{"id":6104,"date":"2026-06-30T06:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/top-restaurants"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:21:15","slug":"top-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/top-restaurants","title":{"rendered":"TOP 10 restaurants in Ottawa: a review-based pick 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ten rooms, one shared instinct: in Ottawa the tables worth planning around gather downtown, around the ByWard Market and Centretown, then spill into the neighbourhoods that argue about which of them is best. JOEY Rideau sits between the Rideau Centre and the Market with a theatre kitchen and a covered rooftop patio; Riviera Ottawa occupies an Art Deco banking hall from the late 1930s; Cocotte Bistro dresses a hotel dining room in green velvet minutes from Parliament Hill. Further out, Gezellig holds Westboro Village inside a converted 1950s bank.<\/p>\n

What separates them is register, not ambition. B\u00e2ton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar and JOEY Lansdowne are built for generous, unhurried evenings with room for a group; Chez Lucien and Wilf & Ada’s (No reservations) follow the opposite instinct \u2014 small, walk-in, run on candlelight or on morning coffee. Choose by the evening you want rather than by the cuisine label.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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At a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nPlace<\/th>\nScore<\/th>\nReviews<\/th>\nStands out for<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nJOEY Rideau<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.5<\/td>\n11 372<\/td>\nEditors' pick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJOEY Lansdowne<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.5<\/td>\n10 326<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nB\u00e2ton Rouge Grillhouse & Bar<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 8.9<\/td>\n3 555<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nChez Lucien<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.1<\/td>\n3 302<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nWilf & Ada's (No reservations)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.1<\/td>\n2 211<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCocotte Bistro<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 8.9<\/td>\n1 898<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nRiviera Ottawa<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.3<\/td>\n1 669<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGezellig<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.3<\/td>\n1 582<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nProhibition Public House<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.1<\/td>\n1 256<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSupply and Demand<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u2b50 9.7<\/td>\n1 252<\/td>\nPeople's favourite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Highlights<\/h2>\n