Best steakhouses in Ottawa and near you, ranked by the numbers
Rosebowl Steak & Seafood is the #1 steakhouse in Ottawa with a score of 4.55. It beats Harmons Steakhouse by 0.01 points as of our October 2026 data.
The top two both have a rating of 4.6, so review volume settles it. Rosebowl Steak & Seafood has more reviews than Harmons Steakhouse, 748 vs 594. Delicious Steak House has the most reviews with 1,559 but only has a rating of 4.5, which keeps it third. There are only 12 that we could rank.
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#1 vs Google’s pick on this page
#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.55fromOttawaRosebowl Steak & Seafood
Top of 12Centretown West · Downtown
228 Preston St · Google 4.6 (748 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.55/5.
4.6 stars from 748 reviews; 79% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.9%). R = 4.6; v = 748; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.54fromOttawaHarmons Steakhouse
Centretown
283 Elgin St · Google 4.6 (594)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.54/5.
4.6 stars from 594 reviews; 75% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (74.8%). R = 4.6; v = 594; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.48fromOttawaDelicious Steak House
Orléans
2080 St Joseph Blvd · Google 4.5 (1,559)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.48/5.
4.5 stars from 1,559 reviews; 89% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (88.6%). R = 4.5; v = 1559; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 12
Showing 9 of 9 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 4.48
Rank 4: Sterling
4.5 stars from 1,102 reviews; 85% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (84.6%). R = 4.5; v = 1102; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.40
Rank 5: Al's Steakhouse
4.4 stars from 2,331 reviews; 92% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (92.1%). R = 4.4; v = 2331; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.40
Rank 6: Luxe Bistro
4.4 stars from 1,540 reviews; 89% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (88.5%). R = 4.4; v = 1540; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.40
Rank 7: Mati
4.4 stars from 1,459 reviews; 88% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (87.9%). R = 4.4; v = 1459; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.39
Rank 8: The Shore Club
4.4 stars from 1,086 reviews; 84% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (84.4%). R = 4.4; v = 1086; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.31
Rank 9: Kara Mia Restaurant - Italian Steakhouse
4.3 stars from 1,063 reviews; 84% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (84.2%). R = 4.3; v = 1063; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.31
Rank 10: TOMO Sushi and Steak
4.3 stars from 1,140 reviews; 85% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (85.1%). R = 4.3; v = 1140; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 12 steakhouses records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 8. Each area’s best is a tap away.
1Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 1#4 · Sterling
0West End
None on this list yet.
8Downtown
- ByWard Market 3#6 · Luxe Bistro
- Centretown 2#2 · Harmons Steakhouse
- Centretown West 1#1 · Rosebowl Steak & Seafood
- Glebe 1#7 · Mati
- and 1 more area
2East End
- Orléans 1#3 · Delicious Steak House
- Gloucester 1#11 · Council Oak Steaks & Seafood
1South Endbelow the Queensway
- Alta Vista 1#9 · Kara Mia Restaurant - Italian Steakhouse
11 to 12Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.19
Rank 11: Council Oak Steaks & Seafood
4.0 stars from 193 reviews; 49% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (49.1%). R = 4; v = 193; C = 4.3636; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.11
Rank 12: Edoko Japanese Steak House
4.0 stars from 490 reviews; 71% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (71.0%). R = 4; v = 490; C = 4.3636; 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 = 4.363636363636363; 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 .
- Rosebowl Steak & Seafood 4.6 stars · 748 reviews
- Harmons Steakhouse 4.6 stars · 594 reviews
- Delicious Steak House 4.5 stars · 1,559 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
901 unique places screened; 889 excluded in the saved list file. 12 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 178
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 163
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 3
- Closed
- 0
- Out of area or category
- 869
- 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.
- Delicious Steak House: Reddit discussion · Posted:
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TikTok
- 4 TikTok results in the saved Google organic pull for “steak house ottawa tiktok”. Pull date: .
- 7 Instagram results in the saved Google organic pull for “steak house ottawa instagram”. Pull date: .
These are search results, not platform post totals, views or endorsements.
Questions
How close is the race between Rosebowl and Harmons?
Very close. They both have a rating of 4.6. Rosebowl Steak & Seafood has a score of 4.55 and Harmons Steakhouse has 4.54. Rosebowl sits 0.01 above Harmons and has 154 more reviews, which gives it slightly more weight. It's a coin flip, so just pick whichever is closer to you.
Why is Delicious Steak House third with the most reviews?
It has 1,559 reviews, which gives it a high confidence of 89%. But it only has a rating of 4.5, which is a tenth below the top two. The formula rewards both rating and volume, and that tenth costs it 0.07 points against Rosebowl Steak & Seafood.
Why are some steakhouses left out?
We do not include chains that have 10 or more locations in Canada. Nor do we include any that are considered an alcohol-led venue type.