
Ottawa's Best: Patio & Outdoor Dining
For restaurants where patios, gardens, sidewalk seating, rooftops, terraces, or outdoor service are a meaningful part of the appeal.
Ottawa's Best: Patio & Outdoor Dining

Patio & Outdoor Dining
15 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's patio & outdoor dining scoring evaluation
Excellent
The Clarendon Tavern
8.6The courtyard patio is a real reason to choose The Clarendon Tavern, not just extra seating. It gives the ByWard Market room a stronger sense of place and works especially well with happy hour, pizza, and a slower first round.
Braumeister Bierhalle
9.4The Biergarten gives the Ottawa location a warmer-weather use case beyond the main hall. It works for beer, pretzels, burgers, and casual group meals when diners want the beer-hall energy with more open air.
The Moonroom
8.7The garden and patio story gives The Moonroom another way to stand out beyond the bar. When outdoor seating is available, the best order is slow and shareable: one snack, one board, and room for another round.
ALORA Ottawa & ALORA Rooftop
9.1The rooftop gives ALORA a second mode when weather cooperates: not the formal reservation plan, but a looser drink-and-starter extension after the dining room. It matters most for guests planning around summer evenings.
Parlour
8.0Outdoor dining is part of Parlour's identity, not just overflow seating. The restaurant describes private patios, and local coverage has treated the patio as one of the room's defining pleasures.
Good Options
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
8.8The City Centre setup includes one of Ottawa’s largest patios, giving warm-weather visits more room and a stronger social rhythm.
Rabbit Hole
8.6Outdoor plans have two clear versions here: the Sparks Street patio for front-door warm-weather dining and Sneaki Tiki Rooftop for a more tropical cocktail-and-pizza mood when weather allows.
Planet Coffee
8.5The courtyard is one of the strongest reasons to treat Planet Coffee as a lingering stop. It gives a ByWard Market coffee order a calmer setting and helps the cafe feel like a place to pause, not only a counter transaction.
La Roma
8.7The rooftop patio gives La Roma a warm-weather second mode for diners who want Italian classics with a livelier Little Italy setting.
Dark Fork
8.7The patio gives Dark Fork a daylight counterpoint to the dark-room dinner. Its ASL ordering format and Deaf service team make it more than ordinary outdoor seating.
Dominion City Brewing Co.
9.0The beer garden and treehouse patio make Dominion City better suited to lingering over a second pour than a quick counter stop.
Somewhere Dine Bar
8.8The seasonal patio gives Murray Street a slower warm-weather version of the same seafood, cocktails, and group-friendly energy.
Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
9.0Warm-weather visits change the shape of Tooth and Nail: the patio and open-front feel turn the brewery into a linger-over-a-pint stop. Treat outdoor seating as a seasonal advantage layered onto an already useful brewpub visit.







