What are Ottawa's newest restaurants?
This one changes fast by nature. Here's what's genuinely new in the city as of this writing — worth updating on your own return trip through this page.
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Carletto
Downtown's newest Italian restaurant, from the Montreal-based Gray Collection, which also runs Cocotte Bistro in the same hotel. Expect modern takes on Italian classics — house-made focaccia, rigatoni alla vodka, spicy soppressata pizza.
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Tough Luck Wine Bar
A natural wine bar built around a western theme, from four friends with a combined 50 years in hospitality. The list leans toward thoughtful, small-production natural wine, with a stated focus on women and queer winemakers and sustainable farming.
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Yan's Restaurant
A family-run Armenian and Georgian restaurant from owners Armen and Gohar, in a renovated space that once housed an Italian pizzeria. The menu covers regional staples — Adjaruli Khachapuri, Khinkali, a Georgian beet salad finished with tkemali sauce.
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Antheia
Chef Briana Kim's fermentation-focused successor to her acclaimed Alice — a chef's-counter restaurant built around her own fermentation research, with dishes running on a fermentation calendar rather than the seasons.
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Kozhi
Modern fried chicken from Chef Sarath Mohan, built around the $55 Super Kozhi feast — brined long, dredged twice, fried hot, finished in a Gochujang or Ghee Roast glaze — alongside a raw bar, cocktails and a deep champagne list. Closed Mondays.
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Altay Flame
Ottawa's first Uyghur restaurant, serving hand-pulled noodles, kababs and rice dishes inspired by the Altay mountains of Central Asia. Fully halal, closed Mondays.
A "newest" list is only ever a snapshot — check back here rather than trusting an old bookmark, since this page gets updated as the city's restaurant scene moves.
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