The best tacos in Ottawa, ranked
Ay Dios Mio Tacos ranks #1 of 23 taco spots in the Ottawa area with a score of 4.82. It has a rating of 4.9 and 626 reviews. It beats Taco 'Bout it by 0.09 points.
There are only 23 taco spots that we could rank in the Ottawa area, and the #1 spot leads by nearly a tenth of a point. Each score is a combination of the spot's Google rating and the Ottawa-area average of 4.56, weighted by review count. Data was pulled on October 29, 2026.
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#1Google’s pick
fromOttawa Score 4.82fromOttawaAy Dios Mio Tacos
Top of 23Kanata · West End
462 Hazeldean Rd · Google 4.9 (626 reviews)
- Why: Stored rank #1; score 4.82/5.
4.9 stars from 626 reviews; 76% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (75.8%). R = 4.9; v = 626; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.73fromOttawaTaco ‘Bout it
Centretown West
298 Preston St · Google 4.9 (200)
- Why: Stored rank #2; score 4.73/5.
4.9 stars from 200 reviews; 50% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (50.0%). R = 4.9; v = 200; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
fromOttawa Score 4.72fromOttawaMi Amor Tacos
Hintonburg
9 Bullman St · Google 4.8 (386)
- Why: Stored rank #3; score 4.72/5.
4.8 stars from 386 reviews; 66% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.9%). R = 4.8; v = 386; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Ranks 4 to 23
Showing 20 of 20 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 4.68
Rank 4: Maria's Tacos
4.8 stars from 218 reviews; 52% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (52.2%). R = 4.8; v = 218; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.67
Rank 5: Aztec Tacos
4.7 stars from 683 reviews; 77% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (77.3%). R = 4.7; v = 683; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.66
Rank 6: Ay Wey! Mexican Street Tacos
4.7 stars from 487 reviews; 71% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (70.9%). R = 4.7; v = 487; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.62
Rank 7: Oue Pasa Tacos Aylmer
4.7 stars from 176 reviews; 47% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (46.8%). R = 4.7; v = 176; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.61
Rank 8: Tacos Por Favor Mexican Food Truck
4.8 stars from 55 reviews; 22% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (21.6%). R = 4.8; v = 55; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.61
Rank 9: Andale tacos
4.7 stars from 103 reviews; 34% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (34.0%). R = 4.7; v = 103; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.60
Rank 10: El Buen Pastor Taqueria
4.7 stars from 98 reviews; 33% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (32.9%). R = 4.7; v = 98; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
By part of town
These 23 tacos records are grouped by saved address. Downtown holds the most, with 10. Each area’s best is a tap away.
2Gatineau sideacross the river
- Gatineau 2#7 · Oue Pasa Tacos Aylmer
6West End
- Hintonburg 2#3 · Mi Amor Tacos
- Westboro 2#8 · Tacos Por Favor Mexican Food Truck
- Kanata 1#1 · Ay Dios Mio Tacos
- Bayshore 1#14 · Que Pasa Tacos
10Downtown
- ByWard Market 3#4 · Maria's Tacos
- Centretown 3#12 · Taco Boyz
- Centretown West 2#2 · Taco ‘Bout it
- Downtown 1#18 · Toro Eats and Treats
- and 1 more area
5East End
- Vanier 3#5 · Aztec Tacos
- Gloucester 1#9 · Andale tacos
- Orléans 1#20 · La Ha Tacos
0South Endbelow the Queensway
None on this list yet.
11 to 15Worth the detour
- fromOttawa Score 4.59
Rank 11: El Taco De Oro
4.6 stars from 800 reviews; 80% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (80.0%). R = 4.6; v = 800; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
Website not recorded - fromOttawa Score 4.58
Rank 12: Taco Boyz
4.6 stars from 264 reviews; 57% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (56.9%). R = 4.6; v = 264; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.57
Rank 13: Hugo Taco
4.6 stars from 94 reviews; 32% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (32.0%). R = 4.6; v = 94; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.53
Rank 14: Que Pasa Tacos
4.5 stars from 165 reviews; 45% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (45.2%). R = 4.5; v = 165; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.53
Rank 15: La Vaca Mexicana - Taqueria - Caow
4.5 stars from 186 reviews; 48% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (48.2%). R = 4.5; v = 186; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
16 to 23Good backups to know
- fromOttawa Score 4.53
Rank 16: After Hours
4.5 stars from 232 reviews; 54% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (53.7%). R = 4.5; v = 232; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.51
Rank 17: Little Bones
4.4 stars from 100 reviews; 33% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: low (33.3%). R = 4.4; v = 100; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.46
Rank 18: Toro Eats and Treats
4.4 stars from 375 reviews; 65% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (65.2%). R = 4.4; v = 375; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.41
Rank 19: El Camino (Elgin)
4.4 stars from 2,372 reviews; 92% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (92.2%). R = 4.4; v = 2372; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.39
Rank 20: La Ha Tacos
4.3 stars from 350 reviews; 64% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (63.6%). R = 4.3; v = 350; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.36
Rank 21: AZTA taquéria
4.3 stars from 713 reviews; 78% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (78.1%). R = 4.3; v = 713; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.33
Rank 22: Banditos
4.3 stars from 1,432 reviews; 88% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: high (87.7%). R = 4.3; v = 1432; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
- fromOttawa Score 4.10
Rank 23: TacoLot
3.8 stars from 298 reviews; 60% of the score is its own rating.
Score breakdown
Confidence: medium (59.8%). R = 3.8; v = 298; C = 4.5583; m = 200. Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C.
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Same stars, different scores. Why?
Score = (v / (v + m)) × R + (m / (v + m)) × C. Ottawa-area average: C = 4.558333333333334; 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 .
- Ay Dios Mio Tacos 4.9 stars · 626 reviews
- Taco ‘Bout it 4.9 stars · 200 reviews
- Mi Amor Tacos 4.8 stars · 386 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
703 unique places screened; 680 excluded in the saved list file. 23 ranked places.
- Chains with 10+ locations in Canada
- 202
- Alcohol or excluded type
- 162
- Gambling
- 0
- Under 10 reviews
- 7
- Closed
- 1
- Out of area or category
- 668
- 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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Questions
Taco 'Bout it also has a 4.9. Why is it second?
It comes down to the number of reviews. Ay Dios Mio Tacos has 626 reviews and Taco 'Bout it has 200, so its own 4.9 is pulled less towards the Ottawa-area average of 4.56. It has a confidence of 76% and Taco 'Bout it has 50%.
Why is Mi Amor Tacos third with a 4.8 rating?
Because it has 386 reviews, its 4.8 rating is pulled less towards the Ottawa-area average. It has a score of 4.72, which is only 0.012 points behind Taco 'Bout it's 4.73.
Why aren't Taco Bell or Quesada Burritos & Tacos listed?
They both have 10 or more locations in Canada. We do not include chains that size so the list stays local, and all of their locations in the Ottawa area are excluded.