Stratford City Hall — Local services in Stratford

Remember the old saying "You can't fight City Hall". Well in the case of Stratford City Hall, that appears to be the case. I arrived in town from Toronto to spend the weekend. I was running a little late for my 2pm performance when I parked a block away. I went in to get a slice of pizza and realized after spending about 15 minutes in the pizza place I realized I had neglected to put money in the metre. Letting my friend go off to the theatre, I circled back to feed the meter. I arrived to find a parking ticket on my windshield. RATS!. Ok ok I will pay it on line later. I pay the metre and rush to the theatre and enjoy a wonderful performance of Paradise Lost. Well later that evening as I looked at the ticket for the online address to pay I see two options, pay by mail or pay in person. I then realize that I could have run over to City Hall at intermission to pay the ticket. Now I need to find a cheque it has been about 5 years since I have written a cheque. I don't even know if I have any blank cheques. Lesson learned ....

Extremely disappointing and frustrating experience. We’ve visited The Boathouse before and enjoyed it, but this time we were given a $40 parking ticket without any prior warning or clear instructions. There were no visible signs anywhere stating that you’re required to print out a confirmation and place it on your car window. When we asked about it, staff simply said that’s the rule but again nothing is posted and no one informed us, either online or in person. Even worse, we counted about 10 other cars with nothing displayed on their dashboards, and none of them had tickets. It felt unfair and embarrassing, like we were being singled out for something we couldn’t have known. This is not our first time coming here but after this experience, it will be our last. It’s unacceptable for a tourist spot like this to have such poor communication. A simple sign could’ve prevented this. Fix this. Visitors shouldn’t be punished for your...

Went on an extreme sunny day . Definitely not advisable. I haven’t got a chance to get inside the city hall as the drive from Toronto is little far. surrounding places gives some tourist vibes and you have few places to try for food. The places are close by and the parking is cheap 2$ per hour or something near the chuck roadhouse . The time we went in they had little children entertainment set up on road with colours it’s cool to spend a day .also you can go to Goderich beach while there it’s an hour drive . This beach is excellent for sun set and fun place to all age. They have excellent seating arrangement set up where...