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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

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

7.3
Average Score
8.5
Top Score
21/196
Restaurants That Qualify
Leading the list:The Clarendon Tavern· 8.5

Excellent

Score 8.0-8.9 • 6 restaurants
1

The Clarendon Tavern

8.6
Gastro Pub · ByWard Market · $$

The 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.

2

Braumeister Bierhalle

9.4
Bavarian · Wellington West / Hintonburg · $$

The 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.

3

DreamLand Cafe

8.4
Italian · Little Italy / Preston Street · $$

DreamLand adds roughly 20 walk-in patio seats when summer weather cooperates. The patio meaningfully changes the capacity of this small restaurant, but it cannot be reserved and should be treated as a flexible option rather than a guarantee.

4

ALORA Ottawa & ALORA Rooftop

9.1
Contemporary Canadian · ByWard Market · $$$

The 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.

5

The Moonroom

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

The 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.

6

Parlour

8.0
Contemporary Canadian · Wellington West / Hintonburg

Outdoor 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

Score 6.0-7.9 • 13 restaurants
7

Covered Bridge Brewing

8.4
Craft Brewery

The patio is a real part of the visit, not a throwaway amenity. It gives the brewery an easy warm-weather use case: a flight or kolsch-style pour outside, a slower tasting stop, and a place where the taproom can feel less like a retail counter.

8

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.

9

Grey's Social Eatery

7.9
Canadian · ByWard Market

The patio matters because Grey's sits on a very visible ByWard Market corner. It turns the restaurant from a broad indoor social eatery into a better warm-weather drinks-and-dinner choice, especially when happy hour or group plans are part of the visit.

10

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.

11

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.

12

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.

13

Signatures Restaurant

8.7
French · Sandy Hill / Rideau Street East

The Friday/Saturday terrace service is part of the restaurant's identity, not just extra seating. It turns the mansion setting into a planned warm-weather dinner with indoor backup when the weather shifts.

14

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.

15

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.

16

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.

17

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.

18

Mill Street Brew Pub

8.7
Brewpub · Downtown Ottawa Core · $$

The seasonal patio gives the brewpub another way to use its LeBreton Flats setting when the weather cooperates. Keep the reservation flexible, since outdoor seating is naturally more timing-sensitive than the large indoor room.

19

Aulde Dubliner & Pour House

9.0
Irish Pub · ByWard Market · $$

Two patios add outdoor seating at the entrance to the ByWard Market. Choose them in suitable weather, with the two-level pub available when conditions turn.

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