Centretown
Beckta Dining & Wine
Fine Dining · WineBeckta is the proper grown-up dinner in central Ottawa — a deep Canadian-focused wine list, a tasting menu that takes the region seriously, and the kind of room politicians actually go to. The Elgin-Street anniversary answer.
Local pick: Tasting menu, paired wines
ByWard Market
Play Food & Wine
Small Plates · WinePlay is the ByWard Market small-plates and wine room — modern Canadian, a serious by-the-glass list, and the perfect 'we don't want to commit' Friday answer.
Local pick: Sit at the bar, share four plates
Sandy Hill
University of Ottawa
University · BilingualuOttawa sits right in Sandy Hill — Canada's largest bilingual university, 45,000+ students, walking distance to Parliament. The reason Sandy Hill rentals are tight. Beautiful downtown campus.
Local pick: Bilingual, downtown, the big employer