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Ottawa's Best: Delivery & Takeout Specialists

For restaurants whose food and operations work especially well off-premise, including takeout, delivery, online ordering, packaging, or travel-friendly dishes.

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Ottawa's Best: Delivery & Takeout Specialists

Best Of · Ottawa, ON
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Delivery & Takeout Specialists

24 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's delivery & takeout specialists scoring evaluation

7.1
Average Score
8.0
Top Score
2
Restaurants Rated 8.0+
Leading the list:Cozmos Souvlaki· 8.0

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 22 restaurants
3

La Maison du Kouign-Amann

8.8
Artisanal Bakery · Kanata Centrum · $

The takeout side is unusually useful for a bakery, with frozen meals, savoury tarts, soups, sandwiches, breads, and desserts living beside the pastry case. It works for a quick treat, but also for dinner backup and event dessert planning.

4

Paninaro

9.3
Italian · Chinatown (Somerset Street West)

Paninaro is especially useful when the plan is ordering ahead or carrying lunch away. The Somerset ordering flow is location-specific, and the sandwiches are built around sturdy bread and layered fillings that make sense for pickup.

5

Cumberland Pizza

9.3
Pizza · Sandy Hill / Rideau Street East · $

Cumberland Pizza is built for practical pizza-night logistics: takeout, delivery, large pies, and call-ahead ordering when the online page is paused. The menu travels naturally because pizzas, platters, subs, and sides can be mixed into one shared order.

6

Saffron Kabab Restaurant

9.2
Persian · South Keys / Bank Street South · $$

Saffron Kabab's format works well beyond a dine-in plate because rice, soup, skewers, and family packages are already structured for contained ordering. The take-out and catering context fits the menu rather than feeling like a side channel.

7

Heartbreakers Pizza

9.2
Pizza · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

Takeaway is not secondary here: the menu travels naturally, the phone-order rhythm is explicit, and the restaurant built its local following through pizza that works off-premise.

8

La Bottega Nicastro

9.2
Italian · ByWard Market · $

Takeout is not an afterthought here. Custom sandwiches, prepared salumi and formaggi, pizza kits, cannoli, lasagna, meatballs, and coffee make La Bottega useful even when the tiny dining room is full.

9

Sherwood Market & Deli

9.0
Deli · Westboro Village / Richmond Road · $

Sherwood's sandwiches make sense as food to carry away: compact, customizable, and built around bread that can anchor a substantial filling. Online ordering and picnic-friendly sides make it a stronger takeout play than a counter with only one narrow use.

10

Pearson Street - Smash Burgers N’ Melts

9.3
Burgers · Trainyards Retail District · $$

Pearson Street is built for easy pickup-style meals: burgers, melts, Fresh-Cut Seasoned Fries, Classic Poutine, Soup and Xango Dessert are clear, compact orders. That makes it a strong fit when dinner needs to be direct but still more distinctive than a default burger stop.

11

Three Tarts

8.3
Artisanal Bakery · Bank Street / Centretown & Glebe · $$

The ordering model is practical and clear: walk-ins, pre-ordered pickup, and next-day local delivery all sit inside the bakery's normal rhythm. That makes Three Tarts especially useful for planned dessert rather than spontaneous seated dining.

12

Art-Is-In Bakery

8.7
Artisanal Bakery · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

The strongest fit is pickup and planning ahead. Art-Is-In supports immediate cafe pickup and future-date shop orders for bread, pastry, pantry items, and prepared goods, which makes the bakery useful beyond a seated visit.

13

J:unique kitchen

9.0
Japanese · Bank Street / Centretown & Glebe · $$

The restaurant gives takeout a real planning role, especially for rolls, oshi, and trays that travel more cleanly than crisp hot sides. It is not just a dining-room pick; it can be a strong pickup order when the room is full.

14

LA LA Noodles

8.9
Chinese · ByWard Market · $$

The menu is built for practical ordering, with noodle bowls, rice bowls, stir-fried noodles, and sides that make sense for pickup or delivery when a sit-down meal is not the plan.

15

Lusa Bakery

8.3
Artisanal Bakery · Kanata Centrum

Lusa works well when the visit is mostly practical: order ahead, pick up bread, add pastries, or build a simple chicken-and-sandwich meal. The bakery format travels cleanly because so much of the menu is made for carrying out.

16

Bicycle Craft Brewery

8.3
Craft Brewery · Trainyards Retail District

Bicycle is useful beyond the tap room because its beer shop supports local beer delivery and Ontario shipping. For guests who like the tap list, take-home cans are part of the practical visit plan.

17

Di Rienzo's Grocery

9.2
Deli · Little Italy / Preston Street · $

The grocery counter, pickup flow, and no-seating room make Di Rienzo's easiest as a takeout stop rather than a lingering meal.

18

Pelican Seafood Market & Grill

9.1
Seafood · South Keys / Bank Street South · $$

Pelican is not only a dining-room play: daily takeout and the seafood market make it practical for prepared seafood, fresh fish, shellfish, platters, and at-home follow-through.

19

Ottawa Bagelshop and Deli

8.8
Deli · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $

The food is built to travel: bagels by the bag, compact bagelsubs, weekday online ordering, catering boxes, and a Cottage Brunch Box. It works as a sit-down stop, but its practical strength is how easily it becomes breakfast, lunch, or a take-home plan.

20

Quelque Chose Cafe & Catering

8.4
French · Vanier Main Street · $$

Boxes, favours, towers, take-home tea formats, catering items, and online ordering make the food especially usable beyond a sit-down visit, with pastries that travel naturally.

21

Del Piacere

9.2
Italian · Little Italy / Preston Street · $$$

Del Piacere is built for more than sit-down dinner. The restaurant maintains online ordering and takeout paths, and its pizzas, calzoni, and pasta range make sense for at-home meals as well as Preston Street tables.

22

Torta Boyz

9.0
Mexican · Little Italy / Preston Street · $$

The core food travels logically because tortas, loaded fries, tacos and churros are built for clear, compact ordering decisions. This card supports off-premise usefulness while keeping the best editorial guidance focused on the in-room dinner experience.

23

Les Grillades

8.9
Lebanese · Merivale Road Central · $$$

The menu is practical off-premise because the core dishes are sturdy: grilled meats, rice, dips, salads, kaake, and platters can travel or be picked up without losing the reason to order them. It suits family takeout nights as much as a single charcoal-grill plate.

24

ThimbleCakes

8.8
Artisanal Bakery · Chinatown (Somerset Street West) · $

Ordering is part of the way this bakery works. The official order form, shop catalogue, phone path, and delivery notes all support a plan-ahead pickup or delivery order when a celebration needs more control than a casual walk-in box.