Which Ottawa restaurants are good for large groups?
A big table needs more than an empty chair count — a menu built for sharing, and a kitchen that won't buckle when everyone orders at once. These handle both.
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Fauna
A small-plates menu designed around sharing, with a private dining room that holds up to 24 year-round and additional outdoor and covered-tent space available from June — room to scale from a big dinner to a full-on event.
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EVOO Greek Kitchen
Built around grilled meats, seafood boards and Greek sharing plates from the start, with pre-set menus specifically for large groups so nobody's stuck waiting on twelve separate orders.
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Forty-One
A hotel restaurant built for exactly this kind of flexibility — booth and banquette seating throughout the main dining area, plus a dedicated private room for up to 30, in the landmark Lord Elgin on Elgin Street.
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Sidedoor Contemporary Kitchen & Bar
A sharing-first menu of Southeast Asian-inspired small plates and tacos, in a room set up for exactly this kind of ordering — good food arriving in waves rather than one plate per person.
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Korean House
One of the city's longest-running Korean spots, and a go-to for group dinners for a reason: unlimited rounds of bulgogi, spicy pork and marinated chicken grilled tableside, alongside banchan and mains. Budget-friendly and built for a crowd.
Most restaurants ask groups over eight to ten people to book ahead and often to pre-select a set menu — call before you show up with the whole party.
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