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Best Of · Ottawa, ON

Ottawa's Best: Burger Authority

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Ottawa's Best: Burger Authority

Best Of · Ottawa, ON
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Burger Authority

9 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's burger authority scoring evaluation

7.9
Average Score
9.0
Top Score
9/153
Restaurants That Qualify
Leading the list:Bite Burger House on Tenth Line· 9.0

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 5 restaurants
5

The Albion Rooms Restaurant

8.5
Contemporary Canadian · ByWard Market · $$$

The AR Burger gives the kitchen a serious comfort-food anchor, with a chuck-and-brisket blend, Brie, bacon-mushroom ragout, pickles, and garlic chive aioli. It reads like a house build rather than a basic fallback.

6

Flora Hall Brewing

8.7
Craft Brewery · Bank Street / Centretown & Glebe · $$

The current Burger gives Flora Hall a clear comfort-food anchor: provolone, Dijon, pickled onions, spinach pesto, and a fries-or-salad choice around a 6-oz patty. It reads like a brewery burger with enough kitchen identity to lead an order.

7

Prohibition Public House

9.2
Contemporary Canadian · Chinatown (Somerset Street West) · $$

The burger earns a supporting card because it is a specific build, not a placeholder. Red Wattle and venison, pork belly, St-Albert cheddar, house pickles, mustard, hickory sticks, and hand-cut fries make it one of the clearest first-order choices.

8

Luxe Bistro

8.5
Steakhouse · ByWard Market · $$$

Burgers are not an afterthought here. The regular menu has both the 'L' Bistro Burger and Steakhouse Burger, while brunch adds the Breakfast Smash Burger, giving casual diners a clear route through Luxe even when they are not ordering steak.

9

Braumeister Bierhalle

9.4
Bavarian · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

The burger side gives comfort-food diners a clear route through the menu. Classic Smashburger, Black Bean Corn Burger, Bacon Jam Melt, and Route 21 BBQ Burger make the Bierhalle workable even when someone is not chasing schnitzel or sausage.