{"id":6944,"date":"2026-08-11T05:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:09:03","slug":"happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa","title":{"rendered":"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel) \u26059.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-cafes\">\u2190 TOP 10 cafes in Ottawa: a review-based pick 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Ottawa<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.3\/10 \u00b7 1243 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-10 17:35:49<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>35 Laurel St, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4M4, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1613-822-3383\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=45.40538,-75.717221\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p>Order a coffee almost anywhere independent in Ottawa and there is a fair chance the beans came from here. <strong>Happy Goat Coffee Co.<\/strong> in Hintonburg is the original address of a roastery that now supplies dozens of caf\u00e9s, restaurants and offices across the city, and it is still the room where the roasting happens rather than a branch that receives sacks from somewhere else. That distinction is the whole reason to choose this location over the fifteen or so others carrying the same name: this is the source, and it behaves like one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a8a4af0690db\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a8a4af0690db\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Whats_in_the_cup\" >What&#8217;s in the cup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Whos_behind_it\" >Who&#8217;s behind it<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Which_kind_of_visit_it_suits\" >Which kind of visit it suits<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#The_room_and_the_mood\" >The room and the mood<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Beyond_the_coffee\" >Beyond the coffee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#When_to_come\" >When to come<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Getting_there\" >Getting there<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Opening_hours\" >Opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawanka.com\/en\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The original, and the roastery.<\/strong> The company grew out of a garage operation in 2010 and this is where it settled; beans are roasted on the premises in small batches rather than trucked in finished.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drip that changes with the roast.<\/strong> Because production and counter share a building, the filter coffee rotates according to what has just come off the roaster instead of sitting on a fixed house blend all year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A master roaster with an unusual CV.<\/strong> The roasting is led by Dr. Hans Langenbahn, whose background is anthropological as much as technical and who travels regularly to Addis Ababa to work with partnered growers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Direct relationships, not a broker list.<\/strong> The company buys from growers across seven or more coffee regions through relationships it maintains itself, which is rare at this volume.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The name is a coffee origin myth.<\/strong> It comes from the legend of the dancing goats \u2014 the Ethiopian tale of a herder noticing his animals behaving strangely after eating certain berries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beans to take home.<\/strong> This is the one address where the retail shelf, the roaster and the espresso machine are all in the same room, which makes it the logical place to buy rather than just to drink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_in_the_cup\"><\/span>What&#8217;s in the cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike most caf\u00e9s on any city&#8217;s list, Happy Goat is a roaster first and a caf\u00e9 second, and the cup reflects that order of priorities. The beans are bought through direct relationships with growers across several coffee-producing regions, roasted in Ottawa in small batches on professional equipment, and then sold across the city \u2014 which means what you drink here is not a product bought in but the house&#8217;s own output, tasted at the shortest possible distance from the roaster.<\/p>\n<p>The practical effect shows up in the filter offer. In a caf\u00e9 that buys its coffee, the drip is a fixed decision made months in advance; here it moves with production, so the coffee waiting in the batch brewer is often whatever was roasted most recently. Ask what is on and you will get a real answer rather than a shrug, and if you are the kind of drinker who wants to taste the difference between one origin and the next, this is a room where that question is welcome. Espresso and milk drinks are prepared to the standard you would expect from a company whose beans are being judged in dozens of other caf\u00e9s at the same moment \u2014 consistency matters more to a roaster than to anyone else, because every cup is an advertisement.<\/p>\n<p>The sourcing story is worth taking seriously because it is documented rather than decorative. The master roaster&#8217;s connection to Ethiopia is not a marketing line about &#8220;our partners at origin&#8221; \u2014 he has worked in the region and returns to it, and the company&#8217;s East African coffees carry that relationship. That does not automatically make every cup extraordinary, and a roastery this size inevitably has a house style that suits volume. But the chain of custody from grower to your table is short, real and checkable, which is more than most caf\u00e9s can honestly claim.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_behind_it\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s behind it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The business started in 2010 with Pierre Richard, who was interested in traditional roasting and brewing methods and began, as these stories usually go, in a garage. Today the company is run by owner Henry Assad, and its coffee identity is shaped by master roaster Dr. Hans Langenbahn, whose scientific and anthropological understanding of coffee from seed to cup gave the company its sourcing philosophy as well as its roasting profile.<\/p>\n<p>That three-part history explains the odd position Happy Goat occupies in Ottawa. It is unambiguously a local business with a founder&#8217;s story, and simultaneously a company large enough to run caf\u00e9s in the National Gallery, in a landmark hotel, in transit kiosks and in the Greater Toronto Area. Some visitors read the growth as a loss of independence; others read it as the most successful expansion any Ottawa coffee company has managed. Both readings are defensible, and the roastery is the place where the argument is easiest to settle, because here you can see the actual production rather than only the branding.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_kind_of_visit_it_suits\"><\/span>Which kind of visit it suits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The strongest reason to come here specifically is the errand: buying beans where they were roasted, asking what is fresh, and getting an answer from people who work beside the machine. If you brew at home, this is a genuinely different shopping experience from picking up a bag in a supermarket, and it is the visit this location serves better than any other in the group.<\/p>\n<p>For sitting, the room works best for the unhurried middle of the day \u2014 a conversation, a book, a coffee that you actually taste rather than inhale on the way somewhere. The neighbourhood setting helps: this is not a downtown transit caf\u00e9 where everyone is passing through, and the pace at the tables is correspondingly slower. As for laptops, the honest answer is that the caf\u00e9 publishes no policy on working, power or time limits, so treat a working session as a reasonable bet rather than a guarantee, and read the room at busy moments. A roastery caf\u00e9 with a retail counter has a different traffic pattern from a dedicated study caf\u00e9, and the seat you are occupying may be needed.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway scenario is served too, and heavily \u2014 a large share of the custom here is people collecting a cup on their way through Hintonburg. If that is you, it is worth noting that the same brand runs kiosks and counters all over the city, several of them built precisely for the grab-and-go moment. Coming to the roastery to take a cup away and leave is fine, but it is the one visit that could be made anywhere.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_room_and_the_mood\"><\/span>The room and the mood<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The space has a relaxed, faintly bohemian character that suits its corner of the city \u2014 an area of low buildings and small industry that has been slowly turning residential and creative for two decades. It is not a designed, photogenic interior in the way that newer Ottawa caf\u00e9s are; it reads as a working building where a caf\u00e9 happens, which is exactly what it is.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of production on site is the atmospheric detail that matters. Roasting has a smell that no amount of interior design can imitate, and on a day when the machine is running, the room is a reminder of what a coffee shop actually is. The soundtrack is correspondingly practical rather than curated: staff moving stock, the grinder, conversation. It is a comfortable room to be alone in and an easy one to talk in, without ever being precious about either.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone travelling specifically for the interior should calibrate expectations. This is not the ornate, dressed-up kind of caf\u00e9; the appeal is authenticity of function rather than atmosphere as theatre. If what you want is a beautiful room, Ottawa has those. If what you want is to drink coffee where it is made, that is here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beyond_the_coffee\"><\/span>Beyond the coffee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The food side is handled in-house rather than bought in: the company runs its own bakery supplying its caf\u00e9s, and the counter carries baked goods, doughnuts and sandwiches made within the business rather than delivered by a wholesaler. That is the binary that matters \u2014 this is a caf\u00e9 where the pastry belongs to the same operation as the coffee, which is not the norm among coffee bars of this size.<\/p>\n<p>What it is not is a brunch restaurant. There is no kitchen turning out plates to order, and a visit built around a substantial sit-down meal will be a disappointment. Think of the food as properly made accompaniment rather than as a destination in its own right, and plan a full lunch elsewhere in the neighbourhood, which has no shortage of options.<\/p>\n<p>The retail side deserves a mention alongside the food, because it is unusually complete here: whole beans across the range, brewing equipment, and a subscription service for people who would rather have the coffee arrive than come and get it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_come\"><\/span>When to come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The rhythm of the place is set by two things: the commuter flow through Hintonburg and the roasting schedule. The first fills the counter early, when a good share of the traffic is people collecting something to carry away; the second means the interesting filter coffee turns over during the week. If your visit is about tasting rather than caffeinating, come when the counter is calm \u2014 the middle of the afternoon is reliably the easiest moment to have a real conversation about what is in the hopper.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonally, this corner of the city is at its best in warm weather, when the river pathways and the neighbourhood&#8217;s strip are full and a coffee here fits naturally into a longer walk. In winter it becomes what it fundamentally is: a neighbourhood room with a roaster in it, quieter, less transient, and arguably better for it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there\"><\/span>Getting there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 sits on the Hintonburg and Mechanicsville boundary, in the low-rise pocket north of the neighbourhood&#8217;s shopping strip and close to the Ottawa River pathway. It is an easy walk from the Confederation Line, and the bus network through this part of the city is dense, so arriving without a car is straightforward. Cyclists have it best of all: the riverside path system runs within a few minutes and connects the whole western side of the city to the door.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should expect the constraints of an old, tight residential grid \u2014 limited kerbside space, permit restrictions in places, and neighbours who use it. The area rewards leaving the car once and walking, since the surrounding blocks have become one of the better independent food and shopping districts in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most useful thing to understand before you go is that one name here covers several very different formats. Happy Goat runs full caf\u00e9s, transit kiosks, counters inside institutions and retail partnerships, and the experience varies enormously between them. A kiosk in a station is not this. If someone recommends the brand to you and you want the real thing, the roastery is the address to look for.<\/p>\n<p>Second: because the company supplies dozens of other businesses around the city, you will meet these beans elsewhere \u2014 in independent caf\u00e9s, in restaurants, on shop shelves. That is a compliment to the roastery rather than a reason to skip it, but it does mean the coffee itself is not exclusive to the room.<\/p>\n<p>The honest caveats are those of a working roastery caf\u00e9 rather than a hospitality showpiece. Comfort is functional rather than luxurious, the space is shared with a business that has other things to do, and specifics such as seating, outlets and long-stay policy are simply not published \u2014 plan for a good coffee and a pleasant hour, and treat anything beyond that as a bonus. Set against that, very few caf\u00e9s in the country let you buy a bag of coffee from the same room where it was roasted, and that is a real thing to travel across a city for.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is the coffee roasted here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. This is the company&#8217;s original address and beans are roasted on the premises in small batches, which is precisely what separates it from the brand&#8217;s other locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What makes this branch different from the other Happy Goat caf\u00e9s?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The others receive the coffee; this one makes it. It also has the fullest retail selection and the most knowledgeable answers about what is currently fresh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do the beans come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From growers in several coffee regions, bought through relationships the company maintains directly. Its East African sourcing in particular is tied to the master roaster&#8217;s long-standing work in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I buy beans and equipment to take home?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes \u2014 whole beans across the range, brewing gear, and a subscription for people who prefer the coffee to arrive rather than to be fetched.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the filter coffee always the same?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, and that is the point. It rotates with what has recently been roasted, so it is worth asking rather than assuming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baked goods, doughnuts and sandwiches, made by the company&#8217;s own bakery rather than bought in. It is not a brunch kitchen and does not pretend to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it a good place to work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Possibly, but nothing is promised. No working policy, power provision or time limit is published, so treat a session as a reasonable bet at a quiet hour rather than something to plan a whole day around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who founded it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pierre Richard started the business in 2010 out of a garage; it is now owned by Henry Assad, with Dr. Hans Langenbahn as master roaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the goat?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the legend of the dancing goats \u2014 the origin myth in which a herder notices his animals behaving oddly after eating the berries of an unfamiliar shrub.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the neighbourhood like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hintonburg and Mechanicsville: low-rise, formerly industrial, now one of Ottawa&#8217;s better independent shopping and eating districts, with the river pathway a few minutes away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>07:30\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/08\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/08\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa-2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/08\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa-3.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/08\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa-4.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawanka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/08\/happy-goat-coffee-co-laurel-ottawa-5.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Goat Coffee Co. (Laurel)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Rafy<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n4 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>I\u2019m not a regular customer since I don\u2019t live in the area but I sometimes deliver kitchen items for them. I\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s the owner or part of the management but the care he shows to delivery drivers is beyond words\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Margaret Sohn<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n5 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0422\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0438\u043b\u0430, \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0448\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0432&#039;\u044f\u0440\u043d\u044f. \u0427\u0430\u0439 \u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435 \u0437 \u0432\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044f\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0439, \u044f\u043a \u0456 \u0457\u0436\u0430. \u0411\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0442\u043e \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u044c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0434\u0456\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0442\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0430\u0433.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Elliot Littlejohn<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n3 May 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0414\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0437 \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0431\u0430\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0438\u043c \u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440&#039;\u0454\u0440\u043e\u043c, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0439\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043c \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440&#039;\u0454\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043c. \u0412\u0456\u0434\u0447\u0443\u0442\u0442\u044f \u0431\u0443\u043b\u043e \u0441\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043f\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0440. \u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u0437 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0445 \u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u044f \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438-\u043d\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c \u043a\u0443\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432. \u0421\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0447 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043d\u0456\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u043a \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>alexander carriere<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n27 April 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u042f \u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0432 \u043a\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0437\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430 \u0432 \u0446\u044c\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0456, \u0456 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044f! \u042f \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0443\u0432 \u0441\u0443\u043c\u0456\u0448, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0443\u044e \u0457\u0445\u043d\u044e \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0443, \u043e\u0441\u043a\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0439 \u043a\u0443\u043f\u0443\u044e \u0432 \u0457\u0445\u043d\u0456\u0445 \u043f\u0443\u043d\u043a\u0442\u0430\u0445 \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0435\u0439\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0443. \u0420\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0443\u044e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c-\u044f\u043a\u0443 \u0441\u0443\u043c\u0456\u0448 \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0438, \u0432\u0441\u044e \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0431\u0441\u043c\u0430\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Hanna<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n16 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 6.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0420\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0444\u0443 \u0432 \u043b\u0430\u0432\u0430\u0448\u0456 \u0431\u0443\u0432 \u043c\u043e\u0454\u044e \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0443\u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456\u0448\u043e\u044e \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u044e, \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0431\u0443\u043a\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0442\u0456\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044f \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0437&#039;\u0457\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0456. \u041d\u0435 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u044e, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u0456 \u044f\u043a \u0446\u0435 \u0437\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044f, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440 \u0446\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0456\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0444\u0443 \u0437\u0456 \u0448\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c? \u041d\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0448\u0446\u0456 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0438 \u0456\u043d\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0456\u0454\u043d\u0442\u0456\u0432,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-10 17:35:49<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/cafe-raphael-ottawa\"><span>Caf\u00e9 Rapha\u00ebl<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/art-house-ottawa\"><span>Art House<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/bridgehead-roastery-and-coffeehouse-ottawa\"><span>Bridgehead Roastery and Coffeehouse<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/little-victories-coffee-roasters-elgin-ottawa\"><span>Little Victories Coffee Roasters &#8211; Elgin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/arlington-five-ottawa\"><span>Arlington Five<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/little-victories-coffee-roasters-glebe-ottawa\"><span>Little Victories Coffee Roasters &#8211; Glebe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/opulence-coffee-ottawa\"><span>Opulence Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/expresso-cafe-ottawa\"><span>eXpresso Cafe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/drip-house-ottawa\"><span>Drip House<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. Sources: ottawanka.com and editorial picks based on reviews.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 TOP 10 cafes in Ottawa: a review-based pick 2026 Caf\u00e9 \u00b7 Ottawa \u00b7 \u2b50 9.3\/10 \u00b7 1243 reviews \u00b7 updated: 2026-08-10 17:35:49 Address: 35 Laurel St, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4M4, Canada Call Get directions Order a coffee almost anywhere independent in Ottawa and there is a fair chance the beans came from here. 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