Best brunch in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Vylora Café is the top rated brunch restaurant in Ottawa and Gatineau at #1. It has a score of 4.76, 0.02 points higher than Sharpfle Waffle.
The top of this list is close, with a catch. Vylora Café has a rating of 5.0 with 268 reviews, which only gives it a 0.57 confidence. So its score is still being influenced by the Ottawa-area average (4.43). Chesterfield's Gastro Diner is third with 2,051 reviews and is considered the highest confidence of the three.
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fromOttawa Score 4.76fromOttawaVylora Café
Top of 61Hintonburg · West End
989 Wellington St. W · Google 5.0 (268 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.76/5.
5.0 stars from 268 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (57.3%). R = 5; v = 268; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.74fromOttawaSharpfle Waffle
ByWard Market
111 York St · Google 4.8 (974)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.74/5.
4.8 stars from 974 reviews; 83% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (83.0%). R = 4.8; v = 974; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.68fromOttawaChesterfield's Gastro Diner
Hintonburg
1300 Wellington St. W · Google 4.7 (2,051)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.68/5.
4.7 stars from 2,051 reviews; 91% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (91.1%). R = 4.7; v = 2051; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 20
Showing 17 of 17 places below the first three on this page.
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None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 10: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.64
Rank 4: Au petit chalet - Gatineau
4.7 stars from 709 reviews; 78% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.0%). R = 4.7; v = 709; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.63
Rank 5: Dessert First
4.7 stars from 538 reviews; 73% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.9%). R = 4.7; v = 538; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.61
Rank 6: TAKSIM Sweets & Bakes (Kanata)
4.7 stars from 386 reviews; 66% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.9%). R = 4.7; v = 386; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.60
Rank 7: Ten Toes Coffee House
4.7 stars from 320 reviews; 62% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.5%). R = 4.7; v = 320; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 8: Wilf & Ada's
4.6 stars from 2,288 reviews; 92% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (92.0%). R = 4.6; v = 2288; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 9: Stella Luna Gelato Cafe
4.6 stars from 2,201 reviews; 92% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (91.7%). R = 4.6; v = 2201; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 10: SemSem
4.6 stars from 1,354 reviews; 87% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (87.1%). R = 4.6; v = 1354; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 20 brunch records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 7. Each area’s best is a tap away.
4Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 4#4 · Au petit chalet - Gatineau
5West End
- Hintonburg 3#1 · Vylora Café
- Kanata 1#6 · TAKSIM Sweets & Bakes (Kanata)
- Kanata North 1#11 · Luna Crepes & Cafe
7Downtown
- Glebe 3#5 · Dessert First
- ByWard Market 2#2 · Sharpfle Waffle
- Centretown 2#8 · Wilf & Ada's
1East End
- Vanier 1#20 · Anina's Cafe
3South Endbelow the Queensway
- Riverside South 2#10 · SemSem
- Riverview 1#15 · 7AM Breakfast & Lunch
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 11: Luna Crepes & Cafe
4.6 stars from 1,255 reviews; 86% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (86.3%). R = 4.6; v = 1255; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.57
Rank 12: Mazarine Brunch
4.6 stars from 902 reviews; 82% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (81.9%). R = 4.6; v = 902; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.56
Rank 13: Wellington Gastropub
4.6 stars from 733 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.6%). R = 4.6; v = 733; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.56
Rank 14: Café Mulligan
4.6 stars from 686 reviews; 77% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.4%). R = 4.6; v = 686; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.56
Rank 15: 7AM Breakfast & Lunch
4.6 stars from 592 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (74.7%). R = 4.6; v = 592; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 20Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.55
Rank 16: Le Club House
4.6 stars from 538 reviews; 73% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.9%). R = 4.6; v = 538; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.55
Rank 17: Benny's Bistro
4.6 stars from 530 reviews; 73% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (72.6%). R = 4.6; v = 530; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.54
Rank 18: Resto L'industriel Café
4.6 stars from 316 reviews; 61% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.2%). R = 4.6; v = 316; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.53
Rank 19: Foul w Hummus
4.7 stars from 109 reviews; 35% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (35.3%). R = 4.7; v = 109; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.52
Rank 20: Anina's Cafe
4.6 stars from 214 reviews; 52% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (51.7%). R = 4.6; v = 214; C = 4.4333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
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Same stars, different scores. Why?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.433333333333334; m = 200. R is the recorded Google rating; v is the recorded review count. Confidence is v / (v + m), the rating’s weight in the score.
How we score. Google stars, weighted by review count, pulled toward that average. Data from .
- Vylora Café 5.0 stars · 268 reviews
- Sharpfle Waffle 4.8 stars · 974 reviews
- Chesterfield's Gastro Diner 4.7 stars · 2,051 reviews
Filled square: score. Open circle: Google rating. The axis starts at 4.4; all values are out of 5.
Places screened for this list
1,238 unique places screened; 1,177 excluded in the saved list file. 61 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 258
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 180
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 29
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 1024
- Other source checks
- 8
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
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Local talk
Reddit data is partial for this list. Saved matches are review-only research and do not affect the rank.
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TikTok
- 3 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “brunch ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
- 7 Instagram results in the saved Google organic pull for “brunch ottawa instagram”. Pull date: .
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Questions
How close is the race between Vylora Café and Sharpfle Waffle?
Very close. Vylora scored 4.76 and Sharpfle Waffle scored 4.74, a 0.02 gap. Sharpfle Waffle has 974 reviews compared to Vylora's 268 reviews. So it has a higher confidence on its rating of 4.8. Vylora has a higher rating of 5.0 but fewer reviews.
Which brunch spot has the most reliable score?
Chesterfield's Gastro Diner. It has 2,051 reviews, which gives it a 0.91 confidence, rated high. So its score of 4.68 is not being influenced much by the average rating in this category. There are 17 places that are high confidence out of 61 ranked.
Why aren't Tim Hortons or Cora on the list?
Both are listed as chains that have 10 or more locations in Canada. We do not include chains on our lists. Stacked Pancake & Breakfast House and Ben & Florentine are not included for the same reason.