Best Chinese restaurants in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Dumpling Bliss is the top rated Chinese restaurant in Ottawa and Gatineau at #1. It has a score of 4.61, 0.08 points higher than Sammi & Soupe Dumpling.
The Ottawa-area average for Chinese restaurants is 4.05. So Dumpling Bliss stands out with a rating of 4.8 and 589 reviews. Sammi & Soupe Dumpling and Peking Duck are only 0.003 points apart. Both have a rating of 4.6 and over 1,300 reviews.
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#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.61fromOttawaDumpling Bliss
Top of 105Centretown · Downtown
111 Cooper St · Google 4.8 (589 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.61/5.
4.8 stars from 589 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (74.7%). R = 4.8; v = 589; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.53fromOttawaSammi & Soupe Dumpling
ByWard Market
41 York St · Google 4.6 (1,455)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.53/5.
4.6 stars from 1,455 reviews; 88% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (87.9%). R = 4.6; v = 1455; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.53fromOttawaPeking Duck
ByWard Market
90 George St · Google 4.6 (1,383)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.53/5.
4.6 stars from 1,383 reviews; 87% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (87.4%). R = 4.6; v = 1383; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 26
Showing 23 of 23 places below the first three on this page.
Each marker sits on the address saved with the place, top 3 included. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
None of the places that match have a saved location.
Ranks 4 to 10: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.52
Rank 4: Gongfu Cafe & Bao
4.6 stars from 1,222 reviews; 86% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (85.9%). R = 4.6; v = 1222; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.52
Rank 5: Shanghai Wonton Noodle Restaurant
4.6 stars from 1,209 reviews; 86% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (85.8%). R = 4.6; v = 1209; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.46
Rank 6: Perfect Meat Bowl (Ottawa)
4.6 stars from 570 reviews; 74% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (74.0%). R = 4.6; v = 570; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.44
Rank 7: Bite&Bite
4.7 stars from 303 reviews; 60% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (60.2%). R = 4.7; v = 303; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.43
Rank 8: Le Mien
4.5 stars from 1,186 reviews; 86% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (85.6%). R = 4.5; v = 1186; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.43
Rank 9: LA LA Noodles
4.5 stars from 1,130 reviews; 85% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (85.0%). R = 4.5; v = 1130; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.42
Rank 10: Chef Bai Noodles soup & Bao 白家老汤
4.6 stars from 422 reviews; 68% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (67.8%). R = 4.6; v = 422; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 26 chinese restaurants records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 16. Each area’s best is a tap away.
2Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 2#19 · Lucky Inn Restaurant
4West End
- Nepean 4#7 · Bite&Bite
16Downtown
- ByWard Market 8#2 · Sammi & Soupe Dumpling
- Centretown West 5#6 · Perfect Meat Bowl (Ottawa)
- Centretown 3#1 · Dumpling Bliss
2East End
- Orléans 2#18 · Asia Wok Chinese Food Take-Out
2South Endbelow the Queensway
- Barrhaven 1#15 · Barrhaven Asian Dragon Chinese Food
- Riverside South 1#26 · Wok Hey ! Chinese Food
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.38
Rank 11: Royal Treasure 敦煌
4.5 stars from 541 reviews; 73% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (73.0%). R = 4.5; v = 541; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.32
Rank 12: Cafe Orient
4.4 stars from 683 reviews; 77% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.3%). R = 4.4; v = 683; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.32
Rank 13: Noodle's Invitation
4.5 stars from 296 reviews; 60% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (59.7%). R = 4.5; v = 296; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.31
Rank 14: Dumpling? Dumpling! - Centrepointe Dr.
4.4 stars from 604 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.1%). R = 4.4; v = 604; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.29
Rank 15: Barrhaven Asian Dragon Chinese Food
4.4 stars from 415 reviews; 67% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (67.5%). R = 4.4; v = 415; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 26Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.29
Rank 16: Ha's Dim Sum Noodle House
4.4 stars from 412 reviews; 67% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (67.3%). R = 4.4; v = 412; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.27
Rank 17: Flour Kitchen
4.7 stars from 102 reviews; 34% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (33.8%). R = 4.7; v = 102; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.26
Rank 18: Asia Wok Chinese Food Take-Out
4.4 stars from 313 reviews; 61% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (61.0%). R = 4.4; v = 313; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.26
Rank 19: Lucky Inn Restaurant
4.4 stars from 308 reviews; 61% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (60.6%). R = 4.4; v = 308; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.24
Rank 20: Papaspicy
4.3 stars from 705 reviews; 78% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.9%). R = 4.3; v = 705; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.24
Rank 21: Jadeland
4.3 stars from 688 reviews; 77% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.5%). R = 4.3; v = 688; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.24
Rank 22: Craig Henry Chinese Food Take-Out Service
4.4 stars from 231 reviews; 54% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (53.6%). R = 4.4; v = 231; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.22
Rank 23: Lucky House Take-Out
4.4 stars from 200 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.0%). R = 4.4; v = 200; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.22
Rank 24: Restaurant Nouveau Li Ho
4.3 stars from 403 reviews; 67% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (66.8%). R = 4.3; v = 403; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.21
Rank 25: SHIKAO师烤豆花烤鱼
4.5 stars from 116 reviews; 37% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (36.7%). R = 4.5; v = 116; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.20
Rank 26: Wok Hey ! Chinese Food
4.3 stars from 329 reviews; 62% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (62.2%). R = 4.3; v = 329; C = 4.0486; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
No place below the first three on this page matches. Try another name or street.
Same stars, different scores. Why?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.048598130841121; 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 .
- Dumpling Bliss 4.8 stars · 589 reviews
- Sammi & Soupe Dumpling 4.6 stars · 1,455 reviews
- Peking Duck 4.6 stars · 1,383 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
416 unique places screened; 311 excluded in the saved list file. 105 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 42
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 16
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 5
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 295
- Other source checks
- 4
Reason counts can overlap. Other source checks include identity, rating, branch and pending chain checks. Counts describe the saved screening, not complete local coverage.
Data checked . How we screen and score.
Local talk
Reddit data is partial for this list. Saved matches are review-only research and do not affect the rank.
- Peking Duck: Reddit discussion · Posted:
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TikTok
- 5 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “chinese restaurant ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
- 8 Instagram results in the saved Google organic pull for “chinese restaurant ottawa instagram”. Pull date: .
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Questions
How much does Dumpling Bliss lead by?
0.08 points higher than Sammi & Soupe Dumpling (4.61 vs 4.53) and about the same over Peking Duck. It has a higher rating of 4.8 compared to their 4.6, but fewer reviews at 589 vs 1,455 and 1,383.
Sammi & Soupe Dumpling or Peking Duck?
It is a draw on the numbers. They both have a rating of 4.6 and are both high confidence (0.88 and 0.87). Both scores round to 4.53. Sammi & Soupe Dumpling holds second because it has 72 more reviews.
Why isn't Manchu Wok listed?
Manchu Wok is listed as a chain that has 10 or more locations in Canada. So is Famous Wok - Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre. We do not include chains in the 105 ranked places on this list.