Miijidaa is a downtown Guelph Canadian bistro with a northern-bounty point of view: Manitoulin Island trout, venison, Oka cheese, saskatoon berry, sage, and fermented hot honey show up across a current menu that still leaves room for weeknight pizza and Date Night value moves.

Morriston world bistro with French crepes, Asian and Creole turns, weekend brunch, and a private cellar built around the Reunion Island idea.

Manhattans Bistro & Music Club is a Guelph bistro and live-music room built around house-made thin-crust pizzas, pastas, composed mains, a 4-5pm happy hour, and Thursday-Saturday performances in a long-running neighbourhood setting.

Queen's Cafe is an owner-run Guelph bistro where Ron Hill and Tammy Hsieh turn a small east-end room into a dinner spot for braised shortribs, tenderloin, scallion-risotto salmon, house-made classics, and local-minded hospitality.

A warm Guelph Mediterranean bistro for chicken souvlaki, Mousaka, seafood fettuccine, saganaki, family hospitality, catering, and neighbourhood dinners.

Downtown Guelph bistro for French farmhouse-inspired food, thin-crust pizzas, seafood, duck, cocktails, wine flights, and Market Square nights out.