the price is perfect. read more

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Always swing by here when I visit customers in New Limerick. Everything is always delicious. Had the whole clams today. Don't pass this place by! read more

Serviceable little lunch for us. Were getting tired of clams, lobster and all that stuff. So she had country fried steak and I had meatloaf. Both were on special and came with homemade rolls, mashed spuds and choice of vegetable. Meatloaf was OK and her steak thing was a pre-breaded frozen patty with cream gravy. I'm glad I got gravy on the side rather than on top of my dinner. I could tell it was from a industrial-made base rather than homemade. Yuck! The queen bee decided to get a piece of blueberry pie for a bit later. So later came and went. At least THAT tasted homemade! Not quite sure how this place got 5 stars from so many folks. Well: beggars can't be choosers up in this area. I do have to say the place is clean. Waitress friendly and the decor is simple but quite nice and simple. A couple of kick-plates fell off the radiators and need replacing. Fresh coat of paint on there at least. Hunter green trim and lovely off-white walls and well-kept wainscoting. Now if only they could do that well with their meatloaf. Final oddball note. Lady manager asked if our waitress wanted any half shifts next week; no. 11-7 was fine for her. So awhile later when it came time to cash out, our girl just winced and looked away. It seemed readily apparent that she was afraid of manager lady. She told mgr lady that she didn't wanna mess with what she was doing in her system. Next time we are sticking with Grammy's. Food better and they all get along up there. read more

Brookside Inn - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Smyrna Mills, Maine

Very good food. Service is very good. Very nice ambiance. You feel right at home here. Love to look at the stuff they sell in tbe store area. read more

This place is an oasis. After driving for eight hours, we stopped here to stay a night in a lovely, clean room and eat a dinner and a breakfast in the restaurant. It's a busy place, and when you eat the food you understand it's popularity. The waitstaff is both cheerful and helpful. There are lots of home-baked breads, cookies, muffins and more. Potatoes are local and delicious in any form. What you'll find is scrumptious homemade local food. read more

Always good food and reasonable prices. They've added a shop for tourists to buy items. Guess my only complaint would be staff turnover. Probably need to pay better wages. read more

As time goes on, through pandemics and inflation, Brookside stays consistent. Excellent food, excellent staff, clean facility, and nice to see they are doing some updates to the location. Thanks for the great meals and memories. read more

The only thing keeping me from being a regular? I live 800 miles away! We found this while taking a country drive along US 2. A perfect small-town restaurant with friendly, hard-working staff, great home cooking and plenty of desserts. Maybe it isn't too fancy, but how often do you need that? Beware that, at this time, they are undergoing some renovations. When we first pulled up I thought they might be closed; you have to follow a "detour" to get in the side door. I suspect that will be remedied sometime in the summer of 2022. My suggestion? Get off 95, have a great meal, and then slow down and enjoy old highway 2 yourself. read more

The restaurant was great. The rooms, not. Old, noisy, uncomfortable. I should have read the real reviews.

Arrived a little before 5 PM. My wife ordered the stuffed fillet of soul. Two minutes later found out it was already sold out at 5 PM. The only vegetable they had was corn or coleslaw. She ended up ordering the fish and baked potato, I ordered the prime rib. My wife's baked potato was not fully cooked and the fish was burnt on the bottom side . It was hard for a good portion and cold The corn out of a can al dente they would call it ,I called it cold. The prime rope was not very good. It was a poor, cut, and not very thick not what you expect for 26.99. I would not recommend anybody go there on a Saturday night and expect to have a decent meal. Service was poor as well. read more

If you are looking for a place where the locals go to eat good ol Maine food at great prices this is it. Grilled haddock, lobster roll and seasonal fruit pies are the stars for me. Service on our takeout order was great. read more

Hey, good clean place with nice people serving simple down home cooking. Stopped in with my daughter and husband for breakfast and had a great time. I would love to go back soon. read more

Really good homemade food. Not far off the 95 and worth the stop. We had lobster bisque and clam chowder both really good.

I always save room for dessert because their pies, cakes, and cookies are top notch. Great variety of specials add something new to their already extensive menu. Especially love their grilled haddock and pan-seared scallops. read more

Lunch time after church is one of my favorite stops. They've got really good food, my favorite is the fish and chips ($14) which is a large fillet of fried haddock with a pile of fries that are too much to eat, with a side salad and a roll or biscuit, there's no room left for dessert for me. The son of the previous owner just took over the place and has made some improvements as well. Nice stop off I-95. read more

We stayed here on our way to Canada. It's conveniently located right off the highway. We were so happy when we pulled in. Clean well kept lodging and delicious homemade meals! This will be our new half way stop! Can't wait to return. I'd post pics but we ate everything so fast. Try the Whoopi pies! read more

We stopped here for an early dinner. The service was great! I had the fried haddock bites, and my husband had the meatloaf. Both were very good. It's a hole in the wall, but those are the best places usually. Great service, very clean, and food was very good. read more

I can't believe I'm giving a roadside inn restaurant a five star but the great sandwiches and service merit this. The cuban sandwich I was served was one of the best I've ever had. The Onion rings were hand battered and chrispy. The ham and swiss my wife ordered was the same taste and quality. Well done Brookside! read more

Top-10 restaurant in the county, hands down. Friendly staff, home-cooked meals, cheap prices will keep you coming back.

Great home style food. Plan on a relaxed lunch or dinner. "Maine, the way life should be." read more

Brookside Inn - Brownie Sundae, enough for two. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Smyrna Mills, Maine

Easy to find, clean rooms and good pressure for shower. For a plus has restaurant next door. Woild stay again. read more

Good old fashioned food like your grandmother used to cook. Think of it as the best trucker food in a setting without truckers. And good prices. My favorite eatery in The County. read more

HORRIBLE!!! RACIST RESTURANT!!! I have been frequenting this resturant on and off for a time, always finding the food adequate, not exceptional in any way but simple basic food and service. But then WOW..just walking in the door I was insulted for my attire siting: "there must be something wrong with you" to an endless barrage of insults as I sat at a table. The final insult was comment on my parking (in a pothole filled lot with no lines) quote" you must be french" implying that since i cannot park in a perfect line i'm french! That was enough! I had to leave immediately. Only learning on my exit that it was the "owner" of the resturant who was harassing me the whole time! So if you like being degraded and insulted, and enjoy being racist this is the place for you! read more

My husband and I stopped by on a road trip after seeing the previous reviews. We were pleasantly surprised by the inviting and put together decor once inside. We ordered the pulled pork, and the chicken dinner, the waitress was very friendly and we were given several options for substitutions for sides. Both meals were excellent, the macaroni salad that I chose with mine was well balanced, with fresh peppers and tomatoes. The pulled pork sandwich was a balance of tangy and sweet, with slow cooked pulled pork. The chicken dinner was incredible, especially for 7.99. The outside of the chicken was crisp, seasoned, and the chicken was cooked perfectly. The mashed potatoes were fluffy with a chicken gravy that was definitely homemade and also very good. At the end of the meal we were given free cake for customer appreciation day( I believe it happens every Tuesday). It was an amazing carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, everything about it was perfect. Soft cake and creamy frosting. If we didn't live over nine hours away we would be back frequently ! Hoping those who see this in the area will give it a try :) read more

We stopped for breakfast! The food was delicious (Blueberry pancakes) and the waitress was very nice and friendly! Prices overall appeared on the low side. Would stop again! read more

Looking for great home cooked food and friendly service this is the place. The homemade pie and bread is amazing.

A small diner like atmosphere. You seat yourself but no one told us that until we asked, even though 3 different staff members walked past us multiple times . The menu is large with variety but the food was meh. One of the specials was the Mac and cheese with lobster. Had a few bites with shell in it. And the mac n cheese tasted like it came from a box. The shrimp scampi was mediocre and the shrimp Alfredo came without broccoli. Spaghetti and meatballs good. Haddock and baked potato- good. Squash and zucchini- ok. Too much pepper for my mother in law. The water had a weird taste and the tea was cloudy?! The waitress barely had a personality but was attentive. The bathrooms were clean. A few ceiling tiles were missing and the drop ceiling was sagging. I guess if your hungry enough this is decent place and considering it's just off the highway and in the middle of nowhere , you may need to stop anyway. The one redeeming quality was the desserts. We ordered the chocolate cream pie to go. Delicious! read more

Just ate breakfast here and it was wonderful. Many types of homemade bread and the service was excellent. It is easy on and off the highway. The dinner menu looked great as well as the desserts. Will definitely stop in again, if hungry on our way south. read more

A friend of ours was going to stay at this motel because it has a restaurant attached. When he got to his room, he discovered the bed had BEDBUGS all over it. He luckily was reimbursed to his credit card. read more