7 New Restaurants In Ottawa That Will Satisfy Your Every Craving

Nashville hot chicken & cheese tarts! 🤤
Staff Writer

Are you searching for something delicious to eat? These new Ottawa restaurants will satisfy your every craving.

The next time hunger strikes, it is time to try something new. If you like your food spicy, you can feast on hot chicken just like you'd find in Nashville.

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Or, if you have a sweet tooth, Dao Bake & Sip Cafe will quickly become your favourite spot in town. It has so many delicious food options like Japanese cream buns, cheese tarts, and macarons that look like pandas.

Mai Bao

Price: 💸💸

Cuisine: Dim Sum

Address: 250 City Centre, Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: You can stuff your face with lobster or green curry dumplings.

Fried Chicken Club

Price: 💸💸

Cuisine: Fried chicken

Address: 1910 St. Laurent Blvd. & 2401 Bank St., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: The Fried Chicken Club just opened two new locations that sell juicy fried chicken that you can get with the bone or boneless. They also have a long list of sides to pick from, like onion rings, poutine, spaghetti, or biscuits.

Loaded Pierogi

Price: 💸

Cuisine: Pierogies

Address: 1202 Wellington St. W., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: Here, you can get pierogies loaded with all sorts of incredible toppings like beef brisket, butter chicken, and fried Brussels sprouts. 

PizzaForno

Price: 💸

Cuisine: Pizza

Address: 1159 Bank St. & 33 Clarence St., Ottawa, ON 

Why You Need To Go: Pizza vending machines have arrived in town, so you can now get a cheesy pizza in under three minutes.

Raphael Express

Price: 💸💸

Cuisine: Peruvian

Address: 250 City Centre Ave., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: If you haven't tried Peruvian cuisine you are seriously missing out. Two must-try dishes are the ceviche and slow-cooked duck with rice.

Hanley's Nashville Hot Chicken

Price: 💸💸

Cuisine: Hot chicken

Address: 6081 Hazeldean Rd., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: Hanley's Nashville Hot Chicken opened a new location in Kanata, inside The Glen Scottish Pub, where you can get scorching hot chicken sandwiches.

Dao Bake & Sip Cafe

Price: 💸

Cuisine: Cafe

Address: 1558 Merivale Rd., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: Opening mid-June, you'll finally get to try Pablo Cheese Tarts and adorable macarons that look like animals.

  • Stephanie White was an Ottawa-based Associate Editor for Narcity Canada. She has been writing mouthwatering food and wanderlust-inspiring articles for Canadians since 2012. She has a B.A. and B.Ed. from Ottawa University. When she isn't writing, you can find her travelling the globe and trying new restaurants. Stephanie has previously been published on Insider, Flight Network, Apartment Therapy, Faces Magazine, Daily Hive, Dished and The Spruce.

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