This is an amazing toy store. Taking advantage of the grandparent's day deal every month is one of…read morethe best ways to get discounts on Lego sets that don't go on discount anywhere else. And, the board games. It's a great way to get cheap board games. What's incredible is that this place carries a number of games that are difficult to find even in the city. The selection of puzzles is also superb. This is a curated toy store where almost everything here is worth buying. Which, of course, is a curse all of its own. It's hard to step in here "just to look around" and leave without picking something up.

Thank goodness, the box stores haven't really attacked Muskoka. This toy shop is what all toy…read moreshops should be. A place to explore with your kids and not feel bombarded by mass market items. Great variety. Very reasonable prices. They also have a drop in art class in the back.

Saturday Afternoons opened probably two or three summers ago in Bala, but this was the first year…read morehusband and I bothered to go in. What we found was a high-end (read: well-crafted but fairly expensive), somewhat generic (read: could have come from Pottery Barn/Restoration Hardware/Crate & Barrel/West Elm) home decor store. While I appreciate that style for anchor pieces like sofas and end tables, I'd definitely rather fill a glass lamp with my *own* found seashells than buy one pre-filled. I wasn't all that surprised to learn, then, when composing my Yelp review, that Saturday Afternoons is a small Ontario chain. Because nothing in the Bala outpost seems particularly Muskoka specific like so many other home goods stores 'round these parts.

We drive to Bracebridge from our cottage every year since 2005 to check out the Artful Garden…read more Many different artists display their wares outside throughout a the beautiful gardens of Jon & Suzann Partridge: Our favourite artist there is definitely Jean Pierre Schoss: http://www.dogbitesteel.com/ Bracebridge is a wonderful town to visit so it's definitely worth the drive.

Great spot to pick up anything you need for waterskiing wakeboard and tubing kayaking paddle boardread more

Muskoka Thrift Store is a wonderful community gem--clean, well organized, friendly staff, and great…read morefinds at great prices. Always worth a stop!

Great rustic and authentic items but are rather pricyread more

Wow. The best shop in Muskoka, maybe even Canada!read more

Worth stopping by if you like novelty stuff. The local candles smelled amazing, but as always with…read morethese place nothing comes cheap! Lots of hoodies, shirts, etc. for Muskoka towns. Quite a bit of items marketed as Indigenous-made (moccasins, rock/crystal jewelry, artwork) - would love to get some info as to who specifically manufactures them and what Indigenous artisans/communities receive profit from them. Very busy shop.

Great little shop that sells just about anything a tourist could love. Picked up some Algonquin…read moreTea. Would have loved to pick up some Totem Birthstones but they were out of the months I need. This place is a sure stop in.

When I find myself in the area, and looking to buy jewelry, this is the place I come to…read more Their staff are great and really friendly. Their prices are very reasonable. Their silver chains are not overpriced - which they could be, because if you've committed to the charm, you've likely already decided that the cost of the chain doesn't matter all that much. But, it's better quality than Walmart at a very similar price. And, with far more options. They have a number of different designs they rotate through, and there have been some that I wanted but didn't get at the right time. Sometimes I see what I want on a necklace, but as earrings. Though, I suspect I could just make a request? That said, there's always been something else that caught my eye. It makes a great memento of Canada, and the North. Their windswept trees are superb designs. And if you want pirate rings? Yeah, they have them, too.

If you give them a bad review because their website sucks, well Mike told me he felt sorry for me…read more I was looking to purchase a diamond and ruby ring. Didn't say anything about what I was looking for just that he felt sorry for me. Mike has never met me, I was in the area last weekend. I popped in, the staff are just rude. I won't be giving this place my business.