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Fresh fruit in the Parkdale Market
Parkdale Market, Hintonburg.
Located near the corner of Parkdale and Wellington Streets in the heart of Hintonburg, the Parkdale Market first opened its doors over 75 years ago. Photo by Glen Gower.

Ottawa Food & Restaurant Guide

Ottawa loves to eat out. We've got a restaurant to represent just about every nationality — from African to Vietnamese. Whether you're looking for fine dining or take-out, you'll find lots of delicious choices in the city.

Our favourite restaurant listings

The Restaurant Thing
This directory lists nearly 400 local restaurants. You can search the restaurants by area, price or type of food. This directory is created entirely by food fans like you: each restaurant is rated and reviewed by customers. There are no snobby food critics here at all — and you can help out by adding your review today. If you don't see your favourite eatery listed, you can log in and add the information to the listings.
OttawaFood
You'll find over 1,200 local restaurants listed in this comprehensive guide. It's a "new kid on the block", which means that it's growing all the time. Restaurants can add a basic listing for free, or pay up for a featured listing.
Ottawa Restaurants @ Restaurant.ca
Who has the best chicken wings or dim sing in town? This nifty little directory lets you vote on various aspects of the restaurant, ranking their specialty on a scale of 1 to 10. Most listings Include a map so you can find where you're going
EatSafe Ottawa
Any restaurant, grocery store, cafeteria, or business that serves food to the public has to be regularly inspected by municipal officials. This web site lists the results of the latest inspection for every one of these food businesses. Read more...

Ottawa Food Blogs

365 Days of Ottawa Food
a grrls world (vegetarian cooking)
Beans and Caviar
Breakfast Blogger
Carling Ave. Foodie
cheapeats ottawa blog
City Bites (from Ottawa Magazine)
Cooking with Kilby
Daily Struggles of the Domestic Un-Goddess
Eaten Up
Eating In Ottawa
Equal Opportuniy Kitchen
Eva's Food World
The Food
foodiePrints
Food Medic
Food Rescuer
Gluten-Free Ghetto
How to Start a Brewery
A blog about Beau's All Natural Brewing Co., a local brewery in Vankleek Hill.
It Ain't Meat Babe
Janet is Hungry
Kitchen Karate
The Life Organic Blog
Lord of the Wings
Reviews of Ottawa's best wings
Kitchen Graffiti
Meats, Roots and Leaves
Nooschi
Nose to Tail
Nutrition Nibbles
Omnivore's Ottawa by Ottawa Citizen food writer Ron Eade
Ottawa Bites
Ottawa Foodies
Rachelle Eats Food
Sheltered Girl Meets World
Slurp & Burpf
the lemon kitchen
Pizza Ottawa
Vanilla Bean Cafe
Whisk
Wine and the City
Wine Out Loud
Related: List of Ottawa restaurants in Twitter and list of Ottawa foodbloggers on Twitter

More Local Restaurant Info

Bon Appetit Ottawa
Sample food and drink from over sixty restaurants, hoteliers and caterers, along with and dozens of wineries and breweries.
Capital Dining
by Anne DesBrisbay.
Ottawa’s top restaurant critic and the author of the Citizen’s popular “Dining Out” column, Anne DesBrisay recommends over 150 restaurants in the National Capital Region. This is the second edition of Capital Dining—new and updated for 2008.
From fine dining to the best of bistro fare, Thai cooking to French cuisine… this delectable guide is your passport to Capital Dining
See also: CapitalDining.ca
cheapeats ottawa (ottawa's guide to good inexpensive restaurants)
Eat In Ottawa (photos of local restaurant food)
eatinottawa.com
FoodMODE Magazine
Menu Ottawa (web site for ordering delivery online)
Ottawa Foodies
Ottawa XPress reviews
Patios in Ottawa, from Let's Go Ottawa
Pizza Ottawa
Restaurants in Ottawa via YellowPages.ca.
You can also search for other restaurants in Canada as well.
Savour Ottawa
Specials Today
lists food & drink specials at local bars & restaurants
The National Capital Sommelier Guild

Farms & Farmers Markets,
plus Organic Food

Acorn Creek Garden Farm
Ashton Glen Farm
Buy Local Food Guide
Canadian Organic Growers - Ottawa Chapter
Carp Farmer's Market
Eastern Ontario Berry Farms
See also: Ottawa Strawberry Guide
The Elk Ranch
Feast of Fields
Main Farmers' Market Photo Blog
Millers Farm & Market
Ottawa Farmer's Market
A market at Lansdowne Park featuring local producers of fruit, vegetables, meat, arts and crafts. Open every Sunday from May to October.
Ottawa Buy Local Food Guide
A list of farms, markets, and other sources for fresh, local food.
Ottawa Regional Organic Food Directory

Catering

A Sense of Taste
Let us help you create an event that will delight your guests...and exceed your expectations.
AJs Catering
Amberwood BBQ
Chop Chop Catering
D&S Southern Comfort Barbeque Catering Service
Edible Impressions
Grenfell Catering
Kanata BBQ
Kitchen Inspired
Octagon Catering
Passion in the Kitchen
Prinzo Fine Catering
Rent A Chef
South African Connexion BBQ Catering
The Mixing Bowl
Waiters on Wheels
More catering and cake links on our Wedding Guide...

Restaurants (new!)

ARC Lounge.Dining
Ben Ben Restaurant
Blue Nile
Buonissimo Bakery
Canvas Resto Bar
Charlie Chan
Coconut Lagoon Restaurant (Indian)
D&S Southern Comfort BBQ
Elgin Street Diner
El Meson (Spanish, Portugese)
Feleena's Mexican Restaurant
Genji Japanese Restaurant
Gracie O'Malley's Irish Pub
Hot Cup Cafe
Juniper Kitchen & Wine Bar
Kinki Restaurant (Japanese)
Le Saint-O
Les Fougeres
Louisiannie's
Louis Steak House
Malone's Lakeside Grill
Mekong (Chinese)
Montana's
Santé Restaurant
Shanghai Restaurant
Shawarma Plus
Siam Bistro
Sukhothai Restaurant
the branch restaurant
The Urban Pear
The Works
Add your listing: Basic listings on this Web site are free to all food-related businesses. Please click here to suggest a site to our editors.

Specialty Foods & Services & More

Back Of The House (chefs / jobs)
Balderson Cheese
BeaverTails Inc.
BelKraft (kitchen & dining products)
Camellia Teas of Ottawa
Chef Chez You (personal chef)
Contemporary Cuisine
Country Roasters
Dinnerworks.ca
Dobson's Grass-Fed Beef
Eating in Ottawa
Epicuria
Equator Coffee Roasters
Fastcooking.ca
Francesco's Coffee Company
Island Spiced (Jamaican hot sauces)
Just Food
"Working towards a just and sustainable food program in Ottawa."
M & M Meat Shops
National Capital Vegetarian Association
Natural Food Pantry
Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli
Owner and manager Vincenzo Piazza remembers that first day of business: "When we first opened twenty years ago, the most common reaction was, 'What's a bagel?'" The shop now stands as an art gallery, a coffee shop, a restaurant, a deli, a gourmet food emporium, and more. (And the bagels are good, too!)
Ottawa Good Food Box
A nonprofit community-based program, bringing neighbours together to buy delicious and nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables.
Ottawa Veg2!
The Candy Store
The Single Gourmet
A social dining club for upscale singles. Members gather at top restaurants and hotels several times a month for gourmet dinners, dinner dances and exciting gala evenings.
Time-Out Personal Chef
SimplyRaw Living Foods

Grocery Stores

Drinks (Wine, beer, and more)

The Beer Hunter
A map of places in Ottawa where you can get alcohol -- including Beer Stores, LCBO, Wine Rack, and independent dealers. They'll also tell you how many retail outlets are open at any given time.
Excel Water Technologies Inc.
A guide to beer in and around Ottawa
(from Let's Go Ottawa)
Lanark Pure County Springs
LCBO
Nat Decants
Natalie MacLean is one of Ottawa's best known wine experts, and her site is full of useful info for wine connoiseurs.
The Beer Store
Water Filter Canada
Wine and Food Show
Wine Cellar Solutions