Best halal restaurants in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
PizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies ranks #1 among Ottawa-area halal restaurants at 4.79, on a 4.9 rating from 283 reviews.
Pizza holds the top two spots. PizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies wins on rating, but with 283 reviews its confidence is 0.59, so about 41% of its score still comes from the area average. ROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA, with 635 reviews, trails by just 0.03.
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fromOttawa Score 4.79fromOttawaPizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies
Top of 21Bells Corners · West End
250 Greenbank Rd · Google 4.9 (283 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.79/5.
4.9 stars from 283 reviews; 59% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (58.6%). R = 4.9; v = 283; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.76fromOttawaROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA
Riverview
2895 Bank St · Google 4.8 (635)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.76/5.
4.8 stars from 635 reviews; 76% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (76.0%). R = 4.8; v = 635; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.75fromOttawaChainsmoker Urban Halal BBQ - Kanata
Kanata
451 Hazeldean Rd · Google 4.8 (421)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.75/5.
4.8 stars from 421 reviews; 68% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (67.8%). R = 4.8; v = 421; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 21
Showing 18 of 18 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 4.74
Rank 4: Nihari Express
4.8 stars from 357 reviews; 64% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (64.1%). R = 4.8; v = 357; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.73
Rank 5: Safi Fine Food
4.8 stars from 289 reviews; 59% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (59.1%). R = 4.8; v = 289; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.72
Rank 6: Pop's Place (SpringChips) - Halal
5.0 stars from 63 reviews; 24% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (24.0%). R = 5; v = 63; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.71
Rank 7: Night Bite ( 1710 Bank street)
4.8 stars from 148 reviews; 43% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (42.5%). R = 4.8; v = 148; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.70
Rank 8: Yaseen Halal Pizza & Bakery
4.8 stars from 132 reviews; 40% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (39.8%). R = 4.8; v = 132; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.69
Rank 9: Big H Shawarma & Poutine
4.7 stars from 1,544 reviews; 89% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (88.5%). R = 4.7; v = 1544; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.69
Rank 10: Shawarma & Plus
4.7 stars from 1,205 reviews; 86% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (85.8%). R = 4.7; v = 1205; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded
By part of town
These 21 halal restaurants records are grouped by saved address. South End holds the most, with 6. Each area’s best is a tap away.
3Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 3#10 · Shawarma & Plus
5West End
- Kanata 2#3 · Chainsmoker Urban Halal BBQ - Kanata
- Bells Corners 1#1 · PizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies
- Nepean 1#8 · Yaseen Halal Pizza & Bakery
- Bayshore 1#15 · Mezbaan Restaurant
2Downtown
- ByWard Market 2#5 · Safi Fine Food
5East End
- Gloucester 2#9 · Big H Shawarma & Poutine
- Orléans 1#11 · Rumi Restaurant - Afghan BBQ
- Beacon Hill 1#16 · Chef Rad Halal Pizza & Burger
- Overbrook 1#18 · Supreme Pizzeria (Halal)
6South Endbelow the Queensway
- Riverview 2#2 · ROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA
- Riverside South 2#7 · Night Bite ( 1710 Bank street)
- Alta Vista 1#4 · Nihari Express
- Barrhaven 1#21 · Al Raheem South Asian Marketplace and Shinwari BBQ and Pizza
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.69
Rank 11: Rumi Restaurant - Afghan BBQ
4.7 stars from 741 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.7%). R = 4.7; v = 741; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.67
Rank 12: Gacan Macaan Snack Café
5.0 stars from 22 reviews; 10% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (9.9%). R = 5; v = 22; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.66
Rank 13: O'Grillade
4.8 stars from 32 reviews; 14% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (13.8%). R = 4.8; v = 32; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.61
Rank 14: Le palais libanais aylmer
4.6 stars from 362 reviews; 64% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (64.4%). R = 4.6; v = 362; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.60
Rank 15: Mezbaan Restaurant
4.6 stars from 1,460 reviews; 88% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (88.0%). R = 4.6; v = 1460; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 21Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.60
Rank 16: Chef Rad Halal Pizza & Burger
4.0 stars from 13 reviews; 6% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (6.1%). R = 4; v = 13; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.54
Rank 17: Ozzy Food Market
4.5 stars from 449 reviews; 69% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (69.2%). R = 4.5; v = 449; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.53
Rank 18: Supreme Pizzeria (Halal)
4.4 stars from 172 reviews; 46% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (46.2%). R = 4.4; v = 172; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.45
Rank 19: Sugar & Slice
4.3 stars from 260 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (56.5%). R = 4.3; v = 260; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.42
Rank 20: MACHBOOS / مجبوس
4.2 stars from 201 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.1%). R = 4.2; v = 201; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.40
Rank 21: Al Raheem South Asian Marketplace and Shinwari BBQ and Pizza
4.3 stars from 493 reviews; 71% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (71.1%). R = 4.3; v = 493; C = 4.6364; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
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Why does 4.9 rank above 5.0?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.636363636363637; 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 .
- PizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies 4.9 stars · 283 reviews
- ROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA 4.8 stars · 635 reviews
- Chainsmoker Urban Halal BBQ - Kanata 4.8 stars · 421 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
855 unique places screened; 834 excluded in the saved list file. 21 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 160
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 41
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 10
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 832
- Other source checks
- 1
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
- 6 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “halal restaurant ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
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Questions
Why does PizzaCraft Halal Pizza and Pies beat ROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA with fewer reviews?
Its rating is higher, 4.9 against 4.8. ROSABELLA PIZZA / HALAL PIZZA's 635 reviews give it more confidence, but not enough to close the gap: 4.79 against 4.76.
Could the order change at the next refresh?
Plausibly. The top three sit within 0.04 points and all are medium confidence. Lists refresh every 90 days, so new reviews could reshuffle them.
Why are some halal restaurants left out?
Some places had fewer than 10 Google reviews at the data date, below the minimum needed to be ranked.