
Ottawa Restaurants
Ottawa Restaurants

Craft Beer Destination
For restaurants, pubs, taprooms, or breweries where craft beer selection, house beer, rotating taps, or brewery culture is a major reason to go.
Average craft beer destination score: 8.3/10
Outstanding
Flora Hall Brewing
8.7Beer is not an add-on here: Flora Hall brews on site, keeps core styles and newer releases in play, and builds the food menu around lingering rounds rather than quick pints. The tap list has enough range for hop drinkers, malt drinkers, and non-alcoholic orders.
Braumeister Bierhalle
9.4Braumeister reads first as a brewery-backed beer hall: locally produced craft beer sits beside German and Austrian pub food, with pretzels, Currywurst, schnitzel, and shared seating all supporting a beer-led visit.
Broadhead Brewing Company
8.3Broadhead earns this card through the beer program itself: eight Classics, a rotating 174 Taproom Series, and a taproom built around what the brewery makes. The room reads as a beer-first visit, with barbecue and events adding reasons to stay longer.
Brew Revolution
9.2Beer is the reason the room exists: Brew Revolution brings house-made pours, guest taps, cider, wine, mixed drinks, and a taproom built for tasting. The food and event calendar work around that beer-first centre rather than sitting beside it.
Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
9.0Tooth and Nail is a beer-first address with enough range to reward focused drinking: pilsner, stout, saison, pale ale, IPA, Kellerpils, and seasonal pours all have a place. The food menu supports that purpose instead of distracting from it.
Orleans Brewing Co.
8.6Beer is the reason the room makes sense. The lineup has a flagship hazy IPA, a lagered ale, a big IIPA, a sour, and a maple red ale, while the kitchen gives those pours enough food support to keep the visit from feeling like a tasting-only stop.
Dominion City Brewing Co.
9.0Dominion City leads with beer: Sunsplit, Town & Country, and a current taproom list deep enough to make the brewery itself the main reason to go.
Excellent
Spark Beer & Pizza
8.9Spark's beer program is not a side list: the room is a brewery first, with hoppy, sour, Belgian-style, foeder-aged and draft pours tied to local malt, hops, yeast and award history.
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
8.8Sixteen taps, year-round pours, rotating seasonals, and a retail beer identity make the brewery itself a central reason to visit.
Wellington Gastropub
8.6The beer list is broad, current and Ontario-heavy, giving Wellington the drinks backbone a gastropub needs to feel convincing.
The Brig Pub
9.0The tap list gives the pub side a clear reason to lead the visit. The Brig Pub House Lager sits beside Ontario and regional names from Beau's, Beyond the Pale, Cameron's, Perth, Steam Whistle, Sidelaunch, and Waupoos cider.
Hunter's Public House
8.7Local and regional taps are part of the draw, with Big Rig, Stray Dog, Broadhead, Dominion City, Perth, Ashton, and cider labels giving the bar side real purpose.
Good Options
Chez Lucien
9.2Beer belongs in the core visit, not off to the side. The room is framed as a bar bistro with craft beer, making it a strong fit for a burger, fries, and pint plan instead of a purely food-only stop.
Bite Burger House on Tenth Line
9.4The drinks side gives the burger format more range than a quick counter stop. Official identity copy points to craft beers, fine wines, and specialty cocktails, which makes the room work for burger nights, casual drinks, and fuller comfort-food meals.
Pour Boy
9.0The tap list gives the pub a beer spine without making the room feel precious. Pour Boy Lager, familiar Ontario producers, and a rotating seasonal line make beer an easy pairing for wings, poutine, and event nights.




