The best dessert in Ottawa, ranked
PurpleX is #1 in Ottawa and Gatineau desserts at 4.92. They have a perfect 5.0 rating with 618 reviews.
There are two waffle shops behind PurpleX, Choco Waffle in second and Yummy Waffle in third. The Ottawa-area average for desserts is high at 4.66, so you need a near perfect rating to climb this list. Yummy Waffle has the most reviews of the three at 984, but their rating of 4.9 keeps them in third.
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#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.92fromOttawaPurpleX
Top of 41ByWard Market · Downtown
304 Rue Wilbrod St · Google 5.0 (618 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.92/5.
5.0 stars from 618 reviews; 76% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.6%). R = 5; v = 618; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.89fromOttawaChoco Waffle
Nepean
1121 Meadowlands Dr E · Google 5.0 (443)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.89/5.
5.0 stars from 443 reviews; 69% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (68.9%). R = 5; v = 443; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.86fromOttawaYummy Waffle
Centretown
369 Bank St · Google 4.9 (984)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.86/5.
4.9 stars from 984 reviews; 83% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (83.1%). R = 4.9; v = 984; C = 4.6587; 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 4.86
Rank 4: Super Crunch Tanghulu (CF Rideau)
4.9 stars from 904 reviews; 82% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (81.9%). R = 4.9; v = 904; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.83
Rank 5: Happy Rolls
4.9 stars from 462 reviews; 70% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (69.8%). R = 4.9; v = 462; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.80
Rank 6: Atelier Rosso Desserterie
4.9 stars from 305 reviews; 60% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (60.4%). R = 4.9; v = 305; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.80
Rank 7: Strati Tiramisù
4.9 stars from 282 reviews; 59% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (58.5%). R = 4.9; v = 282; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.79
Rank 8: Juice Dudez Bank Street
4.8 stars from 3,969 reviews; 95% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (95.2%). R = 4.8; v = 3969; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.79
Rank 9: Sukkar House
4.9 stars from 249 reviews; 55% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (55.5%). R = 4.9; v = 249; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.79
Rank 10: Laboba Milk Tea House
4.9 stars from 229 reviews; 53% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (53.4%). R = 4.9; v = 229; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 20 desserts records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 7. Each area’s best is a tap away.
2Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 1#13 · Frissons Et Bonbons
- Cantley 1#18 · Freddo&Gelato
6West End
- Nepean 2#2 · Choco Waffle
- Carlington 2#9 · Sukkar House
- Hintonburg 1#5 · Happy Rolls
- Westboro 1#12 · Doughbits Dessert House
7Downtown
- ByWard Market 2#1 · PurpleX
- Centretown 2#3 · Yummy Waffle
- Glebe 2#7 · Strati Tiramisù
- Downtown 1#11 · En Chimnies
3East End
- Gloucester 1#6 · Atelier Rosso Desserterie
- Orléans 1#14 · Le Caramel After Hours
- Beacon Hill 1#20 · Oh My Choco
2South Endbelow the Queensway
- Riverside South 1#8 · Juice Dudez Bank Street
- Barrhaven 1#10 · Laboba Milk Tea House
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.78
Rank 11: En Chimnies
4.8 stars from 969 reviews; 83% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (82.9%). R = 4.8; v = 969; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.74
Rank 12: Doughbits Dessert House
4.9 stars from 104 reviews; 34% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (34.2%). R = 4.9; v = 104; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.73
Rank 13: Frissons Et Bonbons
4.8 stars from 205 reviews; 51% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.6%). R = 4.8; v = 205; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.72
Rank 14: Le Caramel After Hours
5.0 stars from 48 reviews; 19% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (19.4%). R = 5; v = 48; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.72
Rank 15: Cookista - Personalized Giant Cookies | Cookie Favours
5.0 stars from 42 reviews; 17% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (17.4%). R = 5; v = 42; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 20Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.71
Rank 16: Mini Pancakes
5.0 stars from 38 reviews; 16% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (16.0%). R = 5; v = 38; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.71
Rank 17: Kunafa & Co - Authentic Palestinian Sweets
4.8 stars from 122 reviews; 38% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (37.9%). R = 4.8; v = 122; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.71
Rank 18: Freddo&Gelato
5.0 stars from 34 reviews; 15% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (14.5%). R = 5; v = 34; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.70
Rank 19: Sweet T'ings
4.9 stars from 46 reviews; 19% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (18.7%). R = 4.9; v = 46; C = 4.6587; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.69
Rank 20: Oh My Choco
4.7 stars from 913 reviews; 82% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (82.0%). R = 4.7; v = 913; C = 4.6587; 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 = 4.658695652173913; 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 .
- PurpleX 5.0 stars · 618 reviews
- Choco Waffle 5.0 stars · 443 reviews
- Yummy Waffle 4.9 stars · 984 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
1,777 unique places screened; 1,736 excluded in the saved list file. 41 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 489
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 127
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 121
- Closed
- 1
- Out of area or category
- 1707
- Other source checks
- 16
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
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TikTok
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Questions
Why is Yummy Waffle third with the most reviews?
Their rating is 4.9 compared to PurpleX and Choco Waffle, who both have a 5.0. Even at 0.83 confidence, that 0.1 gap puts their score at 4.86, behind PurpleX at 4.92 and Choco Waffle at 4.89.
How confident are these dessert scores?
All three are rated as medium, from 0.69 to 0.83. There are 41 places on this list and only 2 have high confidence. Our lists are updated every 90 days as reviews come in.
Why isn't Mr. Puffs on the list?
Mr. Puffs is listed as a chain with 10 or more locations in Canada, which we do not include in our lists.