Saffron Kabab is a family-owned Persian restaurant on Bank Street with a grill-first menu, stew depth, certified-halal positioning, and family packages built around rice, soup, kababs, and Persian desserts.

Mr Kaak is a small Ottawa Lebanese bakery built around kaak, knefeh, homemade cheese, and tray-style sweets. The strongest read is menu-led: order the Knefeh or Kaak Knefeh Sandwich first, then use the savoury kaak and sweets-by-weight sections to build a wider table.

SemSem is an Ottawa-only Palestinian and Levantine breakfast restaurant built around sesame, warm breads, fatteh, and family-style daytime meals. Cheese Sunflower, Fatteh Tahini with Meat, Fattet Al'Quds, Kaak Al'Quds, and SemSem Drink give it a clear bread-and-brunch identity.

A long-running Ottawa seafood market-and-grill where freshly shucked oysters, lobster, haddock fish and chips, shellfish happy hour, and a working seafood counter define the visit.

Hunter's Public House is a south-Ottawa pub for scratch-leaning comfort plates, local taps, weekly feature nights, and weekend brunch.

Vittoria Trattoria is a Riverside Italian dining room with Santaguida-family roots, a glass wine-cellar identity and a current menu that runs from antipasti and pizza to pasta, secondi and dessert. It works best for planned dinners, wine-led meals and polished group occasions.