Best ramen in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Taki Ramen is the best ramen shop in Ottawa with a score of 4.77. It has 1,848 reviews, which is triple the count of the next closest shop.
There are only 8 ramen shops that met our criteria, so this list is short. Taki Ramen and Kuma Takumi both have a rating of 4.8. Taki Ramen has 1,848 reviews and therefore high confidence. It beats Kuma Takumi by 0.04. Jinsei Ramen Restaurant is 0.12 back with a rating of 4.7.
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#1 vs Google’s pick on this page
#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.77fromOttawaTaki Ramen
Top of 8Glebe · Downtown
170 Lees Ave · Google 4.8 (1,848 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.77/5.
4.8 stars from 1,848 reviews; 90% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (90.2%). R = 4.8; v = 1848; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.73fromOttawaKuma Takumi
Kanata
484 Hazeldean Rd · Google 4.8 (607)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.73/5.
4.8 stars from 607 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.2%). R = 4.8; v = 607; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.65fromOttawaJinsei Ramen Restaurant
Downtown
300 Laurier Ave W 2nd Floor · Google 4.7 (474)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.65/5.
4.7 stars from 474 reviews; 70% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (70.3%). R = 4.7; v = 474; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 8
Showing 5 of 5 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 8: Just off the podium
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 4: Ramen Isshin
4.6 stars from 736 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.6%). R = 4.6; v = 736; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 5: Koichi Ramen Westboro
4.6 stars from 369 reviews; 65% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (64.9%). R = 4.6; v = 369; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.51
Rank 6: Sushi Zone & Ramen Stop
4.5 stars from 304 reviews; 60% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (60.3%). R = 4.5; v = 304; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.48
Rank 7: Ras L'BOL
4.4 stars from 137 reviews; 41% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (40.7%). R = 4.4; v = 137; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.23
Rank 8: Kimonos Ramen & Poke
4.0 stars from 263 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (56.8%). R = 4; v = 263; C = 4.5333; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 8 ramen records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 4. Each area’s best is a tap away.
1Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 1#7 · Ras L'BOL
2West End
- Kanata 1#2 · Kuma Takumi
- Westboro 1#5 · Koichi Ramen Westboro
4Downtown
- Glebe 2#1 · Taki Ramen
- Downtown 1#3 · Jinsei Ramen Restaurant
- ByWard Market 1#6 · Sushi Zone & Ramen Stop
0East End
None on this list yet.
1South Endbelow the Queensway
- Riverside South 1#8 · Kimonos Ramen & Poke
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 = 4.533333333333333; 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 .
- Taki Ramen 4.8 stars · 1,848 reviews
- Kuma Takumi 4.8 stars · 607 reviews
- Jinsei Ramen Restaurant 4.7 stars · 474 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
805 unique places screened; 797 excluded in the saved list file. 8 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 190
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 87
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 8
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 790
- Other source checks
- 2
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.
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TikTok
- 5 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “ramen restaurant ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
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Questions
Is Kuma Takumi far behind Taki Ramen?
Both have a rating of 4.8 and are 0.04 points apart. The only difference is the number of reviews: 607 vs 1,848. Taki Ramen's rating is the better proven of the two, but Kuma Takumi is close enough that you should just pick the one closer to you.
Where are Kinton Ramen and Sansotei?
They both have 10 or more locations in Canada, and we don't include chains that size so independent shops get ranked on their own.
Why are there only 8 ramen shops ranked?
The rest were chains, or we did not have usable data on their rating. There are also some restaurants that serve ramen but are not ramen shops. We count what qualifies rather than padding the list.