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Best Of · Ottawa, ON

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.

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Ottawa's Best: Patio & Outdoor Dining

Best Of · Ottawa, ON
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Patio & Outdoor Dining

15 spots make the list in Ottawa · ranked by Restaurantica's patio & outdoor dining scoring evaluation

7.3
Average Score
8.5
Top Score
15/153
Restaurants That Qualify
Leading the list:The Clarendon Tavern· 8.5

Good Options

Score 6.0-7.9 • 8 restaurants
6

Beyond the Pale Brewing Company

8.8
Craft Brewery · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

The City Centre setup includes one of Ottawa’s largest patios, giving warm-weather visits more room and a stronger social rhythm.

7

Rabbit Hole

8.6
Wood-Fired Pizza · Downtown Ottawa Core · $$

Outdoor 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.

8

Planet Coffee

8.5
Coffee House · ByWard Market · $

The 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.

9

La Roma

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

The rooftop patio gives La Roma a warm-weather second mode for diners who want Italian classics with a livelier Little Italy setting.

10

Dark Fork

8.7
Contemporary Canadian · Sandy Hill / Rideau Street East

The 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.

11

Dominion City Brewing Co.

9.0
Craft Brewery · Trainyards Retail District · $$

The beer garden and treehouse patio make Dominion City better suited to lingering over a second pour than a quick counter stop.

12

Somewhere Dine Bar

8.8
Contemporary European · ByWard Market · $$$

The seasonal patio gives Murray Street a slower warm-weather version of the same seafood, cocktails, and group-friendly energy.

13

Tooth and Nail Brewing Company

9.0
Brewpub · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

Warm-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.