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Best Of · Ottawa, ON

Ottawa's Best: Craft Beer Destination

For restaurants, pubs, taprooms, or breweries where craft beer selection, house beer, rotating taps, or brewery culture is a major reason to go.

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Ottawa's Best: Craft Beer Destination

Best Of · Ottawa, ON
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Craft Beer Destination

16 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's craft beer destination scoring evaluation

8.4
Average Score
9.0
Top Score
16/152
Restaurants That Qualify
Leading the list:Braumeister Bierhalle· 9.0

Outstanding

Score 9.0+ • 8 restaurants
1

Braumeister Bierhalle

9.4
Bavarian · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

Braumeister reads first as a brewery-backed beer hall: locally produced craft beer sits beside German and Austrian pub food, with pretzels, Currywurst, schnitzel, and shared seating all supporting a beer-led visit.

2

Flora Hall Brewing

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

Beer is not an add-on here: Flora Hall brews on site, keeps core styles and newer releases in play, and builds the food menu around lingering rounds rather than quick pints. The tap list has enough range for hop drinkers, malt drinkers, and non-alcoholic orders.

3

Broadhead Brewing Company

8.3
Craft Brewery · Orléans Town Centre

Broadhead earns this card through the beer program itself: eight Classics, a rotating 174 Taproom Series, and a taproom built around what the brewery makes. The room reads as a beer-first visit, with barbecue and events adding reasons to stay longer.

4

Brew Revolution

9.2
Craft Brewery · Kanata Centrum · $$

Beer is the reason the room exists: Brew Revolution brings house-made pours, guest taps, cider, wine, mixed drinks, and a taproom built for tasting. The food and event calendar work around that beer-first centre rather than sitting beside it.

5

Tooth and Nail Brewing Company

9.0
Brewpub · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

Tooth and Nail is a beer-first address with enough range to reward focused drinking: pilsner, stout, saison, pale ale, IPA, Kellerpils, and seasonal pours all have a place. The food menu supports that purpose instead of distracting from it.

6

Orleans Brewing Co.

8.6
Craft Brewery · Orléans Town Centre

Beer is the reason the room makes sense. The lineup has a flagship hazy IPA, a lagered ale, a big IIPA, a sour, and a maple red ale, while the kitchen gives those pours enough food support to keep the visit from feeling like a tasting-only stop.

7

Bicycle Craft Brewery

8.3
Craft Brewery · Trainyards Retail District

Bicycle Craft Brewery is strongest as a beer-first stop, with a tap room built around house pours, flights, can pours, and an online beer shop. The appeal is the range of house-brewed beer in a compact Industrial Avenue setting.

8

Dominion City Brewing Co.

9.0
Craft Brewery · Trainyards Retail District · $$

Dominion City leads with beer: Sunsplit, Town & Country, and a current taproom list deep enough to make the brewery itself the main reason to go.