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Ottawa's Best: Late-Night Dining

For restaurants where late service is a real strength, especially kitchens open when most dining rooms have closed or post-event meals need a reliable option.

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Ottawa's Best: Late-Night Dining

Best Of · Ottawa, ON
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Late-Night Dining

20 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's late-night dining scoring evaluation

7.5
Average Score
9.5
Top Score
20/196
Restaurants That Qualify
Leading the list:Elgin Street Diner· 9.5

Excellent

Score 8.0-8.9 • 6 restaurants

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 13 restaurants
8

The Moonroom

8.7
Mediterranean · Little Italy / Preston Street · $$$

The Moonroom works late because it does not ask the diner to commit to a full meal. The strongest late order is restrained and savoury: a compact snack, a warmer small plate, and the drink that brought you in.

9

Kettlemans Bagel

8.8
Artisanal Bakery · Lansdowne / TD Place · $

The Bank Street bakery stays open around the clock, making a fresh bagel or a hot sandwich available long after most kitchens have closed. The counter-service format keeps an overnight stop straightforward and satisfying.

10

WARD 14

9.3
Cocktail Lounge · Little Italy / Preston Street · $$

The posted hours make this a Thursday-to-Saturday late-night option, with cocktails, Steamies and bar snacks built for the end of the evening rather than a formal dinner.

11

Union Local 613

8.8
Southern · Chinatown (Somerset Street West) · $$

Union has a real late-night food angle, not just drinks after dinner: Wednesday through Saturday brings wings, sandwiches, Frito Pie, Chili Dog, Hush Puppies, and Dollar Fries after ten.

12

Charlotte

8.3
Cocktail Lounge · Elgin Street Corridor · $$$

Friday and Saturday service runs deep into the night, making Charlotte useful after dinner, after a show, or when the evening needs somewhere comfortable that still has a bar-first pulse.

13

Ember

8.2
Mediterranean · Downtown Ottawa Core

Friday and Saturday hours stretch into the early morning, which makes Ember useful when the plan starts later than a standard dinner reservation. Pizza, fries, cocktails, and shareable plates give the late window a practical ordering lane.

14

Aulde Dubliner & Pour House

9.0
Irish Pub · ByWard Market · $$

Food continues on a late-night menu after 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. daily. That makes the pub useful when dinner starts late or the night carries on.

15

Datsun

8.8
Asian Fusion · Elgin Street Corridor · $$

Datsun has a later dinner window on Friday and Saturday than the weeknight pattern, making it useful when the evening starts after a standard dinner hour. Keep the order focused on bao, noodles and drinks.

16

Tredici

8.4
Italian · Downtown Ottawa Core

Tredici's listed hours and ByWard setting make it useful when dinner needs to stretch later than a standard reservation. The menu still reads like a real meal after dark: cocktails, focaccia, antipasti, pasta, and dessert rather than only a bar snack finish.

17

JOEY Rideau

9.3
Upscale Casual · ByWard Market · $$

The room stays useful after a conventional dinner hour, with midnight closing most nights and later hours on Friday and Saturday. A late happy-hour window Sunday through Thursday adds a practical reason to arrive after the first rush.

18

Pour Boy

9.0
Pub Fare · Chinatown (Somerset Street West) · $$

The listed 2:00am close makes Pour Boy useful when the plan runs late, especially around games, comedy, or open mic. Treat it as a late pub anchor first, with food decisions guided by the night's pace.

19

Bar Ocelli

8.9
Cocktail Lounge · ByWard Market

Bar Ocelli works as a late-evening plan because the public reservation flow and cocktail-room format point to a night built around after-dinner drinks and small plates. The compact menu lets the kitchen support the evening without pretending to be a full dinner room.

20

JOEY Lansdowne

9.3
Comfort Food · Lansdowne / TD Place · $$

Friday and Saturday service runs until 1 a.m., while Sunday through Thursday adds a late happy-hour window from 9 p.m. to close. That schedule makes the restaurant useful when dinner begins after an event or the night needs another stop.

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